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Does anyone know the name (if there is one) of the part of the Presanctified Liturgy when the men and women sing back and forth (here we have the women on one side and men on the other during this part)? I was trying to find it and I'm not sure what to search for. I'm looking for the words, in particular, and video would be helpful if I can find one sung in style similar to what we do.
DH wants to do Easter (baskets and egg hunt) tomorrow 'with everyone else.' So I guess the kids will have two Easters this year, lol.
Do (or did) any of your families have issues with Pascha being on a different date than everyone else's Easter?
Easter's barely a blip on my radar here right now. I guess maybe I should remember to call my parents tomorrow, since it's a holiday for them! :)
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Thanks for your help! In your opinion, will the world come crashing down if we just forget that second sound of y? I KNOW it won't be Spalding if I did that. But would it cause major problems and/or seriously damage my children's potential for spelling success?
I teach it, but I don't emphasize it. I tell them that it's technically the second sound of "y" and teach them the rule, but sometimes point it out when we are spelling. I don't usually ask them to mark it that way (Ha, how's that for consistency? Point is that they know there's a reason behind it, but it's a bit foreign to the way WE speak in our home).
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I'm so sorry for your loss, Debbi. I will keep you, your family, and your mother in mind and in prayers.
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I found it too difficult to do two math programs (tried with Horizons and Math Mammoth). I KNOW what you mean about how hard it is to just pick one! For what it's worth, if it's mostly the number lines in Horizons that annoy you, you can ignore them. Have your daughter pull out her MUS rods to find answers she doesn't know (I did this with cuisenaire rods). Horizons 1 covers quite a variety: time, money, adding two digit numbers, subtraction, skip counting, etc.
It's a pain to decide. I've agonized for quite some time!! :)
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I'm so sorry, Debbi. I am praying. :grouphug:
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Okay, I think it's goofy. That said, here's my thought.
Perhaps it's meant to have children notice the ENDING sounds of words, and the teacher did not have the instructions that belong with the page. It makes sense if you can picture them starting their finger under the picture of the glasses and moving across the arrow saying "frame" slowly. As in, "What is this? That's right, do you know another word for 'glasses'? The plastic part is called a 'frame'. Can we say that slowly? Do you hear what it ends with? That's right, an 'm'! Let's say it again and this time we'll write the 'm' that we hear." In the next picture, "bells" is a possibility, but there's only one bell. Maybe it should be "rings". "What does a bell do? That's right, it 'riinngs'. Do you hear the sound at the end? That's right, an 's'! Let's say it again and write the sound."
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The Avon Skin So Soft bug repellents have always worked great for us. My DS gets HUGE mosquito bites that end up with scabs that last for a month, so I really try to keep those bugs off of him! I can't speak to how well it really works on ticks. We have plenty of them around here, but we don't have bites often enough for me to know if the repellent works well against them.
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I have not listened to this podcast, but I can pretty much guarantee it will be a good series for Lent. Father Evan Armatas is an amazing speaker.
http://ancientfaith....odox_on_purpose
Wait, WHAT???? Fr. Evan was in Birmingham THIS MONTH and I never heard about it?! How is that possible??? I'm REALLY bummed. :(
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I somehow managed to completely forget about this thread all week long, although I've browsed the other boards daily! Today I read this detailed description on the dating of Pascha, and remembered the brief discussion early in the thread.
Nothing else to add right now... Prayers for all who have requested, and for those that haven't! :)
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That's awesome!!! :D
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Does your library have a summer reading program? That could be a fun way to encourage daily reading. If not, you could make up your own chart and designate a reward of some sort when it's filled. After however many times of reading, you could get an ice cream cone or something. You definitely will want to keep reading. Kids have surprisingly short-lived memories when it comes to school stuff they've learned! :)
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In 4th grade, I switched over to Horizons from CLE for my dd, and it's been a good switch. My son has started with Horizon's K and he's in 1 now. I like Horizons and their spiral approach. There's always review of previous concepts. I do feel that it is weak in the word problem area, and there are no "mastery drills" for those initial basic math facts. Children in our co-op - in my dd's 4th/5th grade class - that have grown up in the co-op starting in K did not have mastery of the simple math facts. They spent the first month or so of this year reviewing flash cards because they were still doing multiplication counting on their fingers. With my son (he'll be home next fall and not in the co-op except for one enrichment day), I plan on continuing with separate timed drills of simple math facts to get those memorized, and a separate word problem workbook. We use Singapore's challenging word problems for that. For my dd, I'll be using Life of Fred to supplement word problems.
All that being said, I think I liked CLE better because it had the drills in the back that my daughter and I used, as well as a few more word problems - but she began to hate it because it wasn't colorful enough, and we were switching to a co-op that used Horizons. I've considered going back to CLE, but I don't really want to be switching back and forth every couple of years. Of course, I've also considered switching to MUS and Saxon (I even started another thread on that) because Horizons doesn't go into high school. I was thinking starting something new in middle school that would carry on to high school might be the right thing to do - but that's a whole other thread and not what you were asking about. Sorry to get off course!
Did you use the teacher's manual? There is SO MUCH drill, imo! Daily skip counting, flashcards out your ears, plus daily drill pages that are included in the TM for copying (or you can buy the pages separately).
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I think it's a great fit for my 10yo. The variety of it is good for him and I think he benefits from the spiral approach. If he had to focus on one type of problem too long, his mind would start to wander.
For my 8yo, I think it's just too much spiral. I think he'd feel more comfortable if there weren't so much variety in each daily lesson. I signed up for the group buy through HSBC for MM. Perhaps that'll be a better fit, with some Horizons supplementation. I also just purchased Beast Academy for him, but we haven't had a chance to check it out yet.
I was also a little concerned because I don't see many people using Horizons. I see a lot of Singapore, Saxon, MM, MUS, etc., so I was hoping that I didn't choose an inferior program. Being a HS'ing newbie, I'm second guessing every single curriculum choice. :p
While we've done fine with the spiral aspect of Horizons, I did switch my daughter to Math Mammoth in January (after she finished Horizons grade 2 math). Since you've already signed up for the group buy, give it a try! My son is doing fine with his Horizons gr 1, but he'll be switching to MM when he starts 2nd grade in the fall (just cause I like MM!).
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Once last fall and once last spring, we went to the playground when the weather was beautiful. I plan to go again soon-ish. It was a really nice change of pace. We went with their cousins (who live next door and also homeschool) and they got to take playground breaks between subjects. I wouldn't do it all the time, but it was fun!
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By the end of 1st grade I expect my children to be reading 3 letter words fluently, writing letters and words semi-correctly, doing simple math in addition and subtraction, with or without my help writing, and with or without manipulatives. That is all. We love doing other things but the basics are my focus, if they can't read, write and do the most basic math they are not ready to move on. Now of my 5 children, some where in this area, some behind, and some ahead. It is just a goal to try to meet, light at the end of the tunnel hopefully.
This is basically what I was thinking. My 1st grade expectations have been different for my two children so far, and will be different again, I'm sure, for my youngest. My goals/expectations for my current 1st grader have been:
Read as fluently as he is able; continually reach for greater skills.
Learn how to spell/read new words every week (about 10/wk for him).
Have addition and subtraction facts memorized and begin skip counting memorization.
Begin learning basic grammar - period, question mark, beginning capitalization, using lowercase letters at the right times, and basic concepts of nouns and verbs.
Use neat, legible handwriting; properly form letters; hold pencil correctly.
Answer simple questions about history/science/literature passages that have been read.
The year is not over, and we are still working on these. My expectations were slightly different when my daughter was a first grader. For example, she was a more skilled reader, but needed more time using math manipulatives before memorizing facts. We've done 2-3 hours of work each day in 1st grade, including science and history.
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LOL! No pity! Older is better! :D
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I have been pondering the exact same question. Thanks for asking it! :)
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This remains one of my favorite preschool articles. I go back and read it once or twice a year. :)
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I've researching Phonics Pathways at various reviews sites and it seems to have pretty positive reviews. I'm considering using it for my dd5 who hasn't had any reading/phonics instruction, and my ds8 who is really struggling with reading. The only negative things I've seen mentioned is that it is dry, some people think using beginning blends i.e. ba, instead of ending blends could make reading harder for the student, and reading just a bunch of words on a page can be boring.
So if you agree with any of the negatives I've listed, did you continue with the program and how did it work for you? Also, if you really liked it please tell me why. Thanks!
I do agree with the negatives. I've tried using it several times, with all three kids. I want to like it, but I just really hate it. I don't know why I don't just sell the book already, except that I keep going back wanting to like it. Some do very well with it, and you'll only know if you try. You should be able to find a copy second-hand for a reasonable price.
A Beka also starts with beginning blends (ba, be, bi, bo, bu), btw.
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Folks, this is a long thread; I'm not going to read all of it. But I saw the topic at hand and I just HAD to share this link below! I hate cooking and we're particular about the flavor/texture of our foods (i.e. we're all really picky eaters), and we fall well below the line of people who definitely do NOT eat only or mostly or half healthy foods. If I can throw it in the oven for 15 minutes with zero prep on my part, I'm happy.
So anyway, I read this last night and LAUGHED SO HARD. Gasping for breath, tears, the whole shebang. :D
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cook_home
(warning: there is one not-child-friendly word in it)
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Yep, all the ones I've been to have been excellent! Just this morning I stopped for a chicken biscuit (went inside, not drive thru). He gave it to me for free and I was baffled. Not till later did I realize that he'd replaced the register tape and I had to "wait" for 40 extra seconds. That's the only explanation I could think of! It made my morning though, cause I was feeling kinda guilty about wasting money on a biscuit :)
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A friend linked to this list on FB today. It lists curriculum by whether it IS or IS NOT aligned to Common Core. It is on FB, but it's public, so all should be able to view it. I am neither for nor against it myself and know nothing about the coalition that put the list together. I just thought it may be helpful for those looking specifically to either align or not.
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Books by Thornton Burgess! ALL animals! Lovely stories and definitely worth reading. :)
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Yep, it varies. :) We had a short little blessing (maybe 3 min long, max) tacked to the end of DL. No sponsors or anything else until we were baptized.
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Thank you! I know I could ask someone there, but I thought I'd just ask while it was on my mind. For me to sing with them, I have to stand close to all those who can actually SING, so I can read the words. And, well, I don't want to be distracted any of those beautiful voices with my less-beautiful sounds. :) I'd like to back off a couple more feet!!