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I am so glad that I bought the DVD's! She follows what is written in the book but also adds some helpful teaching along with it. The first DVD begins with teaching the first lesson. I like that she is a no-nonsense, lets learn what we need to know from this lesson and we are done for the day.
I always ask that question too, do I really need this to teach it well? For AG the answer IMO is yes!
I just found out that there is a Yahoo group for AG as well for added support. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnalyticalGrammar/
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Now imagine reading it in the original French :-)
Wow, that would only happen in my imagination!
I'm sure it was beautiful though in its original language.
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:huh: Sorry, just wanted to jump in to correct this, because it is not true. I know nothing of Yamaha, but DS has been in Suzuki for three years and every song he has learned has had proper fingering that is explicitly taught and required from the start. Suzuki teaches a LOT of technique as well - the proper way to strike the note to achieve beautiful staccato, legato, dynamics, etc.
As far as I can tell, the only thing a Suzuki child is not taught from the beginning is music *reading*, because it is a mother-tongue approach, meaning that it is taught the way a child naturally learns language - the child hears the language a lot, then imitates the language (speaking) and eventually is taught to read the language. Now that DS has been playing three years, he has been reading music for a year and can read at the level that he plays (I don't necessarily mean sightread, as we haven't worked on that yet - I just mean that he can read music and figure it out pretty easily).
Thank you for the correction. I should mention that this was over 20 years ago so it seems things have changed. I'm glad to hear that they are teaching it and certainly wouldn't want to mislead anyone. The important thing is to grow those talents. thanks again
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Whose? The translator's? Which translation did you read?
Interestingly, I recently was comparing translations of this book trying to figure out which one to recommend for my kids' book club - in researching this I read that most translations of this book were written during the Victorian era (when the original book was written) and the translations were heavily edited to take out s*x and drug use references not considered appropriate for the more prudish Brits. And then I wondered if I gave them the full translation if it would still be appropriate for a kids' book club! :lol:
I'm not sure of the translation but I remember the book cover looking like the one here.. http://talesuntangled.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/the-love-of-a-swashbuckling-tale/ (scroll down to see it).
At the bottom of the page are some reviews written by Teens if that helps with your book club.
I would recommend reading just the first chapter if nothing else. Some great themes for discussion in this book.
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I discovered that my daughter, now grown up, had a musical ear at the age of 4. She could pick out notes on our piano by just listening as she tried each one.
I wanted to get her into lessons early so she wouldn't form any bad habits with fingering. Yamaha and Suzuki were available but they didn't teach fingering until after 2 years of lessons. So on the advice of others, I waited until she was 7 1/2 to start lessons with a teacher. The idea being that then she would be mature enough to practice every day. No sense in getting lessons if they don't practice often. This worked out wonderfully.
We included piano practice as part of our home-schooling day.
While we waited for her to start we would play games that taught rhythm and generally just had fun with music. I allowed her to "play" on the piano whenever she wanted and it worked out fine with her fingering later. The timing was right for her and she quickly learned alot and really enjoyed it. She took lessons for 5 years and her teacher was wonderful about having contests etc to make the learning fun. She still plays beautifully to this day. Best money ever spent!
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Thanks! I've already started reading Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography by Margery Dunn. I recently finished Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (that was hard), part one and two, it was a blast; as for classics, does Mark Twain count? I've been wanting to read his work, as well as To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I'm going to forage into them regardless. I'll also Google classics and shop around a bit to add a couple "literary tourist attractions" to my reading itinerary.
Songwriting recommendations....for just getting started, learning some basic piano really helps. I had a teacher for a couple years, but to be completely honest, she gave me instruction booklets, made assignments, and supervised my playing to make sure I was making progress. The Alfred Adult Basic Piano Courses are pretty easy to follow, and there's a lot of tutorials on YouTube as well. For music theory, the Berkeley 101 and book 2 are very clear and thorough, and then for lyrics, well, anybody can write lyrics with a rhyming dictionary but Pat Pattinson's master class is worth a watch.
And then there's Tom Bruner's Arranging For The Orchestra, but that's another story!
Sorry, I got a bit sidetracked, ha! Thanks for the advice, it's really helpful and motivates me to learn more.
Mark Twain definitely counts! There are so many wonderful books to explore.
One of my favorites was The Count of Monte Cristo. After reading the first couple of paragraphs, I was blown away by his grasp of the English language. Whenever I find a book like that, I try to slow down in my reading and let it soak in. Not always easy to do but I guess I would just say to take your time and enjoy the books, there's no rush.
Thanks so much for the songwriting tips! I liked the master class one especially. I have said before that YouTube is an amazing place where you can learn almost anything and for free. You have inspired me too.
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I would learn basic world Geography and to start reading the Classics - two areas where I have self-educated myself over a number of years to fill in the gaps in my own education.
The song writing sounds great! Do you have any recommendations for getting started in that interest?
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My ds loves Science experiments books. The best ones use things you already have around the house..
Janice Vancleave has some great ones. Also check out Steve Spangler's website or books. Make slime or a marble run out of paper towel tubes.
If he likes photography have him take pictures of his favorite toy in different settings then write a story to go along with the pictures.
Or document a day in the life of your family with pictures.
I'll add my recommendation to The Dangerous Book for Boys - great book with lots of inspiration!
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Thanks, I entered. As long as I'm up late scouring TWTM for ideas it was nice to find something fun!
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What do u actually need for biblioplan? This looks like it can really add up if u get it all.
I was interested in this too and ended up getting just the Family Guide based on these suggestions given here. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/457271-biblioplan-which-books-in-the-set-are-the-most-important/
Hope that is helpful
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Minecraft is the best video game there is IMO. It is like virtual Lego's.
If they want to build something out of wood they chop down a tree which turns into brown blocks, they can mine for stones which turn into gray blocks....I like that this is showing them where these materials come from. .They use these blocks to build houses, rooms and whole little towns. There is water, rain, snow, dessert, night and day so it is very realistic.
If they play in "creative" mode they are just building. There are zombies, spiders.. ( not scary as they too are made out of blocks) but they do have to attack these to get rid of them (no blood and gore) so it just adds a little excitement to the game as they are defending their homes. There are animals they can get to make little farms. The wild wolves can be tamed and made into pets.
The main idea is to make buildings and landscapes that they design so I like it for it's creative focus.
You can purchase something extra ( small monthly payment) where they can go "online" and play with others. This is fun if your dc have friends who also own that service because they can "play" together and talk to each other while at home.
This would be the only area that I think has to be supervised so they are only playing with people they know. And that is only if you get the extra service, otherwise they are just playing by themselves.
This post http://homeschoolmus...g-curriculum/�� has idea's on how to use it for homeschooling. All that being said it can be a time sucker because there is so much to do that my ds wants to play whenever he gets the chance...so you need to set your own limits.
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To get the maps you would need the Activity Guide for SOTW and possibly the book of MOH. SOTW's AG is great, and I personally love her maps the best. There is suggested literature in it, too. There are so many resources online, though. Here are a few.
This site has charts that line them up together as well as several other resources. Scroll down and there are literature as well as movie ideas to supplement history.
This blog has resources for SOTW Vol. 1 & 2.
This blog has Sonlight books for SOTW.
This blog has free notebooking pages for MOH 1. This is one for MOH 2.
Thank you so much for these sites. I have a Pinterest history board for organizing these type of resources in one place.
I ordered the SOTW activity book ( good price on Amazon) and will take your suggestion and use it for the maps.
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I have both of these resources along with the Family Schedule/Guide and have found myself spinning my wheels over the same question!
Thank you for this, it's nice to know that I'm not alone with these questions!
Family Guide - essential if you plan to follow the Biblioplan order of topics. The Family guide is also very nice to have because it coordinates Bible reading, read alouds and independent readers.
This is the most important book it sounds like, good to know.
Discussion guide - This is another resource I plan to purchase. I love the list of questions an points that should/could be discussed with your children. I think it will encourage me to really talk with my kids about history rather than just read it and check it off of our list.
I like this one a lot too as I think discussing history is very important in really understanding it.
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May I ask why you want to use Biblioplan if you already have those two spines with so many resources available through them? Is it because you want them lined up together or because you like the order of BP? Is it because you want to add in the Companion?
It is because I want them lined up together. I should have mentioned that the SOTW and MOH I have are the CD's and not the books. I was hoping to use BP as the lesson plan book to organize it for me.
So far BP is the only resource I have heard about that connects them but if there is another one I would be very interested in learning about it. Thank you.
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Hello,
I have SOTW and MOH for Ancients and wanted to use them both.
Biblioplan (upper middle grades 6-8) includes both of these for spines and I like the Christian approach.
The cost for the set is more than I was planning on. My ds wouldn't like the coloring book and we have a timeline that could be used.
My question for those of you who have used Biblioplan is which books are the most important if you purchased them separately ?
Family Guide
Companion
Discussion guide
Cool History
Cool History Classic?
Hands-on Maps
This is for one student, my youngest. Thanks for your help.
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I would gladly post of a pic of her, how do you do it? I don't see an upload button here.Congratulations and that is a beautiful name. Pics!
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Thank you everyone! Being a Grandma is wonderful!
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I have been dealing with this for years with my MIL. She doesn't mean to be unkind, she just says things before she thinks how that may come across. She does have a sense of humor though, so I can tease her about some. For instance one day after she had lost weight she said ,"I have some clothes for you. They are WAY too big for me but I think they will fit you." :001_rolleyes: And when I repeated it back to her, she realized it didn't come out right and laughed.
Other times it is not so easy and I have to either quietly stick up for myself / family or just let it slide. I don't have the energy to tackle every thing she says.
For my dc I have talked with them about how Grandma is getting old and not to take to heart the way she says some things and to just try to be kind. I realize that I will be in the same boat someday and hope they remember that.
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I am floating on clouds since the arrival of my first grandchild on November 16th.
She is a beautiful baby girl named Everly and is healthy,so tiny and precious.
Our daughter and son-in-law are so happy she is here and will be good parents.
My wonderful dh (aka Papa) drove our ds (an uncle at 12) and me (Nana) the 7 hours
to MN this weekend so we could meet her in person. I am forever in love with Everly!!
The 16th was also the day that our ds (21) graduated from broadcasting school.
He rec'd two special awards at the graduation and we are so proud of him!
His internship at a recording studio turned into a job - yay!!
He will meet his little niece later as he was working this weekend and that's a good thing.
It is a very happy time at our home and we are so thankful to the Lord for all these special blessings!
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Thank you! I entered :001_smile:
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I don't know if this has been posted, but one thing I have done and will again this Christmas is download audiobooks from librivox.org and burn them to cd's. We try and listen to stories whenever we can.
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. :001_smile:
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Sharing this with you. There is a giveaway for "The Logic of English" Curriculum pack. You have to enter your name, address, email and phone number. A winner will be selected Friday 11/9/12. here is the link:
http://family.yourway.net/giveaway-logic-of-english-essentials-curriculum/
Good luck!:001_smile:
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oops ...shouldn't have hit the back button.
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ON Pinterest,
~I'm super organized.
~I'm crafty.
~My house is clean.
~I make all my cleaners homemade.
~My kids are fed 3 well balanced meals made from scratch every day. With dessert.
~I have regular weekly at home date nights, complete with hand made invitations, home baked yummies, and lots of quality time.
~Holidays look like they are personally catered and decorated by Martha Stewart.
~Homeschool is all about fun, games, crafts, and my kids just absolutely LOVE to learn and do school.
But only ON Pinterest. :tongue_smilie: AKA: My dream world - or someday day I aspire to...
In reality:
~Every room of my house has a little bit of clutter in it.
~I still can't find the battery charger that disappeared over 3 months ago.
~We ate McDonald's for lunch yesterday and DH has cooked both meals today - one from a box.
~I use store bought cleaners - once in awhile, when I get around to cleaning instead of just picking up. ;)
~DH and I got to spend about 5 uninterrupted minutes together this weekend because the kids outlast him at bedtime. He falls asleep instantly...they don't.
~We're on week 6 or 8 ish of school this year and have completed between 2 and 4 weeks of work, depending on the subject. And it hasn't been crafty or fun because we don't have TIME for that, obviously! :tongue_smilie:
Thank you for this, I laughed because it so true! :lol:
Grammar/Language/Writing for older beginning kids?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I am in the same boat with an older child. I did alot of research and decided to go with Analytical Grammar ( the DVD's are a must have IMO ) and IEW ( which also has DVD's).
The beauty of AG is that you can use it for the next 3 years so it will cover all of middle school and go into high school and is a nice savings.
As someone suggested on here, We are going to work on AG and spelling First and only after we are Done with that will we start on IEW
The first year teaching AG ( Season One ) is designed to last 10 weeks. I decided to stretch that to an even 12 weeks or 3 months.
So first 3 months of school is working on grammar and spelling, the last 6 months we will be working on writing.
That took the pressure off, to be trying to study both of these at the same time was a little daunting. And it made sense to work on the grammar before we started using it in the writing.