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A better option is having a clipboard available, and just log down each time you did something "health' related (re-explained how to brush, reminded them to wash their hands, answered a question about reproduction, did a simple study on handheld vs "sterile" bread in jars, out some mcdonalds fries in jars and documented, went to a dentist check-up, learnt how to chop vegetables, learnt how to understand nutritional info on packaging, etc etc).
This is such a great idea--thank you! I love the idea of just keeping a log and making note of when we've addressed/discussed a specific health topic. This would be the perfect tool for providing "evidence of instruction" at my review. I think I'm definitely going to start doing this and then just grab a suggested text or two. That should work really well and will feel so much easier on my side of things! Thanks, friends, for all the feedback so far! :-)
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I don't have any suggestions but how awful you have to teach that! Health means different things to different people. I can't imagine having to teach my child something I may not agree with. 😟
Yes, it's pretty irritating! Not because I don't think health education is a worthy topic in general (of course I think it's important to teach these things to my children!), but I resent it from a homeschooling perspective, because as other posters have pointed out, it's a subject pretty much all families teach organically through daily living. (And, as you say, it means different things to different people, so each family approaches the subject as they see fit, you know?) So, I mostly resent that my children have to produce at least some written work in this subject. I usually feel like that time would be better spent working on the core subjects. (That said, I don't give health anywhere near the same attention as we do the other subjects! It's something we hit on about once a week--mostly through read alouds--and call it good. This approach hasn't been a problem at my county evaluations thus far, so it's working well enough, but I was interested in finding dedicated curricula so I can think about it even less and just be able to grab it and go, have the kiddos do it, and then check it off our list for the week.)
Anyway, thanks for the support! :-) TWTM doesn't mention health (as far as I recall, anyway), so I wanted to check in here and see what others who also have to teach it might be using. Thanks also to those that mentioned A Beka. I didn't know they offered health curricula, so I will definitely check that out!
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Our county requires that I teach health each semester (specifically, and in addition to science), and I'm just wondering if anyone has found a great curriculum for elementary health? We've used the My Body book (the one where you color and build a life-sized paper digestive system) and I own Growing, Growing Strong, a text I got with a Waldorf-y kindergarten program a few years ago, but I'm still on the lookout for something fantastic that is more comprehensive. (Right now, we mostly just get books from the library on random health-related topics such as personal safety or healthy eating, etc.--whatever nonfiction looks fun and interesting, but it's pretty pieced-together. Would love to progress in a more organized fashion.) Thanks in advance for any recs! :-)
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Thanks, everyone, for your responses! This list is fantastic and very helpful! :thumbup:
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As I reflect upon the past school year, I'm thinking I would like to inject a little more fun into our day-to-day through things like board games. I was hoping users could recommend any elementary level family games (board games or similar) that are fun but that also offer an educational benefit (for instance, maybe the game requires math skills, or perhaps it is history-themed, etc.). We currently own very few board games, but I would love to start beefing up our collection. Any recs/comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi there!
So, I have two children (both always homeschooled) and my oldest will start "third grade" in the fall. My youngest is starting "first grade" in the fall and it will be her first year doing school officially "on record" with our county/her first year studying all the subjects. TWTM recommends that siblings do the same history and science (so as not to make myself crazy), but I'm just wondering what most people have done to accommodate this? In other words, should I have them both do early modern history and chemistry (this would be continuing older DD's current study schedule/progression), or should I back up and have them both do ancient history and biology (this would be younger DD's schedule)?
Obviously, I think older DD would prefer to keep moving ahead and not repeat yet (though she is a good sport and would ultimately be fine with re-starting the cycle). But then I think it might be a better foundation for my younger DD to start from the beginning (plus, I think biology is a really friendly first science for little ones....). Basically, I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this and what your experience was and how you managed it. Thank you!
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Thanks so much for all the responses so far! Very helpful! :-)
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Hi all,
We've been homeschooling using the WTM as our guide from the very beginning, but this is my first time venturing here to the forums. My oldest daughter will begin third grade in the late summer/early fall and I want to get started teaching her Latin. I was hoping users here could offer their candid feedback/opinions/recommendations on elementary Latin curricula. Any information you can provide (What is the ballpark cost? How many years of instruction does the program span? Is the program particularly religious? etc.) would be very helpful and very much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your help!
P.S. As I mentioned above, I am brand-new to these forums, so my apologies if this is a tedious question to regulars. :-)
We need a Globe rec!
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We bought this one two years ago and have been very happy with it! It's nothing fancy, but it does the job and my girls haven't managed to damage it yet! ;-) I like that it's lightweight so they can get it down off the bookshelf themselves very easily.