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Pardon the ignorance. But what are work boxes, and what are they for?
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Ladies, thanks so much for all your insight. I agree wholeheartedly that chores do not need a reward. I think when I think about "reward" I am primarily thinking of the value we all try to teach our children. We must do what we MUST do first, to be able to enjoy time doing what we WANT to do. So in the last few weeks, I have rewarded tidy rooms, spontaneous table-clearing, unsolicited independent breakfast-making, and such, with extra playtime or PBS-TV time.
As I have been reading all your posts, the one thing that cracks me up is this. Once I have my chore program running, my children will be better at their chores than my husband is. (Can the man not see that there are 2 different size forks, and they don't go in the same space??) :lol:
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Heather (Siloam) ordered them. Have you received them, Heather? What say you?? :-)
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How fun! I love it! The kids are going to love the random assignment of chores and I love that it allows me to distribute the chores based on the appropriate work load! Thanks for the link! (now I have to stop thinking up chores and go to bed!)
I especially like one of their 'preset chores' which reads: "Earn all the money":lol::lol::lol:
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Looks interesting. I'm thinking I would have to replay the acts of kindness several times, though..... ha, ha
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Ds 10 and dd 7. I'm needing ideas and examples of what you have your dc do around the house at those ages. How do chores get enforced? Rewards? Consequences?
You see, I had never required chores before. We just pulled them out of PS. But when they were in PS, they came home at 3pm, and I spent most of the afternoon doing homework with them, until it was time for dinner, then bedtime (or basketball practice, or AWANA, or our Bible study). So adding chores to their load seemed overkill. But now that I am hs'ing, and still need to tend to our business, I need them to pick up some of the slack! :tongue_smilie:
Help, please!!! :D
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I hope you told her you were very impressed indeed!
God bless!
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This is a great thread if you want to compare Tapestry of Grace and Sonlight.
I am going to use TOG this year, and yes, for me it has been quite a chunk of change. That's because I bought many of the supplements and books for the rhetoric level (relying heavily on the library for the lower levels). I am using TOG mainly for my high school age dd, and I wanted to make sure that we had the books when we needed them. Since my younger girls will be along for the ride, I feel it's okay to substitute books if the library doesn't have the exact title listed in the TOG reading assignment.
This blogger compares TOG and Sonlight and also TOG and MFW.
Good luck with your decision. :)
:iagree: Which I think is exactly the way to go, because you are building a foundation during Grammar and Logic(Dialectic), but once the dc hit Rhetoric, you want them to have all the can so they can really blossom. In the end, your youngers will end up using the same books you just bought for your Rhetoric and the cost to you is really a third.
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For Logic stage students through adults, I would offer up the teaching on the Verse By Verse Ministry website. These are in-depth studies, mostly of complete books. They are taken verse by verse, in a no-nonsense way. They currently do not have workbooks or study guides, but will be releasing them soon.
All audio teachings are available for download online, free of charge. This is by far, my favorite Bible study. I would suggest the series on the Sovereignty of God, as a great introduction to the depth of the principles of our faith, and God's attributes.
http://www.versebyverseministry.org
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I like the fridge idea!!
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Hi, ladies
I am starting All About Spelling with my dc. I've been trying to find a 2' by 3' magnetic whiteboard without much success. Where did you buy yours?
Of all the stumbling blocks in starting a new curriculum, I didn't thinking buying a whiteboard would be one of them. ha, ha :lol:
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Do you use this as a standalone Science program? Or is it supplemental activities for something else? What is the something else?
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what blog, what schedules. pray tell!!
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I guess I'll just have to start reading it myself, and read ahead of him. What makes them inappropriate? Both my kids are grounded in their faith, and we've read Narnia and other magical books.
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My ds almost 10 wants to read it, on recommendation from a friend of mine. But my friend is in his late 30s. We are a conservative Christian family. Thoughts?:bigear:
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What features attracted you toward Bible Study Guide for all ages? What other Bible curricula did you consider?
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I am a new homeschooler. My oldest ds is going into 5th grade. I am reading TWTM, and I just don't see him as a logic stage student just yet. Maybe it's just me, because he is my son and I know what a knucklehead he can be :D. Then there are the gaps you find when they are coming home from PS.... (sigh)
We are using TOG Y1 in the fall, and I'm thinking Upper Grammar for him.
How did you decide/determine when your student transitioned into the 'logic stage'?
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Ladies, This curriculum says it is designed to be used all the way through 8th grade. Would you take it that far? Is it advanced enough for doing that? Or would you switch to something like Apologia General Science and all the other ones? At what point?
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[...] but even though she can skip count by 5's past 100, can read an analog clock, knows basic fractions, and can read most any number under 100, she uses her fingers to count (!), and I'd like to get her beyond that before school starts).
It sounds like you have a very intelligent child. I would not worry about, or be too keen on getting rid of finger-counting before school begins. Children at this age are in the grammar stage and both benefit from and crave using manipulatives. She is just using her fingers as manipulatives. If she can grasp skip counting and fractions already, it seems to me she will transition into mental math easily enough.
If she is going to PS kindergarten, don't accelerate her too much this summer. Otherwise school will be boring and frustrating. :D
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I'm in the middle of putting together a scrapbook of homeschool memories for my ds who is graduating this weekend.
Some of the most wonderful things I found when digging through old boxes of homeschool stuff were the journals, photos and postcards from our travels. I NEVER took school work along when we traveled, but gave my kids each a disposable camera and a small spiral notebook with blank (unlined) paper. And of course lots of pencils. They made wonderful journals, describing things they did and saw and thought. They drew pictures or used tape to put museum maps and tickets in their journal. They made up stories and wrote those, or just sketched for fun.
We'd read books related to places we went to, but it was usually a fun fiction read aloud rather than a fact filled book.
My kids learned so much from our travels and they remember it all fondly. It has given them context that helped them more deeply understand history, current events and science. And those journals are now a treasure!
So dump the school and let the world teach your kids! Don't correct their spelling or grammar, just let set them free and enjoy all they learn.
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That is exactly what I would do, almost to the T. Don't call it journaling. You are scrapbooking (the way it used to be, not with the fancy papers). Kids love to have command and control over a camera. Let them stick pieces of napkins from funky restaurants, museum tickets, postage stamps, postcards, maps. Let them draw a picture of their favorite part of that day, even if that was when the squirrel stole sister's popcorn at the park. They have to caption it, so there's writing involved. It works even better if you take your own little notebook and sit down and put together your own scrapbook at the same time. Then it's not schoolwork; it's a family activity. You'll see. They are the ones who will be trying to collect treasures for their scrapbook.
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What ages, grades is this for?
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Share your chore chart!!
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I think the consensus is that chores have to be done, and they do not give money or other such 'rewards' for completing them. But I think any job well done always has a 'reward', be it satisfaction, OR the chance to do things you WANT to do. Maybe it's more of a consequence-avoidance.
Without nagging or hovering, when dc come ask if they can play video games, watch TV, play Legos, go outside, go to Johnny's house, the question from you is: "did you finish your chores?"
For bed-making, I would ask at breakfast. Anybody who hasn't made their bed has to go back to make it.