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Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Friday, August 13, 2010 7:00 AM
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I am looking to purchase the K5 Phonics and Numbers Manuscript curriculum from Abeka. Does anyone have any of these materials that are in good condition and willing to sell? If so, contact me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Last night was the first homeschool meeting of the year for the bigger group in our area. (Mostly Christian, very welcoming) I had gotten out of the habit of going and was thrilled at how many old timers like me were there and how much fun it was. The devotional and the talk were about co-ops: should you join one or not, how they work, what it looks like for just 2 families, for 12 families or for just one class. The Scripture was 1Corinthians 12 about the differing gifts but the same Spirit.
But the fun was in the visual she used to talk about working together. Take a Nail and make a hole in a small block of wood. Balance the nail in the hole (don’t hammer it in!) Now take 14 matching nails and balance them all on top of the head of the first nail at the same time. The solution takes only 10 seconds!
Have fun playing and I’ll post a pic of the solution in the community are Sunday—that’s when all my kids will be home and will have had time to try. Told my DH last night and I know he’s way off track—hee hee.
No you can’t flip it over and balance the wood on the point of the nail which is balancing on its head and lay the nails on the wood—besides they roll off. Our team tried it. The real solution will stay in palce for hours.
Anybody else using Story of The World? This is our first year and was curious how everyone else uses the activity book. Do you use the additional reading? Is it needed? Do you always do the activities? Any bit of info would be great. Thanks!
This is our first year with Story of the World, but we’ve been homeschooling 5 years. I’m starting it with 4th graders, so I do use as much of the additional reading as I can find at the library. I don’t plan on purchasing anything that I can’t find though. But if I were using it with 1st or 2nd graders, I probably wouldn’t do as much additional reading because it would be overwhelming for some chapters. We just started chapter 2 on Egypt and there are so many books available but I’ve found some of them just repeat each other.
I do the activities that I think my kids will get the most out of. We do the maps, but not the coloring because they are older and boys. And I try to pick out at least one of the big activities per chapter. I think that the activity book is a wonderful resource because it gives me so many options right at my fingertips, but I don’t think all of it needs to be done as long as you are consistent. I’ve made a plan for the semester, but I know if they are really enjoying something I can always stop and do more. I built in catch-up days every couple of weeks so I feel like we can explore something more in depth if we want to.
There is a chance that my husband will be promoted and we will have to move to Ohio. We do not know whether NW or SW. We felt rather discouraged the other night when we were trying to find Catholic home school support groups in these areas. We have lived in Indiana, and I feel a bit intimidated by stricter rules for homeschooling parents in Ohio. Any suggestions, ideas, and encouragement will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I understand. We recently moved to another state that had stricter homeschool laws too. I was a bit nervous about it at first. I had to just keep reminding myself that other people do it, so it CAN be done. Lots of times its hard to find homeschool groups online but the local library or even the parishes in that area might have more info. Best of luck to you. Don’t be discouraged. It CAN be done! 
I haven’t had the problem of strict homeschool laws, but when in doubt, contact the Homeschool Legal Defense Association at http://www.hslda.org . They have been an invaluable resource for me.
The answer is up at my blog http://mum2best7.blogspot.com/2010/08/mary.html
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