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Thanks so much! I'll look for these suggestions!!:)
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I'm watching 2 kids for the summer and we're going to have a daily reading time. They're just finishing K and 1st grade in public school (i.e. I'm pretty sure they've learn some sight words cause I've seen the lists on their fridge). I'll let them choose some silly books, of course, but I'm also looking for ideas of good books that they might read. Neither are advanced readers, just normal readers for their grades:) Our library system is awesome, so I can probably find almost anything.
Any suggestions of either specific books or quality reading lists anywhere online?? Thanks!
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We did a combo of Word Mastery (in my sig) and A Beka's Letters and Sounds K. It worked out well (my daughter also picked it up easily). I'm not very familiar with the whole A Beka phonics curriculum, just the one book. There IS alot of drill. We skipped alot of pages that I didn't feel she needed. But still, I was very pleased with the book. There is a bit of writing, but it can be skipped and you wouldn't miss anything.
I've really liked Word Mastery, too. And it's free! There's almost no teacher help. And it's just long lists of words to read. But we only do as much in a day as I can gently push her to do:) One page of words or just one row. I mix it up, too, by writing them on the chalkboard or making them with scrabble tiles.
I'm personally a fan of all-in-one type books... I recently bought Phonics Pathways and have considered switching to it just cause it looks so good (DD said she wanted to stick with Word Mastery cause she liked the pictures better!). I've also had Ordinary Parent's Guide from the library and it looks really great too. Sorry, I know you didn't ask about these, but I had to through in my 2 cents anyway;)
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Blurb.com is the one I was thinking of.
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I know there is a place where you can get your blog printed in book form. I'm not sure what it is, but I can ask my SIL. I know she's been drooling over it for at least a year now:) I don't know if there's anyplace online to store it.
I'll try to remember to ask her later.
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My only experience is with A Beka Letters and Sounds K. I didn't buy the rest of the phonics stuff, we just used the workbook along with Word Mastery. I felt that it was a very good, thorough program, even to the point of being too much so. We skipped alot of pages that I felt were simply unnecessary for us. But I think it's excellent to have all that practice there for those who need plenty. My DD is still preschool age and will being Kindergarten this coming fall. I think it's very well in line with K-level phonics work, at whichever age your child is ready for that level and wouldn't hesistate to recommend it for a 5-6 year old child who's just starting phonics.
My DD is not a wiggler, though:) I know that A Beka has more than just the workbook and it's not even intended to be used EVERY day. There are charts and cards and some optional games you can buy, I think. I know my DS will need a more hands-on approach than DD, when he reaches that point. For DD, in addition to Letters and Sounds and reading the words directly from the Word Mastery pages, sometimes I wrote them on the chalkboard for her, sometimes we used scrabble tiles or felt letters (which my mother painstakingly cut at least a hundred of back when I was a child... it's quite amazingly really!). So there are certainly other ways to make it more interactive.
We're just starting to get into math and using Singapore, so we have no experience with K math yet:)
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utopia
mania
anemia
dahlia
India
diameter
liable
tibia
and Julia :)
The "i" and "a" are said as separate sounds, so, phonetically, it should be three syllables, regardless of how we say it!
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You can call Saxon and get a sample booklet from them.
I just could NOT use Saxon myself. There's no way I could follow their structure in the lower grades, as the teacher. It doesn't help either that I used it as the student in high school and HATED IT, but I did make myself examine it more closely so that my biases didn't make us miss out on something good. Really, though, as the teacher, I just couldn't deal with all that scripting.
I've looked at Horizons just a little bit and haven't ruled it out yet. We're doing Singapore EarlyBird right now, so I'm not sure yet what we'll do after. Just NOT Saxon:)
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I'm in AL, too:) We've barely begun and I am not a certified teacher, so I don't have those options, anyway. BUT my first thought is that I would want to choose whichever one left me alone more. Whichever gave ME more freedom to do whatever *I* want.
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I've always loved to read, but my brother hated it for the longest time. Now he reads Bible commentaries and other dry, academic books for FUN! My husband didn't like to read until he was... I think 8 or 9. Suddenly it all clicked for him and he read like crazy! My 7 1/2 yo nephew didn't pick up a book to read on his own until very recently. Now he reads to his younger siblings voluntarily:) All these have mommies who always read to them. Just keep up the reading and give it time. They may love it some day:)
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They were simplistic, passive, lacked depth and do not require much from the student at any age.
I have NOT used the regular school Bible from A Beka, but I've taught their Sunday School program for 4-5 year olds. This description is perfect for it, IMHO (and I do like A Beka for some other things). I dropped it and went with something else. The picture cards are very nice looking though :)
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Holly, I received a copy of SmithHand's supplement "Cursive Writing Exercises from the KJB" which shows examples of the cursive hand, but it didn't give me any insight to "the method." So I'm not much ahead from seeing the cursive sample on-line.
It does look like a very serviceable hand, and I have not found something that appeals to be more. But my decision is still on hold.
I requested a sample around the same time as Bill (thanks to this very thread) and have the same opinion. There were more samples, as well as a manuscript sample which does not appear on the website. I will keep this program in mind but I'm not particularly drawn to it any more than others. I'm also looking at New American Cursive, Cursive First, or A Beka to use after my daughter learns print well. I'll probably start her on cursive in 1st grade, so I have at least a year to decide.
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I downloaded the Goops recently. They are cute. I have my smaller children in mind though, so I have no idea what 8+ would think:)
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It clicked for my DD when I made cards with simple two letter words (it, in, if, on, up, at). We then went through them each day until she was sounding them out. Having just two sounds to put together was far easier for her and from there she easily switched to three letters.
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My dd is about the same age as yours:) I agree, "I" really isn't a sight word. "I", "a", and the occasional "O!" (old hymns and such!) are the only lonely vowels you'll ever see. You say the long sound (which also happens to be it's name, for vowels).
For "the", I just told my daughter the sound for "th" and said you'll say a long "e", just like in me, she, we, he. And because we're lazy, we say "thuuhhhh", but she can say whichever she wants. Then I made made a little poster with a couple pictures that said, "The cat. The cat sat. The cat and rat." I underlined "the" and stuck it to the wall across from the toilet:) She'd sit there and read it to herself and it stuck very well:) She does have it memorized now, but she knows why we say it that way.
Sight words drive me batty, though:) I don't do them.
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I have no idea. But I have ordered from abebooks.com which is the same idea as the used books on amazon. What I've done is searched for a book I want, then select one of the results and searched for other books under that seller.
I like your idea though! It would be easier to do it that way!
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Are there any sample pages for MCP Plaid Phonics? I have tried to find some but no luck. All I can see is the outside of the book. :001_huh:
CBD has some sample pages, though not of all levels.
Rainbow Resource also has a few in the 1998 and 2003 editions.
I haven't used them, but I'm trying to choose workbooks too:)
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We had tadpoles a few times when I was a kid. A couple times we had some toad tadpoles which were really tiny. We kept those in an aquarium without a filter. I do remember, as mentioned above, that they had to have places to sit above the water so they wouldn't drown. This was about the time they started keeling over. Once they were toads they started dying off pretty fast so we had to let the remaining ones go. I'm pretty sure we fed them fish food. I also have vague memories of some other type of food... like a pellet shape... what would that be for? Maybe it was our hermit crab food? Not sure if we gave that to them or not, though (which is no help to you!).
We also had some frog tadpoles which were MUCH bigger. We kept those in the backyard in an old kid swimming pool. They were pretty cool. Started to grow legs. Then a raccoon came in the night and dismembered them around the yard. That was rather traumatic :ack2:
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I don't have my room set up yet, but I do have a place designated to use eventually. Since you mentioned the shelves from Ikea, I thought I'd pipe in and say that I'm hoping to get some Billy bookcases
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/range/10364/11685/
As of right now, I'm thinking of basically lining a whole wall with bookcases, either three of the wider, normal-width ones, or two wider and one narrow. You can add an extension piece to the top if you want an extra shelf. You can also buy doors for them, which I thought would be a nice way to help tiny hands to resist the temptation of pulling everything off the shelves! I'd like to put doors on the bottom half and leave the top open.
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I didn't read all the replies, so this is simply in reply to the OP:)
I'm not sure what to vote... I was against them, finally read them, loved them, but still wouldn't want my children to read them until they are much older (teens, at least).
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Anal people (read: most English teachers) would reject not having at least 2 of any sublevel.
Ahh, yes, that too:) I think that probably follows the thought that if you're going to support an argument (or any statement), you need to have more than one point to hold it up. I agree that it can be very annoying at times:) But that IS the rule! :D
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Oh, I also meant to say that it looks like he's doing good, though!!:) And ultimately, the point of an outline is to organize all the points you want to make in a paper. If your points don't flow smoothly, neither will your paper:)
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I haven't done a real outline in a long time. But I seem to recall that each point is supposed to be in the same form. Like all complete sentences or all not.
For example, his main points are:
I. Greeks asked questions
II. Early Greeks wrote lists of kings and events
III. Philosophy teachers
IV. Greek entertainment
The first two tell us something that the Greeks did. But the second two do not have that same form.
I'm sure someone else will know if I'm remembering that correctly or not?
Raise your hand if you screamed bloody murder while giving birth.
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I definitely don't have time to read all the replies here! I only just noticed this thread this morning! But I do agree that most tv births are not very realistic:) My very favorite, though, is the birth at the end of Apocalypto. I thought it was really well done!
BUT everyone is different:) All of us will experience different births. All of us will react differently. And that's okay!!:) I did not personally scream. My births simply were not the yelling type. My first was the hardest. I moaned and whined, but mostly I was lost in my own little world of exhaustion. My second was a dream birth. I thought I was about 4 cm, then suddenly he was born unexpectedly in the bathroom, with just dh and I. I yelled as he came out, but that was all. It simply didn't hurt! Then my third labor was 2 hours long and hurt, but not horribly. I think the differences between #3 and #2 were that the third time, my water broke to start off labor and then we were driving 40 minutes in the car on the way to the hospital and I never got to really relax. I'm very thankful for my simple births! But I know future babies may not be so easy!
I think it's a shame that screaming IS discouraged in hospitals. Do what you need to!!! :D