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    Latin- chants

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    5 hours ago, HomeAgain said:

    One thing that helped here was creating little mnemonic devices.

    The pronoun 'we' uses US at the end.

    "you' has S, "y'all" has TIS (same S there!)

    'he/she/it' has T, "they" has NT (same T there!)

     

    For things that ALREADY happened (imperfect), we see 'bA' in there.  For things IN the future, we see 'bI' in the word.

     

    We highlighted and underlined the beejeezus out of this as I had him write blank charts.

    Thanks! Great ideas. 

    Latin- chants

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Thanks! GSWL doesn't have any chants or songs to go with it. So I will have to piece my own together. I think we will take a week or two just to work on memorization. DS is doing well and enjoying it, but we are both getting a little stuck on a few of the endings. 

    Homeschooling abroad

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We homeschool overseas. We don't have access to English libraries in any country we have lived in. 

    We spent a few years buying books slowly with Book Depository. It was expensive that way. So last time we were in the states we bought a bunch of used books online and at used goods stores and paid for several extra bags on our flight. It has made it soooo much easier to have a home library. We plan to do that again in a few years when we visit family. It isn't cheap anyway you build a library, but books are worth it for our family. 

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    Latin- chants

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We are 3/4 of the way through Getting Started with Latin. I have Keep Going lined up next. 

    I have noticed that other programs have children chant verb forms. (Maybe other things as well?) Does chanting help with learning? Is it just for the purpose of memorizing? Do you chant just the Latin or do you say the English followed by the Latin. 

    Has chanting helped your dc learn Latin better? Am I missing a big part of Latin learning by not requiring chants? 

    At least one in 500 Americans is now dead of covid

    in The Chat Board

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    I don't personally know anyone who has died. I have heard of friends of friends (3). But I personally know 3 people who died within a month of being vaccinated. 

    I know 5 who were hospitalized, but all survived. One of those has been hospitalized yearly for pneumonia (except 2020) many times so it wasn't a surprise that COVID turned into pneumonia for her. 

    When I see the numbers it just conflicts with what I have seen of those I know. Maybe different areas of the US are being hit differently. 

     

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    Can we make a list of exams and competitions

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Long poetry memorization for upper elementary age

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I was looking at Memoria Press, and see that in 6th (I think) they offer memorizing Horatius at the Bridge. It looks like you can get a medal as well. 

    This has me thinking about adding a longer poem to memorize instead of many shorter ones. Does anyone do a longer poem? How has that worked out for your kids? My DS is 9, he does a lot of Scripture memory work. 

    We are doing American History this year. So I was thinking it might be good to try Paul Revere's Ride. But I feel that would be too long in its entirety, so maybe I would need to just pick part of it. 

    Any been there done that advice or thoughts? Are there benefits to learning a longer poem over several shorter ones? 

    I am feeling like my world is getting smaller...

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I don't know if I am the only one feeling like the world is getting smaller around me. We live and homeschool internationally. Homeschooling provided a great way to take advantage of travel, museums, learning about the culture, and giving us a break from the foreign culture when we needed it. But now I am feeling like the season of travel and museums is over. So many restrictions are being put up. I have only parented overseas, this is all I know, and I have loved it for the most part. And this pandemic season feels never ending. I have so enjoyed all our field trips we have been able to take. But I had plans for so many more. We had a big trip planned for Egypt next year when we started ancient history again. But now I don't even know what next year will look like. We didn't do Auschwitz two years ago because I wanted DS to be a little older, but who knows if we will ever travel again. I had so many plans! Even in country travel is being restricted. So all the beautiful museums here might not even be an option. I don't want my days to just be stuck in an apartment. 

    Sorry just feeling very down. I have enjoyed how we have homeschooled these last four years, and it all feels like that season has ended. 

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    Homeschooling Internationally with an Accredited Online Highschool

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Is she looking at a specific University she has looked at the requirements? Because I have looked (I homeschool internationally as well) and most European Universities only want a diploma. That it doesn't need to be accredited. But if she has looked at specific ones that require that then it throws a wrench as it becomes more complicated. 

    Schools are accredited not curriculum. So going through a school would be necessary. A Beka, BJU have schools and both are accredited and have video options (which I believe are online as well). 

    Otherwise there is Potters School, Veritas Press to look into as well. 

    Does their sending agency offer an online school? Ours does, it isn't classical, but it is sufficient for those that need accredited and online. 

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