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Yes it does suck......and it makes one feel so helpless. If it helps I am right there with you. I am caring for my grandmother, we figured that her symptoms started about 10 years ago, getting worse 6 years ago and declining from there.
It is hard but hang in there.
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lynda
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I would call back to the Dr office and speak with the DR not the nurse. I would use what ever you can to get him to write the note. I would explain the needing time to adjust to pregnancy, the feeling awkward in class etc. Even if these are not issues I would use them and whatever else you can think of .....to get him to write the note. I would explain about with the note she could finish school at home etc. It would be far better for her and the baby if she were to get a high school diploma.
lynda
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What about getting a one of the cheaper laptops --the little net books. They usually have a camera built into them etc. Then if the computer goes out at home you can use that. If the electricity or the internet goes out at home ---you can take it to the local Starbucks or someplace like that that has free wifi.
Lynda
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Lynda
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I just had my dd look up her lab experiment write ups and this is what she personally saw with her experiment under the microscope.
In 2.2 sprillium bacteria, dead alge, and some sort of small dot thing that she could not identify.
In 3.1 in the rice jar you are supposed to see bacillius bacteria, sprillium bacteria, and amoeba.
Lynda
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I have my dd write down all the vocabulary as she goes through the chapter, I don't have her do the vocab questions in the end study guide.
I do have her do the study guide at the end of the module. I have found that it can be done in two days, one day for all the questions and one day for the vocabulary appendix. I have found that if she does this good from memory that no studying is needed and she passes the tests easily. If she misses a lot then we go back and correct and make sure understanding is present before doing the tests. These study guide are like study sheets for the test.
Lynda
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for just learning and reviewing phonograms no more than 10-15 minutes, as he knows some I would take them out of the learn and put into a review pile. I would review it once a week on Monday for mastery, if he misses on Monday then put it back in the learn pile. If he gets it correct drop it until the next Monday ....after 4 Mondays of correct put it into the review every other Monday, then 4 of those put into review monthly pile. Keep separate piles of can say sound by seeing flashcard, and writing the sound from oral dictation.
Lynda
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I run away from anything written by Anne Carroll. Her version of history is a far cry from authentic history. It is the Catholic equivalent of BJU.
Do you have any high school level history spines that you would recommend? We are starting 9 grade next year and going back into American History, I have not used the Carroll books prior and that was my plan to use as a spine. Now I am having second thoughts.....just like I would not use a BJU textbook for high school history due to the bias I don't want to give her the Catholic version of that either. humm.....off to google.:001_huh:
Lynda
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It means that if a post high school person took the test that they would score the same thing. It does not mean that she should skip a grade or by any means has the same knowledge as a 19 year old.
I would caution against skipping a grade. I mean if she knows the material and can test through --then yes you can move ahead in certain subjects. By there is a ton of other things that one needs to learn and grasp before moving on in the world.
You also have to consider are you prepared to let her go to college early. By that are you prepared to put her into certain social situations that she may not be ready for --ie with older boys etc.
Lynda
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Horizons is spiral but moves quickly.
Significant differences exist between the K-2 programs. Saxon includes "meetings," etc. Horizons is basically workbooks.
This is what I thought. I felt that there were huge differences between the 1 grade horizons and 1 grade Saxon...but thought maybe I was missing something since people here were saying that they were the same.
we are using both right now for my youngest dd and I am trying to narrow it down to one program. It is too much work to combine them both and still have time for the other kids. There are parts of both horizons and saxon that I like and dislike.:glare:
Lynda
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Saxon is not that different from Horizons. Actually, many accuse Horizons of pushing concepts too early and Saxon of being more relaxed.
So is Horizons harder than Saxon? Or do they equal out in the end? These are the two programs that I am trying to decided between for my dd.
Lynda
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I believe that was in the general science text book. I think that it was in the older editions and that error or problem has since been corrected with the newest version of the general science. :)
lynda
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try and find something that works and try to stick with it. My dd9 lots a bit of time because we kept switching.
I agree with this fully. I did not switch around on my other kids...just this one and am having a hard time finding what fits her. I will take a look at CLE.
any other suggestions?
Lynda
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Up to this point I have used Horizons math with all my kids. It has worked well. With my youngest, I started her with horizons because I had the books from my older kids. Well it did not work for her at all last year (1 grade) the K book went well the year prior. We hit a huge wall after Christmas and there was no moving forward at that point. We switched to Math U See --well that was great for a little while and it really cemented some concepts, place value and some addition. She got board of the Math U See and tired of the same things each day.....she missed the color of the horizons workbooks and the variety. I also had several doubts about Math U See at this point, so I was more than willing to stop.
I went back to horizons but saw that she needed a bit more and was not quite ready for it yet. A friend loaned me Saxon 1 and I started on that. There are several elements to the Saxon that I like that horizons does not include like oral counting and calendar work each day, work with money daily etc. But the workbook pages for Saxon are to easy for my dd and it moves too slow for dd. It has been great to build confidence. About a month ago she picked back up the horizon book on her own and started working in it... So, I am combining the Saxon oral work with the horizons.....it is a pain and a ton of work. I would like to drop one or the other or just ditch them both for a program that combines these elements. Some days the horizons is still a bit much and she only does 1/2 lesson. Is there something that is in between the pace of the two programs?
I have just gotten her to the point of carrying with addition, which we will start tomorrow. We are moving slowly and playing tons of games. That is fine for now. I just know that when the fall starts and my other kids need more of my time for school --I will be limited and it will be hard to combine all these programs. It would great if I could streamline it into one program.
I will still keep some of the games as we have a game time in school one is mom choice and the other student choice.
Thanks for all input good or bad....this child is really keeping me on my toes. :)
Lynda
Lynda
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I would love more info on the differences between the red wagon DVD and the dive ones. :bigear:
Lynda
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Thanks so much that gives me an idea of what to do and where to go....
We did just finish geometry... however we did algebra review every Friday so that her algebra skills would not be forgotten. We used the Algebra 1 tests from Saxon, made her score above a 90%. Then we looked at the problems missed and determined the why and reviewed chapters as needed. Her Algebra skills are very strong. We always finish our math books, even if nothing else gets finished! All the new material is always at the end.
It would be great if I could test her out of the first 20 lessons ...that would be with tests.. about 25 days worth of work. That would really ease our schedule. She wants to take an art class on Thursdays that will only leave us about 3 hours for school. I am trying to see what I can take away from Thursday.
Lynda
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I know that with the younger levels of Saxon math, you can test through some of the beginning lessons. I used to do this with my dd to help put math to a four day week or to give us some flex time.
Do you know if you can do that with Algebra II? Is there any review in the book or is it better to work it from the beginning?
If so do you know the point that new material is being introduced?
Lynda
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We are using the Mother of Divine Grace Syllabus for Henle II, which covers Henle II in one year. The pace is brisk. The first half (or so) of the lessons in Henle II do cover the material from the second half of Henle I, but the lessons are shorter and there aren't as many practice exercises on each next concept.
Thank you this is exactly what I needed. We are using the MODG syllabus right now and my dd Latin tutor told me to put her in Henle book 2. He said that she needed the faster pace and catches on quickly. I just was not sure and do not want to push my dd too hard or place her in a situation where she is not going to succeed.
My main concern was that she would not miss any concepts and sturggle to learn the or to catch up because we skipped something. It sound like she will not be skipping anything just learning it faster.
Thanks again everyone!!!:)
Lynda
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Can you please help me with my Latin sequence? We are finishing up Henle Latin book 1 (units 1-7). My plan was to continue the book and finish it next year (units 8-14). Then move into the second book in the Henle series after that--from there well I can figure that out later.
Here is my wrench. My dd's friend has been following the same path and doing Latin together. They are not going to do the second half of the first book and instead skip to the second book next year. My dd wants to do the same. Personally, I am ok with either route....I just want to make sure that there are no holes in her education or that she is not pushing to hard etc.
So is this an ok path 1/2 Henle 1 to the Henle 2 book? Or should we finish the first book? If it helps Latin does come easily to my dd.
Thanks,
Lynda
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I am using MODG with my children and am enrolled for my highschool age child. You can combine both of your husbands style and wants and yours easily! The way the MODG K is set it, it will be easy to do K this year and repeat next year without feeling like you are repeating,if you should need to. Sort of a Ka and a Kb. You just move forward with the books. I can help you with this as I did it for my youngest. You can also substitute curriculum with MODG easily, it will not put you in a box as much as you think.
I make tons of changes and adaptions to the MODG program to fit my childrens learning styles and have never had a problem with my consultant.
My dh insisted on being enrolled in the beginning. He wanted the security of knowing the our childrens needs were being met. It is not a matter of him trusting me but rather him doing his job as a father and making sure his childrens needs are met (like dotting the I's) It made him feel more secure knowing that we were enrolled and it was with an accredited school, even though legally it is not necessary. He just wanted to make sure that the decision for us to homeschool would not affect our kids later in life. Sometimes, our husbands have fears to especially when taking a different path. Like your dh my husband comes from a Hispanic background as well, which brings other fears into play. Options that kids here in the US have that he did not growing up. I guess I am saying try to listen to his side and reasons for wanting that, you may walk away with some different ideas.
If you need help or more info on MODG please feel free to Pm or email me.:001_smile:
Lynda
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You can not buy just the spelling rules tunes separately. I asked when i was using PR because it would have been nice to have them on a separate CD to listen to in the car or just to use while we were doing our work. This Mama is not the best singer! LOL
I went from PR to AAS. We just started level 1 of AAS about a month ago--we are on step 17. There is a ton of review each day. You set up a box and with a file system and use that each day to review. I love this aspect of AAS and our review of the phonograms and written phonograms is happening each day. This is more mastery based.
With PR that review is not present. You must remember to do it on your own and come up with your own system. The review is more built in as one works through the spelling lists. This is more spiral.
I have actually done some of the markings with AAS that PR and other programs include. It is not that hard to add that in, if you know how to do it.
I will say that AAS is far superior to PR in its work with syllables and the way it breaks it down. This has been a major "AAHH" moment with my little one! This has really made things click for her. It also made me realize what our issues were or were coming from with PR. My dd has a speech issue, with AAS and the way they teach the kids to segment the words is amazing. With this tool I was able to isolate the problem of my dd not hearing/saying sounds in words correctly --especially with blends.
I love the daily phrase dictation that goes along with AAS. I know that PR2 has sentence dictation within the grammar but PR level 1 has no dictation. I really like the part of AAS. The dictation has increased my dd confidence and it has helped me to see what rules we may need to go back and review because the phrases dictated are only words that follow rules taught up to that point. From PR1 to PR2 the amount of writing jumps a ton. This can be an issue with a younger child.
sick kid calls. I can answer or compare any more questions that you may have at this point. --oh' my little one loves the little chart to show when you passed a step in AAS! Amazing what a little sticker chart can do!
Lynda
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I learned the hard way with my older ds. I used a math program with him that everyone said was a great one and it wasn't! Algebra was harder for both of us because that math program didn't provide enough basics in algebra.
out of curiosity what program did you that you felt it did not cover enough basics?
I know that we used a program with my dd for alg 1 last year and in doing geometry this year discovered things that were missing or should have been covered. We are going through the Saxon Alg 1 book now --testing through because of this. I thought that i had done my research!
Lynda
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I don't think that it is a math war. I think that we are all trying to figure out what is best for our children and to make sure that everything is covered. I know how much I worry about all of it. With my eldest, in high school I see some mistakes that I have made and am trying to correct them with my younger children.
It gets so hard and complicated because we don't have experience in certain subjects. Then we try to get all the information but sometimes you can not rely on the companies themselves for help.
Lynda
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I would go with Saxon 76... there is a ton of review in the beginning of the book so you may be able to test him out of some of those first lessons. Thus giving you some time to get ahead. if you need more specifics of how to test out of lessons let me know. I am doing this right now with my eldest dd and algebra 1. She completed another algebra 1 program but wants to go back to Saxon. We want to make sure that everything is covered the Saxon way so she does not struggle in Alg 2. If you feel that you are that behind you could ask him to do math say 2 days a week during the summer.
Also if you have a child who "likes" a certain math that is half your battle of getting it done right there. Listen to him, it could be that it works better for his learning style.
Lynda
Latin What next
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My dd is finishing Henle Latin II book. I am trying to decided where to take her next.....Not so sure if I want to continue with the Henle series or move into a reading based series.
Any recommendations???
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Lynda