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  1. I would recommend Catherine Vos' The Child's Story Bible. We also own Long Story Short, it would work well for a 10 and 12 year old. It is, however, geared to be used as a family,
  2. We used FLL 1-4 Rod & Staff for 5 I loved the rigor, but got tired of the repetition. I felt it was a lot of busy work in R & S. We now use Analytical Grammar, and love the simplicity, reinforcement, and rigor! (Also, it is a lot less teacher intensive!)
  3. I'm working with my third child on reading. Previously, we used Alphaphonics and Explode the Code. My third loves The Reading Lesson by Michael Levin and Charan Langton.
  4. That's it! It took all of 3 minutes for my question to get answered! (I should have posted the question first, before even attempting to find the article. Now I will know what to do next time.) This board is AMAZING. Thanks!!
  5. I am looking for a journal article about science and natural learning. It was posted here a few times in the past, but I can't seem to find it:confused: It discussed how science is learned best through natural experiences. (ie: going to the zoo, gardening, taking care of a pet). Any ideas?
  6. I don't know if this was addressed previously, but an interesting article. I also read A Mathematician's Lament, to the right of the article. http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/academics/math/senselessschoolmath.html Thoughts?
  7. Critical thinking company's Mindbenders or for a better deal grid perplexors by http://www.mindware.com Anyway, that is what we have used.
  8. A fellow home educating mom had this to share with me: "I didn't like Singapore when I looked through it, but was also influenced by my fil, a professor. He says he (and other professors at the university he worked at) could pick out the kids taught with Singapore. He said they had trouble transitioning to college maths. He was dean, so it's not anecdotal. He had to go over grades with professors and students, so had facts to back it up. Singapore is the only program he specifically mentioned; he didn't seem to mind other ones as much." We have used Singapore Math for 5 years. I see the beauty in the program, but I can see how transitioning to higher math programs could be a challenge. There is not enough explaination or drill/review in SM, in my opinion. I have my kids learn the SM approach and traditional approach, especially getting into the higher levels. I was wondering what others have experienced, specifically those of you who have used the SM for 4 plus years?
  9. I third BFSU (Building Foundations in Scientific Understanding). We love it! I would also add just great living lit books....check Sonlight, Amblesideonline, Living Books Curriculum for ideas that you can get from the library.
  10. We chose to call this time "Morning Basket," instead of Circle Time. We use a lot of the ideas from previous posts on here. Here is what we do daily: Pledge Bible/devotion Singing (Biblical or folk song, historic, etc…) Calendar Weather/Seasonal Poetry Memory work Picture/Composer Study (alternate weekly) Here is what we do on a weekly basis: Week's Alphabet, Number, Theme intro. (for 3 yr. old) (Mon.) Menu planning (each child picks one meal a week) (Mon.) Chore review/shared thoughts (Mon.) Exercise yoga (Tues.) Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding by Bernard Nebel, Ph.D. (BFSU) (Wed.) Journal (Thurs.) This takes us about 1 hour. (Of coarse, when the 3 yr. old wants to be done, he is done.) Storytime takes place at a different time.
  11. We bought the DVD. It is similar to how a board book is put to DVD. Pictures with minimal animation. It IS A BIT CHEESY, but we liked it. MOST IMPORTANTLY, the children have their facts down now! Even my 5 yr. old has some of the facts memorized.
  12. Fly Like a Butterfly: Yoga for Children http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0915801841/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1325507602&sr=8-1 We love this book with pictures. Very appealing to children.
  13. We like using BFSU (Building Foundations for Scientific Understanding) both K-2 & 3-5. There is also one for middle grades. There is a great yahoo! Support group, which the author and others support you. The younger children like watching/learning along with the older ones. We also like living literature books on science.
  14. Hooray! I can now go to sleep and not worry about our grammar plan for the time being. Thanks, SWB!
  15. I posted that very question to SWB. She just replied back that all we need to do is e-mail and ask them for the 15 week ALL sample. Here is her assistant's e-mail address: executiveassistant@welltrainedmind.com We were just about to start ALL, and we still plan to! After the 15 week sample is complete, we plan to use Part 2 of Intermediate Language Lessons by Emma Serl. (We can't go wrong with classical methods and free on Google books.)
  16. We used RS 4 last year, but we definitely preferred the 3 years prior with FLL. I was going to start ALL in a few weeks with my DD. All I have is the 5 week sample. I never asked for the 15 week sample, since I thought I would purchase it in Jan. (I understand the need to change the original plan. I am also grateful for the samples of WWS and ALL.) Having said that, is it still possible to receive the 15 week sample? (My DD was getting excited to start it. The other recommended grammar programs just don't seem to "speak" to us. Of coarse, this would leave us with further confusion on the grammar path after this year.;)) I appreciate all you do for parents and children!
  17. I'm not sure what we will do now. We used RS 4 last year, but we definitely preferred the 3 years prior with FLL. I was going to start ALL in a few weeks with my DD. All I have is the 5 week sample. I never asked for the 15 week sample, because I thought it would be out in Jan. I wonder if I can still receive the 15 week sample? (I will post the question on SWB's ALL sticky.) I have looked at all the recommended grammar programs. They are either not appealing (RS) or too expensive (VIE, Abeka). (I actually was going to purchase VIE, until I saw the price.):sad: I want something strong, but unique. I thought maybe MCT Grammar would do, but it seems to not cover what I consider the essentials and appeared too expensive, as well. Oh, what to do? :confused:
  18. I know there has been a lot of discussion of this book on this board. Try doing a search. We have just started incorporating it!
  19. The Verbal Problems Introductory Workbook has 27 graduated lessons, 3 problems per lesson, each with its own work template. Essentially, it is more child-friendly and is an "introduction to verbal problems". It will help a child get accustomed to word problems, if said child needs that type of reinforcement prior to using the big verbal problems book. I skipped purchasing the Verbal Problems Introductory Workbook, since my children are quite comfortable with verbal problems.
  20. We are in week 5, and have started to notice the wordiness in some of the lessons. My DD is only in 5th, she does it independently, but I find myself explaining the lesson after she has spent 15 min. with it herself, at times. I was thinking, just yesterday, that I may have to do some of them with her. (This is especially true with the topio exercises.) Lessons take 30 min. - 1 hour long for us. I think some of this is due to trying to decipher what exactly we need to do in the lesson. We are still loving it, though.
  21. Our new hits: WWE/WWS (Love how much dd is learning in WWS.) FLL4 (I don't know why we did R&S last year..it is nice to be back with FLL. Can't wait to start ALL in a couple months.) Mindbenders logic puzzles (DD loves these...she breezed through them in 2 weeks) HOD Preparing (History, Storytime, Bible, Poetry, DITHOR) BFSU Hands on Equations (A Huge Hit! My kids love math again!) Times Tales DVD (So different from the book...and it is a good thing. Probably our biggest hit.) The Reading Lesson (love the simplicity of each page and DS 5 is already starting to read.) Just okay: HOD Preparing (Science) (a bit weak for our taste, which is why we added BFSU) TLP workbook for The Wheel on the School (Seems to me it is a lot of busy work, the closest to a miss.) Rosetta Stone French (at least it is getting done and the children can do it independently. No misses!
  22. We just solved our multiplication problem for the oldest two in a matter of an hour...the best $30 I have ever spent. Times Tales DVD...I am loaning it out to all my friends and family...and then will donate for the homeschool group library. I had the book of a similar title, but this is way beyond that!
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