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These might be above his level, but you can try:
"Simply Christian" by NT Wright (or anything and everything by NT Wright... people call him a modern day C.S. Lewis and he's considered one of the top Biblical scholars alive today)
"Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith" by Francis Collins
"The Language of God" by Francis Collins (especially if he's sciencey)
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I don't think it was mentioned yet, but the Biologos Foundation is an excellent resource for the discussion on science and Christianity. It was founded by Francis Collins, the director of the NIH and the Human Genome Project, who is also a Christian.
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Math: CLE (except for word problems, use RedBird Math Online for that.)
History: Maybe Oxford University Press Ancient Times series
Art: A Child's History of Painting and/or A Child's History of Architecture from Calvert
Writing: Undecided, maybe Voyages in English or CAP W&R
Grammar: Undecided
Literary Analysis: Daybook of Reading and Writing, maybe something else (CLE Reading?)
Spelling: All About Spelling, maybe SpellWell workbooks
Handwriting: Getty-Dubay Italics
Vocabulary: English from the Roots Up, maybe Vocabulary from Classical Roots
Bible: Undecided, maybe Telling God's Story, Bible Road Trip, CLE Bible, Picture Smart Bible or Grapevine.
German: Leitner flashcard system based on "Fluent Forever", maybe Memrise or Duolingo
Science: CPO Life Science and maybe Guesthollow Botany. Maybe unit study on Darwin, Evolution and prehistoric life. (using DK books)
Geography: Maybe "A Child's Geography" Middle Ages
Latin: Undecided, maybe Fabulae Caeciliae and something else.
Coding: Undecided
Typing: Undecided
Reading: my own list, lots of biographies, science non-fiction, Newbery Winners.
Music Appreciation: Mike Venezia composer bios, maybe Hoffman free piano academy.
Phys Ed: Gymnastics, Swimming.
Other:
Megawords from EPS
McGuffey's Eclectic Reader
Analogies workbook
Nature Journaling and nature walks
Universe Sandbox 2.0 computer game (universe simulation)
Cricket Magazine, Muse Magazine, Dig Magazine.
CNN 10 student news
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We started with Singapore and switched to CLE around grade 3. I loved Singapore initially but the passion waned... I found it hard to teach, so much prep to do it properly .... and there was very little retention. CLE is practically zero prep, very independent, a little bit advanced, and my kids both enjoy it (as much as you can enjoy math).
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My DS just finished "Holes" by Louis Sacchar and is now reading "City of Ember" series.
I'm reading:
"Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations" by Thomas Friedman
"How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare" by Ken Ludwig
"Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It" by Gabriel Wyner
"The Bible Story Handbook" by John Walton (Professor of OT who has written books on ancient civilizations, culture, science and Genesis)
Current read alouds (more for my younger DD) are "Mr. Poppers Penguins" and "Paddington".
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We like the Daybooks of Reading and Writing, they are at Rainbow Resource and go from Grade 2 through 12.
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My daughter has OCD as well. Something that has helped her is magnesium. In every form - oral magnesium glycinate, magnesium citrate, and epsom salt baths. Also supplemental zinc and a gluten-free diet. I'm going to try NAC as well. Her symptoms are not as severe as they used to be, but as she's gotten older she has become more aware of her lack of control over her actions and that concerns me.
Question - at what age did you notice symptoms start and any guesses to what triggers them? For us I noticed it when she was in Kindergarten. The symptoms changed over time but that's when it started. Music lessons triggered it to begin with, then a big move soon afterwards. She seems to have a complete reduction in symptoms over the summer. Makes me wonder if Vitamin D is involved. She has also had a lot of dental work done, maybe there is some heavy metal toxicity that is triggering her symptoms - might make sense since NAC is used in heavy metal detox.
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We will be in the UK this fall for about 2 weeks. I'm looking for educational ideas of things to experience in the area. We love museums so we'll try to hit all the major ones, but also open for ideas for things that might be less obvious. My kids are both very sciencey and into nature. Also looking for ideas of things to do/see specifically around Oxford University. Bath or Cornwall might be on the itinerary as well. TIA!
ETA: Guess my kids ages would help! almost 10 yr old boy and a 7 yr old girl
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I'm currently putting together my own earth science curriculum with CPO Earth Middle School as the spine. In the CPO Earth teachers guide it gives literary suggestions for grammar, logic and rhetoric stage for each unit!! So I can do this with both my 7 yr old and 10 yr old next year. Then I'm just adding books to each unit, mostly for independent reading as my older one is a strong reader. There will be a couple read alouds for each unit that my younger one can join in on. After working on this for a while I've realized I can even use this as the spine for our entire curriculum, not just science. There is a lot of extra optional math and language arts in the CPO curriculum (the skill and practice sheets online, the investigations, and in the teachers guide). I'm really excited for that as having a history based spine was not working out well for us and we are a science-crazy family. :)
ETA: I'm also adding YouTube videos to each unit. After reading what each unit was about, I realized some of the expensive CPO experiments were not necessary. You can find easier ways of replicating the same style of experiment with different equipment. For some things we are just going to watch the experiment instead of doing it. We'll also be doing a bunch of experiments throughout the year that are not connected to earth science. We'll also be using the topics and suggestions in the teacher's guide as jumping off points for writing projects (both reports and creative writing).
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FYI Beyond the Code is actually meant to do alongside upper levels of Explode the Code. The name of the books is misleading. Beyond the Code is primarily reading comprehension while Explode the Code focuses on phonics. So you don't actually do Beyond the Code after Explode the Code. I wish I had known that before, cause we totally missed out on using them for that reason. By the time we got to them I realized my mistake and they were way too easy then.
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Check out Spelling Workout for spelling. It has a reading component to it.
As for phonics, you don't really need anything after AAR4. For L.A. you could do something like the "Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing", or CLE LA and/or Reading. Go through the Mensa Kids Excellence in Reading list.
We did AAR and now do CLE LA (minus the spelling and penmanship as I prefer Zaner-Bloser). It's a perfect fit for us. We also do Writing With Ease. My son was a reluctant writer as well in the beginning but as his spelling knowledge has increased, his writing has gotten much better.
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Miquon maybe?
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Math: CLE
Grammar: CLE
Writing: WWE
Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser
Spelling: Undecided. Probably a mixture of AAS, Zaner-Bloser Spelling and Spelling Power.
Critical Reading: "Daybooks for Critical Reading & Writing", Mensa Kids reading list.
Creative Writing: Probably Evan-Moor
Science: CPO Science (probably Earth & Space) and Ellen McHenry
History: SOTW 3
Latin: LfC
German: my own curriculum I'm putting together
Vocab: Vocabulary from Classical Roots and Wordly Wise
Bible: CLE
Geography: mapping workbooks and book list from Guesthollow blog.
Start up piano lessons again.
Gymnastics
Swimming
online typing program
oh yeah and art... some kind of art appreciation, art history, artist study, etc. mix I will put together including working through "Drawing With Children".
Youngest one will be doing AAR and ETC till she can read fluently.
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The NOVA space shows. BBC "The Planets" docu series. My son started watching the BBC series when he was 2.5. By the time he was 4 he had some of the narration memorized and no surprise, now at 9, he wants to be an Astrophysicist.
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The men can often be a sound of reason, cause they don't have the fluctuating hormones we do... it's not uncommon to wish for another at this stage in the game, but it could just be your changing hormones talking.
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My son didn't move on to AAR4 until the beginning of fourth grade and it had been awhile since we had finished AAR3 already. By the time we started AAR4 I found we didn't need it anymore, we skipped through pretty much all of it.
My son was a "late reader", he had trouble sounding out words till halfway through Grade 3. But once it clicked, it really clicked! I'm sure AAR was a big part of that. All that to say, I don't think there is a huge jump between AAR3 and AAR4. Now he's halfway through Grade 4 and reading at a Grade 6/7 level.
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I have "The Reading Lesson" and we briefly used it when my first was in Kindergarten. It's ok. Honestly I love Explode the Code and AAR so much better, second time around I didn't even bother with The Reading Lesson and mostly use ETC.
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Try CLE Math. It teaches to the student in workbooks. Very thorough. We ditched Horizons math too.
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Brain Pop videos cover some of these more recent historical events.
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This mightn't work with your kids, but for mine:
CLE math from the get-go.
CLE LA from the get-go
SOTW
For science I'd pre-determine what topics to cover systematically for the next three years and then mine the library for books on those topics. We'd observe what we could in person and draw pictures of the rest. We'd find tv shows about it if possible. (Basically, create a science curric on my own.)
I wish I'd done CLE all along.
I'm glad I did SOTW all along.
I wish I'd been more deliberate with Science all along and had just done it myself. Science curric for the younger grades is usually pretty unimpressive. If I'd had known that back then, I wouldn't have wasted time buying and trying new things only to find out that what I did on my own was better than the curric's out there. I'd have taken time to create a plan from scratch right from the start.
I don't know about anything else because I haven't thought on those things for 1st grade in a long time.
Pretty much this exactly, plus I would add in All About Reading together with Explode the Code books for phonics, All About Spelling, and some fun math manipulatives to explore alongside CLE Math. Like Montessori math or Cuisinaire Rods. Some of the Miquon stuff as supplement would work too. Not because CLE Math needs supplementing at all, I just prefer a little more hands-on for Grade 1.
Science exactly what above poster said. We love the "Let's Read and Find Out about Science" book series which is geared to Grade 1 and 2.
I actually don't start SOTW in earnest until around Grade 3 because I find my Grade 1 kid is not able to comprehend it all yet. Though she joins in on the fun projects and easier read alouds. I started SOTW with my older one in Grade 3 and that was the perfect age to start. We accelerated it. Sometimes we did up to 4 chapters a week.
Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser
Writing With Ease and First Language Lessons - since we do CLE LA as well, I condense lessons or skip over some. Regardless, this curriculum is too good to miss.
I add in CLE LA in second Grade (using our own spelling and penmanship instead of what's in CLE)
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Looking for beginner German language and vocabulary workbooks and picture books, picture dictionaries, etc.
I should add I am fluent in German so I don't really need audio/visual materials, mainly looking for workbooks and resources for teaching vocabulary and grammar.
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We are currently reading a book called The Mystery of Life by Jan Paul Schutten and I think it would fit that criteria. Very little dinosaurs. The subtitle is "How Nothing Became Everything" if that gives you any idea. Although I am reading it to grades 3-4 kids, I think it could easily be for older kids as some of it is a bit above their heads.
In conjunction with that we are watching some videos from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which offers free videos. See link at bottom of page http://www.hhmi.org/educational-materials to order them. So far Your Inner Fish is the one we have that is most closely aligned with what you are looking for.
That looks pretty cool. I think that's the kind of thing he's looking for. Thanks!
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Looking for resources to learn about the evolution of prehistoric creatures. Especially mammals and other creatures besides dinosaurs.
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There are also a bunch of BBC nature videos about dinos and other prehistoric creatures.
Do you mean that series? Can't remember what it's called now. The latest one was a three part series about prehistoric sea creatures which was amazing. He is also interested in prehistoric mammals and other creatures, doesn't have to be just dinosaurs. I think what he's really asking for is more along the lines of evolutionary biology. He's not *that* into dinosaurs.
what Bible curriculum would you recommend....
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Following. I'm looking for the same thing!
Biologos Foundation might have some resources, but most would probably go over a 12 year olds head. "Reasons to Believe" has some kind of a curriculum but I haven't looked into it much.
I haven't figured out what to do with my 10 yr old yet but so far we've been using some of CLE Bible and oddly enough, it's a decent fit. The units we've been using do not address the age of the earth or doctrine (I always pre-read them though, just in case... so far so good). It's mostly just learning about cultural context and geography which is very helpful. My son is also going through the "Jesus" 365 devotional by Zondervan for middle schoolers and he's enjoying that. I wish there was more available though!