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Everything posted by Julesnpebbles@suddenlink.
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I'm asking for a friend whose son wants to homeschool for 11th and 12th grade. They want him to get a high school diploma and you can only get that through an accredited school here in WV. Anyone have any experiences with Keystone? Pros and cons? My kids aren't quite there yet so I'm not sure. Any other suggestions for online high school / accreditation? Thank you!
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Has anyone used this before? I ordered it from Timberdoodle and am just now getting to it. I'm intrigued. It seems like it would be used for a child who struggles with math like my daughter does (she definitely has dyscalculia or something similar) and gets great results. I am not familiar with it and wonder if I need a teacher's guide (it's $85! each level) or not? http://www.timberdoodle.com/Jump_At_Home_Math_s/889.htm
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So, I'm looking at TOG again and thinking this might be a better choice for my 7th grader rather than Omni I. I could also combine with my two younger school-aged kids. When I used TOG before, I really didn't like the fact that I couldn't just hand my kids their student worksheets. I had to photocopy the pages for each child as I'll have 2 in the same level and one in Dialectic. I want to keep the master sheet in my binder and not have it used up. Is there an easier way? Is there something on the Loom or elsewhere that has student activity sheets that are easily printed for each student in advance? It was so much work and time to go thru the guide and make copies. Also, how do you do the vocab and geography? The lists are so long - I ended up typing them out but it really was too time-consuming this way. Is there a better way? Is the DE version the way to go for what I'm wanting? Basically, a way for me to just print out their own mini guides? I already have Years 1-3 and used part of #2. I have the first two units in page protectors so I could check things off with a dry-erase marker. I don't think I'll do it that way again. I think I'll just use a pencil this time. I just wonder if DE is the way to go for me as I'm thinking this through. If I make marks, notes, etc. I'm pretty weird about having a nice like new curriculum for the next child. I have 2 more under that who will go through this in a couple of years so it does have to last. I'm blabbing along. Can anyone give me some tips?
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Where online to buy Faber Piano Adventures?
Julesnpebbles@suddenlink. replied to simka2's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
I get all our Faber books from either JWPepper or Sheet Music Plus. Take a look at the Accelerated Piano Adventures for Older Beginner series - it says 11 and older - but might be a good fit for you and your older children. My husband used the Alfred Adult beginner which has a very nice selection of pieces. -
Cayden (8 yr) is very very active. My husband, who is a psychiatrist, is sure he has ADHD but doesn't want to medicate him. We've been trying nutritional supplements up until recently. The thing that really concerns me are the tics that he manifests. The tics change from time to time and they are very obvious. As he gets older, he is more self-conscious and if ANYONE mentions them, he is really embarrassed and hurt. I've just made an appt with his ped. to see him but I wonder if someone can help me? What do we do? How can we help him cope? He is a nervous ball of energy. When he sits on my lap, I can feel him buzz. His arms and hands twitch. His tics range from: eye-blinking either blinking hard or blinking fast or a combo of both shaking his head like he's getting hair out of his eyes making small burping, gulping sounds flaring nostrils raising his shoulders up and down pushing his head forward when he talks in an exaggerated motion blurting out things you know he's not thinking before speaking He's getting tagged by his buddies and siblings as being odd. He is always in someone's face, touching someone, blurting out stuff, not controlling his body, up and down up and down. I'm really having a hard time with him. He is a sweet kid and doesn't maliciously hurt people. He almost 'can't help it'. We have the bouncy ball when he does school, he has a small tramp he can jump on. I try to have little Legos or something he can fiddle with and I think it helps. Funny thing is, he scored so high on his testing. He got all 8s and 9s on the Stanines and 95%ile overall which was a pleasant surprise! He's a smart cookie but he's exasperating! I love him and want to help him. Anyone have this in their children? Help!!!
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Would WWE 4 be a good fit for him to practice? He's never narrated, no copywork, no summaries, no dictation. I am going to go through either Classical Composition or IEW with him this summer but also want to give specific narration / dictation / copywork exercises. Would this be too easy for him? I want something that's already pre-packaged. I use WWE with my other kids and really like it.
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Angela, I spoke to Wendy about it the other day because she's a ChA tutor and got her opinion. :) As I'm studying the material and looking at the resources, I'm leaning towards Challenge A with a pared down Omni I history and lit. I'll include the Bible readings as well. I'm going to pull him out of VPSA though. It will be too much too fast. Thanks for your input!
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I know that both would be rigorous but I am thinking of having my 7th grader do Challenge A and reading from the Omnibus (but not doing it completely - just some of the history and literature). Is it way too much? Has anyone been through a ChA program? I direct Foundations and Essentials but have no experience with CHA. The first year focus for history is geography and cartography which is awesome but would still like to start with the Ancients again. Btw, the Omnibus readings I am substituting with books from Ambleside Online / Yesterday's classics. They are really great renditions of the originals. i'm reading them side by side and I highly recommend them! I like the comprehension and discussion guides along with them. I'm not trying to overload the kid, but I wonder if it will be doable.
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That's a good question and I know it wasn't directed at me but I'd like to comment (not really answer the question though). I think that generally moms don't feel well-equipped or adequate enough to handle the upper levels of homeschooling. I certainly enter it with trepidation! I think you would recognize your own comfort level with the material. I'm excited about history and lit but not so much with science. I'm ready to tackle the dialectic stages of history but not math. I feel excited, not overwhelmed, at the thought of reading the classics and discussing them. I have waited for the Omnibus for a long time! LOL Unfortunately, I'm finding out a little late that we might have to take a bit of a detour! I think that's not a failure on my (our) part at all. If your daughter is not ready for it, it means that you've chosen to do things differently than how VP has prepared their students, I guess. I get the same thoughts too but I know that some kids and their families are ready for this and others are not. There's no success or failure at this point. It's great that you identify that your girl is not ready yet. Perhaps a year of History survey and more challenging literature would do the trick! Thanks for being honest and voicing what I sometimes feel.
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Janice, I guess I didn't include all the info from my original thread concerning the maturity level of Omnibus I. I'm enrolled in the Omnibus in a Week that's coming up in a few weeks. I've been reading what he'll be reading as I already bought all the books. I was sure we would just continue on the path since he's been through several levels in VP. Most of his history has been through VP. I was therefore surprised that it was such a big jump from VP 6th grade to Omnibus I. Whoa Nelly!! He's not ready for the maturity and difficulty of the books. However, he's ready for the commentary, questions, comprehension of the Omni I. I think it would still be challenging even if he read different selections / versions / abridged versions perhaps. I found several books that were recommended by Truthquest and I liked what I read so far. For example, Nathaniel Hawthorne has written "Wonder Book for Boys and Girls" and "Tanglewood Tales" or something like that, and they are very well written and I think it gets the job done. Soooo, after a weekend of pondering and reading, I'm thinking of going thru the training, getting the TQ guides for Egypt, Rome and Greece. Then picking books that I might have in my home library or other recommendations OR reading the books and censoring them. I guess I feel prudish but I am not yet confident that my son is ready for the actual books yet. So, I wonder if anyone has done this and if it was really hard to make it work? I'm going to spend some time reading the Omni with a more age-appropriate book in hand and see if the comprehension questions would line up with them. Thanks all for bearing with me. Any other thoughts would be appreciated!
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Can I take a booklist like the ones given in Truthquest or Tapestry and then adapt it so that he reads material that are still rich in content, true to the story line, faithful to the theme and message, etc. of the originals? I have decided that my son is not ready for the original Greek and Roman works that are presented in Omni 1. However, I LOVE the Omnibus textbook. It is really excellent and still want the commentary, discussion questions, deep, probing, informative, enlightening, biblical basis on which the material is addressed. That said, I've been looking at those other curricula and seeing that each have their own booklist, how about if I follow the Omnibus and take the time to find different resources that will still give my son the exposure but not the entire text? I'm hoping that my children will read as much of the original and classic works as possible. Just not those right now. I value classical education very much. So, how about that? Has anyone followed the Omnibus with their own selection of books from other curricula? Is that too much work?