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I'm trying to hammer out the last few details for our school year next year and am torn on science for my daughter who will be 4th grade next year. I'm looking at both Science in the Beginning and Apologia Zoology books.
I think she would love Apologia and she has looked at them all today at a conference. But I think an entire year on one book (ex: flying creatures) would be tedious by about week 8. Lol. At least for me. I was thinking of picking up all three of the books and bouncing between them in units.
She loves animals of all kinds and is very much a nature oriented kids. She told me today she would like the books even for reading books, not just school books.
I wouldn't purchase the notebooks for each, but rather have her keep her own sort of journal. Really we could spend more than one year doing it this way as well.
Anyone have experience of doing more two or more of these simultaneously?
Any advice? Am I setting myself up to be overwhelmed?
Thanks!
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I have been using my fitness pal and I really like it. The mobile app is especially easy, but I have logged on their website as well. I browse the forums quite often too. The ads on there aren't intrusive at all in my opinion.
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I just bought this because it said it could be used on laminate wood, and I absolutely love it.
http://www.pledge.com/en-US/Products/Pages/multi-surface-everyday-cleaner.aspx
I have used it on glass cabinet doors, laminate cabinetry, glass topped tables, and a real wood table. It worked great on all of them. I hate switching back and forth trying not to get overspray on the glass.
And it smells amazing!
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I have the ektorp couch and two arm chairs and ottomans. I love them. We've had them for 5 years I think. I have the black slip covers. They have faded from washing a little bit but they don't look bad at all. They have held up very well. The back cushions occasionally need flipped and fluffed but overall I'm very pleased. I also have several of the kivik chaise chairs and love them too. They are more modern looking though.
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I just pre-read The Bears on Hemlock Mountain for a literature discussion with my dd8. Very cute, and has short chapters.
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Sorry I didn't reply. I've been away for a bit. I use it with both kids at the same time. I use the day 1 of the week to teach them the concept for the week. At this point it's a lot of review for both of them because we used MCT last year and they both have a good grasp of parts of speech. But it's great review of what they know without being overly tedious. My 5th grader could probably have started on book 2 but he doesn't seem to mind this level so I'm not going to tell him that. Haha!
After a few weeks of doing it they got how it works so I just do day 1 with them right now and then they do the other days. I usually pop in and make sure they have everything marked and talk them through anything they have missed. In a pinch on a busy day they just check their answers in the teachers manual themselves. Then they write down the vocab and do the rewrite on their own.
It truly is easy for the teacher and my kids like the story as it is developing. Kind of gives a purpose to the work...they want to know the rest of the story!
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I'm using fix it with my 5th and 3rd grader. My oldest used easy grammer 4 I think. He didn't like it. It was one part of speech and then a bunch of sentences to find that part of speech in.
Fix it's story approach and building on what parts of speech and editing items you find each week is much more engaging for my kids. And it takes like 15 minutes tops. And that is only because I use the rewrite part as penmanship as well.
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I had one for four years. I finally had a break down and realized that the problems I was having had started and gradually increased over the 4 years. I didn't have any periods after a couple months but I had slow and steady weight gain over the four years despite no other changes in diet/activity, I never had acne problems and by time I had it taken out it had gotten do bad every 3 or 4 weeks I had cystic, bulgy, bleeding acne. Not pretty and left my skin looking bad. I also turned into a raging depressed loon every 4 weeks or so. It was like PMS only on steroids to the point of suicidal thoughts. Within a month of getting it taken out all of those side effects were gone, but the very next cycle I started getting a lump in my armpit. It now shows up and swells the week before my period and goes away the day I start. I've been to an endocrinologist and a surgeon. I've had a mammogram at age 30 and an ultrasound but they can't figure out what it is. I had the Mirena out in 2010 yet still have the mysterious recurring lump. It swells to the size of a Ping pong ball and I swear it's from a hormone change from the Mirena but can't prove it.
Initially I loved the Mirena, but looking back, the side effects sneak up gradually and you may not even realize they are connected because you've had it so long and it is a slow process to identify those side effects.
I don't recommend it. Fortunately after 4 years we knew we were done having kids and my husband had a vasectomy so that solved that. But that's not your issue....
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I might be able to partially explain that one. For several years, my brother always got me gift cards. I used to buy something I put thought into (like Omaha steaks, or something along those lines). Well then I started getting him gift cards to the fishing store. I finally said, you realize we are simply swapping money right? I'm giving you a $50 gc and you are giving me a $50 gc. So how about we just say I love you and quite swapping money/gc as Christmas presents. So we did :)
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I once got 20 $1 bills that were in sequential ordered serial numbers and in perfect new condition. I still have them :)
Maybe 5 in a row crisp $1 bills
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This one...to die for
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/scrumptous-and_i_do_mean_scrumptous-apple_pie/
I don't put the pecans in because I don't like them. But still amazing.
Here is the idiot proof pie crust recipe too. I say that because it's the only crust I've never struggled with ;)
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/p-p-p-pie_crust_and_its_p-p-p-perfect/
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I threw my Dyson in the trash. Hated it. It had pieces falling off and it was scratching my hardwoods.
I bought the shark rotator. I love that it lifts away to do stairs. I love the rolling cart with hardwood floor head (no beater bar). I love the upright option for the few rugs and carpets we have.
The true test was the high pile almost shaggy rug I have from ikea.
Dyson pulled the dirt to the top. Meaning you could see the dirt more because it bounced to the top of the carpet fibers. And the dog hair was left in place.
The shark made it look like a new rug. I had almost decided to get rid of the rug, I'm so glad I didn't now!!
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For the house color, I like the natural clay option because as you said it's classic.
For barstools I have these the Henriksdal from IKEA, (sorry I can't get a link to post for some reason)
I have brown black legs with dark grey covers, but my kitchen is painted a medium grey
I used to have swivel barstools, I won't do them again because kids and adults alike get in them and swivel, only to bang the stool and counters together and mar the barstools up. (I had dents in the wood on the barstools I used to have)
Flooring, I'm not familiar with Maple taking stain, I know it's a much lighter wood with less grain than oak. I have all oak floors throughout the whole house. We did just polyurethane on ours, so they did yellow some. My suggestions would be as follows if you don't want yellowing, but end up with oak.
1. My inlaws used a water based sealer that didn't yellow as much as the oil based polyurethane did.
2. You could stain the oak before sealing it since natural oak tends to yellow more than stained oak.
3. You can use a satin sealer not a semi or high gloss. (we used satin and it's not all shiny)
I don't think stainless would be too shiny...can you get one with a matte type finish on it instead of a shiny one?
For cabinets, I love the look of different color bottom and top cabinets. Maybe do Greige-ish on bottom and white on top with a nice counter to pull them all together.
For the record I have white solid surface counters with a built in white sink. It's my biggest regret from when we built this house. It's impossible to keep clean and the sink gets particularly stained and dirty looking from use. Don't go solid white counters with your search for beachy. Get something with some variation. Even white with the clear glass flecks in it or something would help disguise some of the smudges. Trust me on this!!
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We used to have that game when I was a kid! I'll have to see if I can find it at our Barnes
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My ds10 is a natural speller so I've dropped a formal spelling program for him. What's the point? It becomes busy work. Instead he gets spelling through his writing. As words come up that he doesn't know how to spell, we talk about them. It usually only takes him one correction and he gets it right next time.
Dd8, I've been using the logic of English advanced lists and just review the spelling rules for each list. I've also used sequential spelling with her, but 25 words a day was a bit much so we are taking a break with the LOE lists.
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Mylocker.net is a good one too. When my kids were in ps and I was president of the PTO, we used them.
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I saw the homeschool buyers co op were offering bonus smart points and I think in their description it said Notgrass doesn't offer discounts on their products.
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From my understanding the update includes a lot more grammar teaching not just editing. I purchased the whole set at the cincy conference and started using book 1 with my two. We are only a couple weeks in, but so far I really like the format. It's only reviewing things they already know at this point, but my intention is to use this as a stand alone grammar program. Others may find it's not enough for their tastes, but I prefer a no muss no fuss approach. Combining it with writing and lots of rich language read alouds, I think it will suffice just fine for our goals.
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I hate cray cray too.
On a side note, we now have a joke in our house about a new word my son inadvertently made up.
He said to me when I was picking on him playfully "that's child abusement!"
Ummm. Abuse maybe... But abusement? More like it was for my amusement :)
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I have been eyeballing it too, but don't have any information other than it is on sale at the homeschool buyers co op right now
https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/cover-story/?source=111581
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This post made me excited because when I was taking my daughter to gymnastics camp, I saw these streets pop up on my gps and thought this has to be a neighborhood where they let the kids name the streets...
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We are loving Notgrass America the Beautiful. My kids are 3rd and 5th grade. I'm mixing in the Time Travelers projects from Homeschool in the Woods to appeal to my younger ones crafty side.
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I've successfully used if for almost a year. We used it from about October on last year. I just sat down yesterday and started planning out the next two months. It's so simple. I finished all subjects for both kids in just about an hour or so. The ease of use and time savings for me is worth the price. And I initially thought it was too expensive for a planner. But I don't regret it one bit and will renew when the time comes.
Combining Apologia Zoology books?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Great idea about summer and one a semester! She tends to be more of a reluctant reader, so for her to be so ambitious with something I feel like I should sit up and pay attention. She was actually picking up their high school marine biology book and I had to convince her that it was a bit beyond an 8 years old and she start with the elementary books first. :)