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    Sl and sotw

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I think I've heard of people meshing these two programs together, but does anyone have a site/download for it? DS loves loves loves history. Wishing he could do it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. All day..... I love the pace of SOTW (verses SL) but want the readers and extra readings/suggestions/comprehension stuff from SL. How can I make all of this work? Doing SL at 1/2 the pace?

    s/o Latin Programs and ages

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by IATeachingMom

    s/o on another thread I was reading (a great one at that), .... for those of you teaching latin- what program(s) are you using and for what ages or what ages is the program geared for academically?

     

    Lively Latin, LfC, Minimus, SSL1/SSL2, Prima Latina, GSWL, Wheelock, Henle, SYRWLL and any and all others.

    Harry Potter...

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    So I know this might be controversial, but we're reading Harry Potter aloud to ds8. He's super excited. Are there any materials out there for using Harry Potter.... vocab stuff, anything....academic? Maybe just wishful thinking.

    Phonics Help

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    Spalding is the method; Writing Road to Reading is the manual. If you are using WRTR to teach your dc to read and spell, then you're doing Spalding.

     

    SWR and PR don't "use about the same method." There's only one Spalding; the others are NOT Spalding, they are whatever they are. :-)

     

    The spin-offs (and that includes All About Spelling, BTW, as well as two or three others whose names I can't remember at the moment!) are similar in the way they teach, but they've changed the word lists, or the phonograms, or the spelling notebook that the children write in, or some of the terminology, or broken it up into different levels.

     

    I didn't say that Spalding is the "easiest;" I said that it's the original, and it's been proven to be successful over time. Nothing I've seen in the spin-offs would convince *me* to use them instead of Spalding.

     

    OTOH, millions of children in the world learn to read and spell without Spalding, so if you like something else and it works for you, it works for me. :001_smile:

     

    I better understand- thank you. There were lots of names and acronyms dancing in my head........

    Phonics Help

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    What's the difference between Spalding, SWR, WRTR and PR? I feel like some of these are a duplicate? Or some people are saying that SWR and WRTR are the same? What on earth am I missing?! If I understand this much, they all use about the same method? But Ellie....you're saying that Spalding is the easiest?

    Phonics Help

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    If you looked at Phonics Road, you should consider its mother: Spalding. Yes, it's a bit much :) but it's SO comprehensive. It's everything you'd need for literacy (plus books you'd get at the library, instead of vocabulary-controlled readers): reading, spelling, penmanship, capitalization and punctuation, simple writing. It can also include grammar and more advanced writing, but that's optional.

     

    What's the difference between Spalding and PR? Maybe we should just go with PR?

    Phonics Help

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    Posted · Edited by IATeachingMom

    I'm ready for a phonics change:

     

    We've done ETC up through... 4 I think? but ds just wasn't getting it. Then we had him tested for vision therapy and he had lots of issues going on. We're working through that. VT has helped tremendously. Now (after 2 months) he's reading! But.... because we stopped phonics- it wasn't working, he hated it, and it was just frustrating with his eye issues- we don't have a program right now. He's ready to start learning how and I'm at a loss. I've looked at Phonics Road, but it looks like a bit much? I didn't think ETC was comprehensive enough? He's ready for some of the rules beyond "silent E.." type stuff. Digraphs/Dipthongs. That stuff.

     

    Abeka?

    What else....?

    Sunlight?

    Modern Curric. Press

    McRuffy?

    Horizons?

     

     

    ETA: We didn't like OPGTR... he likes worksheets, and needs reinforcement.

    LCC vs. WTM vs. TJeducation

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Wow, such great insight. I don't know much about TJed, but now I'm glad that the bookstore that I almost ordered the books through couldn't get them! Does anyone have any insight on the rigor of WTM/LCC. I know I'm opening a can of worms on this one... and I'm not trying to get to "this is better than that" for responses. But if I'm understanding them correctly LCC is more heavy in LA areas and WTM is more history heavy? So depending on what you have as a goal for your dc, either one might be the "more rigorous fit" so to speak.

    So if I think my dd needs vision therapy...

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    :iagree:

     

     

    I agree too! I took ds to see an eye doctor on that website. We've been doing vision therapy for about 6 weeks and it his reading has jumped up in level! I almost cried the other day when he read a book at the second grade level AND it didn't take us an hour to finish it. However.... he might also have some dyslexia/dysgraphia going on. But we're doing VT first to rule out those problems.

    What would I get to serve WARM APPLE CIDER?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I'm thinking of those stainless steel things that you hold the cup under and push a button. What are they called?:001_huh:

     

    A "press pot". Sometimes called a carafe. Sometimes they can be expensive, maybe check a good will for one "coffee carafe" you know...the ones that they usually have at a church or something? It has a spout and handle with a screw on lid. I'm forever seeing them at Goodwill for cheap! Not sure if you have those memories but I sure do! LOL.

    CW/LTOW

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    Can anyone shed some light on "The Lost Tools of Writing" vs. Classical Writing (beyond Aseop)? For fun, if you have experience with IEW or WWE/FLL please add that as well. I don't feel fully satisfied with FLL/WEE, but we're just beginning 3, so maybe.......I'll come full circle? I just feel as thought it's a bit.... I don't know.... light? I really want to hit the nail on the head so to speak with Language Arts. We have other subjects that I just need to do to be proficient, but I think LA is our area to really succeed and choose a rigorous program. Does that make any sense? Ideas, and insight would be great. Thanks.

    Dutch oven / French oven? Questions

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by IATeachingMom

    Any time you "brown an onion/garlic/spices" in usually makes a "fond" which is the brown coating at the bottom...the not quite burn stuff. The "fond" is where the flavor it. Then deglaze the pan.... pour a little liquid (wine, stock, water). Anytime a recipe calls for any of that... so a tomato sauce, stew, pot roast....soups, that's what would be good for a dutch oven. What I was taught from our kitchen store in town is that a dutch oven is round and a french oven is oval. Some companies don't follow this and just want to sound classy and call a dutch oven a french oven/casserole (that part was my opinion). Cobbler, and bread pudding are also great things in a dutch oven. I make chile in ours. This weekend I made italian beefs in it too. I love to cook so I use ours several times a week in the winter! Yum!

     

    ETA- forgot to add that one reason to use a dutch oven vs. a crockpot is that you don't get the "fond" with a crockpot. I realize most people don't care,...but I just thought I mention it. Also, in general, a good dutch oven will do a better job braising. And I think there are actually some bread recipes that use a dutch oven, though I've never tried.

    Cloth Diapers question for 18mo

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I have an 18month old boy and have CD'ed on and off since birth. We fell off the wagon a few months back due to a number of things. I'd like to get back into it but his stool is not solid and it's not easy to wash off this the little hand-held contraption on the toilet. Maybe this is too gross to be talking about? But what am I supposed to do here? I thought his stool would be more solid by now and might "peel" or "fall" off? If I can't get the stool off it's not a good idea to be continuing to CD? I do wash diapers every day or at least every other day. I never go more than 48 hours at the absolute most. Grr.....what am I doing wrong?

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