Eclectic Unschooling
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Read-Aloud ...
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It has been three months since I've posted anything to my blog. It's so difficult for our family to motivate ourselves at this time of year. Though we love Wisconsin and all it's beauty, we simply are not "winter sports" type of people. We hole up in the house and wait for the Spring thaw. We have been reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's Farmer Boy aloud in the last few weeks. All of the children are enjoying it, but particularly our three year old son. It is his job to bring the book to me and he insists on sitting on my lap. Often his little sister wants to battle him for the position. The children want to plant fields and gardens as described in the book. Our tiny lot here in town isn't going to accomodate their plans, I'm afraid. What have you been reading aloud lately? We need some inspiration for our next choice. |
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Friday, October 13, 2006
No muss, no fuss history ...
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The children have been listening to Diana Waring's
"What in the World's Going on Here?" series on CD during breakfast.
When they're done eating, they clear the table and color, write or draw
while continuing to listen. We own Sets 1 & 2, but I found out that there is a third set now available that takes you right up to the Korean War. My challenge has been to search out and print pictures that apply to what they're listening to. Yesterday they colored pictures pertaining to the Roman civilization. Here are links to information about Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. You can also visit Diana Waring's site and her blog. |
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Monday, August 14, 2006
Our choice for mathematics ...
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We purchased Calculadder's MasterPak 1 and MasterPak 2 on CD-ROM from Rock Solid.
They had the best price, including shipping. Our shipment arrived
today!! I didn't expect it just yet as they have a notation on
their site that shipping might be slow during this time of year. MasterPak 1 includes CalcuLadders 1-3 in their entirety and also includes their penmanship course called ReadyWriter. MasterPak 2 includes CalcuLadders 4-6 and the AlphaBetter dictionary skills course. I love the idea of printing daily math worksheets that are designed to be completed quickly. If a child hits a rough spot, I'm sure I can pull together different resources to shore them up in the weak areas. I expect we may use some of the Key To series for this purpose, on the recommendation of Mrs. OreoSouza. My hope is that this approach can take us right up to Saxon's Algebra 1/2 and we'll go from there. Now if I could only locate the box containing my printer cables ... |
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