Oh I found it. Author is Hillyer. Delete this post

Hello, I believe there was a book recommended by the WTM community a few editions ago, it was a history of art through civilization, but was written before the First World War? Or maybe the Second World War .. it was tricky to find in an Inter library loan a decade ago but I think is a fairly famous text? Does anyone know the name of the book or the gentleman who wrote it? the tone of the book was for children. Perhaps the title had the word ‘children’ in it? Thanks everyone

Ok. Intuitive group you are. I think, based on your advice, and from listening to SWB’s commentary on her children’s different learning styles, I’m going to chill and offer them help if they ask for it. They’re in school now and I’m happy just being dad.

Thank you for your thoughtful replies. Writing is a difficult skill. And I think kids underappreciate how difficult it actually is. Adding in a research component adds another layer of stress and complexity that seems to end itself to a lot of time wasted in front of the screen. My choice would be to use the PC for final draft only, and to have a reliable structure to plan, research, and write rough and second drafts on. I guess the answer for now is that they do not know how to write an essay, and are not organized in their approach. The open ended nature of the writing task leads in too many directions and is too subjective for them to produce a reliable result. This year we fix it hopefully.

well- SOTW activity books have excellent suggested reading. Maybe the paper activities are unloved by your child but some of those books in recommended reading are gems. I'm referring to the picture books not the chapter books or textbooks. Super stealthy too if you're just reading a book.....

So my 9th grader and my 7th grader will sometimes ’work on an essy ’ but just sit in front of the computer trying to squeeze words out. They are capable summarizers and have good habits for school otherwise. I can't be alone here- what is the collective mind on preventing students from thinking that sitting in front of a PC is ’work’? And how to make the writing process more efficient? Most important of all- how to do this gently, when they were homeschooled I may have been too strict of an editor!

All books illustrated by russel ayto

It's amazing to me how spotty MY modern history is. I'm reading my public schooled 8 th grader SOTW and I'm learning things for the first time, getting the seeds of some of our current conflicts and issues. So glad that SWB wrote these books. Thanks again for the help with the time lines and links. Getting a handle on this year

I'm on it thanks for the help

Thank you for the great direction

4th grade student , were in SOTW final book and I'm apprehensive about the intensity of the stories, WWI and II and Nazis - although we covered civil war very well and resurgence of nazis in American news has to be confronted I guess I just miss the initial volumes where the conflicts were more abstract because they took place so long ago. I'm hoping someone can tell me that this was a great year for them and what their highlights were...

Thanks will check it out!

We'll be finishing up this great book in a few weeks and any recommendations for the next step? I am not overly concerned with tenses at this point due to young age and am more looking for furthering the love of language. I'll spend maybe 20 minutes/day max.

BBC typing online free and super fun http://play.bbc.co.uk/play/pen/g8s4pb547b

Your family will love the adaptations of Alexander McCall smiths of his kids series about precious ramotswe The meerkat mystery The mystery of missing lion Another one about cake

Buy fraction games from Amazon.com it's an out of print book that comes with a deck of cards that is used to play games, which start simple)m but get more complicated. The videos are explained thoroughly in a simple but powerful way

Check out the raspberry pi Minecraft build a computer. My 11 year old was enthralled but we didn't buy Build piper.com I think it is

Hey all. Looking for a zoology website that offers a search engine that will give the taxonomy for living things? Or just Animals. Kid friendly preferred Looked through previous posts, but links seemed to be not working. Thanks if you know of any

I've been homeschooling for a couple of years and have recently realized that WWE is my favorite thing. 90% of the books in the course get taken out from the library and wind up as bedtime reading. Love it.

Science has been tricky for me, mainly due to my lack of preparation for lesson plans in general but it is a priority for me as well. One child has returned to public school- middle school and is in an 'advanced' class. It is incredible how superficial it is, the teacher laments that there is not much time except to cover the very basics. So remember that with your little ones, and keep it fun and crafty. I in particular have found success with the online program called supercharged science, it's cheap, the materials are cheap, and the resources are VAST on her website.

Yes thanks all these are the kinds of poems I'm looking for thanks for sharing

Hi, I'm looking for a poem suitable for strong 5th grade reader that is written phonetically for another dialect. I'm not really sure if such a thing exists. I looked a little on line but mainly found poems that weren't appropriate for little kids. The poem when read aloud would mimic whatever dialect is being phonetically written for- ie Scottish brougue, Irish lilt etc. Fun right?

Secret of the Kells? The animated movie that was out kinda recently? HIGHLY recommended!

Excellent. Going to paint rocks soon.

Yes this is exactly the kind of help I'm looking for thanks for taking the time to respond