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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 2:12:31 PM
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cynthia
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Check out http://www.amblesideonline.org/ . They use the Charlotte Mason approach. Most of this can be done using books from the library.
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 2:16:56 PM
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I have had fun comparing all the material, and something I saw yesterday was that the language arts curriculum courses, from the Introductory Course through the Third Course are all nearly identical except for the number and length of the practice sentences and the difficulty level of some of the writing assignments. They all start out with kinds of sentences and the parts of a sentence. They all review the parts of speech. They all cover punctuation and capitalization. There's nothing new under the sun.
I've noticed that in homeschool textbooks, too.
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 2:20:31 PM
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Have you watched www.freecycle.org for free home school books? Early last year a mom gave me many books for 7th - 12th grade. I gave away all my 7th grade books a few weeks ago to a new home schooler.
My husband brought home a math book last year from the middle school just to compare. Saxon!
We'd always used Bob Jones previously and I'd not shown him our new book. Saxon!!
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 2:34:47 PM
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I have had fun comparing all the material, and something I saw yesterday was that the language arts curriculum courses, from the Introductory Course through the Third Course are all nearly identical except for the number and length of the practice sentences and the difficulty level of some of the writing assignments. They all start out with kinds of sentences and the parts of a sentence. They all review the parts of speech. They all cover punctuation and capitalization. There's nothing new under the sun.
I've noticed that in homeschool textbooks, too.
It's one of the reasons that I don't even use elementary texts for grammar. We used Easy Grammar, and then skipped straight to a 9th grade text. We do 6 weeks of grammar at the beginning and end of every year. Some kind of thing with math- went from Saxon 1 to Saxon 5/6 without a hiccup. Most texts are 85% remedial. Might as well just get on with something interesting and challenging than to slog through prepositions and adding double digits with carrying every single year.
I think using regular textbooks (by default) keeps one in a 'traditional school frame of mind', when of the advantages of home education is to explore what works for your family.
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 4:01:13 PM
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cynthia
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Start thinking "education" rather than "school." Get yourself away from the idea that the way to learn is to sit at a desk and fill in the blanks. That's not to say that filling in the blanks might not work for your kids - it might - but it should be a choice based on what's best for your children, not the default option because you don't know any other way to do it.
Excellent advice.
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 9:37:14 PM
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Oh, you could have lots of fun with those ages! You can teach most subjects together. I would begin the year with a unit study. Poll the kids and write up all the ideas they come up with and then pick one. Ideas could include knights and castles, outer space, horses or whatever. Then you arrange what they learn around that. Whatever you pick, google that and 'unit study' and you are bound to find lots of info and activities.
That makes sense! I'm such a black and white type of person. It's hard to think outside of the box. Oh how much easier (and quicker!) it would be to combine some things!
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 9:40:06 PM
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Send them an e-mail asking for more information on what will be expected of you daily.
I did and am eagerly waiting for a reply!
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 10:04:57 PM
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Check out http://www.amblesideonline.org/ . They use the Charlotte Mason approach. Most of this can be done using books from the library.
I love the book lists!
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 10:16:06 PM
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OHmom3
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Have you watched www.freecycle.org for free home school books? Early last year a mom gave me many books for 7th - 12th grade. I gave away all my 7th grade books a few weeks ago to a new home schooler.
What a blessing! For you and from you!
I looked at freecycle but for some reason, I can't sign up tonight. Something is wrong with the server.(???)
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/19/2008 10:37:42 PM
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OHmom3
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There are many ways to homeschool that don't require a large outlay of cash. You don't have to buy a boxed curriculum.
I haven't quite figured out how to do this yet! Any tips would be appreciated!
Look at THIS and THIS. That should get you started.  The hardest thing to do is change your mindset. Start thinking "education" rather than "school." Get yourself away from the idea that the way to learn is to sit at a desk and fill in the blanks. That's not to say that filling in the blanks might not work for your kids - it might - but it should be a choice based on what's best for your children, not the default option because you don't know any other way to do it.
This is exactly what I need to do. You've said it so well!
I clicked on both the links and didn't come up with anything. Maybe something is wrong with my computer tonight?
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RE: Has anyone borrowed books from public school? - 8/20/2008 11:09:39 AM
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I just keep learnin' and learnin' on this forum. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I knew there had to be a way, but I couldn't figure it out as I was posting.
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