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The fat lady is warming up her pipes...
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If Luongo chokes again, he needs to be exiled! Go Canucks!!
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I followed the recipe exactly but my yogurt never solidified. :confused: I even added a couple of tablespoons of dry milk. I'm wondering if the heating element on my crock isn't working properly. I'll definitely try again though.
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I've really enjoyed the discussions the past few days. I'm just curious to hear from others though about what criteria they look at when considering if a curriculum is rigorous, middle of the road, dumbed down, etc.
Personally, I've always stayed away from the workbook approach where kids are required to find information somewhere in the text and copy it down in a workbook. Some others may disagree so I'm genuinely interested in hearing from others about how they evaluate curriculum. I glean so much from these discussions!
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IMO, I don't see true gaps. I think MUS is weak in measurement & teaches time-telling a bit late, but there aren't important concepts that are missed.
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Great! Now I have to go to World Market and look for Vietnamese coffee and the "filter thingy!" :D
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:bigear: We have been thinking about moving back to Ca. Most likely Northern San Diego, but please do tell. Dh really wants one of our dc to go the charter school route, so it would be great to know and make decision accordingly.
Danielle
Be aware that the 2 largest charters in No. County San Diego have drastically cut back on classes and $$ for extra curricular activities. Even though both charters have full enrollment, the districts are pulling $$ away from them.
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That's us, too :D I think I'm only looking at others because I'm guilty of spending too much time here being nosy about what other folks are using.
We're inconsistent with CWP because I don't get the bar method LOL, and we're starting LOF.
I kept all of his old MUS stuff (we started at Alpha, too) so adding in my five year old hasn't been too bad - yet. Just hope she does as well with the program as he has!
We're right there with you as far as CWP. I just haven't been consistent with it. We did start the Key to Geometry books a few weeks ago and he seems to be enjoying it. I thought we could work on that through the summer since we're on our last Episilon lesson. Geometry was never my strong suit so a little practice early can't hurt! Although now I'm considering just jumping right into Zeta too. Hmmm... We do a modified year round so we have about 5 weeks left before a small break although I'm like eternalknot and usually make them continue with math.
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I'm using Grammar Island with a 4th grader and a bright 2nd grader, although I didn't begin until 1/2 through our school year. My 2nd grader hasn't had any problems with it. In fact, he seems to be thriving. He's retaining so much more than when we used GWG.
I will say that we do most of the exercises orally. We'll finish out Island next year and definitely continue on to the Town level. I know at some point soon however the writing especially will be a little too advanced for him so I'll have to slow him down.
I use WWE with them all and I'll probably supplement FLL 3 with him next year. My oldest went through FLL 4.
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I did both at the same time - I figured I needed both eventually anyhow, why not?!
I'm treating MUS Pre-Algebra as a catch-all course, and not as a true pre-algebra course. I don't know if we'll continue MUS or switch to another pre-algebra (and onward) program, but I did know I wanted to complete MUS Pre-Algebra either way. If that's your plan, too, go for it!
I'm interested in hearing how exactly you scheduled both? I was thinking of trying to get through Zeta & PreAlgebra in one year.
I know a lot of people on these boards recommend Lial's BCM as a PreAlgebra course. I picked up a used copy and honestly, it looks like it's 90% review. :glare:
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:bigear: You might want to post this on the Logic stage boards too!
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It's a six HOUR flight for me but if I could afford it, I'd definitely be there. :D
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Nice tartan! :thumbup:
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Tommy's is awesome! How can anything covered in chili be bad? :D
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I'm getting ready to put in my order but was wondering if the Anatomy Notebook/Journal is necessary and/or useful? Friends who've done Zoology said they didn't really use the notebook; they just did the experiments at the end of the chapters. I have boys who aren't really interested in coloring or busy work so if its not really useful, I'd rather save the $$.
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:iagree: Ellie is right on!
My oldest is "extremely" social and has always been homeschooled but resentment about not being part of a class has never been an issue. He did go briefly to our church's preschool so he has been exposed to a "classroom" setting but he understands homeschooling is how our family does school.
We are part of a great homeschool support group in our area so we have class coop days, field trips and other activities to join in. He also plays ice hockey and is really involved in our church so we actually turn down many activities or else we would be busy constantly.
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I found some very helpful schedules on the yahoo group.
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The Keys to...series might also be a good option. They have a set on decimals. I like LOF too so either might be a good option.
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In Week 4 under Day 1 assignments, it says to fill out narration for hydrogen. What exactly am I suppose to narrate? I must have missed something. :001_huh:
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I live in a nice suburb of a large southern city. The newspaper ran an article last year that compared the % of high school students requiring remedial classes in college by high school/city.
Surprisingly, the percentage from the nicest public school in the nicest suburb was withing 5-8 points of the worse public schools in the worse part of town. I believe our school (suppose to be one of the nicest around) was 72% of high school grads required remedial college classes.
My neighbor, a huge supporter of the ps system, insisted the newspaper's data was wrong. Then her straight-A, "gifted" son ended up in remedial classes in college. :001_huh:
You would think that colleges would work with local school districts letting them know their expectations and how to prepare kids for college. Where's the disconnect?
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I've often wondered that if the DOE or the states try to crackdown on home schooling, a good lawsuit would be that they cannot provide the same quality of education as home educators. I don't know many districts that offer Latin, Greek, Logic or a myriad of other courses many homeschoolers teach their kids.
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I think that the best place to start with outlining is with the old white Kingfisher. This is the one copyrighted in 1993. It's more fleshed out than the newer editions, so it doesn't sound like an outline already as they do. It's wonderful for this, really unparalleled. Once they have learned outlining, I don't see any reason not to outline SOTW. But I wouldn't start with that--it would be too difficult.
I have the old Kingfisher sitting on my shelf! I had completely forgot about that one. I was worried that my son might get overwhelmed having to read & outline TWIAT so this is probably a much better fit.
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SWB does not reccomend using SOTW for outlining because it is too narrative. One should also not outline fiction. It should be a nonfiction book on one of the topics.
So, would The World in Ancient Times be a good source to outline? I was planning on using these along with SOTW & the Kingfisher Encyclopedia.
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I'm intrigued by Singapore's bar method. In what book do they introduce this method? Would it be found in their Intensive Practice books?
Now for a little controversy (and very uncanadianlike)
in General Education Discussion Board
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C'mon Canucks! At least make a game of it. They're making that idiot Mike Milbury look like a genius. Ugh...