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I was planning to post a similar question. My dd (rising soph) would like to improve her cursive handwriting. She'd like to be faster and have it be "prettier". I've thought about going back to copywork - just typing out a passage using StartWrite and letting her copy. But she was also asking if there were copybooks, or something like that, that weren't geared toward early elementary.
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and trying to continue with Latin.
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If you do use 3rd edition, the publisher's website has supplementary proofs. It's my understanding that they are designed to provide what was in the 2nd edition, for those who prefer that.
Good to know. In hindsight, I think we would have been better off with the 2nd edition.
I'll have to see about the practical formula work, as we are just about to begin Jacobs. But I will say that one of the things that sold me on it was the number of very real-world examples I see in the book. I loved the real-life situations in the Singapore elementary program and am glad to find another program that makes math just as applicable to real life.The real world applications were appealing to my dd (and me) as well. She's not particularly mathy, but has done well with Jacobs Algebra I and Geometry.
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The Lial program will differ from other 'high school' texts on the SAME level in that it has the COMPLETE teaching lesson in the examples... high school texts rely on a physical teacher for instruction and the text just reviews what the teacher explained (less detail in the text examples).
So in theory, my dd could be completely independent for Algebra II with the Lial's text? I was able to get a copy through ILL for review, but all I could get was a teacher's edition, and it wasn't clear to me how many of the notes were there just for the teacher and how many would actually be included in the student edition.
Also, does it matter what edition of this text I buy? (I noted the comments on the changes to Jacobs Geometry between the 2nd and 3rd editions. Sadly, I didn't do my homework on that one and we have the 3rd.).
Thanks for your help.
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Tried Saxon for 1 year, switched to Singapore US and never looked back. We did use one of the Key To... for a while, but not long enough to count.
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TIME managment! It is so easy to waste time if you don't HAVE to be somewhere. I'm still working on this one myself ;)
:iagree:completely. Still working on this one too.
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I'm pretty sure it was the Phys Sci---it was in the Module that was giving some historical background, I think of Galileo. It wasn't too overt---just enough to irritate me. :tongue_smilie:
Thanks. I'll look for it.
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is what I'm planning for next year. I decided to try the 11th grade syllabus which uses Barron's E-Z Biology, combined with reading Darwin's Black Box (and I think there are a couple other sources). Dd is not going a science route and doesn't want to dissect anything, so this seemed like a reasonable overview. If it looks like it needs more, I'll add in some natural science.
For history, I've been trying to use Connecting with History (Vol 1), but don't know if I'll continue w/ Vol 2 or not. I love the concept, but want something that's laid out a little more specifically.
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The only Anti Cath bias I found was in the physical science Apologia.
I'm just curious what you found in the Physical Science. I'm using it with my 9th grade dd. We haven't finished it yet because we started late. My biggest complaint with it is the young earth bias.
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I'm borrowing some of the LoF books from a friend to review for ds who has decided that fractions are evil. I think he will enjoy Fred's somewhat irreverrent approach. I hadn't considered it for dd, but maybe I should.
I had considered TT, but dd doesn't want to spend a lot of time on the computer and I keep hearing that TT is less rigorous. Since she's highly unlikely to pursue math or science I don't know how much rigor she really needs, but she did really like the Jacobs Algebra and doesn't want to do something "lightweight" (her word).
So my question, does Fred have enough meat to it to be a whole Algebra II course? Has anyone used it that way? I had considered it as more of a supplement.
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I only have a couple of the books so can't really compare for you, but typically if you are working in the level 4 textbooks, for example, you would buy the same level CWP. In the past I have been able to look at sample pages on singaporemath.com.
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My 12 yo ds just finished the Percy Jackson series. He also loved George's Secret Key to the Universe and George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Steven and Lucy Hawking, but then he's kind of a science geek.
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I liked the Challenging Word Problems for my kids. You buy 1 book to cover a year (instead of the A & B textbook/workbooks). Each section has 2-3 worked examples, then a set of problems that gets progressively more difficult. Some of the problems at the end of each chapter are really hard.
The only potential downside is that the books only have answers rather than worked solutions.
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I can insert a link, but can't figure out how to ebed it in another word.
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Oooh, I have been dreaming about just 1 or 2 childless days lately!
sew
organize sewing supplies
read
garden
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They wouldn't qualify as CC cookies in my house either, I'm afraid, but wow, what a sweetie!
I used to eat the dough like crazy, but I'm too paranoid to eat anything with raw egg in it now. My youngest always asks me if there is 'yucky egg in it' before snitching anything I'm baking/cooking.
As far as eating the dough, a friend replaces the egg with an equal volume of water and then just doesn't bother with the baking. :001_smile:
I usually don't manage to bake them because it takes too long to drop all those little cookies. Yes, my mother said I was hiding behind the door when the good Lord was handing out patience. Anyway, my dd is now mostly in charge of cookies, bars, etc. here and, well let's just say the apple didn't fall far from the tree. She throws them in a pan and we have cookie bars. Yum! :thumbup:
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I have all three (Rainbow Rock, Vroot & Vroom, and Wiggly Woods) and my kids seemed to like and use Vroot and Vroom the most of the three, but I would put Rainbow Rock a close second.
I guess it depends on the child and how much they like being on the computer. My younger son would sit and play computer games all day if I let him, so I like having some educational products and he likes a change of pace from flashcards and the workbook.
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Spelling Power, in my opinion, does not do a good job of teaching rules (even though words are grouped together by a rule). My middle son needed to know 'why' words were spelled a certain way. AAS does teach the rules, and he used it enough to know that some words have rules and some just need to be memorized.
:iagree:and Spelling Workout is even worse, in my opinion. AAS is a good program for kids who need more explicit phonics, and it's pretty reasonably priced.
My older son is a more natural speller and we have used Spelling Power. He prefers the "15 minutes and done" approach to the workbook pages in Spelling Workout, which he considers busy-work.
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I'm the one that's doing "Biology Light", though with lots of reading, and some experiments, with my dd.
I'm curious about what you're using for "Biology Light". My dd does not want to do a traditional Biology class with dissections and other "gross stuff". I can sympathize because I skipped hs bio for the same reason. :) However, back when I graduated only 1 credit of science was required, and biology wasn't specified.
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Volume 3 is coming out this summer, says the yahoo group.
Just got back from a conference where the author had the curriculum. Vol 3 is due out this summer, and right now they are planning to have Vol 4 out summer 2011.
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so with or without cd?
I bought it with the CD because I'm not good with poetry and wanted to hear someone reading it with correct meter. Unfortunately my dc found it irritating. It wasn't worth quibbling over, so I quit using it.
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Sorry, I'm not able to help with ideas for Word. After trying a variety of free sites, I just decided to go ahead and buy StartWrite. It's worked well for us.
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Honestly....weaponry! Anytime we can talk battles and weapons, especially ones we can "build," my boys, even at 13 & 14, are the happiest lil' things!
Then, of course, there's food. Feasts go over well with boys, especially the 13 & 14yo!
:iagree:with the battles and weapons. Cooking goes over better with my girls, but the boys do enjoy eating the results, especially the ever-hungry growing 12 yo!
How much credit to give (and what to call) sewing projects?
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My dd spent a lot of time on two sewing projects last year. I hadn't had it listed as part of her high school plan, but would like to give her credit for the work. In my day this would simply have been Home Ec, but that doesn't sound up-to-date. Would Clothing and Textiles be reasonable? Or maybe Clothing & Tex I, since she may very well do more.
Also, I'm wondering whether or not to assign 1 credit or .5 credits. She made a lined wool skirt and a prom dress. For both, she selected the pattern and the material, made a muslin mock-up to adjust fit (this was a major undertaking for the dress), and finished the garment inside and out. She had a 4-H project last year and one of the judges (a woman in her 60's) told my dd that when she was a girl she was taught that a garment should look as good inside as it does outside, and dd took that to heart. Additionally for the prom dress she combined 2 patterns, made some additional alterations, and learned to use a serger.
I didn't take Home Ec in high school because my mom had already taught me how to sew, but I seem to remember girls making a skirt over the course of 1 semester, so I'm leaning toward 1 credit, but don't know for sure what's reasonable.
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