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11 hours ago, Harriet Vane said:
Waking up this morning obsessing more about this. Yes, I am confident in my memory of white first with the fine tip brush. I feel like the lightest might be what fills in the face? As I am thinking about the, it seems like the face would be lighter than the hair. So then I am not sure if that is first or last…
I think if you're painting on glass you would want the lightest colors up front because the darker colors are going to show through whether they are in front or behind, but the darker colors will overwhelm the lighter colors (if the darker colors are in front) and you wouldn't be able to see the lighter ones.
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If you're sure you start with white, then the next color would be the lightest shade, progressing to the darker shades. I feel pretty confident about that (I teach a few homeschool art classes-there's my qualifications 😂)
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Next year I'll be having my 6th grader outline 1-2 times per week. I think that's probably sufficient to get them to be comfortable with the outline format.
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12 hours ago, chocolate-chip chooky said:
personally love repetition done well in stories for children. I love that the child can anticipate and join in, and the repetition solidifies the nature of the rhyme or alliteration or onomatopoeia or content.
That reminds me of a few newer ones:
Napping House (Wood)
Owl Moon (Yolen)- not repetitive, but a great realistic story
The House that Jack Built (can't remember the author)
Stomp Dinosaur Stomp
Little Blue Truck
Goodnight Construction Site
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6 hours ago, countrymum said:
...I can let you know when I have it more planned....
I seriously would like that-I'm always second guessing myself with writing and would prefer to do it without a curriculum.
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Karma Wilson's books are fantastic (rhyming, but not realistic since they have talking animals). We got to meet her at a library author visit. Is Jan Brett considered newer? Her books are wonderful (but maybe not rhyming? I can't remember). Mo Wilson is a good author, but not rhyming. Loren Long's Otis books are great, but not rhyming. Other newer books we've enjoyed:
Grumpy Goat (Helquist)-not rhyming
Chickens/Pigs/Cows to the Rescue (Himmelman)- not rhyming
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7 hours ago, countrymum said:
think I'll do my own thing for writing not IEW
I'd be curious what this looks like!
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10 hours ago, wendyroo said:
Writing from a "food's perspective" would have been regarded as ridiculous, patronizing, mumbo jumbo.
Oh, I totally get that. But I also like him to have assignments that maybe he doesn't 100% love or isn't given control over the topic-he's for to learn to do those type of assignments well too.
Thanks @wendyroo-your input on amount of writing is helpful-I might be assigning too much.
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11 hours ago, Lori D. said:
rather than tests or writing papers for science, what about having DS give a short oral presentation on the digestive system?
That's a great idea-thank you!
11 hours ago, Lori D. said:And, again, just us, but we didn't do tests in elementary/middle school -- I could see whether or not DSs had learned the material, and tests, like workbooks, really sucked away any interest or joy in learning...
I get that-I've discovered I'm a really bad judge of what he knows and understands. It's hard for me to find the time to sit down with him after every reading to discuss-I need some kind of output to keep him accountable.
12 hours ago, Lori D. said:Yes it is drudgery for me -- oh wait, you probably mean for the student 😉 ... yes drudgery for them too. 😉
Oh no, I was totally talking about myself 😂 There have been a couple things in homeschool teaching that I have just really really not enjoyed. I'm glad to hear I can justify putting it off for another year. Youtube tutorials are a great idea!
I plan to do a mini computers class with him this year so maybe I can tackle bite #1 and #2. Thank you, @Lori D.!
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Ds12 is my guinea pig child. He's smart, but not very motivated so it's hard to know how much to give him. It becomes a lot more clear with my ds10 if I overdid or underdid anything with ds12. Anyway, I'm curious on how much writing you have your 8th grader doing. Specifically:
-if I assigned a paper for science instead of a test (something like, "describe the digestive system from a piece of food's perspective") would it be reasonable to expect the rough draft paper to be finished after 2 full days (I plan for an hour of science/day)? This is just the writing part-all the reading about the digestive system should already be completed.
-about how many papers are you having your child write a week/month/year? Do you have a separate writing curriculum or try to integrate in other subjects?
-have you taught MLA standards by this age? I am really really dreading it for some reason-it seems like drudgery and I keep putting it off.
Thanks in advance!
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7 minutes ago, AnneGG said:
We school year round, 15 days a month
Oo-that's an interesting idea!
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I'm considering doing a block (not sure if it would be called that) type year round schedule. Up to this point we have done 6 weeks on, 1 week off and a 2 month off summer. I teach art classes out of my house and it is our major social time (it ends up being about 4 hours each day because people stay to play), but ds12 is struggling to get his school work done on those two days. I'm thinking maybe we could do a good chunk of our science and history during the summer, maybe a couple days of math. Then during the school year only do math 2-3 days a week (we use Saxon for him if that matters). Are there cons to this that I'm not considering? Ds12 thinks it seems like a good idea. It's hot here in the summer and the boys end up getting pretty bored after a week.
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Big boys ages 12, 10, 7: we have art classes at our house that are big playdates afterwards-it's 3-4 hours Monday's and Tuesdays. Once a month we do a historical dance class that turns into a playdate -3/4 hours. I take one to the grocery store with me once a week. Church on Sundays. It's plenty for our family.
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Boxcar children
Time Warp Trio
I second Secret of the Scrolls-my boys have loved those.
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16 hours ago, AnneGG said:
We used Oak Meadow for grades 6 & 7, but we’re ready for a change….
CLE Exploring AgriscienceCLE Small Engine and Equipment Maintenance
Ancient history with younger siblings (Greenleaf and STOC). He really doesn’t need this after OM, but he said he wanted to. We will see if he’s still enthusiastic about it in August.
Uncle Sam and You
Fallacy Detective
CLE Reading
CLE Diagramming book (it says elementary but he hasn’t had a lot practice with diagramming.) I might swap this out with something else later in the year.
Rod & Staff Spelling
Winning with Writing
Finish up CLE Math 7 and then decide where to go from there.
Ambleside rotation from enrichment.
Handicrafts: Machine Sewing, Stained Glass, Soapstone Carving
Electives: Robotics, Computer Science, Typing, and Chess.
Bible: Genesis (SOAP method).
One Year of Church History Devotional (independent)The younger siblings are doing No Sweat Nature Study, he can sit in on that if he wants.
Ideally, we could add in a geography course as well. I highly doubt we can get to it, but if maybe we can add it in 2nd semester. Depends on the younger siblings needs.
How do you fit handicrafts and agriscience/small engine in to your schedule?
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Have you looked at Notgrass Geography? It's a high school curriculum, but I would think you could make it work for 7th/8th. I was considering it for my 8th, but I think I'm just going to make my own again next year (have him pick a new country every 3 weeks, do research, write a paper or something, seterra mixed in).
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On 3/31/2024 at 7:07 PM, SilverMoon said:
Logic and politics are very complimentary. 😂 For my older kids (graduated now) I made a Twitter/Xitter account and just followed political figures, blue and red, local and national. We had more fodder for fallacy practice than we could ever hope to analyze. 😄
That's a brilliant idea!
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16 hours ago, ScoutTN said:
Sounds to me like his attitude is more of an issue than his aptitude for math. Btdt. It’s hard. Parenting is actually way harder than teaching, ime.
I would stop worrying about finding a math curriculum that he likes and focus on getting a solid one done.
This is excellent advice. My oldest is smart and could do amazing at school, but he would always rather be doing something else (even though the something else is usually academic). I was so discouraged in the early early years that he was never excited about anything I planned. I'm still disappointed here and there, but now I just try to ignore/correct his attitude and assign the things that I think he would connect with if his attitude wasn't bad. I second the idea that probably most math curriculums are fine-they are a teaching tool.
@Clarita: that is a great idea. I once did something similar with life in general when I noticed I was focusing on all the negative-I wrote down positive things from the day so I could review them at the end of the week. That was helpful (...I should do it again...).
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2 hours ago, Pawz4me said:
They were very lucky that the ship issued a mayday call in time to stop traffic. Even at that time of the morning I'm sure there's plenty of it. This could have been so much worse.
I hadn't heard that either-I'm so glad they had time!
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Further thoughts after exploring guest hollow more: the text looks a little dry and I didn't see any history. Since I'm using geography instead of history this next year for ds I was hoping to have some history included. I think it's Notgrass for us.
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All ye Lands doesn't look as in depth as Notgrass: All ye Lands says it is for grades 6-7 and Notgrass is highschool level. The sample of All ye included more science-y stuff than I think I want since we have a separate science already.
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Following because I'm thinking through this same thing for my next year 8th grader. I've made his geography curriculum this year and it didn't go as I wanted it to-I need a plan to follow for next year.
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Seconding Dictation Day by day. I took a year off last year and did sequential spelling with my 4th grader who just kept guessing weird letter combinations-that seemed to fix it for him and we're back to dictation day by day this year.
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picture books - where are all the good ones? A vent.
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Ah, thanks. I never check the pub dates and in my mind if it doesn't look old like a Mike Mulligan or a Make Way for Ducklings then it must be new 😂