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What version of Office do you have? I can save it as an older version of office if that will help. I saved this copy in the newest Microsoft Word version.
Maybe on Monday I'll play around with Open Office and see if I can save it like that so more people can open it up. :)
i have Microsoft Office 2003. That would be great if it is easy to do. Thank you so much!
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I really wish I could open it. I have Microsoft Office and Google doc, but neither can open it. I wonder why???? I even tried opening it on my new Mac (I have two computers, a PC and a MAC)....on the Mac I could view it but not in web view so everything is all jumbled together on the schedule. HELP?????? Does anyone have any tips???? What am I doing wrong???
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We are loving the filing system. I has completely left us accountable to what has to be done. Last year, I never got to Geography/history, art or science. We are in week 2 and I got to everything last week and this week. I love it!
Me too. I am really liking the filing system, although I did not file spelling/math/grammar/writing. I also started out with the filing system color coded per child per week. But I realized after two weeks (we've been back to school for a month now) that I needed to have files by subject instead. So I did spend about half an hour pulling paperwork and reorganizing my files.
So now I have weekly files (36 files per subject) filed in my hanging folders inside my file drawer filed by subject. You could use paperclips instead but since I already had the numbered files I used them (I am using a drawer in my desk to hold the files). I only have weekly folders for History/Science/Latin for now. I plan to add in Art files next. I also have 12 month files. So my filing cabinet has the months in the beginning, then all 36 weeks of History, then Science, then Latin. The month files are for me to place Liturgical or other Seasonal type craft ideas that I seem to never get done because I am a poor planner. I always read about great ideas and then never do them because I forget about them, or they aren't printed out or if they are printed out I don't know where to put them to remind myself!!
I have a master sheet for each subject that I created from HST in which I check off when we have completed that week. This way I know which file to pull for the week. (For example, we are on week 5 of school but on week 4 for History. I can see this by looking at my master sheet).
Inside the files I don't have much right now. In history all that is in there is the student guide broken down by week for both my children. So basically their maps and coloring sheets, etc. (I can't tell you how many times last year I was pulling STOW Activity sheets and passing them out on the fly). For Science I have their notebooking sheets that came with their Apologia Astronomy notebooks. I did rip this notebook apart because we are making science binders so the sheets get hole punched and added to their binders. That way if we don't want to do everything in that Astronomy notebook, our book doesn't look half done. The binder is their completed work and they can also add their own notebook pages this way. For Latin we use Lively Latin which comes as a pdf file so that makes it easy to print up ahead of time and file into weekly folders.
This system has made it much easier for me with regards to loading their work crates (which is a modified workbox system I use) for the week. It has also helped me see where we are in those subjects that we seem to lag on at times for whatever reason. I always make sure we have Math/Grammar/Writing done, but History and Science sometimes get dropped or not as much fun because I don't have the supplies ready. So far we have been READY. I've been hs for 8 years. This is the first year I feel semi not flying by the seat of my pants. WHEW. My Ker is doing MFW-K which I did with my other two when they were K....for the first time for K I made a crate with all of her worksheets filed by week. I've been filing her books that are scheduled to read on reading day in the weekly file. This is actually what MFW recommends in their Teacher's Guide. All I want to know is why didn't I do this before????? What a help this has been even for K!!!
This doesn't have to do with filing so much but has also been a real lifesaver for me. I bought planners for my older kids (6th and 4th) and I write out their assignments on these planners which are weekly. So over the weekend, I see how we did the week before, write in their planner their assignments, pull the weekly file from my file drawer and place in their work crate into the subject hanging file (a modified workbox) and they check off their work when completed on their planner. They LOVE the planners. I LOVE the planners. They are so much more independent this way. No more, "Mom, what's next?" I have written their assignments before, but usually on a daily list. This seems to work better, especially with my filing system.
So I don't know if it's the filing system, or the workcrates, or the planners or all of the above combined, but so far this has been the best school year yet. And I added the Ker so first time HS 3 at a time for me. Just wanted to share in case that helps someone reading. I read that great big filing post over the summer and it truly helped my homeschool this year. I LOVED reading how others organized their filing system, etc.
Wow, that got long.
Kim
usually lurker so I don't have all my curriculum posted here. maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to do a siggy. :)
3dc (12, 9, almost 5)
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Bump.:bigear::bigear:
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I have the same system. Mine say Jan., Feb., March on the large tabbed green files. Then in those I have a file for each week of that month week 1, week 2 week 3 and so on. I have Advent in the Dec. file, Thanksgiving in the November file and so on(if their are any special projects I want to do). For those items that are consumables they are in a colored pocked folder, one color per child in the weeks folder. My older two do a lot on their own that are not consumable, for those they look at their handy dandy HST assignment sheet that is in their pocket folder. It's hard to explain, I should post pics.
I also buy birthday cards early, address and stamped, then I put them in one week before the persons birthday, this way when we get to that week I just toss it in the mail. :) You can get great deals on special occasion cards the day after (Valentines, Mothers Day, Christmas..etc.)
I would LOVE it if you posted pictures as I really like this filing system, but also have nonconsumables and use HST. If you get the chance, pretty please post pictures???? Thanks.
Kim
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I like your screen name, by the way, I'm a catholicmommy too. LOL
I've been following this thread with interest. I've been hs for coming up 8 years. I'm looking to create more independence this year especially for my middle schooler. And for a way to get it done each year. Because I find we always get behind and then not done...especially with history and science.
Do you have a crate for each child or just for you and then you dole out the worksheets to each child each week? If you dole them out how do you do this? Do you just hand them their weekly folder that has been in your crate?
Do you have a blog?
I'm sorry for asking these questions if you've already answered them somewhere in this monster thread!
Thanks.
Kim
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Many thanks!
Kim
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I bought HST probably 3 years ago. I've used it loosely for attendance, etc. but this year as my son is going into middle school I want to use it for scheduling lesson plans. I figured out how to input lessons into the teacher section. However, once I submit the plan to a student, it is gone from my lessons plan section. What I want to do is keep that lesson plan for my dd who will use it in a few years. For example, I went through and typed in all the reading assignments for Kingfisher History Ency that correspond with STOW as a History Lesson plan. But once I submitted a few lessons to my sons assignments they are gone from my teacher lesson plans. The only way I've figured out how to "keep them" is to make a copy file with the same name. But I'm going to have many copy files if I keep doing that, you know? I confess I haven't watched the tutorial videos. I learn better by reading than watching. What do you guys do? How do you submit lesson plans the most efficient way? Thanks!
Kim
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One of the posters hit the nail on the head for me..... my main problem in my dining room is lack of wall space. I do have a cupboard in which I have been putting our curriculum in and one small skinny wall that has a skinny bookcase. I think that is the crux of it for me....I want more wall space to put the bookcases so that my older can pull out his curriculum HIMSELF without me. Right now it's all in the cupboard and hard to find for the kids on their own.... but I know where it is. If I move the curriculum into the playroom (which is the detached garage but remember we live in sunny California and the detached garage is off of a breezeway so it feels like part of the house still and it has windows that face the backyard) then their work to do will be organized and easy to find. We could still do the actual seatwork in the house at the kitchen table if the table in the playroom doesn't work out, but when the kids are finished each day they could put it back where it goes into the new homeschool room. Right now I've been having to put the majority of it back myself because it's not easy for the kids to find the place in that cupboard.
Thank you so much for all of the feedback. I'm excited to give this a go if for no other reason than to get organized. LOL
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You ladies are inspiring me to try it. I guess what do I have to lose? We could always move back into the house and all that would be different is that my playroom would be more organized. LOL I like the idea of desks in the bedrooms. My eldest has a desk in his room. But the reality is it never stays free of stuff. He likes to paint there and do his tech decks. And my two girls share a room so their bedroom is cramped right now. It barely has room enough for their dressers and beds. I did think of possibly buying loft beds for them and putting desks underneath....but that's when I thought it might be easier to just convert our playroom.
Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!
Kim
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We have been homeschooling for 7 years....hard to believe. DS is turning 12 and will be in 6th grade next year (could be 7th but that's another story). Up to this point we have usually done most of our schoolwork at the dining room table. So this means that the school stuff has to get put away each time before every meal. Read-alouds are on the couch in the living room. I keep all of our curriculum, etc. in bookcases near the dining room table. I have 3 children...ds-almost 12, dd-9, and dd-almost 5. I will be hs all 3 next year. I'm not too woried about how to manage schooling 3 especially since K is no big deal to me anymore. But I am wanting to be more organized with my curriculum now that I will be adding the K to the day. The thought of adding one more bookcase to the dining room to hold the K stuff makes me feel claustrophobic. LOL
Our detached garage has been converted to a playroom since we moved in. It has carpet and drywall and a sliding glass door...it's like a little guest house..it's great. For now it has housed a Lego table and computer desk and lots and lots of toys. It has a lot of learning stuff in it as well, but we don't do school out there because it's not where I'm doing my stuff--laundry, cooking, etc. But I'm wondering if for next year it might be a good thing to control the clutter in my house. We live in a warm climate....southern California. so coming outside to the garage each day isn't a big deal. I've been thinking that I could set up a table with bookcases that hold their curriculum. I could give them their independent work to do out there. Maybe I could even somehow figure out how to do workboxes. I am also thinking of putting a cozy reading area there as well so we could History read-alouds, etc. My only hesitation is that we won't use it because I would want to be inside near the kitchen/etc.
If you don't have a homeschool room and could have one, would you want one? And if you have one do you use it?
Thanks!
Kim
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I don't have an answer for you, as my son is only in 5th grade. But I thought that CW Diogenes taught the 5 paragraph essay? Is it that you want something in addition to Diogenes? I just started CW Aesop B for my son. I'll be interested in the replies.
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After I made the spreadsheet I found it had a very logical flow, and I had the tools to keep up with that movement. Now it seems fairly easy to implement.
Heather
Heather, I'm presently doing CW-Aesop with my two children. A for the 8 year old and B for the 11 year old. This is our first year and we are going slow. I really like it so far. But it is confusing at times. Is this spreadsheet something that you could share? I would appreciate any help in implementing CW. Thanks!
Kim
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The problem sets are in the workbook; the student can either write their answers in the book, or on a separate piece of paper if you want to save the workbook for another child, or resell it when you're done.
Jackie
Thanks for the info. The cd rom is why my son likes TT. I think he likes that the problems are read to him rather than him having to rely on reading it himself. I still haven't pegged his learning style completely. Sometimes I think he's a very visual kid. And other times I think he's auditory. Obviously, he must be a little bit of both. :tongue_smilie: But Math has always been a struggle. We switched to Rightstart when he was in 3rd grade which seemed to help. Someone gave me TT-6 for free so I have been using that as a supplement to Rightstart this year and he loves it. I'm trying to decide which curriculum to choose for upper levels as we're almost finished with Rightstart. One more year left. But like I said, it's the audio part of TT that he likes. So that's good to know that the higher grades are different than the lower levels. Thanks.
Kim
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What are the higher levels of TT like? My son is using TT-6 right now and his favorite part of the program is that he enters his answers on the computer and the program tells him whether he got it right or not. I know that upper level does not have a gradebook starting with PreAlgebra, but does the student still enter his answers on the computer? Or is it strictly lecture/solutions only on the cd's? Thanks!
Kim
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You are correct.
I really shouldn't type while tired.
Or after wine...
My brain was thinking RCC, and I was trying to distinguish it from the Orthodox/Mainstream split, and... eh. I'm not the theologian, my mom is.
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That's what I thought you meant. Thanks, Asta. :)
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We have some similarities! :) I'm a former evangelical (we were charismatic/pentecostal) who's in the process of converting to Orthodoxy. Thank you for your post! I'm a bit familiar with the Roman catholic beliefs in this area (although of course disagree with how it played out re: the papacy), but my question addressed to Asta was because she had wrote "Roman" in this phrase in two different posts, so that was why I was wondering. It sounds like they say "Roman."
I looked into Orthodoxy before swimming the Tiber. So glad you are on this wonderful journey to the Ancient Church. My best friends attend a Byzantine Catholic Church and I love visiting her church. The Liturgy is breathtaking.
Anyhoo, I was responding to what Asta said, more than what you were asking. Sorry, I should have quoted both but I don't know how to do that??? That said, I don't know of any Roman Catholic Church that recites the Creed in that manner....saying we believe in One, Holy Roman Church. If so, I would like to know in what context it is being recited. Perhaps she is meaning as Roman Catholic Christians, we believe in the dogma of the Papacy. I wanted to respond to the Creed part. When I was in RCIA, we were actually given a copy of the Nicene Creed as part of a ceremonial rite. My dh and I have spent alot of time memorizing it so we could recite it during Mass without reading it.....so I knew it didn't say Roman. LOL That part of the Creed is very meaningful to me as a convert.....we believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
Looking forward to hearing from Asta. :001_smile:
P.S. I came from charismatic and pentecostal background too, although I was baptized in a Baptist church when I was 7. We do have some similarities. I just love reading people's stories. Do you have a blog???
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Not to say it's one or the other, but I was curious about this when I saw this -- the Nicene Creed from 325 AD says "one holy, catholic and apostolic church." Does a different creed add "Roman" in there? Just wonder where that came from since it's not the Nicene Creed; there were bishops from all the jurisdictions at this council, not just the Roman bishop.
I am former fundamentalist Evangelical Christian who converted to the Roman Catholic Church two years ago. When we recite the Creed each Sunday, we recite the Nicene Creed: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We do not say we believe in the Roman church. I think the poster who typed that made a typing error. I think that poster meant to say that Rome is where the Authority lies.....an unbroken line of apostolic succession starting with our first pope who was Peter to the present day.
The Church is Universal (Catholic), and has many bishops around the world who make up the Magisterium of the Church. But our pastoral head is our Holy Father who is in Rome....the See of Rome. The Bishop of Rome is First among Equals. Catholics DO NOT believe that he is without sin or perfect (neither was Peter nor any other Pope without sin or perfect). The Pope's teaching office is protected from error by the Holy Spirit when they teach "Ex Cathedra". Jesus is our cornerstone and is our foundation, but he delegated this authority to Peter when he gave him the keys. He also gave authority to the Apostles , "Whoever listens to you, listens to me. Whoever does not listen to you, does not listen to me." But Peter and his successors hold the keys.
For a good read on this subject, I highly recommend, "Jesus, Peter, and the Keys"
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Peter-Keys-Scriptural-Handbook/dp/1882972546
hth,
Kim
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bump:lurk5:
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OK, I have an 11 year old who has been doing wonderfully with Systematic Mathematics. I don't do ANYTHING and this kid only missed 5 problems out of 60 lessons!----and this is from a kid that routinely failed many other math curriculums. He is also doing Rod and Staff 5 primarily on his own. I give him the student book, teacher's guide and let him have at it. He does do the tests and I check those, but he is managing over 90% on all of those so far.... Tell Me More Spanish is also self teaching and piano (Simply Music) same thing...
I guess my point is he seems to do better when I step back and let him learn at his own pace, but keep him accountable here and there.
I am thinking of just saying "You are covering Roman history this year, google away..."
Just wondering.:)
Just curious....what level are is your son using for Systematic Mathematics? I also have an 11 year old that seems to hate his Math. And I think he would thrive without me involved in the teaching so much. We used the Strayor Upton over the summer (briefly)...the first book. And he really liked it. But being that the first book begins in 3rd grade, I was hesitant to use that as our main curriculum. I was just using it as a supplement for practice over the summer. My son is not ready for the Systematic Math videos yet as he is still learning long division. He is "officially" in 5th grade this year even though he is 11 and just finished Level D of Rightstart. We're in Level E now. Where did you start with your son in SM and what age? Thanks!
I think it's great that he's independent, by the way, he can still join in with the family during read-alouds and fun science projects, etc. I agree with the other posters...this is our goal! Self-Learners.
Kim
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For those of you who do nature journals with your kids, what have you had success with? Blank sketchbooks? Lined notebooks? Graph paper (for borders and stuff)? Pre-printed pages from Barb's site or a pre-made nature journal from a store?
I'm all ears. :bigear: We're planning on starting next week, and I can't decide which way to go. I think a blank page might be intimidating to a young child not confident in their artistic skills, but I also don't want to stifle creativity.
We just use blank sketchbooks now. But when my kids were younger we used to take a clipboard with lots of loose blank paper for drawings for our nature walks. Then when we got home, the kids would put their drawings they had sketched on that loose paper into the science section of their binder notebook. The binder notebook had page protectors and they would slip their papers into these. Sketchbooks are easier though. :)
Kim
ds 11
dd 8
dd almost 4
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My son, also 11, was easily bored with Aesop A and seriously under challenged.
I would suggest you start them together and do the first three models together. The writing assignments change every six lessons...and within each the models get longer and longer.
After you have your feet wet, keep on with the younger--but accelerate your son into the second writing assignment and do Week 7, week 9 and week 11. For the last six week rotation, do week 12 and then 15 and one of 16,17 or 18. (Week 18 nearly killed us, but it was worthwhile.) If you have either the Instructor's Guide or the Student Workbooks, this will make sense to you, I hope.
Then move right into Aesop B. You may want to do three out of every six weeks once again--or slow down and do it at the "normal" pace. This is what I wish we would have done. Instead, we did almost all of Aesop A together (my kids were 8 and 11) and then I hustled the boy into Homer. I only delayed because I didn't want to break them up and do the extra work. And I think that I will slow down Homer for a while--that is, do the analysis one week and the writing the next. It's just taking waaaaaay too much time doing both at once. Oops, sorry for the ramble!
Hope that helps.
Yes, this helps. So do you think I should go ahead and buy another SW? Or could I get by with having my older write in a separate notebook? Since I already have one SW (which my younger will use) I will be able to navigate my way through the Core. Those SW are expensive! $27.00. Or maybe I could just copy the lessons I need for my son. Just wondering what you did.
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I had a 10 1/2 yo ds and a 9 yo dd last when I started this in the spring. I combined the two. I can't imagine teaching them separately b/c it's so much work for me. There are things you can do if you'd like to make it more challenging for your oldest (but I didn't). Even my 5 yo dd participated and I was able to take it down a few notches for her. I'm putting it on hold (I think) to back up a bit and do WWE to solidify some skills. My kids really enjoyed this program--I think in part b/c it was solid time w/me.
Laura
Thank you, Laura. I think I will go ahead and order the A workbook for my son so I can just take the pressure off of all of us. If it turns out too easy, I can always move him up to B which I already have. Appreciate you sharing.
Kim
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I ordered CW Aesop A and B and it arrrived yesterday so I got my chance to actually hold the program in my hands and look it over for the first time yesterday. My original plan was to do Aesop A with my 8 year old and Aesop B with 11 (5th grader) year old. But after looking at both workbooks I'm wondering if I should just put both children in A and teach them together??? My older son has had hardly any formal writing instruction. So I really think he would benefit from starting at the beginning. But I'm concerned about making him feel "dumber" than his younger sister if they are in the same level. Maybe if I teach them the same level but independently? Has anyone used Aesop A with an 11 year old? The authors of the program recommended Aesop B because they thought he might get bored because of his age. But B loooks like a big jump to me from A. Maybe I'm not understanding the program well enough yet though.
Thoughts?
By the way, I just want to say thank you to all you posters on this board! I really appreciate the treasure trove of information here! Been a big help.
Kim
My latest project
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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It worked!!!! I can see it. Thank you so much. I can't wait to check it out at leisure.
Thanks again,
Kim