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by lmercon
Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:18 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Money Can't Buy What HOD Provides!
Replies: 7
Views: 2837

Re: Money Can't Buy What HOD Provides!

I completely agree!
by lmercon
Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Starting to Stress
Replies: 4
Views: 2015

Re: Starting to Stress

I also have to run multiple guides due to the age difference of my kids. I've gotten used to it. It really is a game of bouncing back and forth, making sure one is on task with something and checking in with the other. While I am teaching one, the other is doing independent work. They also know they...
by lmercon
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:05 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: My kids HATE Robert Frost, and he's my FAVORITE!
Replies: 11
Views: 3180

Re: My kids HATE Robert Frost, and he's my FAVORITE!

Make poetry time coincide with snack time! They'll look forward to it every day. Lol! But seriously, sometimes we all need a little help acquiring a taste for the "beautiful" things of life. I desperately want to love tea, so I always drink it in a lovely tea cup with something sweet....when I drink...
by lmercon
Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:34 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: where to have kids tested
Replies: 14
Views: 3780

Re: where to have kids tested

Your local intermediate unit will provide those services, most likely free of charge.
by lmercon
Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:31 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: DD Wants Public School
Replies: 20
Views: 6988

Re: DD Wants Public School

I agree with others who suggested you not give a definite answer yet. Tell her that you are thinking and praying about it. Even if you think it is a ploy, I'd praise her for her desire to be a witness. Suggest that in the meantime, she list some very specific reasons for her choice. I would take tho...
by lmercon
Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:17 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: When to start your school year when doin a 4 day school week
Replies: 9
Views: 2844

Re: When to start your school year when doin a 4 day school

You will find that there will be days when you use that fifth day to finish up a few things. However, I look at it like this. The way the schedule is written it's as if a typical 5-day schedule is squeezed into four. I figure that we are doing more on those four than we would do if we schooled using...
by lmercon
Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:11 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Problems with Medieval History Writing Lessons
Replies: 13
Views: 4086

Re: Problems with Medieval History Writing Lessons

IEW is an excellent writing program especially for kids who have a hard time writing because it is so structured. IEW does not particularly "care" that the writing may seem stilted. The point is for them to force themselves to use the sentence openers and dress-ups. Later, when they have all these s...
by lmercon
Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:21 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: STILL MORE from me on Written Narration
Replies: 10
Views: 2954

Re: STILL MORE from me on Written Narration

I think people are saying,"He's only 11," because you have lots of time to scaffold his learning and path to independence. My son is severely dyslexic. I would read the text to him. He would dictate his narration to me. Then he would copy it in the notebook. It was only this last year that he has do...
by lmercon
Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:01 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Silly question, maybe?
Replies: 3
Views: 1646

Re: Silly question, maybe?

You would only use one common book. It is a special place to note things of importance. When we went to Mount Vernon a few years ago, it was so neat for my kids to see Washington's writing desk and his "common place" book. He kept journals filled with things he thought worthy of writing down. You ma...
by lmercon
Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:59 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Maintaining closeness when running multiple guides
Replies: 8
Views: 3240

Re: Maintaining closeness when running multiple guides

A late morning "tea time" is a nice gathering time to read some poetry, study a painting, or read a short story from "Arabian Nights" or some other type book. You can set out a light snack and drink from tea cups (or football mugs depending on your style) and have a nice conversation over some topic...
by lmercon
Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:55 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Praise for the WG guide
Replies: 6
Views: 2670

Re: Praise for the WG guide

I love this! These are the things that I see with my kids as well. I have friends who use different programs and are doing more and more co-op high school courses. The constant buzz is about rigorous coursework, grades, dual-credit, college placement...blah, blah, blah. None of that sparks my intere...
by lmercon
Tue May 12, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Help me with the suspension bridge activity in Rev. to Rev.
Replies: 0
Views: 2314

Help me with the suspension bridge activity in Rev. to Rev.

We muddled through it, and my ds got the concept. But I could just not get the directions clear in my head! Can someone explain it to me? It's bothering me that I couldn't comprehend this activity!
by lmercon
Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Do you think No-Nonsense Algebra could be a summer prep?
Replies: 3
Views: 1370

Do you think No-Nonsense Algebra could be a summer prep?

My ds is finishing up 7th grade math with Thinkwell and would like something more interactive. I want him to do Algebra 1 for 8th so that he can fit in calculus. I was considering some kind of prep course for the summer before Foerster's Algebra in the fall. No-Nonsense Algebra is supposedly a light...
by lmercon
Sun Mar 15, 2015 6:17 pm
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Topic: Middle School Math - BEFORE Foerster's Algebra
Replies: 30
Views: 24999

Re: Middle School Math - BEFORE Foerster's Algebra

Take a look at No-Nonsense algebra. I understand it to be a great introduction, no-fluff approach to algebra that would set him up well for Foerster's. I've not used either. I'm in a similar situation. Videotext is really expensive and has not had the enthusiastic response from people I know who hav...
by lmercon
Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC Unit 12 - Population of Bethlehem
Replies: 8
Views: 2055

Re: CTC Unit 12 - Population of Bethlehem

I live near Bethlehem, PA. I got a nice morning chuckle at your expense. Hehe :)