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- Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:20 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Philistine helmet
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Philistine helmet
Help! Our helmet looks more like a jester's hat--all the fringes are falling down around the headband! What did I do wrong??
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:47 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: CTC--Share what you love/don't love
- Replies: 6
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CTC--Share what you love/don't love
Just curious how others are doing with CTC. What resources are really working/not working. We love the Story of the ANcient World and the Genesis book. Still not sure about the geography. Kids enjoy the history projects. I'm hoping many will share!
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Mom25
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:55 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Dictation samples in Bigger and CTC
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Dictation samples in Bigger and CTC
I have the Preparing manual, which has dictation at levels 2, 3, and 4. Does Bigger have level 1, or does HOD start at level 2 for dictation? Also, does CTC have levels 5 and 6? Thanks!
- Fri May 29, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: So impressed with the Bible in Preparing
- Replies: 3
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So impressed with the Bible in Preparing
We are on week 33 of Preparing Hearts (almost done!), and I was struck today, again, about how well my kids are learning to apply God's Word to life and their studies. They've been independently reading a book about Albert Einstein (which is really great, by the way), and today read a chapter about ...
- Fri May 29, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: All the extras of homeschooling
- Replies: 8
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Re: All the extras of homeschooling
Don't feel bad about the board games. I don't like it either! :? I do force myself once in a great while, after much begging. LOL! And I do find the games for older kids more tolerable. :wink: As far as extra activities, as long as your kids are happy, they'll be fine. Because kids can't run around ...
- Mon May 25, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Questions about read alouds in CTC and economizing?
- Replies: 3
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Re: Questions about read alouds in CTC and economizing?
Hi--I used my library a lot while using Preparing this year. Before I ordered the package, I went to my library's web site and found out which books they carried, or which ones I could get through inter-library loan. Then I only ordered the books the library didn't carry. Then, once I had the guide ...
- Thu May 21, 2009 11:24 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: MFW CTG users
- Replies: 4
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Re: MFW CTG users
Thank you so much ladies. That's just what I needed to know. I guess I keep thinking combining would be so much easier and unifying, but I really don't want to lose the independence that my kids learned in Preparing this year, and I really want my younger ds to get what he needs. Also, I can see it ...
- Wed May 20, 2009 10:33 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Not sure if this will be to hard for my 5 year old
- Replies: 11
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Re: Not sure if this will be to hard for my 5 year old
We're finishing up Little Hearts with my 7yo (almost 8 now) for first grade, and it was just right for him. Granted, we held him back because he was a little slower in learning than his siblings. I think it's a slightly more advanced K program. For example, one of the history books that you read alo...
- Wed May 20, 2009 9:30 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: MFW CTG users
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1311
MFW CTG users
Hi there, I am strongly leaning toward continuing on with 2 programs in HOD for my 2nd and 5th graders, but I've also been looking at combining them in MFW CtG. Can anyone here who's used CtG give me reasons why they did or didn't like it, and how it worked with younger children specifically? Thank ...
- Sat May 16, 2009 7:36 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Warning in Preparing!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1625
Re: Warning in Preparing!
Am just now getting back to this post and reading replies. I wanted to add a huge thank you to Carrie for all your work on screening the content. I know it is a HUGE job that I can't begin to imagine! I do have one child who is very sensitive, so I appreciate it all the more. I did stop in the middl...
- Thu May 14, 2009 8:07 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Warning in Preparing!
- Replies: 7
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Warning in Preparing!
Someone else may have already caught this, but we read a very gory (and upsetting) :shock: chapter in Child's History of the World today, and there was no warning in the guide like there usually is. It was chapter 76, called "Upside Down," about the French Revolution. So, you might just want to make...
- Wed May 06, 2009 10:38 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: CTC questions for Carrie
- Replies: 1
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CTC questions for Carrie
Hi--I'm looking hard at CTC for my 5th grade twins who are finishing Preparing now. I really like the independence, which will free me up to do school with my first grader. It's hard to see from the first week what the year will look like for them, though. Can you tell me what other kinds of activit...
- Wed May 06, 2009 6:06 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Best approach to teach worldview
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2567
Re: Best approach to teach worldview
I can't answer your question, because I've never used SL. (My sister, however, has switched to HOD from SL and says "she's never going back," though she enjoyed SL.) I just wanted to chime in because we just read the story about the Portugese attacking the west coast of Africa, so it sounds like we'...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:35 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Creation to Christ
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2148
Re: Creation to Christ
I don't have an answer, but I'm in the exact same boat you are, so I'm curious to see the answer!
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:00 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Do your kids enjoy HOD?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Do your kids enjoy HOD?
My kids love HOD. We did LHFHG and Preparing this year and it was a wonderful year. Before that, we did two years of MFW and also enjoyed it, but not as much as HOD! My sister has used MFW, WP, SL, TOG and has finally found HOD and is HOME. She just said to me today, "Oh, I SO wish I had found this ...