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Plans for my soon-to-be 3rd grader:
MFW Adventures for history, Bible and some science.
Language Arts:
WWE 3
FLL 3
Wordly Wise
SWR for Spellilng but I still may check out AAS
Math
MUS Delta
Challenging Word Problems
Lively Latin
He does Art & Science at our fantastic coop!
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I'm not familiar with the first book but I remember reading or hearing at a conference that the Once and Future King is one of SWB's favorite books...
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I have not worn a dress since I was bridesmaid, when I was three, 29 years ago.
I don't even wear skirts.
I am so with you! I was also a bridesmaid when I last wore a dress but I was a little older than 3! :D Its usually shorts and flip flops for me.
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I've been brokenhearted since last night. I spent a lot of time with Jessica the second year of our homeschooling. I just kept hanging around her booth in Arlington, soaking it all in, and being so thankful to have found her to learn from. I saw her again last year in NC, and she was a gracious and bubbly as I remembered. She even signed my purchase when I told her she was my mentor from afar. Still praying here~
I totally agree! I used Konos when I first started my homeschooling journey. I learned so much attending Jessica's workshops and just spending time at the Konos booth. Jessica and Wade are homeschooling icons that have blessed so many with their wisdom and humor. If there was a Mt. Rushmore of homeschooling, I don't think many would argue with Jessica's image being on that mountain! We'll continue to keep Jessica and their family in our prayers.
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I'm starting MFW in a couple of months and we'll follow a plan very similiar to Cadam's. Im sticking with language arts programs that I'm already using (WWE & FLL) as well as MUS & Lively Latin. I am intrigued by the 3 day schedule though...
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We do too. My son hasn't remembered his multiplication facts like I've hoped but since I downloaded the game, he is breezing along. This is so much better than flash cards! :D I'm also considering upgrading to the full version. I know there's usually a $10 off coupon floating around somewhere...
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My boys enjoy Jonathan Park and the Bunnicula series is great on CD.
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Does anyone know what the difference is b/w the free download game and the paid version?
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We spent the day at our local homeschooling Expo and it was great. Voddie Baucham was the keynote speaker and he was awesome! I also picked up the new version of the WTM, ordered my WWE 3 and really nailed down my plans for the upcoming school year. It was a good day!
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I was just at our local HS Expo yesterday and a vendor believed it would be in earlier. I went ahead and paid for it but she thought it might even be available by the end of June. No guarantees however. :D
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The workbooks have the literary passages already printed in the workbook along w/ daily instructions. The text covers grades 1-4 w general instructions but you need to find your own stories to read. You would be fine with just the workbook.
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Dr. Baucham is speaking at our small homeschooling Expo this weekend in San Diego! I couldn't believe it when I saw his name since we're a smaller organization and our Expo is held at a local church. He's going to be speaking on a topic this weekend then continuing the theme at the much larger CHEA convention this summer. He's also hosting a father/son luncheon for our members so its going to be a great chance to see him in a much smaller venue. We can't wait!
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Okay, thanks to all of you, I have a plan to do MFW and make it even more classical than it already is. Tell me what you think....
I just purchased Year Four-Exploration to 1850 for my son with the 2nd & 3rd Supplement for my daughter. I will definately be adding books from the book basket (which there are MANY to select from) from my library. On top of everything that MFW will give them (and I have been really impressed with their book selections, activities, and especially their notebooks) I will be adding, for my son, Prima Latina, Classical Writing, Logic workbooks like Mind Benders, etc, Wordly Wise, Shurley Grammar, and Classical Conversations awesome memory work plan. Of course Math and spelling too!)
I will also re-arrange the schedule to fit our needs. We do a four day a week schedule to fit in our Co-op.
Let me know what you think!!
This sounds really similiar to what I'm thinking of doing this upcoming year. I will probably start w/ the Adventures program however since I'll have a 3rd grader and 1st grader and add Lively Latin, WWE 3, GWG and possibly Wordly Wise. I'll probably do the ECC the following year then just back into the history cycle rotation for subsequent years.
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I was just on the MFW website wondering how "classical" it was. I am very intrigued by the program. My oldest will be starting 3rd grader so I'm wondering where I should start. We're in SOTW 2 right now. Would it be best to switch over to the Adventures program (Am. History) then begin the cycle again starting the next year? I'm a little on the fence about the 5 year cycle though. I'm very comfortable w/ a 4 year cycle but it would be nice to have history, bible and literature all incorporated into one program and MFW seems a great option. I also consider myself craft-challenged so I'm wondering how doable the hands on projects are. Any advice?
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I have a bunch. Back when MSB used to be on PBS they published teacher guides with science experiments. (Bill Nye did this too.) I have 2-3 books of book/episode-based experiments.
If you'd send me the titles you're going to be reading and your e-mail, I'll scan in the experiments and e-mail them to you!
Thanks a bunch! I'll compile a list and PM you in a little while.
Anyone else have ideas specifically to go w/ their books about animals?
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My kids usually take science at our coop. We've been reading reading the MSB chapter books and I thought it would be fun to incorporate some science projects to go along with the books over the summer. I've done a couple of lapbooks but honestly, they're a lot of work and my boys just tolerate them. It doesn't help that I'm craft-challenged; the folds drive me crazy and the mess...Ugh!
Anyway, does anyone have any other ideas for projects we could do? They really enjoy the books so I might as well take advantage and get a little more science in. I will have a soon-to-be 3rd grader & 1st grader. My older son uses WWE so our writing usually consists of narration, dicatation, etc. He's really not doing any "book reports" yet.
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I use Phonics Pathways as my main phonics curriculum, with ETC as a supplement. I do not try to schedule them togehter. We just do one page every day in Phonics Pathways, and usually they do a couple of pages in ETC every day (but I don't stop a child who wants to do more ETC pages!).
We use them exactly the same way! I consider ETC good for pre-spelling and handwriting practice too.
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Seconding the New Best Recipe by Cook's Illustrated, it is my go-to cookbook. I love Ina Garten's cookbooks and Nigella Lawson's. The Everyday Food cookbook is excellent for quick, tasty, seasonal, easy to find ingredient foods.
I second the Ina Garten books (The Barefoot Contessa). Great recipes that you actually can make!
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Gracias! :D
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I seem to remember a post that mentioned a free website where you could design your own graph or lined paper. Does anyone remember the site?
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MUS has an online chat support w/ trained staff members. I went on their website, found the online chat and was immediately connected to a very polite & helpful person. I don't know if other curriculums have this but it's pretty cool!
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Math U See does place a strong emphasis on place value notation and breaks down the problem the same way you did. Initially, he said he thought this was confusing and preferred to just solve the problem. I know the problem lies in the last math "function" on each line (I don't know how you'd say this mathematicaly.) I tell him to write the final product off to the side so he can visually see the number before carrying it down which helps...when he remembers to do it.
I think I will spend some time reviewing place value. It would be time well spent and maybe he'll suddenly see it differently.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I do sit with him or else he'd probably get them all wrong. Before, he could breeze through a page of math in about 10 minutes but now, we're lucky if we're done in 30 minutes! Maybe I'll try the lines anyway and see if that makes a difference. Any other ideas?
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My son has been learning multiple digit multiplication and we've suddenly run into a problem that he's never had before. Let's say we're multiplying 55X25. He'll begin correctly; 5X5=25, bring down the 5, carry over the 2. He then multiplies 5X5; answers 25, remembers to add the 2 carried over for a total of 27. Here comes the problem. He writes the 2 in the 10's colum and the 7 in the hundreds, which is backwards. The first line should read 275 but he writes 725. I think he hears the "twenty" in his head and immediately writes that first then puts then 7 in the front.
He's never done this before but this has been going on for about a month! He has never really reversed his numbers or letters so it's not a dyslexia issue but I don't know how to get him over it. This suddenly popped up when we began the lengthier multiplication problems. He's a kid who's been pretty strong at math so I'm at a loss. Has anyone had similiar experiences or have any idea how I can explain this better?? :confused1:
CA homeschoolers - if you choose not to use an umbrella school...why?
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I file my own affidavit and have't looked back once. I have a good support system through our coop so if I have a question, I have other moms (many classically bent) who I can bounce ideas off. Since our coop also does field trips, I wouldn't use the "extra curricular" activities that umbrella schools offer. I have considered using one when my boys are in high school just because they would provide a h.s. diploma but that's still a big "if."