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Naval Academy STEM Summer Camp
Amy in CO replied to Sebastian (a lady)'s topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
Has anyone here gone to this STEM camp before? What were your experiences? We are considering trying for this for my son as we will be visiting nearby during the camp and would like a better idea of what he might expect there. Thanks. -
Abeka or other 7th grade math
Amy in CO replied to suzziesnowflake's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
:iagree: I used 4th to Algebra with my oldest. We used Saxon k to 3 with her. Now she doesn't care for math that much anyways, but after 6th, I just didn't care for Abeka all that much. We stopped Algebra a couple of chapters in. We switched to a different program and had to redo pre-algebra before moving on. With my second, we did k to 6th. We dropped 6th about half way through and switched him to pre-algebra in a different program because he was ready. And my youngest has done k to 3rd. Abeka 7 is kind of like Saxon 87 from what I understand and experienced, it is just an extra year of review before starting pre-algebra and algebra. Abeka does include the spiral method and constant review. But I personally wouldn't use anything after Abeka 7 again. So since your son hasn't already used Abeka, I would be hesitant to have him do it for just one year before moving onto another curriculum. -
Elemental Science for the Logic Stage Earth and Space science is supposed to be out in March. I have used the younger grades and loved it. We will be starting with the Biology Logic Stage next year, so I haven't used her logic levels yet. But I really like what I have seen just flipping through the biology book.
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What level of Rod and Staff?
Amy in CO replied to Amy in CO's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
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Ever felt like a complete utter failure (vent)
Amy in CO replied to jamajo's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
My dd was like this in 9th grade too. What I did is similar to what SWB suggests in her Real Kids lecture. We dropped back to Pre-Algebra, used a different curriculum, and had her spend more time on it so that it was done by the end of the year. Then in 10th we attempted Algebra again. It went much better the second time around. She was beginning to think that she just couldn't get it so stopped trying. Dropping back to the lower level gave her the encouragement she needed to tackle it. -
I am trying to decide what to do for my son now that ALL isn't coming out, like everyone else. We are going to continue ALL until we run out of pages, and I got Stewart English 1 to finish up the year. I originally planned on just using Stewart English, but it is so thin, I just am not sure. So now I am thinking of trying Rod and Staff for next year for this son. Background, he will be in 8th grade. He has completed FLL 1-4, AG season 1, and will have completed ALL and Stewart English 1 by the end of this year. He doesn't particularly like grammar, but is fairly good at it. So for next year, 8th grade, never having done Rod and Staff before, what level should I start with. Thanks
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My ds is in 7th. I have him do 3-4 lessons of WWS. He has outside classes 2 days a week, with homework, and doing 4 days isn't always possible. Then he also does one outline and one summary from his history reading every week. Also, whenever he finishes a literature or historical fiction book, about 2 per month, we discuss them and then he writes a beginning lit analysis essay.
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My dd, 16, has struggled with doing only the minimum (or not even that) for most of her schooling. But this year, she is in 11th, she has turned around. She is finally getting excited about things, running to me to share what she has learned. It has been wonderful. For her it was a maturity thing. I also backed off and stopped insisting that she fit a mold that she just couldn't fit. She is studying zoology this year for science, and loving it. We have changed her history, to more fit her interests and abilities. Now I am seeing her work all day, happily. She gets the things done in the morning that she hates (math and English), and then just spends hours on history and science, learning and exploring. It has been a wonderful change to witness.
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For your schedule, I would alternate days for language. Do Latin MWF the first week, and TR the second. Then have Spanish be the reverse. It would take an hour a day. Logic, for BTS, I would only spend 15-30 mins per day. Grammar and diagramming, max of 30 mins per day. Writing, 30-45 mins, if it takes longer, finish it the next day. I would drop spelling, especially since he is a natural speller, and go with the vocab instead, and spend 15-30 mins on it. Reading, 30-60 mins. History and science, alternate like the languages, and spend 60-90 mins a day on them. That is 4 to 5 3/4 hours. I forgot the Creative Writer, I would imagine no more than 30 mins a day. Which would bring the totals up to 4 1/2 to 6 1/4 hours a day. As an example, our schedule for my 7th grader is about 5-6 hours. It includes a 15 min break. If he is working well, he finishes before lunch, if not, he has 30 min for lunch and then another hour until he is done with school. To be fair, we don't do all the subjects you do, and my kids have outside classes all day on Friday, and for 2 hours on Tuesday. But he does the following: Math- 45-60 mins, MTWR German- 30 mins, MTWR History- 45-60, MTWR Science- this is a Friday class, and then he spends about 1 hour on homework through the week Writing- 30 min, MWR- WWS Grammar- 30 mins, MWR- ALL, switching to Stewart and added diagramming when finished with the sample Vocab- 15-30 mins, MWR Reading- 30-60 mins, MTWR- not counted in his time Logic- 15 min, MTWR- logic puzzles, 15-30 mins, MTWR- during breakfast, more formal logic- we discuss as we eat He also take an intro to computers class, drama, and pe through Friday classes.
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Favorite Logic Stage Grammar?
Amy in CO replied to Halcyon's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
My son started the year with Hake, 7th grade book. I hadn't heard about ALL coming out yet, so that is what we went with. A little background on him, he completed FLL 1-4, had a reveiw/easy year, then AG season 1. We made it to lesson 24, out of about 100 with Hake. It isn't that he didn't like it, it was just too easy. He was looking at my 4th grader doing FLL 3 and the level of diagramming required of him (ds4th is in about lesson 90). Then my 7th grader looked at his book, and just felt like he wasn't learning anything. He was given big sentences, but only "allowed" to diagram the subject and verb. I looked ahead, and he still had a ways to go before he would add more to the diagram. If this was the 5th grade book, and diagramming was just introduced, I could see the constant repetition of just subject verb diagrams. But it is the 7th grade book. I feel that it should be doing more than what it is. So we switched to ALL, right before it was announced that it wouldn't be released right away after all. Ds7th decided to go ahead and finish the lessons provided with ALL (he loves it), and then he had to try something on the shelf, because I didn't want to buy another program. He doesn't want AG, too much diagramming. He doesn't want Hake, no challenge. So he chose Applications of Grammar We will be using the 8th grade book as soon as we run out of ALL lessons. It is Christian. I also liked the look of the Stewart books linked earlier, so if Applications doesn't work, we may try the Stewart books next year. -
Another Transcript question
Amy in CO replied to Whitney in KY's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
We were told, haven't used it yet though, that if the cc class was 4 credits or more, it equalled 1 high school credit. If it was 3 credits or less, it was a .5 high school credit. -
My children have a 1 day a week homeschool class through public schools. They take classes like drama, pe, art, etc. I usually have them take one class a year that is more academic, at most 2. Dd is taking sign language this year, and has taken intro computer classes and geography. It costs $40 a year, they provide a transcript for the classes taken there. We do have the option of doing dual enrollment through this program. We do everything else at home.
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I started my now 9 yr old on Building Thinking Skills 1 when he was in 2nd grade. He was scheduled to do 2 pages a day, there are days that he does extra if he wants too. But he is now just about done with book 2 and he is in 4th grade. He will be moving into perplexors and mind benders next, with the rocket logic books too. I stay with him while he is doing them, but he does them independently for the most part.
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"What are we doing today?"-- a vent
Amy in CO replied to aelgraham's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
I missed this the first time through so I was grateful for the bump. Both my boys have struggles with this and they "need" to know what is going to happen, and when something is canceled, they struggle to accept that. So I get asked as they go to bed, "what's happening tomorrow", and then in the morning I am asked again, just to confirm that nothing has changed. And then I am sometimes asked at lunch, in case things have changed at that point. I just do my best to reassure them and confirm the planned activities for the day. Lori D. what a perfect post. Thank you for the reminder that we do need fun things thrown in too. Not necessarily daily, but weekly, something to look forward too. -
Just in case you're looking for some art...
Amy in CO replied to PeterPan's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
thanks for posting, my dd can't wait to try these ideas out... and neither can I -
Further down in the thread, I am not sure how far, it says that the bigger ALL wouldn't be available until October (I think it was October).
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Could someone please tell me if I'm asking too much?
Amy in CO replied to EKS's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
In SWB high school writing cd, it calls for only two 1 pg essays (defined as 250 words, dbl spaced) a week. You are supposed to do them for either history, science, or literature. If your student is more language arts focused, it would be more, but from what I remember she said that this was the minimum output for high school. As for the rest of the work load, is your son interested in two science class. I know my son (only 7th), while he loves history and science, if he is asked to double up on it, he quickly complains. One year he had 3 history classes. One with me, and two through a coop, and only one of those had homework. He still burned out and went from loving history to being his least favorite class. -
My son, 12, actually asked if he had to do it because it was called a "challenge" lesson, he saw it as "extra". I told him to do it. The first summary he turned in, he had missed the point and left so much info out that I couldn't follow the idea. I looked over his list of events, and noticed that he had not done that step correctly. He just wrote several down, not all of them and then condense them. When I pointed this out to him, and had him redo it, his second summary was much better. I think for him, writing summaries from something shorter had become so easy, that he just tried to do it the same way for a longer section, and it didn't work. He needed to slow down, and read and follow the instructions given for a more detailed reading.
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I have this book but haven't used it yet. Flipping through it quickly, it seems that the beginning, maybe 15 chaps, has more math practice problems. Then there are more math practice problems spread throughout the next 25 chaps, but not very many. These 25 chaps seem to be more of a review worksheet to emphasize the important info form the book that they should learn. There is an answer guide in the back.
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If you are using WWS...
Amy in CO replied to Roxy Roller's topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
I am using WWS with my 7th grader. I had planned to have him do 1 outline and 1 summary in history, in addition to his lists of facts. He would also do his summaries in science, a couple a week. And do the WWS lessons. As we are getting into it though, and I am realizing just how meaty WWS is, I have dropped the history outlines and summaries. I am waiting to see if I will have to adjust further. -
Two years of US History?
Amy in CO replied to Carrie12345's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
We are doing 2 years on US History because I felt it would just be too rushed once I started looking at my plans. We will go through the beginning to Civil War the first year. We'll do American Government during the summer, thought it was a great lead up to the election. And then finish up with post Civil War through present next year. We are using American Odyssey, TCC Early American videos, History Scholar pages, and adding in research papers and biographies. We will also be using at least the first two Critical Thinking in US History because we have them, and the next two next year if we like them. I also paired it with a list of American Literature. I used Lori D.'s short story list to make one of my own. Then added historical fiction and read aloud literature as well. We will be finishing all of our literature this year, I am not sure yet what we will do for literature for our 2nd year of American History. -
one year adventure novel
Amy in CO replied to Di3kids's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I am going through this curriculum for my 7th and 11th kids. It does take about 1 - 1 1/2 hours to work through a lessons. You are supposed to do 3 lessons a week, but with our other responsibilities, we sometimes only get 2 lessons done. We just finished lesson 10. We watch the video together, then read through the lesson and any readings that are listed. We discuss books we have read that show the technique discussed. Depending on the length of the video, that takes up about 30 mins. Then I let the kids answer the questions. They answer them on their own, and then read them to each other, and give each other ideas. My children do not use the online forums. They don't like that sort of thing. So it is nice that they have each other to bounce ideas off of. So far we are very pleased. The kids are thinking of things they hadn't thought of when trying to write their previous stories. The author is very good at bringing out new things to consider.