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by julsoliveira
Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Research In Preparing
Replies: 6
Views: 1284

Re: Research In Preparing

I my son just turned 10, so our first half of preparing he was 9. I did the wikipedia WITH him. Also I used pinterest as a source for photos (like in the cave drawings). One of the best resource encyclopedia for kids in this age range are the Usborne internet linked encyclopedias . We just used the ...
by julsoliveira
Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:41 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Watercolor Tutorial unit 28 CTC
Replies: 4
Views: 1257

Re: Watercolor Tutorial unit 28 CTC

Ok, I love that you did it first, and then they did it. Is that written in the guide, or something you decided to do on your own? I just ordered the water color supplies and was frustrated that I couldn't find any flat ones and had to order a partitioned one. Now I'm glad I did lol. You've just made...
by julsoliveira
Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:14 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Please warn me....
Replies: 14
Views: 2864

Re: Please warn me....

Thanks for being wiling to share :) Each family has different thresholds, so that's why I was curious. I agree though, outright vulgarity is crossing the line, even for education. Sorry you had to deal with that. You won't ever feel that way with Heart of Dakota! This was our first choice the year w...
by julsoliveira
Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:05 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Study of Ancient Greece in preparing. WOW!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1415

Study of Ancient Greece in preparing. WOW!!

My Preparing boy made his Roman coins this week, So we checked out some Usborne reference books from the library for visual reference, and also for the research part. So today I was looking through the Usborne Internet linked Greeks book, and started pointing out things we'd talk about, read about, ...
by julsoliveira
Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:51 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Please warn me....
Replies: 14
Views: 2864

Re: Please warn me....

Just out of curiosity, which book, and what kind of verbiage? I'm asking only because some families consider words to be "bad words", that other may not necessarily. For example, we are all aware of the famous four letter words, but then you have the politically incorrect words like the "N" word, an...
by julsoliveira
Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:03 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Sneak Peek #7: New World Geography Guide
Replies: 24
Views: 19904

Re: Sneak Peek #7: New World Geography Guide

I am jumping up and down excited! I was just talking about "The Screwtape letters" the other day, and Cryano!!! What a treat :D I think I will have the boys/girl read each others lists in the "off season" lol. You know, I am increasingly delighted, and at peace in the choice we have made to use Hear...
by julsoliveira
Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:00 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: written narrations in Preparing
Replies: 17
Views: 2901

Re: written narrations in Preparing

I don't know if this will help, but here is ow we do the written narration: I have him take a piece of scratch paper and we sit down and answer the questions. I have him write a complete sentence for each answer. At the end, I expect him to have 4 complete sentences (complete thoughts) i.e * Benny l...
by julsoliveira
Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:57 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: A heck of a mess we're in....how do I straighten this out?
Replies: 13
Views: 2795

Re: A heck of a mess we're in....how do I straighten this ou

I'm going to tell you a secret...Today is January 18, 2013. We technically started our school year in June 2012. As of today, we just finished Unit 7 of PHFHG, and Unit 5 of Bigger. UNIT 5!! We had quite a few summer/fall setbacks ourselves, but I knew that once the weather went south, we'd be stuck...
by julsoliveira
Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:19 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?
Replies: 7
Views: 1381

Re: Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?

can we still have a Klondike bar? My mom and I used to have them together for a snack. I agree with just progressing to CTC. It is easy to over analyze, isn't it. I do it ALL the time. Give yourself some grace and enjoy the ride! Of course! I wish I had one right now. Sadly, I've de-junked my kitch...
by julsoliveira
Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:47 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?
Replies: 7
Views: 1381

Re: Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?

You are both right. I spazzed a bit there didn't I lol. Ok. I'm back to reality now. Thanks :)
by julsoliveira
Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:33 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?
Replies: 7
Views: 1381

Preparing 4th to RTR 5th?

So, I'm Half talking through this, half asking for chime-ins lol. I think you know the drill around here ;) This was our first year in HOD. We are using two guides, Bigger for my overachieving 2nd grader, and Preparing for my on-track 4th grader. So far so good. Admittedly, we're behind unit wise, d...
by julsoliveira
Thu May 24, 2012 9:38 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Hi! AND ...Notebooking pages resource?
Replies: 3
Views: 814

Re: Hi! AND ...Notebooking pages resource?

Thank you both for your thoughtful advice :) My husband would be thrilled if we could get away with buying composition books only lol. Of course I'd have to gussy them up with patterned duct tape to make them pretty...er...Individual ;)
by julsoliveira
Thu May 24, 2012 1:58 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Hi! AND ...Notebooking pages resource?
Replies: 3
Views: 814

Hi! AND ...Notebooking pages resource?

Hello! I'm Juls, a new HOD mom around here. We just got our 50+lb box of Bigger and preparing goodness and I am so excited for the school year I can hardly stand it! So I'm going through the main books to write down the resources I see, and Notebooks keep popping up. Last year, we had access to prep...