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I have been using this program since the last time the coop offered it. My son loves the program. We are using the middle school science. He prefers having his lessons from the book and then doing everything else online.
I will say if you go the textbook route and you are used to doing science 2x per week. You might want to rethink how you do science. In my opinion if you are planning on doing 3-4 modules/year it might be very overwhelming using the textbook 2x/week.
I've lurking on this thread and was wondering how often this curriculum should be used per week. How often does does your son do lessons -- everyday? Should the textbook portion be spread out?
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Thanks for sharing this. DD2 is reading this right now, actually.
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How do you order just one subscription? It says a minimum of 10. I ran into this issue with Scholastic News also. My dd would love these; but I don't need 10!
Sorry to answer for Halcyon, but I've ordered individual subscriptions from Weekly Reader, Scholastic News and Time for kids, but they cost in the neighborhood of $25 for the year, in contrast to the $4-5 per year when you order 10+ subscriptions. :glare: (Not a terrible price for a year, but annoying that it costs so much more.) I called the 800 numbers associated with the publications to order.
Hope that helps.
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The Elizabeti* series of books doesn't necessarily deal with the topic of hair, but does show an African family with natural hair. If you're a "babywearer", you may really like Mama Elizabeti.
*This one is about Elizabeti going to school. FYI in case you don't like that sort of topic in a book.
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I second Gymboree and also Children's Place. Sign up for coupons via their websites, and the clothing isn't quite as expensive.
If you have a Marshall's near you, they have less expensive cute dresses, too.
FWIW, I bought 3 of this dress from Gymboree for my 3 daughters ages 9, 8 and 4. I also truly feel it's our last year for matching because my girls are tall for their ages and therefore need larger sizes, and my 9 year old will likely be in junior sizes by next year. No more cutesy clothing at her age, sadly.
Good luck. I have first hand experience with trying to find matching clothing that doesn't break the bank, so I know how it goes. :)
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Anyone else use this program?
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Sending up prayers.
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Thanks for the feedback, Prairiewindmomma.
I can see alreadythat it's going to be an annoyance to pick up some of the items for the experiments and activities, because I definitely don't have some of what they ask for around my house.
She did a lesson on Saturday and will do another lesson today, but we left the experiments for later in the week when the additional box of supplies arrives. It's not optimal, but it will serve as a review of the material when she actually does the activities.
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I recently ordered K12 Science for my oldest daughter, and I'd love to get some feedback from anyone who uses it or has used it. FWIW, we are using this independently and not through a charter/through the state.
Do you do all of the activities and/or experiments or do you pick and choose? (Doing all of the lessons, but maybe leaving off an occasional hands-on activity?)
How often does your child "do" science per week? Does it take your child the suggested 60 minutes per lesson? (We are using the 5th grade and it suggests this amount of time.)
Has your child retained the information?
Did you find the K12 additional supply kit useful? Did you have to go out and purchase much more than what is supplied in the basic and optional kits?
Is it feasible to finish up in less than a year and not have my child go crazy? :tongue_smilie:
Thanks in advance. :)
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It would depend upon the ages of your dc. You also might try your library or local bookstore to preview.
If you're going to try and line up with Hakim's books I would consider the arrangement. Kingfisher is arranged by area of study, is DK chronological?
The DK looks to be arranged chronologically, which will likely work well with the Hakim series. My daughter's two favorite subjects are history and science, so I think this might be a match for her.
Right now, what we have will work for my two younger daughters, as they are 4 and 8, with my 8 year old being an average second grader with some mild LD. My oldest is the one who needs more challenging science books -- I feel like I'm shortchanging her right now.
I doubt our local library will have any of these books, unfortunately, so I'm willing to purchase and return or sell if they don't work out.
Thanks again.
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You all have such powerful stories and interesting journeys that led you to Orthodoxy. :) I enjoyed reading them, and I'm sorry that some of you had to go through, and are still going through such pain and trial. May God continue to grant you mercy and make your loads lighter -- or keep your loads light!
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Thank you for the suggestions. Now I need to narrow down my choices.
I have the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. We haven't used it as a spine, more of a reference, but the text is definitely middle school level. The illustrations are good, but not always inspiring.Another one on my wish list is DK Science. It's been a long time since I previewed it, but I know the graphics are great.
I put the DK Science book in my cart at Amazon, but the Kingfisher looks appetizing (well, as appetizing as a science book can look :tongue_smilie:) -- if you had to choose between the two, which would you pick and why?
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I don't have any particular resource recommendations. Most likely your teacher when you find one will have prefered materials. The best thing to do right now would be to really familiarise her with the Cyrillic alphabet. I mean really familiarise. Write it out 100 times saying the pronunciation of each letter as you do. Practice transliterating English words into Cyrillic.
This is what I'd like to really focus on before finding a teacher -- learning Cyrillic. (We'd both have to do this as I'm completely unfamiliar with Russian.) Ideally, I'd like to find a kid resource that helps us with this.
Thanks for the tip. :)
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My oldest daughter is interested in learning Russian, and we are looking into finding a local teacher, but until we find someone, I'd like to use some basic introductory resources. Any tried and true book recommendations that aren't too babyish?
Spasiba! ;)
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I'm looking for a science encyclopedia or set of books that go beyond the Usborne Science Encyclopedia. We have been using this as a spine for our science studies for the past few years, and it's time for something more thorough and in depth. I will probably purchase Hakim's Story of Science series, but those seem to just cover the historical parts of science, and I'd like something with more scientific definitions and explanations.
Any recommendations?
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I use Singapore Math with my oldest child and had fully intended to use it with her younger sister, but found that SM would move too quickly for that daughter. With the price of CLE being so low, I figured why not give it a shot, and I've been happy with the chance that I took. :) It works beautifully for my daughter because it explains concepts simply but not condescendingly and revisits topics often. She loves the workbook style of learning and actually likes taking the quizzes and tests. My daughter has only used the first and second grade books, but I plan to continue with CLE Math for the next few years.
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Praying. :grouphug:
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Thank you for the comments and for looking at the slideshow. :)
Just something I want to point out, and forgive me if this is obvious, but the one picture that is just a splash is actually where my priest has thrown the cross into the water. It's a tradition to either throw it into the water and young men go out to retrieve it. In the past, I'm told our priest attached it to a string to bring it back. (My daughter was asked by the subdeacon to please make sure she got the shot of our priest's son retrieving the cross. The water was so cold, though, that she barely got the picture because he was in and out of the water very quickly.)
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Your house blessing sounds wonderful. :)
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Praying for your situation. The women here are very wise and I cannot add a thing to their great advice.
I can sympathize with your situation. We were at a parish for almost 9 years where we had a less than favorable relationship with our priest, and I was given similar advice to pray for our priest. Those prayers helped us to open our hearts and have the Holy Spirit lead us "home" to Orthodoxy (and obviously to a different priest/spiritual father).
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And BTW, my oldest daughter is the girl in the purple coat holding the icon of the feast day during the procession.
The brave young man who went into the water is our priest's son who has been asking to retrieve the cross for 8 years! (Father finally allowed it this year, haha.) It was COLD that day and after he received his blessing from his dad, he ran straight to the rectory to change and warm up. :D
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I hope no one minds me sharing this video and bragging just a teensy bit about my daughter. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XSMTr1qX_k&feature=youtu.be
My recently-turned 8 year old daughter really enjoys photography, so she took a few pictures at our Theophany river blessing that occurs behind our church. We came home and worked together to turn it into a slideshow with music (the troparion for the feast day).
We are so proud of her, and our priest has asked her to take more pictures on Pascha for another slideshow!
Christ is Baptized!
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Saying a prayer for your talk with the priest to go smoothly on Saturday.
My mom passed away on Saturday
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:grouphug: So sorry for your loss.