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    Planning for next year: Post 1st grade plans here

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    CLE Language Arts, Math and Reading

     

    Apologia Elementary Science with lapbook and we are reading through all the "Among the _________ People" books by Clara Dillingham Pierson

     

    Lively Latin (dd is a strong reader, we did Prima Last year)

     

    My Book House books

     

    d'aulaire's Greek Myths and Famous Men of Greece

     

    50 Famous Stories Retold

     

    gymnastics

     

    guitar and theory with Music Ace

     

    and a rotating Charlotte Masony sort of Hymn, Composer, Artist study with a bunch of different materials I have put together.

    (experience wanted)- who else has a child that could get injured standing still in a

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    In fact, other parents joke that if my dd is on an outing then theirs won't get hurt.

    An extreme example. She put one foot in front of the other wrong on her 8th birthday and managed to fall doing it and snapped both arm bones! Walking!!!!!!

    Other than that she is always banging into things that she knows are there, tables, chairs, door jambs. I think she just lives at full speed.

    What are your favorite sources for hsing materials? sm

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Sing N Learn is a wonderful little company that specializes in all things audio to help teach and learn. It is a homeschooling family business run by Sarah and Fred Cooper. They tend to answer their own phone and are wonderful to deal with.

     

    I also love Timberdoodle, though ti has already been mentioned.

     

    The Baldwin Project is one of my favorite free internet resources and has been such a blessing to me that I am now helping to transcribe a book for them.

     

    Another free and helpful site for me has been Old fashioned Education which outlines K-12 with free old resources and great books lists.

    TOG users, can you pretty please try to explain to me what TOG is?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    TOG provides:

    -multi-level (1st-12th) learning on a weekly theme with clear objectives for each level and multiple subjects (history, literature, writing, geography, Fine Arts and Activities, Church history/worldview, Government, Philosophy) when you buy 1 year plan you are getting multiple years use, not just a smaller scope of age-appropriate learning

     

    - Reading assignments based on the weekly theme for each level. Each grade level has history core, history in-depth, suggested read-alouds, literature, arts and activities, worldview/church history, government, philosophy and enrichment books and resources laid out for you. You have choices but they are fewer than the myriad of choices SOTW gives you, plus every book was chosen for a specific reason- each one ties perfectly into the week's theme

     

    - Weekly Overview:Student assignments for your older children to take charge of their lesson, objectives for the week for them to meet, including a list of People for biography profiles for each week, in lower grammar and upper grammar there are vocabulary words for the week and dialectic and rhetoric are timeline dates to add to their timelines.

    There are activities laid out for each grade level to do either singly or as a group. Geography objectives are also listed for the students.

     

    Writing Assignments with 12 levels, the student works from level 1 and up it is not grade level oriented. This includes writing assignment for the week's theme, including narrations, dictations and various types of modern writing. This works with their product Writing Aids but could be used alone and it is provided for each week.

     

    General Information for All Grades- Student Activity Pages

    This is an overview provided for the student to read or to be read to them if you choose.

     

    Student Activity Pages

    Lower Grammar- arts and activities, geography with specific locations, literature worksheet that correlates to the lower grammar literature book for the week

     

    Upper Grammar- arts and activities, geography with specific locations, literature worksheet that correlates to the upper grammar literature book for the week

     

    Dialectic Level- History accountability questions, thinking questions, arts and activities, geography with specific locations, literature worksheet that correlates to the dialectic literature book for the week, more than one book may have an assignment

     

    Rhetoric level- History accountability questions, thinking questions, arts and activities, geography with specific locations, literature worksheet that correlates to the Rhetoric literature book for the week, which has beginning level and continuing level selections. Church history, government and philosophy questions.

     

    The Pageant of Philosophy: for Rhetoric students that has a character within a play/skit exploring the philosophical focus of the week's theme with the people of the week.

     

    Then the Teacher's Notes:

    Pulled from World Book Encyclopedia but only what you need to know for the week's theme.

     

    History Dialectic Discussion Outline

    History Rhetoric Discussion Outline

    Literature Questions and Answers (these are answers for the literature pages mentioned before)

    Literature Rhetoric Discussion Outline

    Government Rhetoric Discussion Outline

    Philosophy Rhetoric Discussion Outline

    Geography: Background Information

    Fine Arts and Activities: Background Information

    CHurch History/Worldview: Background Information

     

    Then a glance into the next week's objectives and budget tips

     

    With TOG they have components that can be purchased to use with the Year Plan

    - Writing Aids

    - Map Aids

    - Evaluations- tests/quizzes for each week for each grade level

    - Pop Quiz- short audio for supporting spouses to listen and be prepared to discuss the week's lesson with the kids

    - optional Lapbooks

     

    : ) Jessica

     

    · Trivium Academy

    List your FAVORITE books/itmes for hs'ing?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    The My Book House series tops the list, then Landmark's with the Artner Readers Guide to American History. If they were all I had to home school with I would still be happy.

     

    Troxel's Geography Songs and States and Capitals have never gone out of favor or style here.

    While I am on songs for learning, Skip Count Kids Bible Heroes is still a favorite even though we are WAY past learning to skip count, the songs are just fun.

    Dh and I also think the URL="http://singnlearn.org/cgi-bin/ccp5/cp-app.cgi?usr=50X4566982&rnd=1618976&rrc=N&cip=75.67.151.79&pg=prod&ref=164&cat=upperlevelscience"]Lyrical Life Science[/url] songs are brilliant.

     

    While I loved SOTW, I was missing the Christian perspective and found Truthquest. I now use TQ with SOTW for 1-4 then TQ with Mystery of History for 5-7. Will continue to use TQ with whatever I use for high school.

     

    huge thumbs up for Lively Latin and Galore Park's Latin Prep as well

    Free audio books? Educational songs?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Let me know why you like your chosen Latin program

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We are using Lively Latin for 1st after Prima Latina in K, PL was a lovely, gentle, easy start and we enjoyed memorizing the prayers. Once LL came out though I was hooked on it for the younger set. Pick up and go and had all the elements I like in other programs all in one.

    For 6th, after LFC A and B we are using Galore Park. I absolutely love it. It fixed my biggest gripe with LFC which was lack of actually using what she was learning. I think she has gotten more out of the 1st 5 chapters of Latin Prep than 2 years of LFC. She is much more capable of working with translation and reading than she was going into it.

    I liked LFC for many reasons and there is a ton of memorized vocabulary and chants in my daughters head from it for which I am grateful BUT she didn't really learn how to take all that and use it, know what I mean?

    Introductions Please!! Newbies and Regulars!

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We began homeschooling after a disastrous ps kindergarten year. As I was sharing with my Pastor's wife she looked at me and said, "Lizzie, if I can do it, YOU can do it". And here I am 7 years later. I read WTM that summer and have used it as my game plan ever since. We are what we call "eclectic classical".

     

    My daughters are 11 and 7 now and we are teaching 6th and 1st. I have been married for almost 17 years to my best friend and we are newly addicted to the Sharpe's dvd series by Bernard Cornwell. DH and I are also huge Joss Whedon fanatics.

     

    We have 2 guinea pigs, a budgie, a cockatiel, an Aussie Shepherd and a Siamese and an assortment of fish. And, while a totally separate category than the pets, my twin sister and her husband to be live with us as well.

     

    I love Christian Light Education Math and Language Arts, Latin Prep, Lively Latin, Lightening Lit, IEW's theme based lessons, SOTW and Truthquest with Mystery of History. I do not like Saxon Math, Latin for Children or Writing Strands.

     

    I am an old book collector and reader and a curriculum junkie. My very favorites are the My Book House series,Landmarks and the OLD Childhood of Famous Americans, not the new ones. I also love the old "Twins" series.

    I also love knitting and am playing with felted projects lately.

     

    We go to a Baptist church where we are incredibly blessed by the church body with friendship and fellowship and many of us home school. My dh is on the worship team and our soon to be old enough dd will join in May. We love singing as a family and the girls are learning guitar from Dad and piano from me.

     

    I am so very grateful for the collective wisdom and willingness to share that I have experienced on these boards. I am glad to be among you.

    Talk Logic to me....

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Hey Penny,

    I am heading into Traditional Logic for 8th. We went from the Dandylion books to Fallacy Detective with our 11 yr old 6th grader and the whole family is actually getting a lot out of it. So it is Thinking Toolbox for 7th and more formal studies in 8th for us. I made flashcards and geeks that we are, we do it on Friday nights as a family sort of thing.

    Planning for next year: Post 1st grade plans here

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Christian Light Education math, reading and language arts

    Famous Men of Greece and d'aulaire's Greek Myths

    Apologia Elementary Zoology with lapbook and the "Among the ____ People" series by Clara Dillingham Pierson

    going through the My Book House books

    she is also soaking up fairytales and history from her audiobooks from http://www.homeschoolradioshows.com, she adores the 50 Famous Stories retold which we had read together last year.

    We are doing Prima Latina and some Lively Latin

    We have Fine Arts teas a few times a month for composer studies, art studies and such, it is difficult to get in sometimes.

    and hoping to foster her obsession with robotics with this http://www.gssteched.com/TRONIX1.html

    What household chores do you hate doing the most?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Does anyone remember the Laundry Speech a la Aragorn at the Black gate?

    From Kate, long ago

     

    "Here is my laundry speech a la Aragorn before the black gate...

    ________________________________________

     

    I see in your eyes the same mountain that would take the heart of me. A

    day may come when this laundry pile of mine overwhelms me, when I

    forsake clean towels and break all scoops of soap, but it is not this

    day. An hour of soiled shirts and dirty pants, when the laundry room

    comes crashing down, but it is not this day. Today, I fold! For all of

    the children in my house, and for my dear husband too, I tell you I will

    sit, and fold my laundry!"

     

    :+)

    Kate

    Mystery of History users

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Hi Jean

    My name is Liz and I am a TOG dropout. MOH with Truthquest has saved my sanity. It is TOG "lite" I guess.

    We have used it for 2 years now and I am thrilled MOH 3 will be out in time to use it for next year. It is pick up and go, the books lists are great. The files on the yahoo group are helpful also.

    I think you will love it.

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