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I don't require, no; but we do usually skim the play/libretto/story together before we watch any live performance that requires a bit of historical background.
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We actually prefer the old and "in-between" ones, which look like the new ones but don't have the clip-art CDs in the covers. I was disappointed when DK started including those silly CDs; they bulk up the covers and seem superfluous to me.
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
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The Home Companion is used with Beginning Algebra, and contains lesson plans, additional questions and a full answer key. I highly recommend it.
:iagree: I second that recommendation.
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Well, lessons up to ch. 13 have been posted to the site and titled "complete," despite having page-number gaps and (apparently) missing material. The lessons up to about ch. 7 do appear to be complete, though; so it might be worth buying, depending on how soon you'll be ready for LL2 and how quickly you'll get to the parts with the gaps.
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My 11yo ds is still a champion wiggler.
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Is that actually biology or just catchy chapter titles relating to Fred's adventures?
That's what I'm wondering, too. If there's enough science in it to justify having the new book in addition to the LoF I already have, I'll probably buy it.
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Has anyone else noticed that the later chapters of LL2 have only grammar exercises and vocabulary lessons, with no history, derivatives, or other extras? :glare: We don't really need those little extras; but ds enjoys them, and they're a nice break from the grammar some days, to do along with flashcard reviews.
I know that the author has been scrambling to get the materials finished; still, I'm a bit miffed that those lessons, if they become available, won't be ready until long after we've finished the relevant chapters. We've already had to slow down and supplement to allow time for the lesson-writing to catch up to where we are, and now the course is less than advertised. Does anyone know whether those materials will be inserted later or are being left out completely?
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Hooray!
Would someone please post a review once they have it? We're already pretty well into LoF Algebra, but I'd be interested in hearing about the biology component of this new book.
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I'm so very sorry to hear this. Wishing you peace.
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That and I object to the use of "God" in the pledge.
I missed this post the first time through, but this is another of my reasons.
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I don't say the pledge because I don't think it's right to pledge my allegiance to a political entity. I prefer to have the freedom to dissent when I feel necessary and not pledge to support a country or government regardless.
I don't let my children say the pledge because I think it's wrong to make children pledge something they can't really understand.
Tara
:iagree:
These are exactly my reasons on the issues.
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I know that people tend to love Lively Latin, but I'm having difficulty with the price, knowing I'll have to print everything out. I'm not comfortable with buying the online option (if I'm paying over $50 for something, I want to be able to pull it off my shelf), and I really feel like the CD is overpriced (especially since I'll have to print everything out). Convince me I'm being cheap and it's worth the $.
I'll try. ;)
Honestly, I do find Lively Latin generally worth the cost because it's secular (a must for us) and very thorough.
I save a decent amount of paper by printing front and back for as many pages as possible (for example, when there are multiple pages of exercises in a row or when there's a two-page "Word Power" lesson). My printer has a very clean draft mode, so I save both ink and printing time by printing everything except the art pages and flashcard sheets that way. Also, I print as much as possible at a time and slap it into a binder so that it's ready to use when we reach for it.
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When I was in grad school, seminary, no less, there was a young woman who was financing her MDiv with an... unconventional job. I night job. A job that required very little clothing.
Ooooooohhhhhhh.
Well, that definitely ain't me!
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Oh! Well, I was thinking it was almost your favorite perk. Don't mind me. Overtired, mind in the gutter. The usual.
Oh, but now my curiosity is piqued about the name! Is there something about "Trixie" that implies a more-than-G-rated perk?
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With a name like Trixie, it's hard for me to imagine a perk that is, well, G-rated. I have no idea what you could possibly mean.
Hmm. I think I missed something. What's not G-rated about Trixie? :001_huh: I was just seconding Audrey's reminiscence about the faculty perk of long-term book borrowing and how it almost makes me miss academia.
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Oh! That was my favourite perk! Year long book borrowing. Almost makes me miss those days.... almost.
Yep. :D
Almost.
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KitchenAid Immersion Hand Blender. At $50, it's a little above your price cap; but it's well worth it. We've had ours for 6 years of regular use and it's still going strong. Before that, we went through two Cuisinart models which lasted only a couple of years each.
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Cathmom -- No, I haven't read Rhonda Barfield's book (yet!). It's now been added to my every-growing library list. :tongue_smilie:
I feel the same way about exposing kids to things. For me, unschooling means "child led" rather than "child run;" and the general understanding of "unschooling" as meaning the latter--with no guidance, participation, or involvement by parents--bothers me. I'm growing leery of labeling myself any kind of unschooler b/c that "kids are running the show" definition seems to have taken over, in the minds of both "traditional" schoolers (and hsers) and unschoolers.
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We ask grandparents/family and anyone who asks us what the kids want or need to contribute to a special activity. ... gifts like this create fun memories and don't clutter the house.
:iagree: This is what we do, also. Activities, magazines, and museum memberships are all useful, ongoing gifts.
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Good point about family farm/business with radical unschooling. Not being a farm gal myself, I'm only exposed to the sit-around-and-play-video-games-all-day variety. ;) Without exception, the radical unschoolers I know personally are uneducated, unmannered, unsociable (sometimes actively anti-social) children with no sense of boundaries and no understanding of others' needs.
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I'm avoiding them for a few reasons. First, I don't know how accurate the info given is and how much has gone through the "If it doesn't look enough like the way I 'school' then it isn't really learning" filter. Second, I do agree that radical unschooling is really just unparenting. Third, I can think of a few kinds of homeschooling that I consider far worse (educationally, emotionally, etc.) for children, and I do not want to go there. LOL.
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I don't think not saying a sound means that one is sloppy or one cannot speak one's own language ....
Not necessarily, no. And that's why regional differences were also mentioned. :001_smile:
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That's because most Arabs (Palestinians included) can't pronounce the "qaf." Or if they can, can't be troubled with it in everyday speech. And how they deal with the "qaf" is very reflective of where they come from and their regional dialect.
In places like the Gulf "qaf" becomes a "hard G", in the Levant it's dropped and replaced with an "aspirated A". Sometimes it becomes a "K".
I wonder how much really is inability, though, and how much is simply regional dialect or "sloppy" speech, as is the case with native speakers of any language.
Suggestions--exciting, inspiring books for pre-teen boys
in General Education Discussion Board
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These aren't necessarily inspiring, but they're all books that my ds reads over and over. Several have already been mentioned.
"The Mysterious Benedict Society" & sequels
"Tom Sawyer" & "Huck Finn"
"My Side of the Mountain" & sequels
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
"The Sea of Trolls" & sequels
"The 13 Clocks"
"The Adventures of Hugo Cabret"
Any of the Moffats books