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I'm don't follow Eat to Live per se, but I'm strict veg with celiac so when I read the book I realized I basically eat that way already. It sounds like your kids are great eaters and are eating a healthy balanced diet - I'm not sure what your concern is (?)... is it the butter/oil on the veggies? I personally don't use butter, I do use olive oil and flax seed oil on veggies and salads - especially for my kids (also all vegetarian). His way is one way, but you have to do what works for you, imho.... there are so many different approaches. But if you break it down and look at what almost every approach has in common it sounds like you're doing it - eat fresh, whole foods, mostly fruits and veggies, limit animal products. =) hth.
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Cons:
-doesn't follow the exact order of SOTW, there is flipping back and forth through chapters.
-it doesn't cover all the chapters in SOTW, I felt my children were missing out
-couldn't find all the info. sometimes to have the children fill in the maps for the children
-my children don't like to color that often, so their notebooks are quite empty of color
-too expensive
I'm not using it this year because it is simply too expensive and I don't want the children to have too much extra writing.
Those were my exact thoughts w/o having seen it in person. It does look great - but not all of mine like to color that much. And it seems like a lot more writing and we do so much writing. Thank you!! I'll hold off for this year and look for this IRL vs. online at a fair next year...
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I was thinking of posting a very similar question. We have a garden but need to do our fall planting/planning. Love the tips & sites... Of course, then I have to implement them. =)
Still watching... :lurk5:
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Looks good! I haven't heard of some of your resources so I'm bookmarking the links. =) I also like that you added the extracurricular activities... I'm going to have to edit my list and include those b/c they are important, aren't they. lol
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Thanks Des - I hope it's all there. Now whether we get to everything I have planned is another matter.... lol
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This is a general plan for our upcoming year. Naturally not everything will be done every day (e.g., science is only twice a week). Thanks for looking and I welcome and thoughts or feedback! :bigear:
PS - I made the font small b/c it's a long list (given that there are four children), but it's also on my blog if you need a bigger font...)
4th Grader
Math Mammoth (Multiplication 1, Division 1 & 4th complete)
Writing Tales (when finished we'll do Igniting Your Writing)
Journal writing - although they write in their journals whenever they want, once a week I do a structured write
Exercises in English (grammar) - notebook the rules
Spelling - notebook any mistakes from own work
Vocabulary - notebook words from reading that are new (required to do 3 per week)
English from the Roots Up (**after much research, I've decided to drop Latin as a language until about 7th grade and use this in the meantime)
McGuffey's 4 (even though she's a great reader, I think a daily dose of oral reading is helpful) - narration if wanted
Literature and Reading - I pull most of her lit. books from the time period we're studying, but not all; some are from other reading lists - I try to get a variety; she then notebooks her assigned book (additional books don't have to be notebooked) and we discuss; I also read a variety of books to the girls and this is part of the literature study
I combine this child with the next in history & science:
Story of the World 3 & Usborne IL Encyclopedia- we do narration & drawing, mapwork, a hands-on project, extra reading
REAL Science
Structured nature study once per week
I combine all four girls in Art and Music (at their own levels):
Art - Great Artists (project and notebook page for each artist - we'll cover 20 -30 this year) plus we sketch a ton for the notebooking pages
Music - Monthly composer study that I pull together (I try to keep it simple - read the bio one week, listen to the music, draw/write a reaction to a piece, learn about a key instrument from the time, etc.) & Piano lessons
2nd/3rd Grader
Math Mammoth
Explode the Code (this year will be books 6, 7 and 8)
finish Phonics Pathways (with occassional copywork)
Daily oral reading from McGuffey's and Aesop's Fables (I alternate) - notebook narration 1- 2 times per week
Spelling - from her own mistakes (same as above) - no formal vocabulary
First Language Lessons
Handwriting Without Tears - cursive
Writing program - undecided - still not sure if we'll do formal writing this year or hold off; leaning towards holding off
Journal writing - same as above
Literature / reading - same as above but on her own reading level
History -Story of the World 3 - same as above
Science - REAL Science - same as above
Art - same as above
Music - same as above except violin lessons
1st Grader
Math Mammoth
Explode the Code (books 3, 4, 5)
Phonics Pathways (with copywork)
Daily oral reading from McGuffey's and Aesop's Fables (same as above - though the older child is farther along)
Handwriting Without Tears - continue printing
First Language Lessons
Spelling - same as above
no formal writing program
Journal writing - same as above
Reading & Literature - books she can read from history, easy chapter books, and the books I read aloud as part of our literature study - she can notebook 1 - 2 books per week (1 is required) at her own level
I combine the younger two for History and Science:
History - Story of the World 1 & Usborne encyclopedia - do narration/drawing, mapwork, coloring and hands-on project
Science - living books, I have several books of easy experiments - we will try to do a notebook page or two a week
Nature study as above
Art- as above
Music - as above with piano lessons
Kinder
No formal math - work with real life math - notebook key ideas
Explode the Code (1, 2, 2 1/2 - as far as she gets - she's not a seatwork kinda gal but she likes to 'do school, too')
Oral Reading from McGuffey's and lots and lots and LOTS of readers - she loves this
Hooked on Phonics (she wants this; it's not my 'usual' - it was a gift so we'll give it a go)
Handwriting without Tears
Literature & Reading - basically the same as the 1st grader, but at her own level and participate in literature studies as she can/wants
History - as above
Science - as above
Art - as above
Music - as above, no formal lessons - I will teach her the basics of the recorder if she wants/has interest
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Wow. I kept reading about FLL and Primary LL but for some reason never rreally looked at them... I should really take a look. And thanks for the free ideas, Tara - I'm looking at those as well.
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- If you had to leave the house and never go back, what three things would you grab? Why?
- Would you rather have the ability to fly or breathe/swim underwater? Why?
- How do you define success?
-Who is your favorite artist? What sets him/her apart?
Gosh this if fun... I think we'll implement this! =D
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The list looks great to me although I'm not familiar with a couple of those.
I'm secular/liberal, and it would be hard to offend me with any book, unless you were clearly trying to mock my beliefs or lifestyle. I think you're fine.
:iagree: I'm secular/liberal and those books look nice. It's nice that you take her beliefs into consideration - lots of the gift books we got at first were My First Book of Prayers, etc., and even that didn't offend me... Your list looks great!
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We were weird before. The homeschooling was a no-brainer, and probably one of the more "normal" things we've ever decided to do. :D
LOL - totally relate. I think if we didn't homeschool people would find that more strange. =D
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I'm looking for ideas for 2nd grade "grammar." I don't want anything workbooky (I use Exercises in English for my oldest and it's a good fit, but level C would be too much for my 2nd grader.) I'm looking for something extremely low cost or free - maybe notebooking?
any ideas???
TIA!
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My girls were all very early readers. But I think the phonics is key for spelling down the line. What I did (and will do this year) is Explode the Code - we do the written b/c there isn't much writing and I think it helps them remember, but the online looks good, too. I coupled that with Phonics Pathways. I just skipped ahead to where it gets "meaty" and did a page a day (no copywork until they were better at writing). Then we did "challenge" reading to put their phonics skills to the test. I had them read a very short passage from a harder book than what they were used to. They really had to put their phonics to work to sound out new words, etc. I think doing this immediately after PP was the best thing for us. I saw dramatic improvements every time.
This is worked great for me for three of my girls. My last little one is hyperactive so it'll be interesting to see how she does with ETC... I may be utilizing that Co-op online buy!
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Chiming in - I'm new(ish) to the boards (at least to posting). We're in the very northeast of MD.
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I love this post!! It makes me realize that being weird isn't that weird - it's normal. Thanks for posting!
-From a total misfit (lol)
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YES!!! And I don't have a baby on the way ... :iagree: with starting slow. Once you start it probably will begin to flow and you'll feel better. You can always take a break!! =D
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We limit regular tv to once a week on 'movie night.' Other tv does happen sometimes - then we do PBS kids or dvds. My dh will let them watch SpongeBob now and then. Sigh.
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Does anyone else find there is a line being drawn between "stay home homeschoolers" and "outside activities homeschooler"?
I know what you mean. I've run into this. There hasn't been directly 'mean' commentary, but stuff like, "Wow! You're soooo busy. We just like to stay at home and have lots of quality family time." There's nothing negative in that, but of course I feel like we miss out on family dinner too often b/c of our swim team practice so I take their comments to mean "You're not spending enough quality time together," which isn't what was really said... Maybe the folks giving negative comments to you deep down wish they, too, could afford (either timewise or monetarily) to do the same thing? Not that that's all that helpful - just a thought. :)
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I've never thought a weekly report would be for me, but I'd never considered it as a scrapbook/journal item. Hmmm. I may jump on this... plus it'll keep me honest. lol Thanks ladies!
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I agree about skipping the guide - you can easily get maps and notebooking pages for free or very little money (I just got a bunch from history scribe and geo scribe - the geography was $4.50 for 100s of pages and you can use them for years and years).
hth!
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I was just having the same debate over vol. 3 pages...
This is what I figured out - maybe it will be helpful. I changed the numbers to fit the 125 pages of Vol. 1.
Without shipping, the extra pages are $11.95. There are 125 pages. That's about 10 cents per page (rounding up from .096).
My Staples and Kinkos both charge 5 cents per page.
My printer/copier costs me 3 cents per page (Sharp AL-1641CS) and I'm guessing most people end up paying about this. We use recycled paper, which is a bit more so maybe with std. paper it's 2 cents. With pre-punched paper it was 4 cents. Still less. And since I don't copy every single page (as a previous poster noted) I am saving even more. I probably only copy about 1/2 to 2/3 of the student pages...
This doesn't include shipping or tax, but it gives a good enough idea. I decided that it was worth the savings to make the copies myself as annoying as I find it. It really doesn't take me as long as I feel it does. It's just boring busy work.
HTH!!
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We started trying to add in all the books, etc., and it got to be too much. We had too much other reading to do in other subject areas and with four kids... I just couldn't swing it every time. I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of money (I had initially put all the books I wanted into my Amazon cart and then realized how expensive it would be so I didn't place the order.)
So I changed it up.
I have lots of science books (I always hit the used sale at the library) so I ended up grouping them by topic. I would then look to see if we had one (or more) on the topic and put it out on our display shelf; the kids read it when/if they were interested. They have a notebook where they write down anything out of books they read that interests them (think The Common Place Book from the Lemoniny Snicketts stories) and this seemed to work well. It took the pressure off of "having" to include them. I think that we actually read more books this way. We also looked things up online if they were interested in the topic.
HTH
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Has anyone seen or used these?? I can't get a good enough "look" online to determine whether these would work with our SOTW work...
Homeschool Journey - Portfolios
CW users - quick question
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I'm looking for a secular writing program to use after WT... I know the authors of CW are Christian, but I can't tell from the sample pages how secular the content of the program is or is not (i.e., copywork from the Bible, etc.).
Any users out there that can let me know?
Thanks!