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  1. I would love to know the name of the series. Thanks.
  2. Dd 6.5 taught herself to write as a toddler/preschooler. So, this year she was getting really bored with Getty-Dubay italic and was expressing a desire to learn cursive. We switched to Abeka Writing With Phonics cursive in the late fall. She now loves doing handwriting, and it is the subject we use to start the day. I would love to use a copybook for handwriting next year, but I can't find one in cursive. Any recommendations?
  3. Do you choose poems to memorize? If so, how often do you memorize a new one? If you just read poetry together, how often and how many at a time? Do you introduce new ones each time, or repeat the same ones for awhile? Do you go through a poetry book one page at a time, choose poems randomly from throughout the book, or deliberately choose poems to fit the season/event? Thanks for any input.
  4. I haven't seen her post on the boards for quite some time, either. I hope that she and her family are doing well.
  5. Can you tell me what you think of it? Is it similar to FLL in format? How much writing is involved? How much time per day do you allot for it?
  6. Dd 6.5 is finishing up the second grade work for FLL this year. We plan to begin Latin next year. Is there really enough grammar review and formation in Lively Latin to make an English grammar program redundant?
  7. For music we use the Classical Magic book Themes To Remember, Vol. 1 by Marjorie Kiel Persons. In the Baroque Period section we learned The Spring Theme fron The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. We also spent a rather long period of time on Handel. We learned some themes from Water Music, The Messiah, and Royal Fireworks Music. Classical Kids has some good cd's which we listened to, as well, Vivaldi's Magic Ring of Mystery and Hallelujah Handel. We also have a picture book called Handel Who Knew What He Liked by M.T. Anderson. That's all we've done for the Baroque period so far, so that's all I can recommend. I hope you get more answers!
  8. I hope more knowledgeable people will correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that sometimes posters use it in a general sense to mean a curriculum that is following a truly classical model of education, which places great emphasis on the importance of the study of Latin. And sometimes people are using the term to refer specifically to the book The Latin Centered Curriculum: Home Schooler's Guide to a Latin-Centered Classical Education by Andrew Campbell, who happens to be a regular poster (Plaid Dad). I hope that helps.
  9. I just purchased a copy. I would really like to see the changes, too. Maybe I'll have to buy another copy!
  10. I know. I am starting to get used to the new feel, too. At first I was in shock. I'm missing MFS and Mrs. H. I'm sure there are others, too, that I'm not thinking of at the moment.
  11. My 4yods is loving the Tinker Toys that he got for Christmas. He also really enoys his bop bag, and a pirate ship.
  12. I would be using it with my K5er next year. Also, what all would I need to purchase for it? Is there a complete kit? Thanks.
  13. I'd like to surprise my dh with some for dessert tonight. I have some Granny Smith apples. Thanks.
  14. I'm trying to plan for dd6, who will be doing second grade next year, and ds 4 who will be doing K5 next year. Can you also post what kinds of selections you are reading for Family Reading and Independent Reading? Thanks.
  15. How much time did you allot for SOTW per week and how long did it take to get through one volume? Also, did your children seem to benefit from it and retain a sense of what happened without doing daily narrations, projects, etc.? Did you do any of the mapwork or activities suggested in the AG? I'm actually excited about making science more of an unstructured family pursuit than a school subject. Ds4 is very interested in the natural world and has considered himself a scientist since he learned the word at about age 3. He will definitely keep us reading about many scientific subjects. Dh has developed an interest in astronomy and is planning to buy our family a quality telescope. So, I am thinking that we might study earth science next year. I have loved using NOEO Biology I this year because of the real books and the experiment kits. I started out feeling that we had to do a lab sheet for every experiment and be formal about science, but I have realized how young dd is and recently have only required her to draw a picture or write a few sentences now and then about our reading. I still would like to do some experiments with the kids occasionally next year. Does anyone know where I can buy the kind of experiment kits that come in NOEO?
  16. I have started How To Read a Book, The House of Mirth, Middlemarch, The Great Tradition, The Story of Art, The Story of Philosophy. I'm trying to finish the last few pages of Madame Bovary. And I am trying to get back into regular Bible reading with the Psalms. I think I will shelve the House of Mirth for awhile, since it is my own book and I can read it whenever I have a chance. I will finish Middlemarch first, because it is a library book which has already been renewed at least once, and so the time is ticking away on it. Also, I am really interested in Middlemarch and would like to finish it, and my fractured reading of late has prevented me from progressing very rapidly. How to Read a Book is also a library book, as well, so I need to finish it. I'm supposed to be on reading plan for finishing The Great Tradition over the next two years with an online discussion group. Unfortunately I wasn't able to obtain a copy until a week or two after the group started, so I am woefully behind. I really want to catch up so that I can participate in the discussion, or at least benefit from reading other's thoughts. Story of Art, and Story of Philosophy are also long-term reads for me. I plan to read them leisurely over the next year. I read most of Madame Bovary over the summer, but I didn't finish the last few chapters because it was overdue at the library and someone else was waiting for it. So, I'm trying to finish the last little chunk. It definitely wasn't one of my favorites, but I'd like to read the ending.
  17. I want to start learning Latin with my dd next school year. She will be 7. Officially, we will be doing second grade, but she works ahead of traditional grade levels in several areas. She is 6.5yo now and currently reads fluently on a fourth grade level, according to a few quick tests we did for fun last week. She is finishing up second grade grammar in FLL, which she catches onto easily, although she doesn't necessarily enjoy it so much. She loves spelling and is almost finished with the All About Spelling Level II book. We will probably make it through at least one more spelling book before summer, as it is one of her favorite subjects and she is an excellent speller. In fact, we haven't come across any words in this spelling book that she didn't know how to spell already. We are doing the book because it contains many helpful rules that I think it is important for her to learn (how to divide syllables, different kinds of syllables, when c says /s/, etc.). I know the recommendation for Lively Latin says 3rd to 6th grade, but I'm just wondering if it might work for her. I have heard it highly praised, and from the reviews I have seen it seems as if it would be a better fit for her than Prima Latina. Thanks for any opinions.
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