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    Medieval Festival? Ideas and How to Organize

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Miss Moe,

     

    No advice for your medieval festival but it does sound like a lot of fun. I know there is a Renaissance festival in Gig Harbor, WA. I'll post a link and maybe you can glean some ideas from there.

     

    http://www.washingtonrenfaire.com/

     

    Also, would you mind telling me what books you are using for your study in the coming year. We are going to study the Fall of Rome to about 1600AD. I've gathered many resources, I'm just having a little trouble focusing.

     

    Thank you,

    Cindy

    Is this too much??

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    If he's college bound, have him take at least one more credit of Latin (2 would be better but I see he's a SR). Colleges generally want at least 3 credits in one lang or 2 and 2. Remember, he'll be competing with kids who have had 4, or who have done more than that.

     

    He could do an art appreciation credit or .5 credit by going thru Annotated Mona Lisa or doing a TC lecture series once a week. He could do the same for music--mine used Chronological Study of Music, which had him listening online to pieces of great works and filling in a sheet every week (easy-peasy, gave him great exposure) and then doing some readings in Gift of Music (basic biographical info). It probably took an hour once a week. Or you could design something yourself and let him do it over the course of the rest of his time at home with you, but only give one credit (you know, drag it out to lessen the pain! LOL).--Oops, again seeing he's a SR.

     

     

    Chris,

    Would you mind posting a link for your chronological music study.

     

    Thank you,

    Cindy

    Another Dave Ramsey Thread...

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    The Total Money Makever book is all you need to implement Dave's plan. We were almost out of debt by the time we went through the class. The other thing I would recommend is listening to his radio program everyday day if you can. Turn it on while your fixing dinner or in the car. That's what kept us going. We paid off 32K in 18 months. You can do it.

     

    Take care,

    Cindy

    Twaddle or not?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Definately not twaddle. A must read for all kiddos. These are also great on CD if you are doing any traveling. Get the version read by Stockard Channing.

     

    "Ramoma was indignant" :))

     

    Have a great day,

    Cindy

    Which Ramona Quimby book before movie?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I just have to say, these books are not to be missed. If your child won't read them, listen to one of them on cd (from your library) and I bet they will be hooked and go on to read the others during summer. Get the Cd that is read by Stockard Channing. She does a wonderful job reading. Maybe get them for a road trip and then read some together.

     

    "Ramona was indignant" :))

     

    Have a great day!

    Cindy

    Song ideas needed! Please?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    My son created a slide show for our year end co-op parent night. the songs he used were "You've Got a Friend in me" (from Toy Story) and the other was "Circle of Friends" by Point of Grace. The slide show was perfect. It appealed to adults and kids. Everyone especially loved the Toy Story song.

     

    Cindy (Cornflower)

    What would you do for a 1 year bible course?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    You and your mom or dad could look in to going to Bible Study Fellowship. They meet once a week for two hours. In class they will teach you how to do homiletics, you have a group discuission to go through your lesson and a lecture on what you just studied. The homework for BSF takes between a 1/2 hour to 1 hour per day. It just depends on the depth of the questions for that day. For the school year 2010-2011 they will be studying the book of Isaiah. I'll post a link in case your interested. This takes enough time that you would be able to take 1 credit for it.

     

    http://www.bsfinternational.org/

     

    Have a good weekend,

    Cindy (Cornflower)

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