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Positive Motivators 1. I'm taking a picture and it is going on the blog for you grandparents to see or mailing them the verse they copied, etc. 2. I'm hanging it up on the bulletin board for your Dad to see. (He knows to look there and always comments on items; good or bad). 3. Stickers, smiley fac...

WOW! You are amazing. I struggle to keep up with my two. I can't imagine so many boys. LOL.

Here's our week in review.

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I feel like I've reached the same place with my daughter. I've added Vocabulary from Classic Roots to her routine hoping that a study of Greek & Latin roots will help her start better decoding those tougher words found in higher level reading. I don't know if that is the answer for you and I haven't...

CountryMom, I LOVE the art table. Your DH is gifted. I wish sometimes my children had been able to do the younger HOD guides. I know my son would have enjoyed all the songs and hands-on activities. crlacey, I love the reenactment of Abraham & Lot! Great use of bedding. LOL. I've yet to read Railway ...

My son was struggling at the beginning, also. We started doing Spelling every day. We do the assigned activities and I add simple oral review (say, spell, say) at least once more during the day. Here's a fun free site where you can enter the spelling words and play all kinds of online games & activi...

Here we go...

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Ok Girls, What was YOUR week Like? You can post: a- A picture b- A blog Link c- A written synopsis d- Your favorite memory e- Anything you want that shares your HOD excitement! Important Note: If you are linking us to your blog, please make sure it's not just a general link, but to your specific pos...

Library books! You can find all kinds of experiment books and living science books at the library. I like Science Chef especially. It is full of kitchen recipes that also teach science concepts. In our house basically it looks like this... Library Books Nature & Magic School Bus DVD's Experiment kit...

I think the price would be okay. The full color notebook for CTC is going to be a wonderful keepsake. I'm sure the same will be true of RTR.

I sure hope so. My daughter loves the notebooking pages. Three great reasons to have them... 1. Better penmanship. My daughter works extra hard to keep those pages looking beautiful. 2. It provides accountability. No way we can skip anything that is part of the notebooking page. She would die if she...

For the first twelve weeks... I think I got them all. History, Bible, Bible Study Story of the Ancient World Genesis: Finding our Roots A Child's Geography What in the World (audio) Notebook pages A Bible Science Land Animals of the Sixth Day History Read-Alouds Dinosaurs of Eden Golden Bull Boy of ...

Candice that is exactly what I use. LOL. Love those things.

How about thinking a little outside the box in regards to math. Set aside the curriculum for a while and pick up MathStart books at the library (picture books that teach math concepts in a fun living book type way) Family Math by Stenmark has tons of great math game ideas in it. M&M math, Cheerio Ma...

I put removable tabs on my TMs.

For my daughter's math (she's in CTC), I actually photocopy the Singapore schedule and she just keeps in her math book. She crosses it off as she does it and then recycles the page when finished.

Making the sling was a blast! I'm glad to see your son enjoyed it. He also did a wonderful job with his Descriptive Place. Very impressive!

I'd love to hear the boys belt out the Star Spangled Banner! I'm sure Dad must have been very proud.

Sounds like a great week. Thanks so much for sharing.