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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi & Ron Barrett
Richard Scarry's Favorite Storybook Ever by Richard Scarry
Little Golden Book Collection: Animal Tales
For read alouds, we love Stop That Pickle! and Skippyjon Jones.
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I love hearing what everyone has picked out! :)
And I'm excited that there will be a few of us doing MFW ECC- cool!
And someone mentioned Mardel- sniff, boy do I miss Mardel! I hope someday they'll be in every state.
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I just bit the bullet this weekend and placed my orders for curriculum for the next school year! :D Anyone else? I'd love to hear what everyone is going to do!
For my 2nd grade DD, we're going to do....
MFW Exploring Countries & Cultures (we're doing MFW Adventures currently)
BJU Press 2nd Grade Language Arts (haven't tried this yet; moving on from FLL, which was dragging- hoping for good things!)
Spelling Power (we're using this now- we love it!)
Veritas Press Genesis-Joshua for Bible
Alpha Omega Lifepacs for 2nd grade math (we're using this for math now, and it seems to be fine, so sticking with it for now.)
We're also going to do the Cycle 1 memory work from Classical Conversations on our own at home.
What about you all? :lurk5:
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We're going to be doing ECC for the coming year and we're so excited! :)
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Basically just dittoing what everyone else has said- we're doing Adventures right now, and some weeks I get to the library for some supplemental books, and some weeks I don't.....and we're still loving it and feeling like it's a complete program.
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We are using My Father's World Adventures this year for 1st grade. I like it in a lot of ways and so does my daughter. The problem is that it feels a little "light." For me, especially the Bible and history. She really likes to be challenged. We did Classical Conversations last year and I loved the Veritas Press history cards, so I've been poking around the Veritas Press site lately and I'm really loving their history and Bible.
SO- :) Wondering what your opinions are on MFW and Veritas Press. I could do either next year- or I could do MFW and try to somehow add the Veritas cards....but then I'm not sure about Bible.
Hope I'm making sense, everyone! Can't wait to hear your ideas. Thanks!
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Ugh, I'm waffling at the last second!
I used BJU math last year for kindergarten, and my daughter LOVED it. The only reason I didn't get it for this year is that 1) it's expensive and 2) I felt like I had a hard time using the huge teacher's manual.
I bought LIFEPACs since my friend can loan me the teacher's guides and has had good luck with them. Now I'm looking at the LIFEPACs and waffling about my decision! (I haven't seen the teacher's manuals yet- my friend is bringing them to me this weekend.)
Anyone have experience with either of these? Thanks!
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We're doing MFW Adventures this year....it includes Bible. Has anyone ever added on extra Bible, or has anyone done Adventures and felt there was enough Bible included?
Trying to decide what to do.....
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The other thing I've been doing a lot lately is throwing a bunch of chicken breasts in a pot of boiling broth (or water)- cook till done, drain, refrigerate, then chop into chunks. You can serve the chicken chunks either hot or cold, with a variety of sauces (Ranch, teriyaki, BBQ, etc.) My kids LOVE that! Or you can freeze the chunks and pull them out later to throw in a casserole or make a chicken pot pie.
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Definitely the crockpot. The library has lots of cookbooks.
Here's one of our favorite slow cooker ones- healthy, yummy, and cheap to make....
16 oz. can pinto beans
16 oz. can navy beans
16 oz. can black beans
16 oz. can kidney beans
1-2 lbs. ground turkey, browned and drained
8 oz. pkg. frozen corn
28 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 c. onion, diced
4-5 stalks celery, diced
2- 1 oz. pkgs. dried ranch salad dressing mix
1 envelope taco seasoning
2 cans chicken broth
Drain and rinse all beans- mix all ingredients and cook in slow cooker for 6-8 hours on low.
There are lots of variations you can do- use beef or TVP instead of the turkey, use more of one kind of beans and less of another, or add more onion or less celery, etc. Just experiment! :)
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I would check Craigslist- I saw several good quality ones on our local list that were much more affordable than brand new.
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So, we just completed kindergarten....for that year, I had a plastic tote that I put all of her completed papers/projects in. At year end, I just put them in a cardboard box and sealed it with tape.
Trying to decide what to do for this year.....do I paperclip each day's work and mark it with the date? Do I keep all the completed pages separated by subject instead? What do you all do?
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I think in the intro of the book she talks about doing it 2 or 3 times a week.
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We used the WP preschool program and really loved it. There was enough variety that it stayed interesting, and it felt easy for me to manage.
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OOO Lisa, I totally agree! The posts are all great but the sheer number is so overwhelming- separating them out like that would be AWESOME!
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I've been exploring the ideas of teaching Latin and Greek in homeschool....we're planning to do Prima Latina this year, but I know lots of families who do Greek. What are the reasons for each, as far as how you would decide to do one or the other or both? Is there a "typical" classical approach to Latin and/or Greek?
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Does anyone have any experience with either of these curriculums?
We're trying to pick out something for next year....we're using Positive Action currently, and would be fine with staying with that....but checking out these other two.
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I hung with that crowd as a teen....I'm sure it can vary per each individual's experience, but for me I remember lots of black clothes and black nail polish and black hair, white face makeup sometimes, LOTS of listening to The Cure, hanging out in coffeehouses. A lot of people were really into vampires, as well.
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My DD LOVED BJU K5 math!!
She loved that there's a theme (for K it's the farm) that everything related to.
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I have a GF boy here....we love these books....
Special Diets for Special Kids (there's a vol. 1 and 2)
The ADHD/Autism Cookbook
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We love that Bible too!
This curriculum doesn't use it, but I have to give a shout-out to Positive Action Bible curriculum....we ADORE it! It's the ONLY curriculum area we aren't revisiting/thinking about changing for this next year, and as my fellow curriculum-junkies know, that says a LOT! :D
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I was just going to say your plan looks great, but a little science-heavy....2 FULL programs worth.....unless that area is a passion for you or your DD, you might want to start with one and see how it goes.
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I'm with the other ladies in that I call my DD a "kindergartener" regardless of what level of work she's doing. To me that's a moot point. We chucked our K curriculum around October and we've been doing 1st grade materials first. Obviously, however, I'm not going to call her a 1st grader and then have her be super young in her co-op and all activities. When I submit my list of curricula to the state, in the blank for "kindergarten" math I'll just put "Math Mammoth Grade 1" or whatever. For instance, if a p.s. child is in a remedial or advanced reading group, it doesn't change their grade level. It's just the level of the materials.
Abeka health?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I bought Horizons health to use with my DD, but I haven't started it yet- it seems geared to a classroom to me, with books to get and puppet shows and just a lot of stuff that is kind of overkill, I think, for one child.
Has anyone used Abeka health? It looks a little more self-contained, almost like a worktext, but it's hard to tell online......
Any other health ideas welcome! :)