We did some of it last year but this year it doesn't fit the scope.

I know - LOL!!! When I was discerning Saxon, most of the voices that were the loudest were to stay away. I'm thrilled I didn't listen to them. :laugh:

Congratulations!!!!!!!! That must be a great feeling!

We are using Prentice Hall "Earth Science" this year. Secular, non religious, and a nice tame sarif font.

Thank you Ladies. It's not that I'm forever going to avoid these things, but I need to be sensitive to where she is right now. Coddling will not make a strong child - I know that. :) I am checking out all that you have posted! Oh - and we tried "Little House"... she hated it. :(

I will check those out, thank you!

Anyone have any good American History Historical fiction for a sensitive 11 year old? I'm planning our history extras for next year. What I mean by sensitive: She hates to read any blood and gore and she is very sensitive towards death since we had 10 deaths within two years in our family including her Grandpa, with whom she was incredibly close to. She read some of the "Dear America" series and the one on the Oregon Trail gave her nightmares. I know I may be looking for something that just doesn't exist because of the time period we are looking for, but it's worth a try.

Anyone have any good American History Historical fiction for a sensitive 11 year old? I'm planning our history extras for next year.

Get an Earth Science book, pick the topic and go searching. That's what I'm doing now. We are doing Earth Science and I'm looking for the extras we're gonna do.

Anything can be boring if you just use a text book. I supplement with rabbit trails with internet links, books, field trips, DVD's and crafts - that's where the excitement comes in for us.

True - but I didn't get that feeling from what the article stated. I did feel like they pounded their opinion a bit hard that religion should have NO PLACE in Science, which I disagree with. I truly, truly do not see how one can write a complete coverage of the topic without talking about the origins of the earth and it's age. That's part of Earth Science. Full disclosure - I am a theistic evolutionist as well. :) I don't believe God needs to be divorced from Science.

Thank you for sharing this. I thought the author made some good points. I think her assertion that neutral=omission is a good one.

Sounds good in theory, I just can't wrap my mind around how this would work. If you're teaching the eras of time (Jurassic, Triassic, Cenozoic, etc...) it absolutely will imply great age - along with fossils. I just truly don't know how one can avoid this. SInce it's a PDF file, could you post a quote so I can see how it's worded? Or wait - are you saying that they just don't cover it? They don't talk about the age of the earth or fossils in their Earth Science?

What she said. No need to type my own out. Bolded is even MORE emphasized!

No question: I would have him take the test again. If he does that again, however, all bets are off and it goes as is.

I am curious how a neutral POV handles things like the age of the earth and fossils.

Me too. Although this year, I DID buy a public school text because it contained everything Melissa wanted to learn about this year in it.

I was actually commenting more on the content - the Content and Morality of the Bible IS unchanging...but Man changes it's meaning by their misinterpretations, etc... Yes, and the King James Version has so many mis-translations as well it's not even funny. Then there's the Torah, the Catholic Version, the Protestant Version, The Lego Brick Bible, all the different languages, blah blah blah. All tainted by humans. I still posit that it's not the Bible changing - it doesn't - again it's MAN that is changing what it is - by mistranslating, changing to another language, taking parts out, etc... God's word is unchanging. Man mucks it up time and time again. And yes, I'm overly exhausted by the bolded as well.

I applaud you. It takes great humility to see that one might just have it wrong and be willing to look at the alternatives. God is unchanging. The Bible is unchanging. The only thing that IS changing is Man and his interpretation of things.

I think part of the problem is that some groups of Christianity hold the young earth position because if it's somehow proved false, it will prove their foundation of literalism false because it's no longer "literally" true. It's a matter of salvation: If you believe in evolution, the big bang, or a young earth, you are no longer saved. Me? I don't see it as a salvation issue, and I don't interpret Genesis literally. For thousands of years the church taught it was an allegory to help people understand God as a creator. The Bible never purported to be a science textbook - it's a book of the faith journey of God and his people and how he wants his followers to live their lives. That said, there are many many instances where the Bible has been proven to give true and accurate history and geography. That doesn't mean it purports to be a History Treatise or a Geography Tome. The discipline of Biblical Archaeology is fascinating to me. God is a God of love, of mercy, and yes, of intelligence. I don't see a dichotomy of religion and science. God gave us the tools and the intellect to go on this journey of discovery, and I think he meant for us to do just that. :) Finding out that any of these scientific methods are true will not destroy my faith. God is the creator of all - I just don't believe he gave us a manual of how he did it and exactly how long it took, because I take Genesis as an allegory to teach a great truth: God is the creator of heaven and earth and everything contained in it.

OOOOO, that would burn my hide. I'm so glad that your husband is willing to talk to your MIL about it.

I don't believe that God put fossils in the earth to "test" our faith" or to "Trick" us into thinking the world is much older. He doesn't have to resort to such parlor tricks, and the Author of all truth would not build our world on a lie.

I have a night owl, and there are days when we do school from noon to 5 or 6 and some days we don't start until night time, and some days we start earlier. As long as the work is done, I don't care when in the day it's done. Or where. LOL

This brought me to tears. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

Yours is the only one I found, so I think you're the one who started it! Here's ours. I can't believe the year is almost over. Week 36