LunaLee
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or those who work with it...Should my pearl clay be all crumbly? I just bought it the other day and I took it out to condition it in the pasta roller and it's very, very crumbly. I've never worked with it before, so I don't know if it's normal.
Thanks.
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Well, when I saw that they were going to increase the rates, I was extremely happy to see that it was only $1. I've expected them to raise them and I thought the increase would be more significant. I hope you can figure a way to keep your subscription.
Lisa
Mine was $3.:glare: I have the 3 DVD plan though...
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DS 6th Grade-
Math
Saxon 4x
LOF Fractions 1x
Singapore 70 Word Problems to Know Daily
Language Arts
SWO H 3x
Reading Comprehension X2
WWE x2 (sometimes)
Saxon Grammar x3
History
HO EM Level 2x 2-3
Science
Science Explorer Focus on Earth Science 2-3x (just starting this)
Art
Watercolor Class 1st Term
Artistic Pursuits 2nd Term
Latin
LfC A Class 1x
Lego
Mindstorms Class 1x
Typing this up has made me realize that I've dropped the ball a little bit. It certainly doesn't reflect the COS & schedule I had planned at the beginning of the year. I'll have to work on that.:D Our days have worked out to where we do school from 8am-12 and then 6:30ish to 8ish pm.
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Spark Notes are a blessing for dd's books... Also, Novel Units are good study guides for ds's because they have a HUGE selection and are fairly inexpensive.
For ds, I choose books that I remember reading, but I also get books like the Puffin Classics because in the back of the book there are author profiles, a summary, discussion questions and activities. Barnes & Noble Classics are great too because they have author profiles, context information, and notes on how the title has influenced our lives today.
Sometimes I just skim the book. I pick up enough information that I can ask a specific question about and then we just talk about it.
And one last thing, I don't always make them discuss every book I assign them.
Now, with that being said, I am trying to pre read dd's upcoming books and making notes on things to discuss. I already do this with some of the books she does for history like A Patriots History and her textbook. It's not cheap (but not overly expensive since I utilize the used bookstore & Amazon a lot), but I buy my own copy of the book so I can mark it up with the things I want to remember or talk about.
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:D I'm not sure, but I'll probably be there after I'm done raising kids.
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Which Fable? The new one or one of the older ones? I know in 2 & 3 there is some s**ual content. Nothing graphic, but definately STRONG innuendo and polygymous relationships.
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Dd will be doing The Old Man and the Sea as part of IEW. I personally am not a fan and could never figure out what the fuss was about, but a friend of mine said the same thing until she took a class and the instructor really helped make Hemingway enjoyable for her.
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:D We switched mid way through 4A to 6/5 last year-DS could have went into 7/6, but I figured it would be better to cover the things he missed within Saxon (instead of supplementing with other things) and move through the things he already knew.
We switched because the leap SM was wanting him to make from the concrete to the abstract was too great, and his brain just wasn't ready for it.
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Also, with B&N I think if you are a member you get free shipping.
I prefer Borders though. I think their prices are comparable to B&N but, if you have the Borders' 25% teacher's discount, it's better than B&N's 20%. Also,I am always getting 33-40% off coupons from Borders.
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Actually the whole entire reason I'm using Thinkwell for my 17yo at all is that it puts the ball completely in my dd's court. All I do is have her pull up the webpage and then I check to make sure that everything is checkmarked.
I need to have minimal interaction with this dd for her courses this year. She pushes every button I've got. It has been fantastic to be able to point her to the free tutoring lab when she has needed help for her cc courses this year (and the free tutoring was very good).
I probably will use OM for government for my middle dd. She works very well with me.
My oldest is just done working with me. Unless the course is for an outside teacher, she doesn't get the work done the way it should be. With Thinkwell, everything is completely objective. The answer is either right or wrong.
Gotcha. I went through that with my dd and can completely appreciate where you are coming from.
Lisa, you're welcome.
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My dd thinks Thinkwell Government is boring too, but I need a course for her that she can do completely independently, so she's stuck with it.
Angie, I'm surprised you aren't using the OM for Government. Is there a reason why? I actually saw your name on this thread and thought to myself "Oh, there goes Angie recommending OM. Man, she beat me to it!"
So, since Angie didn't recommend it, I'd say the Oak Meadow Syllabus and accompanying text. It's what we'll be using next year.
ETA: I don't think if you just bought the print resources you'd get tests, but that'd be easy enough to remedy by just buying them (if available) from Amazon, or Glencoe.
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Pureology in the purple bottle is nice but super $$$.
Smells licorice-y and actually lasts a long time. I have medium length hair and wash it every other day and it usually lasts about 6 months.
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Hmmmm, I'll have to think about that then. I'm terrible at explaining math, so maybe I'll get the DVD's.
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Perfect, that's exactly what I wanted to know.
I've actually seen the Critical Thinking Co. book in person and it looks kind of neat, but there are different kinds of puzzles, not just the balance kind.
Thanks!:001_smile:
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Is the Instructors Video necessary?
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Do you think you could look at this product:
and tell me if it looks similar to what your using. I was thinking about getting Hands on Equations, but then I saw these and wondered how they compared.
Thanks.
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Do you mean this?
It says it's for grade 8. sigh. It does look good but I don't think my fifth grader could handle it.
Yes, that's the one. If you don't think your 5th grader could handle it, then I would consider the Science Explorer, which is for middle school, but written at about a 4-6th grade level IMHO. I would also say take a look at the Christian Kids Explore Earth and Space. That's a great curriculum also, plus, it's fairly inexpensive and easy to supplement with library books and general earth science activity kits.
Good Luck!
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We are using Science Explorer and some other things. You can see some of what I planned on my blog. The SE book I chose didn't include space (although they do make one that does) so we just did a unit study.
All that being said, I had a chance to look at BJU Space and Earth science and had I seen that earlier, we would be using that. The Science Explorer is ok, but I really liked the way that BJU was set up and I liked how in depth it went as opposed to the SE.
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Today was wonderful because after feeling some doubt about his artistic ability in watercolor class recently, ds was actually excited to show me his work, and was happy about it.
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LOF bedtime stories.... :lol:
I caught my 6yo reading the calculus book the other day. He likes to read them for fun. He said something funny the other day, "It's all about set theory!" I can only imagine he picked it up from one of the books.
Crazy kids.
:lol: That's too funny... I caught ds in bed the other night reading his sister's Advanced Algebra...:lol:
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It was a homeschooler who had a really unique way of doing the kids' timelines: They had cut the timline in two with the line part of it up top and the the information on the bottom so you could have more than a two pages for the date.
Does anyone have a link to this?
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I'm LunaLee over there too. Same avatar and everything. Hope you all don't mind if I add you.
Off to write now.
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Here are some things I am having dd do this year to make it a little more "fun".
US History:
-She's making a scrapbook with a friend who is also doing US History. They each are doing their own books, but working together. She scrapbooks her textbook, so a two page spread (or more) covers one chapter. If she can't think of anything on her own, I have a list of things she can do; summarize the chapter, pictures of presidents for that time period, important vocabulary, a timeline of important events, and one thing she's found interesting in her reading.
-She's also researching her family history and tying that into her history scrapbook.
-I'll be having her do a photo essay (because she has a passion photography) when we get to the gold rush. Since we live close to where it started she'll have no problem coming up with things.
Chemistry:
-She is making a photography "exhibition" of the elements. An idea I got from a book called Molecules at an Exhibition. She finds something made up of an element and takes a picture of it and types up a little summary of the element.
-I also have her do mini reports on occupations related to chemistry.
-When we get to the section of the text that deal with medicinal and organic chemistry, she'll be reading some non fiction related to that and making a poster that covers what she learned. We'll probably also do some "experiments" with aromatherapy or make your own face masks and that kind of thing.
Math:
-After she's done with Life of Fred (her main algebra text) I'll be having her do some hands on, real life activities. I haven't done the specifics yet, but last year when she did Geometry I had her make a tesselation and an art project based on shapes in nature.
If you like fashion, you could easily tie that into all of your subjects. You could present it in a scrapbook or a powerpoint presentation, or just make your own little book and take it to Kinkos and have it bound...
For more ideas you can just Google "Subject projects". That'll get you started.
Polymer clay experts...
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Thanks. I've tried playing with it, like you said to warm it up, but it's still falling apart. I think I'll take it back to Michaels to see if they will exchange it.