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We are using The Usborne book about space and "A Child's Guide to the Night Sky" as a spine, and checking books out of the library for each topic. We've only just started but so far so good! Also we're planning plenty of trips to the local observatory...when it's not so cloudy...
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We had to take Monday and Friday off last week, so I pointed that out to my kid and she relented.
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I'll be spending a lot more time here with the new format; the old one was frustrating to me and I didn't bother with it most of the time. So I'm pretty happy.
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I mostly do a lot of WTM recommendations, and pick and choose each subject. I make my own schedule, such as it is. I use a lot of library books.
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Wait, is this published? I haven't heard about it at all. Tell me what's going on!
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Dangit, I missed an hour. It's taping now. I'll get the rest. It looks like quite a nice production.
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This former literature major found it to be a very helpful book, and I wished I'd read it before college. It's also a lot easier to read than Adler. If you really hate the tone, you could also try The PIG to English and American Literature, which is a fun read, but hasn't got nearly so much about symbolism and whatnot. WEM is also very good, but again, covers somewhat different ground.
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Yeah, I used an Alfred the Great one this year (borrowed from a friend) and was disappointed. The content hasn't changed in 20 years, I bet. For the price, you ought to get nice-quality detailed color pictures and plenty of information. I was very disappointed, and won't be buying any.
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With my 2nd grader:
We alternate weeks between R&S 3 and Classical Writing (Aesop A), and we also do Latin (LC1)--slowly but surely.
Also Spelling Workout and plenty of copywork.
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I've heard you can get a free sample DVD for Math-U-See. The other day a mom was telling me about how her daughter hated Saxon, was having a hard time, and when she watched the Math-U-See sample it all clicked and she's been using it ever since.
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We just watched it and it made me laugh, esp. since I told my kid about it not two days ago. I told her that 6x7 is one of my favorite multiplication problems...
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I've always been dangermom, but it's been a while since I posted.
I've got two daughters: a 7yo in 2nd grade and a 4yo in pre-K. Both of them are into horses and unicorns right now.
7yo loves to read and make things out of paper, fabric, and whatnot. Her favorite subject in school is Latin (LC1), and she also loves CW Aesop and science. And history. She's a very enthusiastic kid, but inclined to perfectionism and gets easily discouraged when she makes mistakes, so I'm always telling her to relax and that mistakes are good. She's slowly getting there.
4yo is learning to read and likes to do "kindergarten math" but mostly goes to a small preschool group 4 days a week, which she loves. She likes horses, knights, and bloodthirsty fighting with knight and horses.
I sew and read a lot, besides trying to squish in all the school and activities and play.
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I do know what math the schools use, but I can't remember the title right now. I've looked through them. They're OK, but so colorful and full of sidebars and pictures and samples and whatnot that it's quite difficult to see the pages. I have a hard time reading them!
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For our 2nd-grader, we just started astronomy and are using a basic book with 2-page spreads on each subject, plus books from the library and trips to the observatory (well, when it's not cloudy and freezing!).
Okay, it is KILLING me to get my curricula ready to sell....
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Oh, I feel your pain! That would kill me. I do think you should keep some of it that your kids could use, but yeah, entire grades of A Beka should probably go.