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by Tansy
Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC Unit 7 Tutorial for watercolors is up
Replies: 1
Views: 568

CTC Unit 7 Tutorial for watercolors is up

http://gardenforsara.blogspot.com/2012/ ... orial.html

At the bottom of the blog I show examples of Kitchen sponge, crumpled paper towel, and a cotton rag.
I had a sea sponge which I think is the best for doing this type of leaf dabbing.
by Tansy
Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:16 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What pen is best for notebooking?
Replies: 10
Views: 1835

Re: What pen is best for notebooking?

My kids love the Sharpie erasable pen it has liquid graphite. After a few days it is no longer erasable.
by Tansy
Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:24 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: DITHOR BOOK PLACEMENT?
Replies: 7
Views: 1701

Re: DITHOR BOOK PLACEMENT?

it depends on your kids reading level, if they are 2/3 grade lvl choose that one If they are 4/5 reading lvl pick that one.
There is also a book list you can buy for 5$ that you can use for DITHOR and the books are usually in the library.
Hope that helps.
by Tansy
Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: One Small Square: Seashore Question
Replies: 1
Views: 509

Re: One Small Square: Seashore Question

I just encouraged her to look at the illustrations on the page.

But when we did take a trip to the beach that book came with us!
by Tansy
Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:16 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: location of subjects
Replies: 10
Views: 1647

Re: location of subjects

quiet time any where you want...
all else at kitchen table or (school table in your room if you are distracting your sister.)
I do allow Dithor reading in the reading nook.

Mainly because I have a dawdler who works well with supervision.
by Tansy
Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:37 pm
Forum: Weekly Heart of Dakota Check-In
Topic: Weekly Review: September 10-14
Replies: 9
Views: 9178

Re: Weekly Review: September 10-14

CTC unit 6
http://gardenforsara.blogspot.com/2012/ ... nit-6.html
and a minor biology lesson on cilia :-)
by Tansy
Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:47 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC Unit 6 watercolor guide is up :-)
Replies: 4
Views: 937

Re: CTC Unit 6 watercolor guide is up :-)

Little Miss Sunshine and I are having a blast, I absolutely love the accountability it has created in our school.
If I have a rough day this is one of those things I would skip. :wink:
by Tansy
Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:02 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Help our Art Projects are a FLOP....
Replies: 13
Views: 2515

Re: Help our Art Projects are a FLOP....

We didn't have waxed paper so we used a white crayon and I made her press really hard.
This project is still on our fridge from 3 years ago lol!

I wonder if maybe a tips and tricks section could be put in each of the programs so if the directions confuse us moms that we have some where to go.
by Tansy
Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:11 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: How to keep child's full attention during lesson?
Replies: 9
Views: 1939

Re: How to keep child's full attention during lesson?

Like raindrops I used to use a doll (and still do... oh man did I just admit that) for my 13 year old. I have her be the dolls part, so she reads as the doll, or the she gets a turn then the doll gets a turn with the child reading/doing both parts. It's more like play and less like work... Some time...
by Tansy
Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:04 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC Unit 6 watercolor guide is up :-)
Replies: 4
Views: 937

CTC Unit 6 watercolor guide is up :-)

Thank you for all the positive feed back :-)
I loved this weeks painting.
http://gardenforsara.blogspot.com/2012/ ... orial.html
by Tansy
Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Question on CTC Unit 1 Day 1 Reading about History?
Replies: 5
Views: 1271

Re: Question on CTC Unit 1 Day 1 Reading about History?

One of my daughters takes notes and gives me the answers to all the questions orally

the other daughter who struggles in this area does only 2 questions and just writes the answers and then shows them to me.

I don't think either of these approaches are wrong its what works best for the child.
by Tansy
Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:59 pm
Forum: Weekly Heart of Dakota Check-In
Topic: Week in Review September 3rd-7th
Replies: 12
Views: 10073

Re: Week in Review September 3rd-7th

Creation to Christ Unit 5
My heart felt confessions of a bad week :? :shock: but it is getting better, we did complete this week on an upswing.
I also figured out how to put a Movie clip on my blog :)
http://gardenforsara.blogspot.com/2012/ ... eview.html
by Tansy
Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:23 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC Unit 5 watercolor
Replies: 2
Views: 874

CTC Unit 5 watercolor

I keep getting encouragement to do these, and since it seems to be help to y'all here is Number 5!
Please pardon any glaring errors in grammar I'm learning along side my kiddos!

http://gardenforsara.blogspot.com/2012/ ... orial.html
by Tansy
Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:59 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Today's Funny
Replies: 3
Views: 925

Today's Funny

So we finished our Turkey geography today and it covered whirling dervishes... My ipod was at my side so I pulled up a you tube video of them dudes whirling and showed it to the girls. They like it so much they got up and spun a round. At dinner we were talking about them, my hubby mentioned when he...