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I don't know if you are a Christian or not but my girls enjoyed the Circle C Beginnings series about a little girl named Andi.
The Precious Girls Club series (by Precious Moments).
The Three Cousins Detective Club series.
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All together but not all at one time:
Bible memory
Aunt Vera's Bedtime Stories (missionary stories)
History- Start "Incans Aztecs Mayans" (We did SOTW2 chap. 32 last week)
Picture Study- We're on the last picture in SCM's Michelangelo portfolio.
Winnie the Pooh (I read this to the girls when they were little. However, they want their little brother to hear it. Plus didn't mine hearing it again themselves. ;))
Dd 10:
IEW SWI A lesson 2
MUS Epsilon L. 25 A&D
Spelling Wisdom Ex. 76
Read a chapter in Little Women
Dd 8:
R&S unit 6 L.3
Spelling Wisdom Ex.23
MUS Gamma L.27
Reading a chapter of The Secret School
DS 6:
ETC book 1 pg. 22-23
Scardey Cat Reading game in lesson 2
Play a math game I made up with Squinky cars and dice
Maybe do the last MUS Primer page in L. 18
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At first I wasn't sure about the price either. So I told my oldest dd that if she wanted one she would have to save for it herself. I figured if she really wanted one she could do it. If she didn't want it that bad she wouldn't. Well, she saved and saved and worked and worked and got her doll. She was so excited and proud of herself that she is already saving for Caroline, the new girl. Soooo we got it for her for Christmas ;). I can't wait to see her face :D!
The dolls are absolutely lovely, very well made, hold their value, and are highly collectable. I'm a fan now.
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The SCM guides are very easy to follow and all laid out for you. I used them for ancient because I don't like the way SOTW handles ancients. Plus you can keep all your kids together.
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We use a binder. I don't really know what you mean by "move thing around every day". Are the things you are memorizing only taking you a day to memorize or are you using it a little differently?
We use our binder just like we did the 3x5 cards. I like the binder because I can print things out instead of write them all out by hand. A binder also holds a lot more. I simply place our pages into page protectors and slip them in where they belong.
Right now under daily I have what my girls are memorizing (Exodus 20:2-17, Little Boy Blue), and what my son is memorizing (Romans 2:23, days of the week, months of the year). All this would be way too much to write out on little cards! When they are done memorizing one or sum of these, they simply move back in the binder to odd or even, etc.
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We do, every other week. We switch off weeks with my best friend and her husband. We live in a small town. Usually we go out to eat or coffee. If the weather is nice we will go to a well lit park and walk. We have even been known to just walk around Walmart. Sometimes we like to go back home and enjoy some alone time ;). It is just nice being together without interruption.
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Totally! We school 4 days a week. However, the 4th day looks very different. We are done with our MUS lesson for the week; so we play math games, do TT, LOF,etc... Spelling Wisdom is done so we do vocabulary all together. We go on a nature walk. We usually do our SOTW activities or science experiments on Thur. So in short we can easily drop the 4th day if we need to and still get the essentials done in 3 days, schooling yr. around. I am much more relaxed than most here though.
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"When will you let your dc 'go to school'"?
My answer is simple: "Never, if I have anything to say about it."
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Yes, tell him how to spell things! I don't even start formal spelling till 3rd grade. Up until then, I tell my kids to ask if they don't know how to spell something. When I tell them, I will often mention the rule that that word follows. Follow your mommy instinct and help him.
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My 8 yr.old had it and she is crazy about peanut butter. She is usually the only one in the family who eats it. Yes, ours came from Trader Joes. I just had some for lunch. We shall see what happens :confused:.
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Well, how you would feel about combining copywork, dictation, and spelling? It would make life a lot easier for you. I use Spelling Wisdom for this. http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/spelling-wisdom/
My 3rd & 5th grader copy a passage for 2 or 3 days. We discuss the words that they don't know how to spell, what rules they follow, etc... On the 3rd or 4th day I dictate it to them. My 3rd grader is at the beginning of book 1 and my 5th grader is near the end.
What exactly do you want to memorize for memory work? The Living Memory book is chocked full of things. http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/andrew-a-campbell/living-memory/paperback/product-4080865.html I use this along with SCM memory system http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/. I put our memory work in a big three ring binder instead of 3x5 cards. This way I can pick something from Living Memory, look it up online, print it out, slip in page protector, and place in our binder. I like printing what I need, not writing it all out. If that sounds like too much, just use LM as is. This still might be too much for you though.
For science, if I wanted my kids to do it all on their own I would go with SL. Since it is basically, read this, do this. It comes with everything they would need to do the experiments, plus videos that show the experiment (they could just watch them if you don't want the mess).
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Maybe I'm reading the question differently, but I don't really feel like homeschooling is the real world.
Everything DD learns is custom set at her own pace, to challenge her in ways that she finds fun, and many based on her interests. She's encouraged to ask questions whenever they come up. She spends a lot of time lounging around at home (possibly in her PJs) looking at books, playing with her dolls, and whining for more art projects. The schooling we do is fairly advanced and intensive (IMO) but it only takes about an hour a day to get everything done, and she has a few chores, but everything else is her time. When we are bored, we go out and do something fun.
It's really unlikely that her adult life isn't going to be NEARLY so rosy. She'll have entry level jobs where sticking her head up will get her tarred a troublemaker, and where being too questioning is going to annoy her boss.
Life will not move at her pace: there will be dull things that she has to politely sit through, and there will be fast-moving things that she'll need to muddle through without expecting the world to stop while she looks to see if there's a BrainPOP video that can explain things to her.
These are things that I worry about. My kids are too young for me to take drastic action about them, but I worry that some of the biggest benefits of homeschooling might become a liability if they think the world owes them this much love and attention.
There are plenty of times when my kids get shut down by each other or others. There are plenty of times when I am beyond annoyed with the questioning, especially from my oldest, and I let her know it. My kids are in a choral and theater group where they have to sit politely for hours and practice or listen to others practice. I require them to work through things that they are stuck on, not just give them the answers. My girls are in gymnastics and just moved up to a higher level. They are behind the other girls at that level and are working very hard to keep up. As kids get older more and more "real life" opportunities present themselves. Give it time.
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We use Simply Charlotte Mason's Memory System http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/.
I use a large three ring binder instead of 3x5 cards. I put Scipture and poetry in it.
I can't sight any studies for you but I can tell you how I have seen it benefit us. My girls have amazing memories! This really seems to help them in all of their school work, especially narrations. They don't struggle with them and they seem to come naturally.They are also in a choral theater group and they easily memorized their lines or solos. I credit memory work for this. The passages they can memorize and the speed at which they do is shocking to me. We are actually going to attempt a whole book of the Bible here soon. I don't doubt their ability to do this, at all. I think the constant review is key though because they are forced to still remember passages from long ago.
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We get up at 7 then lazy around till 8. The kids get their breakfast at 8 and watch a cartoon. At 8:30 I get in the shower and the kids do their list (get dressed, make beds, brush teeth, feed dog). We start school at 9 and go till 12:30 or 1. I read our read-aloud along with something else (science, picture study, Spanish flash cards, poetry, or composer study) at lunch. Sometime we have things to finish after lunch, but we try to get it all done before.
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I am 5'3". When I went on a gluten free diet I only weighed 115 lbs. However, I have always have what I call a baby belly. Soon after going gf I dropped 10 lbs. and the baby belly is gone. I have eaten healthy and exercised for a long time, but only going gf got rid of the belly. I did not do it for this reason but it a nice benefit.
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Have you looked at Ray's Arithmetic? It is a very old math program that is mostly done orally. It would give you a good frame work/scope and sequence for your own curriculum. It basically says work on such and such till it is mastered but it does not tell you exactly how to go about it. http://www.mottmedia.com/pages/publications.asp?Pub=rays
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We have one for our son. He loves it. We have the Trofast storage system from ikea under it http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49871290/, along with his big cardboard blocks. We do have the rule that no friends are allowed on top.
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We generally just eat them heated with cheese. Essentially a cheese sandwich. At two sandwiches per person they are all gone in a couple of weeks. For us this is a school day lunch staple. We get the smaller size.
A friend uses flour tortilla as hot dog buns. My kids like it. Maybe corn would be good, sort of a lower fat corn dog?
I always have my hot dogs on corn tortillas with mustard only. It is the only way I like hot dogs. It is the way I grew up eating them (I am half Hispanic). Hebrew National are the best on them.
You could also look up a good chilaquiles recipe. My mom makes them but I don't know her recipe.
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I alway suggest when people are looking for places to visit that they go to Familydayout.com http://www.familydaysout.com/. This sight has every place you would want to see in the US. Just click on the state you want to go to and presto you have a categorized list.
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I am really surprised that no one has mentioned the time factor. For the cashier to have to keep the produce on the scale and do it bit by bit, instead of all at once just seems like a huge waist of their and my time. Especially since I buy A LOT of produce. I agree with the eww factor also. No need to add more ewww.
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As soon as I read your post I went on Amazon to price Pro-clicks lol! I have a laminator and use it all the time. To top it all off we were at Ikea last weekend, and because of the Hive I got all the Billy pamphlets and brought them home to measure for what I need. I do not have room for DAs though. So I will only be partially assimilated.
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Engagement -2 months
If you include how long we "dated" it was 3 months from first date to wedding day.:)
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I just wanted to say that I have started to use Ray's and MUS, with my son. One week Ray's, one week MUS. I like the rote and relaxed way of Ray's and the visual, how and why of MUS. MUS is another curr. that really focuses on getting your child to see the number without counting. Their blocks help tremendously to do this. They also want your child to really know their facts before moving on to the next concept.
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I use the pages to wipe off most of the paint from my paint brushed instead of buying rags that I will have to throw away.
Nothing is sticking.
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I would do lots of memory work, narration, and get mastery based curriculum. I highly recommend SCM's memory system http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/. This system has done wonders for my girls retention because it forces them to recall prior info. This is my #1 suggestion.
Are you having her narrate to you after you read something? If not, start small. Read a few sentences or a paragraph and have her tell it back in her own words. I know WWE does narration, but it asks for a summary not a telling back. If she tells back it will make it her own and she will have to remember step by step what happened. Summary makes it very factual. Narration brings a personal element in.
For math I would highly recommend MUS. It just simply builds on itself. We love it here. For some things though, just let her make a cheat sheet. If she can't remember perimeter then let her draw a picture, write the formula, and display it where she can see it when she needs it. After looking at it for the tenth time she will probably remember. Plus, it is something she made so again it becomes her own.