tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31198772227525905852024-03-13T12:31:19.762-04:00Walking Home . . .Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-65321236471709661532019-11-13T14:17:00.000-05:002019-11-13T14:17:14.974-05:00Mattie Richardson's Horses in History Series ~~ A New TOS Review!<div class="tr_bq">
When you have a child who is hesitant to read and says it's not their favorite then you will do pretty much anything to help them catch the "reading bug". So for my second daughter her love was horses and puppies. I have scoured the libraries and the internet to find any horse book or puppy book for her to read. Over the last few years she's actually been reading more and more which I love. So, when I asked her if she wanted to read 4 books from the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00918N3AQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mattie Richardson's Horses in History Series</a> by <a href="https://www.appaloosybooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Author Mattie Richardson/Appoloosy Books</a>, she said an emphatic YES! Music to my ears!!</div>
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Like I mentioned we received 4 books from the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00918N3AQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mattie Richardson's Horses in History Series</a> -- <i>Appaloosy</i>, <i>Dusty's Trail</i>, <i>Golden Sunrise</i>, and <i>Day and Night</i>. With <i>Day and Night</i> we also received the <i>Day and Night Enrichment Guide</i> and answer guide as a PDF. Each one of the stories is based in a historic time frame where horses were in full use. The stories are written all from the horses point of view. What a neat idea!<br />
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The stories are written for 8-14 year olds but I think any horse loving or history loving child would enjoy these books. The books are paperback and range in length from ~75 pages (<i>Dusty's Trail</i>) to ~140 pages (<i>Day and Night</i>). Also it should be mentioned that <a href="https://www.appaloosybooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Author Mattie Richardson/Appoloosy Books</a> began writing at the young age of 13 and owns her own horses (another hobby she shares with my daughter.)<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">As I mentioned above, my daughter used to not like to read. It is more that reading was and sometimes still is a real struggle. At one point she told me that the letters were swirling around the page. So she has come a LONG way. She chose to read the </span><i style="text-align: center;">Appaloosy</i><span style="text-align: center;"> book first. And she did not want me to read it to her ... but as we neared the end of the review period the book has proved to be still a bit tough for her and has taken her a long time to get through. But I am proud of her tenacity and perseverance. Here are her thoughts on the book and the whole series.</span><br />
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This story is about a horse, an appaloosa named Storm, whose herd got separated and all the young ones got taken away. Storm was sent to an Indian tribe. Then in a battle the white men captured him and he is now trying to escape. This is how far I have been able to read. I love reading, but bigger books like this take me a long time to read on my own since I'm a bit slower at reading then others. <br />
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I ike the story mostly because it's about horses. The stories that Mattie Richardson has written are interesting because they are written from the horses point of view. Normal authors don't talk about how the horse feels and what they are thinking. They only usually talk about the humans and from their perspective. These stories tell us history through the horses eyes. <br />
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I also enjoyed that the stories were based in a true historical time period about a real event in history. That was neat. I learned that in this story we, "the white man", fought the Indians to take more of their land and basically steal whatever they could. That isn't fair to the Indians since they didn't have as much protection or people and they were traveling with women and children unlike the 'white men'.<br />
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I also thought it was cool that both the author and the illustrator started writing and drawing very young. The illustrator, Clarissa Richardson, was only 13! I'm only 14! And I love art and drawing. I also just realized that they have the same last name - SISTERS! My sister loves to write just like Mattie is. Maybe one day I'll draw illustrations for the books my sister writes.<br />
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I was also so surprised when I opened them because they were all SIGNED - that makes them a collectible! She also sent a bookmark. That is so cool!<br />
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I think I am planning to read <i>Day and Night</i> next or maybe <i>Dusty's Trail</i>. Both sound great ... well I also saw she has 3 more books available ... 1 that is out and I'm asking for that one for Christmas called <i>Blackberry Blossom</i> and the other two are coming soon! I've already added them to my list for my birthday next September!! LOL!</blockquote>
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As the story continues Storm gets captured and lands in a small farm with a little girl who really loves him, used as a bronco at an Indoendence Day event, and then had a loving life for a few more years. Then close to the end he and his barn mates were kidnapped to later escape by Storm's doing. It was a great story of friendship and loyalty all while set in the beginning at least during the Nez Perce war before ending up in Idaho on a small family farm with Storm's forever human, Faith.<br />
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This book has taken my daughter a while to read so she hasn't ventured into the other stories so I want to give you a brief overview of what you'll expect to learn from each of the other ones.<br />
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<i>Dusty's Trail</i> - is the shortest of the books received. It is set in the time of the Pony Express and is narrated by Dusty, an American Quarter Horse. His owner Levi answers an ad for adventure and danger as he embarks on a new job with the Pony Express. Unfortunately, Dusty would rather stay at home in his slow and predictable farm life. But as Levi and Dusty are run down by Indians Dusty has to prove he's in it for the long haul to keep his owner/rider safe from harm. Then Dusty rides off leaving Levi to fend for his own only to later encourage another horse, Ace, to help him as he searches to save Levi and not leavve him for dead.<br />
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<i>Golden Sunrise</i> - Cheyene, a Palomino from northern Texas, is the main character in this book along with her owner Jared. They have a special bond that helps them navigate all that is happening during the time of the Alamo, where this book is set. Along their time together they fight in two battles and also meet Davy Crockett and James Bowie on their travels. Will they both be able to make it through to see Texas' independence?<br />
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<i>Day and Night</i> - a story about two borhter horses, Tucker and Shiloh, who are separated during the time of the Civil War and all the border wars. They are like day and night with one being for the Yankees and the other to the Confederates where their allegience is to their side, but still devestated from the loss of losing each other. As you read through the story both horses learn so much about this important time in our American history.<br />
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Along with this one you can purchase Mattie Richardson's first Enrichment Guide created to complement Day and Night. It has even more history that breaks the book up into 8 parts and incorporates extra reading, vocabulary, crafts, and activities that can take about 2 -3 months to complete. It is just about 100 pages! The plan is to also have enrichment guides for the rest of the books by 2021.<br />
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Audrie is planning on reading this book next so she can work through the enrichment guide too. I believe this will be a great way to learn history or expound on a time period in history even more once all of these guides are available.<br />
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My daughter has TRULY loved the books so far. She can't wait to read them all and the rest of the ones she hopes to get. I encourage you to read the other <a href="https://schoolhousereviewcrew.com/book-set-appaloosy-dustys-trail-golden-sunrise-day-and-night-mattie-richardson-appaloosy-books-reviewed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homeschool Crew Review</a> by clicking the link below to see how others used and incorporated <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00918N3AQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mattie Richardson's Horses in History Series</a> into their school life. I also hope you check out <a href="https://www.appaloosybooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Author Mattie Richardson/Appoloosy Books</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Appaloosy7/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/appaloosybooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/AppaloosyBooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Let us know if you end up reading these and what your thoughts are on them and which book is your favorite!!<br />
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For this review I was a little sneaky. I didn't even tell my son he was getting a review. LOL! That's because I wanted him to be surprised when he watched the video that was made by <b>Your Amazing Name - Personalized Adventures for EVERY Name.</b> He was so shocked when he began watching the <a href="http://www.amazing.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personalized gift</a> we had received, especially when they said his name out loud. This video was created by <a href="http://www.meaning.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossTimber - Name Meaning Gifts</a> and he loved it!<br />
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So before I show you the video of his reaction when he first played the video let me tell you a little more about <a href="http://www.meaning.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossTimber - Name Meaning Gifts</a>. They believe that EVERY name is special, unique, and beautiful and they want to help you remind your child of that. They want to join with you to celebrate the gift of their name. <a href="http://www.meaning.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossTimber</a> is a family run company based out of Ohio that has a passion for researching the meaning behind names and then encouraging people with personalized gifts.<br />
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Their newest venture is <a href="http://www.amazing.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Your Amazing Name - Personalized Adventures for EVERY Name</a> a 28 minute video that not only tells the origin of the name but also the meaning of their name. It also uses the childs original artwork to help with the personalization of the video. The HD video can be downloaded so that it can be viewed again and again. You can also chose to order a DVD version of the video for an additional cost. <a href="http://www.meaning.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossTimber</a> will research the meaning of your children's names and then create a fun video with animated cartoon figures - including a pencil named Ben, Mr. Owl, and a Lost Lamb. These characters all help explain how special the name of a person is and that it has a deeper meaning then just what you are called. There is also Scripture sprinkled throughout the video the reiterates how unique a name is.<br />
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During the video your child will see their name over a dozen times written out, hear their name spoken about 20 times and they will even see their full name and address on a letter.<br />
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When you order the video you have the option of uploading a piece of their own artwork which will then be used within the video as an integral part of how Ben the pencil gets around to help find the origin and meaning of your child's name. I highly suggest adding this one piece of information.<br />
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Also when ordering you the parents (or grandparents, godparents, aunts or uncles) have the ability to write up a little information of where and how your child's name was chosen. If you do this extra part that letter is read out loud to your child at the end of the video and shown to them virtually. They also hand pick a Bible verse that coordinates well with the meaning/origin of your child's name. This is a gift which they will certainly treasure for many years.<br />
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As we sat and watched the video together I watched my son light up each anad every time the video mentioned his name specifically. You will see in the video below that he did say he was a bit "freaked out" that they knew his name. I had to pause and tell him I gave them his name. LOL!<br />
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He also recognized his picture that I had sent in. It was an art drawing that we had all done and they were on our mantle for a while. He was so proud of that drawing and I knew it would make him happy to see it 'come to life' so to speak within the video. At the end of the video it shows a picture of your child and he remembered that I had asked him to come and take a picture outside. My alterior motive was for this video, but I also like to get pictures when it's a nice day in a new season.<br />
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Later on in the video we got to hear Mr. Owl as he read the origin behind my son's name. We also were read a letter that my husband and I scripted about how and why we chose his name. He hadn't remembered heraring this story and was alight as he intently listened to the letter.<br />
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There are many extras you can also purchase as keepsakes. These would be perfect as birthday gifts or even for Christmas. And there are many variations which I think is awesome. There are also a set of activities that we were graciously given to help reiterate how special a name is. Ours included a page of mazes out of his name, a page where he could practice writing his name in cursive and about 8 others. We haven't gone through them all, but he LOVED this personal touch of these activity pages.<br />
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If you want a unique gift that showcases your childs wonderful name that will be a treasured piece for years to come I highly suggest you check out <a href="http://www.amazing.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Your Amazing Name - Personalized Adventures for EVERY Name</a> by <a href="http://www.meaning.name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CrossTimber - Name Meaning Gifts</a>. Also you want to go over to the <a href="https://schoolhousereviewcrew.com/your-amazing-name-personalized-adventures-for-every-name-crosstimber-name-meaning-gifts-reviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homeschool Review Crew</a> and check out their reviews of this product as well - click on the link below! You can find them also on <a href="https://pinterest.com/crosstimber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!<br />
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-85424463056237546312019-11-06T14:39:00.003-05:002019-11-06T14:42:42.368-05:00Kregel Publications Goldtown Beginnings - A New TOS Review!The children in my house are long time readers of Susan K. Marlow books so when we had the opportunity to read her newest ones - the first two books in the <a href="https://www.kregel.com/series/goldtown-beginnings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goldtown Beginnings Series</a> from Kregel Publications. <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jem-strikes-gold/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem Strikes Gold</a> and <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jems-frog-fiasco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem's Frog Fiasco</a> are Book 1 and 2 in a series slated for six books created for ages 6 - 9 as independent readers. Since my son loved listening to his eldest sister read all about the Andi books (the first series of books that had us fall in love with Marlow's work) we thought these books would be a great set for him. And even though he's a little older the reading level of these books are just what he needed to help cement his confidence in reading alone.<br />
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<a href="https://www.kregel.com/series/goldtown-beginnings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goldtown Beginnings</a> is set in Goldtown, California during the gold rush in the 1850's. This series has the main character as a young boy, Jem Coulter who is also the main character of the older series called Goldtown Adventures (where he is a bit older as well). Their family is camped by Cripple Creek as their dad, his younger sister Ellie and he pan for gold.<br />
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In <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jem-strikes-gold/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem Strikes Gold</a>, Jem tries to keep the gold mining rules at the forfront of his mind as he also tries to help his family. Along with panning, Jem also helps his mama out by delivering pies that have been ordered from the other miners in their gold mining community. But a bully, Will Sterling, is always trying to stir up problems with Jem. In the midst of his weekly errands Jem has to find the strength to do what he knows is right. In the end, his own "gold nugget" comes to the rescue as Jem and his sister Ellie also strike it rich!<br />
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We haven't completed <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jems-frog-fiasco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem's Frog Fiasco</a>, but I have read ahead. My son is slower at reading and during this review also seemed to "lose" (or purposefully misplace) his reading glasses, which made our reading sessions longer than necessary. Anyways, we again meet Jem, his sister Ellie, and their new pet, but Jem wants to help his pet stay helathy so he decides he needs a job. Once he gets his job he has a time trying to keep his pet and his little sister out of the way so he can catch the bullfrogs.<br />
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In the end Jem's temper gets the better of him and his sister gets the brunt of it. And then Ellie runs away. Jem is left to have to face the facts that his anger may have caused his sister to be in harms way after he promised to watch over her. The final chapters have us follow Jem searching for his sister and praying that God will help him find her. You will have to read to find out whether she is found and the mystery will keep your young reader turning pages for sure!<br />
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Throughout the stories the characters exhibit Biblical teachings and even ponder Scripture to help them stay on the 'straight and narrow'. This is something I tend to look for in books for emerging readers so that my children can also learn about God in the day to day.<br />
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Even though these books are aimed for ages 6 - 9 my eldest has read ALL of Susan K. Marlow's books and I even saw her take them with her for a "break" from her college work. She loves the mystery and action all packed in the little books. They only take her about 20 minutes to read! She also likes the black and white pencil drawings sprinkled throughout the 10 chapters.<br />
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My son, not a lover of reading (GASP!), has enjoyed the stories. We have been reading them together so that we can try to finish them sooner than he would on his own. He was thankful that the printing was larger then some other books he reads. That is a complaint I have heard from many younger students ... the words are too small. Here the book seems to be at perfect font size.<br />
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He also wanted me to print a few of the <a href="https://circlecadventures.com/coloring-pages/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">coloring pages</a> which are free on the main website. My middle daughter liked to color the black and white drawings in the book themselves instead of just the coloring sheets. There are 10 sheets for each book and some of them have a "Just for Fun" section where the child is asked to add additional details to the page.<br />
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You will also find a few other neat things in the book. After the contents page you will find New Words. This is helpful since this is based in a historical time period and some words like claim, prospector, hit color, fiasco and coyoute hole might not be known or mean what they mean in this context.<br />
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At the end of each book there is also a section called A Peek Into The Past where the young reader gets a little more information about the historical context the book is based on. In these two books we learn more about gold and coyote holes.<br />
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We have thoroughly enjoyed the first two books, <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jem-strikes-gold/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem Strikes Gold</a> and <a href="https://www.kregel.com/fiction/jems-frog-fiasco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jem's Frog Fiasco</a>, of the <a href="https://www.kregel.com/series/goldtown-beginnings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goldtown Beginnings Series</a> from Kregel Publications and look forward to the rest of the 6 book series. There were many other Crew members who also reviewed these books and I encourage you to read some of their reviews by clicking the link below. You can also find <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KregelBooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kregel Publications</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/CircleCAdventures/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kregelbooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/KregelBooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.<br />
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<br />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-59373024675896083602019-10-25T13:31:00.002-04:002019-10-26T11:20:45.226-04:00Excelerate SPANISH ~~ A New TOS Review!!My eldest daughter wants to learn multiple languages before the end of high school so when we learned that we could review a curriculum that could allow her to <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/product/excelerate-spanish-streaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learn Spanish fast</a> we jumped at the chance. We've been graciously blessed by <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Excelerate SPANISH </a>with a one year membership to Excelerate SPANISH Streaming with acces to Level 1 and Level 2. To say that Arianna was excited would be a slight understatement. 😀<br />
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<a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/product/excelerate-spanish-streaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Excelerate SPANISH Streaming</a> was created with the homeschooler in mind. It can be used with your whole family from appriximately age 7 and up. There are no textbooks or workbooks required or needed, but we had access to Quizlet where there were vocabulary word flashcards, games, and even quizzes that we could use to help strengthen the learning from each lesson.<br />
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There are 24 lessons in both Level 1 and Level 2 of this unique <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/product/excelerate-spanish-streaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">homeschool Spanish</a> program. You join in each lesson as if you were in a classroom with Miss Caryn as the Spanish teacher. The lesson begins first with vocabulary that are spoken as well as written on a whiteboard. The students will also see a gesture that was created to match the word or phrase. This is called Total Physical Response (TPR for short) and has been scientifically proven to help learning languages. As the lesson progresses previously learned voacbulary is added in to help with review. The student is also not pressured to start speaking so that they can absorb and hear the language and speak it once it 'clicks'.<br />
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Once the introduction has concluded the students hear the words again, but this time in context within a short story of shorts - that is how my daughter described them. They are encouraged to do the gestures of each vocabulary word or phrase as the teacher reads the story. Once they have seen it acted out, the student is encouraged to act it out on their own. I have walked by my daughter many a time with her waving her arms and mumbling something in response to what she's watching on the computer. That's how I've figured out she was working on Spanish during the day. LOL!<br />
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Each leson has a theme or set of activities that the lesson is built upon. And Caryn Hommel begins staright away with speaking in Spanish. She repeats the voacbulary word two times and then translates it to English all while writing the word on the whiteboard. These are the words Arianna has been adding into her notebook. She pauses with the voabulary section to review. Then she also calls out prior words they have learned and the students are to add in the gestures when they remember. No pressure to talk, unless they want to try which helps with the anxiety you have learning a new language.<br />
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At the end of the lesson the teacher acts out the skit as the children call out the Spanish words or phrases. She then goes through the vocabulary one more time. The student then hears the words and phrases many times. As the lessons progress into Level 2 they get longer (about 40-45 min is what we've seen) and harder with more useage explained - like personification, subjective form of words, etc.<br />
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Here are some thoughts my daughter had on this <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/product/excelerate-spanish-streaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">homeschool Spanish</a> program.<br />
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So far most of the words she has been using are in the third person. I am currently in Lesson 7 of Level 1. The one thing I don't like about this is that I can't use them in everyday language. There are a few that are in first and second person so I'm trying to piece those together in my notes. I looked ahead to Lesson 21 in Level 1 and I noticed that the language is getting more difficult. The motions are also a bit longer. The teacher does and says everything a little faster than she did in the beginning. </blockquote>
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I had hoped to do about 3 lessons a week to complete Level 1 in 8 weeks, but my History 101 class at the community college was harder than I anticipated and took more time. I've been doing more lessons over this week on break and I hope to continue doing several a week so I can finish before the holidays. I want to know multiple languages before I graduate college and this program has been fun and is easy to use. You just login, pick the level and lesson and watch the video. While I watch I pause the video to write down the vocabulary words. Then when I need to study them I cover them up with a post it stickie and if I know it I can uncover it. If not, I keep it covered. </blockquote>
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I also use the quizlet access that we get to study, review, and take tests. That has helped a lot. As you progress into Level 2 it seems they are in a different location and the camera angles are different. Even on full screen some of the words are a bit cut off so for me that made it hard to pause the video and write down the vocabulary. They also seem to be done in a slightly different order than in Level 1. But in the Level 2 lessons I perused it seems that we will be learning a lot more words and phrases and then the motions or gestures are also for everyday situations, but the techniques are the same as Level 1. In Level 2, Lesson 3 she was going over masculine and feminine, past and present tenses.<br />
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All in all I like that she speaks in Spanish almost the entire time. It helps me to understand how the words or prhases need to sound and how they fit into sentences. I feel I have learned a lot in the few weeks I've been working on it. I plan to hopefully finish Level 1 by mid November and then start on Level 2. That's my goal! Thank you <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Excelerate SPANISH </a>for helping me to <a href="https://exceleratespanish.com/product/excelerate-spanish-streaming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learn Spanish fast</a>!</blockquote>
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This was their first day outside. We think they loved it!<br />
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Here you see my eldest inside. That's because we haven't gotten a 'top' on it and there are a few very large birds ... probably hawks ... so we are having to babysit them while they are outside until it is permanent. However, it also allows us to be able to be very hands on with the chiks.<br />
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We are trying to get them very used to us ... and they are.<br />
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Here they are learning how to take a dust bath from the 2 'older ones' that were living outside with Mama, but then she jumped ship and started roosting at night with the big hens so the second time she did that we scooped them up and brought them inside. We then took a few days to slowly and under supervision introduce them to the rest of their 'sort of' siblings.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-12495574784027053642019-10-23T13:29:00.000-04:002019-10-23T13:29:16.393-04:00You can Create A Masterpiece! ~~ A New TOS Review!!As a homeschool family with a child who loves art you find that you are always on the lookout to improve your <a href="https://creatingamasterpiece.com/product/drawing-program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">homeschool art curriculum</a> and we had the opportunity to do just that with our latest review of the Drawing Program from <a href="https://creatingamasterpiece.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creating a Masterpiece</a>. We were very appreciative of the one year online subscription we received to review.<br />
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First things first we were asked to purchase our own art supplies. Now if you have a blooming artist at your home you might have had some of these on hand and we usually did, but with our moving I couldn't place my fingers on any of our supplies. Thankfully if you go to the lessons at <a href="https://creatingamasterpiece.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creating a Masterpiece</a> each one has a supply list and links to where you can purchase them.<br />
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You can click on purchase supplies and it will take you to an external link through Blick Art Supplies and they were rather inexpensive and just faster to order and have them delivered than for me to go around the house and to multiple stores trying to find a 6B drawing pencil, colored pencils, eraser that would work WELL, as well as the different papers. And since I knew my other 2 kiddos (and probably me) would join in I could just order 4 of the individual items and one pack of paper for us all to share. It worked out well!<br />
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Currently the <a href="https://creatingamasterpiece.com/product/drawing-program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drawing Program</a> has Beginner and then 3 more levels each with several drawing projects. Since most of my children had no knowledge of basic drawing skills or techniques we decided to start with the Beginner set and work through those before attempting ones in upper levels. The plan is for this program to increase in difficulty and have many more projects.<br />
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We had to wait a little while to start so that our supplies would arrive to use during the lessons. We ended up starting with doing a caricature of a giraffe. Miss Sharon is very knowledgeable during the lessons which are not very long, but cut into more bite-sized pieces. Some of my children liked that, others did not. My eldest (16) wanted to watch the video all at once and stop it only when/if she needed. I liked the short sections so that you could fit an art lesson in in a relatively small part of your day or in between other subjects or events planned for the day. My eldest suggested an option where you could play the whole lesson in its entirety as well as the lesson in the bite sized chunks, that way it would work for younger students and older ones who can remember the steps a little easier.<br />
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So we have already completed 3 of the projects in the Basic level. We would have done more, but it's been hard to get a time where all 3 of my children are able to sit down for the lesson. We will be doing another one this week, hopefully, since my eldest is on fall break from her dual enroll classes. The cool thing about the lessons is that they could all do them on their own if they wanted, so after the first few lessons I told them they could start to explore and do ones that really spoke to them. I think my one daughter will be drawn to the horse drawing project and my son to one of the ones that use the prismacolor pencils which he LOVES to draw with - they are truly the best!<br />
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At first they were a bit tentative of the first project - which was a giraffe caricature. Miss Sharon, the instructor was good at explaining what a caricature was. Funny enough that same week at the college my eldest daughter got a caricature drawn of herself. LOL! Here are some of the pictures of the progression of our giraffe's.<br />
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Next up was a landscape drawing where Miss Sharon again gave the instruction in bite-sized chunks and explained perspective and shading to make sure items in the forefront stood out. We also learned the correct way to use a tortillion (it's for smudging and blending). One thing Miss Sharon also suggested was to use less of the paper by folding it in half. That drawing in the beginning is easier when you have less space to fill and use. I think this was a brilliant teaching moment. Here are our landscape pictures. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning about a tortillion and how to use it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the lesson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape portraits coming along.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished project</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son finished and added a bird. Can you see it?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I even joined in on this one. I like my finished product.</td></tr>
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The latest one we did was the Hoot owl - which I believe we have one somewhere close. For this one my son decided to make a teeny one and ended up 'finishing' his project before we listened to the whole lesson. Sometimes, he doesn't like to wait. Others watching this lesson were having a hard time 'getting things right' before progressing - but that is what Miss Sharon told them to do -- be happy with the base before adding all the details.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casting it (which sometimes whites out the being drawn picture)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seanan working on his teeny owl</td></tr>
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My artist child has really loved learning how to draw with pencils which is one medium she has shyed away from usually because she feels inadequate. With the lessons that Miss Sharon has presented in bite sized chunks and easy to understand techniques my younger daughter (14) has really blossomed in her use of pencils. As I mentioned earlier she loves horses so she is looking forward to drawing The General's Horse lesson - I bet that one ends up on her wall in a frame!<br />
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Now that you have seen his introduction I'm sure you know at least one child that would love these planks. They are about 4 3/4" long by 1" wide and ~1/4" thick. They are made from New Zeland Pine which is a sustainable renewable resource and they are 100% natural so totally safe for children and pets!<br />
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We received the 200 plank box which also came with a canvas drawstring backpack (so you can bring the planks with you), an idea pamphlet that has 15 ideas many of them also include challenges after the initial build idea. It also had another flyer with some other ideas and challengesand a way to enter a chance to win more planks! We also found on their website some other free resources including some <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/blogs/brain-puzzles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">brain puzzles</a> made from the planks as well as a <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/products/brain-blox-world-ebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">world idea ebook</a>.<br />
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I love these types of educational toys mainly becuase it allows your child at any age to express their own unique creative spin on life. They can use them to build anything they think of. They can be used to help build or cement math concepts by using them as manipulatives. They can help with physics and engineering cocepts and ideas by letting your child build what they think they can build and if it stands it's a solid creation. If not then can use problem solving skills and resoning skills to find out why their creation did not work.<br />
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We were able to use it in a variety of ways. One was my son just wanted to build creations that then could be knocked down like you can with dominos. He tried to make one with all the 200 planks, but our dog wasn't helping the situation and kept knocking into portions.<br />
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Another creation he built was a whale with a blowhole after we were studing whales.<br />
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His eldest sister found him playing after she came home from her college classes and decided to attempt a few of the design ideas that came in the box. She made the flower as well as the Parthenon which is a favorite of hers (she LOVES Roman and Greek history and mythology) and we had just seen the replica in Nashville about a month ago on a day trip.<br />
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We also were reading a book called The Borrowers for our book club and he decided to make some items from the book - like a chair and a table. They were too big to fit in his diorama, but I took a picture to show his friends at book club.<br />
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As you can see there are many ways to use and implement the <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/pages/blocks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain Blox Wooden Building Planks</a> into your regular daily routine. And the cool thing is that <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain Blox</a> is always trying to come up with new ideas and tyring to even build some curriculum uses and learning activities that can also be paired up with these amazing <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/pages/blocks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wooden toy blocks</a>.<br />
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Do you have a child yearning to <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/products/fun-family-chess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learn to play chess</a>? Do you know how to teach how to play chess? Well then you will want to read more about <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain Blox</a> and their amazing Fun Family Chess!<br />
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What is <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/products/fun-family-chess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fun Family Chess</a>? Well it's a chess set that includes a hard wooden foldable board with two pouches that hold the two sets of pieces (one white and one brown for the two sides), two reference cards, an instruction booklet, and a cube di for rolling. You can use the board in pieces to play the 'game' of Fun Family Chess or even standard chess. What's the difference? Well let us tell you that after this cute little box opening video my son did when he saw the review had arrived.<br />
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Now once you and your family have the board and pieces and refence cards and di you are ready to play Fun Family Chess. All you have to do is set up the pieces on the board and you are ready to go! Oh wait, you don't know how to set the pieces up? That's fine because has a great <a href="https://youtu.be/1O73IfvV2tY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> on how to do exactly that which you can watch by clicking the link. There is another video as well to help teach <a href="https://youtu.be/DmgsVH1O7YM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how to play Fun Family Chess</a> that you can watch before diving in yourselves.<br />
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All you have to do is set up the pieces (just like in standard chess) and roll the di. It shows you a picture of the piece you are to move. There's also a video you can a watch that tells you <a href="https://youtu.be/GADXTU3JOYQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how each piece moves</a> in the game. If it's a star you can move ANY piece including the King and it's the only way to move the king. There are a few differences between Fun Family Chess and standard chess. You can not Castle, put the King in Check or Checkmate.<br />
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This can be slightly confusing to a player who might have some knowledge into how to play chess, but what <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PMT9VJ9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fun Family Chess</a> does is allow all the players to get thoroughly familiar with all the pieces and how each of them move individually and not worry too much about strategy, thinking 3-4 moves out, and having backup plans for when an opponent moves a different piece than you were anticipating. You can watch another video to help show you how you or your child can move onto to <a href="https://youtu.be/omB1338xHr8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">playing standard chess</a> after you are fully familiar with playing Fun Family Chess. This I think was slightly frustrating to my son at first.<br />
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When we first got the game we set it up straight away and started to play ... well, after we read the rule book quickly. We've played many games in the last few weeks and I've even seen my younger daughter playing with my son (she is not a fan of standard chess) but this allowed them both to play without 'thinking' too much. Strategy isn't the ultimate goal of Fun Family Chess. The creators intended this game to help teach the pieces, how they move, and have the player be intimately knowledgable about this before they had to worry about the harder strategic issues that help to build logic and analysis skills.<br />
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Here's a quote from my husband who also played many a game since we have had <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/products/fun-family-chess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fun Family Chess</a> in the house.<br />
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'I like it for teaching the moves and basic strategy. It definitely "levels the playing field" for new and experiences players. But it is still fun for older players as it allows you to take some risks based on the change that the opponent may not be able to make their optimal move.'</blockquote>
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Here's some thoughts from my son who was the main person playing chess and who really wants to be able to play well, especially against his father.<br />
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It was interesting to use. I think that little people or younger players or those who don't know much about chess would be able to play this against people who have years of experience and still have fun and even win. That's always more fun. It was easy to play since you don't die as much if you're playing against someone who has WAY more experience. I know that we were supposed to use the di so that we were told what move to make and sometimes that frustrated me - mainly because I knew I could put my opponent in check or checkmate, but the di told me to use a certain piece. I do think that each piece should be made in the color that the cheat sheet had while you are learning. You could use darker colors and lighter colors for the black/white so that you know which pieces go according to the chart. I ended up playing this almost every day and since you use a di the games were realtively quick so it was easy to finish in less than 30 minutes, but usually in less than 15 minutes. And my sisters played against me more since they just had to do what the di told you to do. That was fun!</blockquote>
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I think you can tell we've had loads of fun playing <a href="https://mybrainblox.com/products/fun-family-chess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fun Family Chess</a> and I forsee there will be many, many games in our future.<br />
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-69174379976875667792019-09-25T15:24:00.001-04:002019-09-25T15:24:36.113-04:00HIGASFY Art History Video Series ~~ A New TOS Review!!Adding <a href="https://www.higasfy.com/video-series" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">art education</a> has always been something we put high on our list to add especially when my middle child is an 'artist to be', but it can be hard to make it fun and educational. However I think that is excatly what we stumbled across during our review of the online subscription of <a href="https://www.higasfy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HIGASFY Art History Video Series</a> and ALL my children have truly enjoyed every episode and activity!!!<br />
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HIGASFY sounds like a silly name for a program but it stands for Have I Got a Story For You so it's really an acronym. In the intro to each video you meet Gasfy, a paint droplet who lives in a bucket in Ms. Beth's art room. Ms. Beth is the author and storyteller of the video lessons in the <a href="https://www.higasfy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HIGASFY Art History Video Series</a>. Together they delve into the history surrounding each artist that is taught in this series which covers 4 major artistic eras of time - Renasissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and post-Impressionits.<br />
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All of the eras of the <a href="https://www.higasfy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HIGASFY Art History Video Series</a> are available by DVD, flash drive, or as an online subscription. We decided to begin our 3 month online subscription in the Impressionist era and have made great progress through it (we're almost complete with this whole section!) and can't wait to start the Renaissance period next!<br />
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Each period of art you will explore the major artists that were known for that era within the 12 videos. There are a few extra lessons in each section for Free Draws and also the intro lesson which has your child make a portfolio to keep all their art. Since we are in between our rental house and our newly bought house and we don't have access to ALL of our art materials we pushed off making portfolios until we get fully moved in. Until then we are keeping them on a high shelf safe from accidental bending or crushing.<br />
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During the ~20 min video lessons, Ms. Beth discusses the artist in a fun and engaging way, while interacting with Gasfy. This is all done in her workshop but then she adds in the actual art and even takes us close up and 'marks' what we should be looking for (like where the light is coming in or hidden people that are far away so they look so small.) Ms. Beth is a master storyteller who really has a love for both art and history and catches the attention of all who hear her stories.<br />
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In the Curriculum Bundle you also receive online resources which include Lesson Plans, Art Flashcards, and a Name That Artist Powerpoint for each of the art eras.<br />
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The lesson plans I found very informative with critical thinking questions; hands-on art activities; vocabulary about art, the artist, and the era; and as you go deeper in the era you will even explore topics of science, geography, writing and more! It was so similar to an art era unit study and I think it's wonderful!<br />
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One of the activities for one of the lessons was to go to a local art museum and search for art of the artists we were learning. While we were at our local museum we didn't find an artist, but they had a station that was set up for children to use and make their own still life (which is something that many artists did). Each of my kids created their own still life and I took a picture so that later they could sketch it and then also draw, color, or paint it. I loved the hands-on features of this series.<br />
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Here are some of the words that my artist daughter has to say about <a href="https://www.higasfy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HIGASFY Art History Video Series</a>:<br />
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They are fun and enjoyable to watch. You learn about art and history at the same time. It's easier for me to do because we watch the video and then we use the lesson plans and go over the questions. There are comprehension question, geography, vocabulary, and every lesson has several activities to choose from. I've drawn a self portrait (not my favorite), landscapes, perspective drawing, a caricature. We also have learned of artists I knew like Monet, but then I learned so much more. We even got to explore art at a local museum and try to find the artists while we were there. Funny enough the local museum also had a station where we could create our own still life which is one of the styles of art that The Salon liked their artists to draw. We have been working through the Impressionist period, but there are also Post-Impressionist, Baroque, and Renaissance. All of the categories have about 12 lessons and each lesson has many different subjects touched on ... sort of like a unit study would. We have even gone to the library to get books on things that interest me that were introduced to me by Ms. Beth in the video lesson. We are almost done with the Impressionists and we've learned a lot about Monet, Pissaro, and Degas. After each of the major artists there are 3 sets of word searches and crossword puzzles to help us remember all we've talked about. Then after we're done we can use the Flashcards for the art style to match up artists with their art. There's another helpful piece called the Name that Artist where you see a piece of art and it's name as well as the name of the artist who created it. That's helpful to really learn the art by what it looks like. I've really enjoyed this curriculum and can't wait to delve into the Renaissance art next.</blockquote>
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-54279616738253133612019-09-19T21:20:00.001-04:002019-09-19T21:20:20.585-04:00A Little Update about the House and our Growing Mini-HomesteadSo about a month ago we purchased our new house. YEAH!!The plan was to move things slowly into our new home while still "living" in our rental house. There's about a 20 minute drive between the two.<br />
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However, that's not exactly what we've done. We sort of moved enough beds (or mattresses) over to the new house and since it was SO MUCH closer to everything (work, horseback riding, karate/skating) we decided to sleep here and still commute back to the rental several times a week taking loads to the new house.<br />
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We also decided this would be best so as not to have to pay for our pups at the rental to save some money that way (we had been paying extra for them each month.) We also inherited 2 bunnies (who we quickly found out were a boy and a girl in the SAME CAGE - which we rectified quite quickly) and chickens (8 hens and 2 roosters). Needless to say we've been learning A LOT!<br />
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Then right after the closing school started back which meant my husband was back to work and my eldest (just turned 16 on the 27th of last month) was taking some dual enrolled classes at the local community college AND we start getting back into our regular school year studies. [As a lot of you know, we school year round so our start/stops aren't as easily delineated, but the schedule changes and morphs to fit the new year and new interests.] So just all around adjustments.<br />
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We've also been moving in boxes, painting (took 2 weeks to paint the kitchen cabinets and such to a color to match our dininr room table and some minor tweaks to the room), organizing, and figuring out where things were going to go. Not to mention I had 2 birthday parties (both daughters are born within 2.5 weeks of each other and now I have a 16 and 14 year old!) AND hubby's birthday is around the corner (on the 27th). So this IS the busiest time of year for us and we added on buying a house and moving onto it. Lucky us!<br />
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But even with all this going on, I do feel lucky, blessed, loved, and excited for what the future holds. We've lived in our new location in Indiana for a year now and we are finally getting into a solid routine, know some new people and friends, going to a church that is solid and serving in the community.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-4580454809236620432019-09-18T14:26:00.000-04:002019-09-18T14:26:03.220-04:00Online Times Alive by City Creek Press, Inc. ~~ A New TOS Review!!Multiplication facts are one of <b>THE</b> most imprtant things a student learns in the elementary years. So why make it boring when you can <a href="https://www.citycreek.com/product/online-times-alive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learn math tables the fun way</a> by using an Online Times Alive subscription from by <a href="https://www.citycreek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City Creek Press, Inc.</a>! Since my son, Seanan, has struggled to really memorize his facts I was hoping that the 6 month subscription we received to review the <a href="https://www.citycreek.com/product/online-times-alive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Online Times Alive</a> program would really cement the facts by using the songs and dittys to spark his memory every time he came across one of the harder facts he struggles to <b>KNOW</b>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.citycreek.com/product/online-times-alive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Online Times Alive</a> program focuses on teaching your child their multiplication facts from 0 - 9 by using a variety of silly songs, stories, and cartoons to make learning their facts fun. It also uses both visual clues in the cartoons and stories along with mnemonic devices to help cement the facts into the child's memory. The stories use characters that are made to look like the number they are trying to memorize.<br />
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So how does it work? First you login to the program. One word of caution, make sure your child logs in the same way every time. If your child uses a capital letter for the first letter and the rest are in lowercase and the next time they are all lowercase it will appear that your child has no progress. That happened a few times to my son. The program is very easy to use and once it's saved or bookmarked most children can find and use the site all on their own. So I wasn't aware that he was having some issues remembering his original login. Once we figured that out we were able to see his actual progress and he didn't feel like he was always going back to the beginning to start the lessons again.<br />
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As soon as you login you see the lesson list. Here is my son's the last time I remembered to catach a screen shot.<br />
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You can see in each of the lessons there is variety. Along the way there are also some timed tests or quiz so that progress can be assessed.<br />
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As you can see it is very visual and because of this holds the attention of your student. However, I don't think it should be done just one time through. There is a way to "clear" the tests and quizzes. I might have to do that again once we get to the end, which we are almost there, because I feel my son is still struggling with a few facts - like 6x7 or 7x8. Others he has solidly.<br />
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The online subscription is just $9.95 a month which is a great price since you can use it for all your children as long as they are using it on the SAME computer. There is also a $6.95 one time sign up fee. I found a coupon code that you can use to waive the sign up fee - use the code <b><span style="color: red;">lovetolearn</span></b><br />
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<br />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-71987092643243900862019-09-05T14:46:00.001-04:002019-09-05T14:46:13.220-04:00Music Appreciation for the Middle Grades by Zeezok Publishing ~~ A New TOS Review!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was super excited when I found out that we'd be part of a new review of a <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-2-Collection_p_307.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">homeschool music program</a> which would allow us to cover 7 composers including Frederick Chopin, Brahams, and Tchaikovsky (one of my favorites!) <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zeezok Publishing</a> is the creator of <u>Music Appreciation Book 2: for the Middle Grades</u> and their goal is to offer quality materials that cover a range of educational needs including music, penmanship, literature, and even film studies that they call Z-guides.<br />
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One of the first things I noticed in our set was that the book is the collection both meets and exceeds the national standards required for music appreciation for the middle school grades (5th - 8th). That is exciting to me! I am a music lover ... so is my husband ... but it's so hard to find good quality music theory and appreciation wrapped into one. But the <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-2-Collection_p_307.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music Appreciation Book 2: for the Middle Grades</a> does just that - you get to learn about some of the most influential and well-known composers, listen to their music, learn music theory (about notes, rests, rhythym, time signatures, and much more), and even read music.<br />
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In the set we received a <b>Student Workbook</b> and <b>nine biographical readers</b> (both Chopin and Thaikovsky have 2 books to cover their lives). We were also asked to download a <b>QR Reader app</b> that would allow us to scan the QR codes to listen to the music of these composers. There were also additional QR codes to be scanned in the Student Workbook for links to other websites with additional information - like history of Poland or an interactive quiz. While you go through the Student Workbook your child is encouraged to write down some of the activities in what they call a <b>Journal Notebook</b>.<br />
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They also mention a <b><a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-2-Lapbook_p_305.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lapbook</a></b>. which is sold separately. This would be great for those students who are really crafty or like to work with their hands. There is also a <b><a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-2-Coloring-Book_p_306.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coloring Book</a></b> that could be purchased separately for your more artsy students or younger ones that focus on scenes from the books. My middle daughter, the main reviewer of this program, asked if she could color the pictures in the book and we told her SURE! She hasn't completed one yet, but she plans to work on the books after we finish reading them so she's started on Chopin: the Early Years since we have completed the book.<br />
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In the Table of Contents you see that each book has been alloted 4 weeks. Within those 4 weeks the activities have been divided among those weeks. They mark all the activites that are required to meet national standards with an asterik [*] so they are easy to spot. You can do all of them, some of them, or even give different students different activities based on their age, since this is easily adapted to multiple ages being taught at the same time.<br />
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We began this program with only one student (8th/9th) really interested, but my son (who's in 5th) kept hanging around while we were doing the readings. He also liked listening to the songs. I didn't have him work on any of the activities in the student book, but I think he could certainly do that, he would just need a little more help since his handwriting isn't the best and writing sometimes takes him a bit longer. My daughter and I had an agreement that the longer answers I'd transcribe for her since she has trouble sometimes fitting in her answers on the provided lines. We also found a notebook to make into her Journal and she wrote all of those activities in her notebook.<br />
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As I said earlier each reader is scheduled for 4 weeks - the first book Frederick Chopin: Early Years, has 5 weeks. The other composers are Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Stephen Foster, Johannes Brahams, Peter Tchiakovsky, and Edward MacDowell, and are written by Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher. They are fantastic biographical stories about the lives of these composers that also include black and white drawings scattered throughout the story along with musical pieces written by the composers. The size and font is also easy to read for younger eyes or those who aren't a fan of reading as much. The stories are true, engagin, and cover many interesting facts and tidbits of each composers life story. Each book is about 150 pages in length. In our set we recevied 7 as paperback and one hardback and one as an e-book.<br />
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The Student Workbook is 3 hole punched which would make it easy to add into a binder as well as being preforated. At the beginning of each book study there's a glance of what you will cover in the 4 (5) weeks. Each lesson will cover a few of the same things - reading the chapter, answering comprehension questions, discovering character qualities of the composer, tidbits of interest from the reading, but they go into more detail; and then learning some musical information (note types, rest types, musical vocabulary, info about the orchestra, pitch, posture and breathing, composing, learning how to listen to music and much, much more!).<br />
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While reading the Chopin book we learned that a traditional Polish Christmas dinner was 12 courses! My daughter has decided we should do that especially since I am a little bit Polish! LOL!<br />
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We also decided we were going to make the poppy seed cake, but we didn't have all the ingredients on hand, especially since we were moving to our new house and half of our items are at the old house still. But that's the plan for desert this weekend (last weekend we would have done it but it was my eldest's 16th birthday and my younger daughter didn't want to intettupt her celebration). There's a spice cookie recipe when we get to MacDowell and a recipe to make Russian Sausage when we learn about Tchaikovsky! She loves cooking so these are what she's most looking forward to doing while we continue the studies.<br />
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I love that the lessons engage the child and are done in such a way that they are interesting, true, and really <i>teach</i> the subject of music as a whole, the way we all should learn it.<br />
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I love the inclusion of the QR codes. While we were reading in Chopin when we came across the music we'd grab the student book and scan the code and pause to listen to the piece that we just learned about. My daughter was enamored how young Chopin was when he first started playing piano, especially since she's only been playing herself for a little while and she's about double his age! She also was excited that Go Tell Aunt Rhody was in the book because that's one of the songs she's learning to play!<br />
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There were/are other QR codes that lead to websites with additional information about the composer, his geographical location or a place that was connected to them or just general information about the time period. They really help make the books and information come alive. All the QR codes for the music are listed in the front of the book for easy use and you can listen to them anytime, not just during the reading. You do not HAVE to have the app to listen to the music because there's a link to all the tracks on the website, but I think it makes it much easier.<br />
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You can find a <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/assets/images/Samples/MA2%20Sample%20pages.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sample of the Chopin lessons</a> and see all of what I discussed for yourself. Just click the link at the bottom of the description - it's in tiny print. You can also find <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zeezok Publishing</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zeezokpublishing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ZeezokPub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/zeezok/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ZeezokPublishing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zeezokpub/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. I personally have really enjoyed these books and the program as a whole. I hope to be able to go back and purchase <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-1-Collection_p_57.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music Appreciation Book 1 </a>to go along with <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Music-Appreciation-Book-2-Collection_p_307.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music Appreciation Book 2: for the Middle Grades</a> and have the complete set. I also think we're going to go through the <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Z-Guide-to-the-Movies_c_8.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Z-guides</a> and see if there are any that complement my <a href="http://www.zeezok.com/American-Revolution_c_20.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">high schooler's history</a> or Enlgish for this year.<br />
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-11031541046605979852019-09-04T20:18:00.001-04:002019-09-04T20:21:27.836-04:00Worship Wednesday - OceansWith Hurricane Dorian hanging around the east coast I thought I keep hearing water songs. I love this one. I hope you do too!<br />
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It's been a LONG day of driving (back from SC to IN) and this was a great reminder of just how wonderful HIS NAME truly is.<br />
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Do you have a beautiful worship song that just speaks to you no matter where you are and what state of mind you are in, I'd love to hear what it is! Leave me a comment!!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-10363159089573851602019-08-02T02:31:00.000-04:002019-08-02T02:31:55.010-04:00Time Travelers U.S. History Studies: Colonial Life ~~ A New TOS Review!Sometimes we need to mix things up a bit and <a href="https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/collections/time-travelers-u-s-history-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hands on history</a> from <a href="http://homeschoolinthewoods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home School in the Woods</a> has products like Colonial Life from their Time Travelers U.S. History Studies makes it easy for you to just that! They have many in this series including The American Revolution, WWII, and The Civil War, and I know we will be adding some more of these to our history over the next several years as we delve into American History. This series is intended for grades 3rd through 8th, but are easily adjusted to fit younger and older students. That's exactly what we did since my reviewer is my eldest (15yo). She chose <a href="https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/collections/time-travelers-u-s-history-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time Travelers U.S. History Studies: Colonial Life</a> because it is one of her favorite time periods.<br />
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This review was a little different because almost the entire time period of our review she was in South Carolina doing 'summer school' of sorts with her grandmother (she took a Nutrition class as a dual enrollment and also finished her Geometry and began Algebra II) so I told her she'd have to be sure to keep up with this review ... and she did, wonderfully, even with the OVERLOAD of reading for her nutrition class.<br />
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So first, before I get into how Arianna used the study, let me tell you a little bit about how they are set up and such. All of the Time Travelers series have 25 assignments or lessons. Inlcuded in the unit is the text reading for each lesson (about 2-3 pages in length), project pages, masters (for the projects), and a helpful lesson plan so you can see at a glance each of the lessons and what's included in each one. These are all PDF files that you download and then can print however you'd like (one at a time, all at once, several for the week ahead, etc.) 5 of the lessons on the lesson plan are set aside to finish projects at the end of the week if they hadn't been completed.<br />
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As you go through each of these hands on history projects your student will have handwriting practice, create recipes from the era, dress up as if you were living in that time period as well as play common games for children, timeline, maps, and much, much more. For the activities and projects most of the supplies are things you probably have around the house like scissors, glue, colored pencils, tape, but there are other thins you might need, but as long as you are looking ahead you can gather them quite easily. I have no idea if any of these were 'hard to get' for my mother-in-law, but she did not mention that they were. We tend to have a lot of artsy supplies in our house and I think most homeschooling families have more than the 'average' person as well.<br />
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There are a variety of activities for each and every lesson AND if this wasn't being done over the summer I'd have done it with ALL of my kiddos OR have my eldest do ALL of them. But since it's summer (and she was taking that dual enroll college class) I told her to pick at least 1 activity per lesson and to shoot for getting at least halfway through the lessons. I'm so proud of all her hard work this past month including typing up her 'review' since we haven't been in the same house the entire time! Originally she wanted to do EVERY single activity and project, so she intends to finish working on it throughout the fall to complete the whole unit.<br />
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That is one of the great things of both the <a href="https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/collections/project-passport-world-history-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Passport World History Studies</a> as well as the <a href="https://store.homeschoolinthewoods.com/collections/time-travelers-u-s-history-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time Travelers U.S. History Studies</a> -- they are so flexible! And can definitely be used by one child or all of your children together.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Colonial Life is a collection of lessons about life back in the colonial times. In every lesson you get to learn some things about what colonials did. Included you are given some cool facts about stuff that they did and or used. Each day there was a 1 to 3 page lesson on a certain topic that I had to read. These topics included such things as colonial cloths, types of houses, food, farming, schools, types of religions, famous people, etc. Each lesson came with several possible activities. I read the lesson then chose an activity that interested me. I really wanted to do them all, but I didn't have time currently. I do plan on finishing ALL of the activites this year. Here is the list of activites that I did complete -- a Town Crier newspaper,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />figured out the age of broken tree branches,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">made a log cabin pop up card,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">sewed a tick (a miniature version of their mattress),</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">practiced penmanship by writing the </span><span style="background-color: white;">rules of civility,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />made an apple head doll (my brother liked this activity as well - he even ate the extra pieces from his whittling),</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /> completed a rebus puzzle (one of my favorite activities),</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> played colonial hopscotch with my brother after he drew the states - which is hard to see in this picture because the only chalk we had at my grandmothers was pink and light orange,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">played artisan charades,</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">cooked Indian pudding,</span></span> </blockquote>
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-51669073887929243032019-08-01T00:17:00.000-04:002019-08-01T00:17:27.175-04:00We survived 4H Fair!We had a very long, very fun, and very interesting time at our local 4H Fair last week. It seems eons ago and it's only been a few days. So here's a recap:<br />
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It all started a few weeks before, but the real show got Started on Sunday the 21st where we had to get the horse to the 4H barn, get him and Audrie checked in, get the stall set up and decorated, and ready for the GLOW parade and GLOW barrels that evening. Both of those are "fun" events, no judging, just hanging out with everyone.<br /><br />
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Monday and Tuesday were mostly rest days and get the lay of the land. Audrie wasn't competing in any English style competitions so basically it was check out the fair, look at the other stall decorations so we could improve ours for next year, clean stalls, feed the horse, and then see the nightly fun stuff at the fair itself. Monday was the rodeo and Audrie's first time seeing calf tying, steer wrestling and some other stuff. LOL! She was very upset that they were getting hurt and was cheering for them to beat the cowboys and cowgirls.<br />
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Wednesday was her first time of competitions. In 4H they are called classes. She was in a 1st year 4H class for Western Walk, Trot and also in another one called Ranch Horse Jr. She did really well in them, she even placed 5th in one of them!! Her trainer thought she should have placed in both and higher in teh one and that made her feel better. Basically you ride your horse around and follow the instructions called out by the judge -- walk, jog (trot), lope (cantor), reverse (turn the horse around at whatever speed they say), line up, and then they ask you sometimes to back your horse. She did really well and we were so happy to have the first classes out of the way.<br />
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Thursday was Gaming Day and she was signed up for 4 of the 5 types of events. Audrie felt she could do well in barrels, but would give the other 3 disciples a try -- flag race, keyhole, and speed and action. We were sort of sure that Buddy wouldn't do so well in Speed and Action after barrels, because he'd be so excited and wouldn't want to stop. BUT on Wednesday evening he stopped on a dime for over the 6 sec required so we were hopeful. She did not participate in poles, mainly because we didn't have any to practice with and get the horse prepared for if they hit him or fall from being hit. LOL!<br />
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For some reason her horse, who has done this perfectly for a few months now, decided to go the wrong way around the barrels. Sometimes that is just a 5 second penalty. This time any barrel falls made it a 'No Time'.<br />
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She went into this race kind of ho-hum, not sure she'd do so good and not sure how she'd run it - trot the whole thing, trot and cantor or even slow the horse down to a walk. Well she figured it out and then even placed!! She was shocked especially since she hadn't practiced this as much as any of the other 3.<br />
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You guide your horse down a straight path and then they have to turn around in a circle (without touching the white flour lines) and then back the straight line. She did great!! And placed a second time!<br />
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Her last event was Speed and Action:<br />
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This one was the one she was most anxious about because after barrels she knew her horse, Buddy, was going to be super fidgety. Which isn't helpful when you have to stand at the end for 6 seconds! The bigger problem for this one was when he came around the cones he kind of kicked the cone with his back foot on the outside of the cone which made her go "out of the pattern" and became a 'no time'.<br />
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All in all she had a wonderful time, is already planning going to 4H next year and exploring some other classes as well. I'm so happy she had a great experience and we met her two goals ... to place AND make some new friends (she made quite a few) so we're calling it a solid WIN! We are very thankful for her <a href="https://www.offthefencefarm.com/equinestaff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trainer Micah</a> of <a href="https://www.offthefencefarm.com/equine-facility" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Off the Fence Farm</a> and all the work they put into helping her achieve her goals. We look forward to continuing our training and our relationship with their farm.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-40884006513002817062019-07-19T13:16:00.000-04:002019-07-19T13:16:02.238-04:00Crafty Classroom - USA Activity Bundle Pack ~~ A New TOS Review!!We were thinking about doing some fun school over the summer, you know - change up the norm. So when we had an opportunity to review the <a href="https://craftyclassroom.com/product/u-s-a-activity-bundle-pack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USA Activity Bundle Pack</a> by <a href="https://craftyclassroom.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crafty Classroom</a>, I jumped at the chance. Who doesn't want to have fun while still learning? Not me! I like to switch things up and give a different focus over the summer months and sometimes just review some previously learned facts. The cool thing about this bundle it is really all about geography and the states and it comingles in some logic building with the mazes. It's a win - win for parents and children. Now let me tell you a little bit more about our pdf bundle pack.<br />
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Included in the <a href="https://craftyclassroom.com/product/u-s-a-activity-bundle-pack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USA Activity Bundle Pack</a> are THREE PDF ebooks. We used all three over the course of the last few weeks and they were used by all three of my children (10, 13, and 15). I don't think any of them minded adding them in to their school week (we school year round and take breaks for vacations or long weekends or on VBS or camp weeks.) My favorite was the <b>USA State Bird Art Cards</b>, but my son loved this one as much as I did. We also received <b>USA 50 State Mazes</b> AND <b>USA State-by-State Activity Notebook</b>. All 3 are just $15.00 and since they are ebooks they are downloaded instantaneously. And you as a homeschool parent have a licence to print them for all the children in your household.<br />
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First let's talk about the <b>USA 50 State Mazes</b>. Each maze is built within the outline of one of the 50 states. The PDF has the states in alphabetic order, but you could use them in any way you wanted - alphabetically, as you come to them in your American history or in books you are reading, from the dates they became states, the possibilities are endless. I printed a few out for my middle daughter and mailed them to her since she was on vacation in SC at the beginning of this review. Here is one of hers.<br />
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When she returned she wanted a few more so I printed the ones she wanted to work on.<br />
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For my son I also printed just a few from the beginning. He actually has done over half of the states and every day he asks for some more. He really loves mazes. They are great for dexterity, hand eye coordination, logic building, and fine motor control so I think these would be great for any age really. I think younger than 8 to 10 some of the mazes might feel too difficult for the child. I always suggest going through the maze first with your finger, then again, and THEN use a pencil or colored pencil. If you have trouble you can try to start at the end and work backwards too.<br />
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My eldest daughter loves mazes as well and I know she worked on quite a few of the states before she left at the beginning of July for her vacation in SC (they are each going for a few weeks - but also working on science and math intensively with their grandmother and great-grandmother who happen to be a science professor and a retired high school math teacher). I just can't find any of the pictures I took of her. :(<br />
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Next I'm going to talk to you about the <b>USA State-by-State Activity Notebook</b>. This would be perfect to go along with State history, American History, Geography, or just a fun summer unit, like we are doing. Each week we print out 1 to 3 pages and focus on a few states. It will take about 20 weeks to cover ALL the states doing this, but I think it's necessary to go slow if you really want to retain information ABOUT the states.<br />
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Each page has the same format. The top is the state name and to the right a map of the US and the student can locate the state on the map and color it in. Next is the state flag and a bigger version of the state outline where you can mark the capital, big cities, lakes, rivers, monuments, whatever you want to focus on. And since they are printable you can do a different focus each time! Under the state flag there are 3 boxes for the state initial, the number of state it was (in what order it became a state), and the state nickname. At the front of this pack there is a book listed that would work great with this e-book. We did not find it at our library so we use wikipedia, but I'm going to request we get this book at our library for sure!<br />
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The state flower and the state bird are also on the page as well as some space for your child to write down some facts about the state. I told my kiddos to find something that was interesting to them. That encouraged them to do a little more reading on each state. These would also be fun to do at half-size on long car rides and to work on them once you find a matching license plate or as you drive through each state.<br />
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At the end of this ebook there are 2 games - USA Bingo with 8 cards AND USA Roll Across America - a dice game that helps children really learn their states by their shape (no names included on the game board).<br />
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The USA Bingo would be another fun game to play in the car on long trips, which I have planned to play tomorrow as we travel to GA so my son can have his vacation in SC. They have it so you can call out states or capitals and when you get 5 in a row you win, but doing it in the car we can just look for cars license plates and once you reach 5 in a row you win. If you laminate them they can be used with dry erase markers and be used again and again!<br />
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The last PDF ebook in the <a href="https://craftyclassroom.com/product/u-s-a-activity-bundle-pack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USA Activity Bundle Pack</a> is the <b>USA State Bird Art Cards</b> and as I mentioned it was my favorite. My son also really liked these as he has had a new interest in birding. Over the last few months we've been on a few birding expeditions and he's been very attentative to birds coming to our feeders in the front yard. For these art cards I had each of my children pick the birds that they wanted to color and learn about. This pack only has 27 cards, but that is because a lot of states use the same bird as their state bird.<br />
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Each art card is formatted the same and include a fully colored bird with lines for your child to add some facts about the bird. Then there is a bigger bird that is outlined in black for your child to color in themselves. Lastly there are 2 little rectangles - one of the bird (colored in) and the name of the bird so you can play a matching game. You can also cut out the bird your child colors in and make a booklet. My son did not want to cut them out so we've kept his all together. I may print a whole new set so I can cut the matching cards out and then laminate them so we can have the game ready. He's been focusing on birds he has seen here now that we are in Indiana as well as some that he remembered from South Carolina.<br />
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My 13yo daughter also enjoyed these art cards, it spoke to her as an artist. She was trying to match her birds exactly with blending of her colored pencils to make the picture look more realistic. This ebook also includes a book suggestion which we also could not find at our local library, but I think I may buy this one for our own home library since we are really into birding.<br />
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Today my Three are three prayers:<br />
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1 - I pray that our closing for our home in SC goes smoothly tomorrow. We appreciate all prayers.<br />
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2 - I pray for the upcoming months of us finding the home that the Lord will provide for us and put all the details together as only HE can do.<br />
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3 - I pray for our community and the people we are starting to knit with here in Evansville. I pray that the Lord will use us in His time for His purpose.<br />
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I hope that you join me next time for Take Three!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-68014293038762307252019-07-10T14:28:00.000-04:002019-07-10T14:28:15.953-04:00New to 4H -- Horses and PoniesSo this past year, as many of you know we have moved from South Carolina to Indiana. Actually in about a month and a piece it will be an official year! WOW how time flies!<br />
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Shortly after the kids moving here I had found horseback riding lessons which is something my younger daughter has been wanting to do for YEARS!! Prayerfully and thankfully we found a prior homeschooler turned horse trainer that had a wonderful deal which allowed riding to be worked off for WORKING at the barn. My daughter was ecstatic, and honestly I was not sure it would last. I didn't think she'd like the smell or all the hard work that goes into keeping and caring for a horse. I knew she'd love the lessons. So we started off.<br />
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This is Buddy. He's the horse she's been using for the majority of her lessons since about February.<br />
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Since she had not had but 2 other lessons she was a true beginner. Her trainer, Miss Micah, is a wonderful and patient trainer who corrects, teaches, supports, and encourages throughout every lesson.<br />
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Over the last several months my daughter has become a proficient horseback rider, can tack her own horse, and I think if she had her own horse and stable/pasture she'd be very able to care for the horse all on her own from mucking the stalls to grooming to riding.<br />
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We have been with Miss Micah and Off the Fence Farms for about 10 months and in January we began the plunge into 4H. I really have no idea still what it's all about, but I do know that in two weeks my daughter is signed up for 7 classes in western style and games (like barrels and speed and action.)<br />
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Fair week will be a real test of stamina and grit, but I know that her trainer will be with her every step of the way and I am eternally grateful that God had us cross paths.<br />
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Here's her latest video of doing the barrel race at a cantor for just the second time!<br />
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Prayers appreciated for the week of the 21st - 27th as she participates (and possibly wins) in the 4H Horse and Pony Club at the Vanderburg County Fair! If you are a 4Her and have suggestions (especially for horses and ponies) please leave a comment!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-29324756135330863072019-07-03T01:29:00.000-04:002019-07-04T18:42:02.040-04:00Dyslexia Gold ~~ A New TOS Review!Since I have a feeling that my two younger children (currently 10 & 13) struggle with <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/shop/homeschoolers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dyslexia</a> and if not they are struggling readers, I was interested in trying out the Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle from <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold</a>. We were graciously given a lifetime subscription of the family licence for the <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/shop/homeschoolers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle</a>.<br />
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Included in the <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/shop/homeschoolers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle</a> is all four parts of the program: Engaging Eyes, Fluency Builder, Spelling Tutor, and Times Table Tutor. This program is not a learn to read program, but designed more for those who know how to read but are still struggling and/or are dyslexic. The aim of the program is to increase fluency in reading by increasing the students awareness and use of phonics; learn how to spell correctly; and to help the eyes focus and track across a page correctly. The program is designed for ages 7 - 11, but if you do have a dyslexic child this age range might be older. <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold</a> says that in just 10 minutes a day using their program they can improve a child's reading age/ability by 12 months in just 10 hours of practice and play and spelling age is improved by about 10.5 months in just 3 months time.<br />
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As I said earlier there are 4 parts in the <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/shop/homeschoolers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle</a> and I am going to briefly tell you about each of them.<br />
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<b>Engaging Eyes:</b><br />
This part of the program is designed to help train the eyes to track across the lines of text on a page and help train the eyes to both focus on the same point. They do this by a series of games within this section. There are 3 games are Target Practice, Eye Tracking, and Whack an Alien.<br />
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The first game, Target Practice, uses 3D glasses to help the student use both eyes to focus and shoot the target. This helps that the eyes are on the same letter while reading as opposed to being one on the first letter of the word and then the other eye on a different letter. This would be very confusing and is especially for dyslexic readers.<br />
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The next game is Eye Tracking and it is essentially just what that says. The student watches as the letters appear and all they have to do is hit the space bar when the see the letter 'b'. This is helping the student keep track where they are on the page.<br />
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The last game of this section is Whack an Alien, and I think it's my sons favorite. It reminds me of Whackamole at the Arcade, but computerized. All your student has to do is whack an alien when they appear. This helps your child move across the screen focusing on one alien at a time to whack as many as possible.<br />
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<b>Fluency Builder:</b><br />
This section of the program also has 3 games and is really interested in phonlogical awareness. <br />
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In the phonics section the child sorts the words either by how they sound or how they are spelled. There are 50 lessons and each lesson teaches one phonetic sound or spelling.<br />
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The next game is laser focused on knowing that a particular word has a set number of sounds not just 1. They use goat as their example -- it has 3 sounds /g/ /oa/ /t/. They also work on noticing the difference in words like hop and hope and that the middle sound is the difference. These exercises are designed to help improve any phonological deficit the child may have.<br />
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The last "game" is just a non-fiction reading passage that teaches new vocabulary. It may be an easy or harder passage. The goal is to read it 4 times in 2 days to help build fluency. Any word the child does not know can be clicked on and the computer reads that word. This was a favorite feature for both my users because they get very frustrated when they come to a word they just can't decipher. Having the ability to click on the word, hear it, repeat it and then move on reading has definitely helped their reading to become more fluent and less choppy.<br />
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You can click the links to learn more about <a href="https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/TheSoftware" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how each of these sections of the program work</a> and even the <a href="https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/TheScience" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">science behind the program</a>.<br />
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<b>Spelling Tutor:</b><br />
Here the child will learn how to spell the 1,000 most common words. It will also help improve spelling in general. This is for all children who need spelling help, not just those who are dyslexic. From your child's mistakes the tutor decides which words they need to be tested on and are tested over and over with larger gaps in the testing to help put the words from short term memory into long term memory.<br />
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The next section in the tutor is writing of the words. The tutor dictates the words to the student as they write them in their own notebook both as individual words and in sentences.<br />
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You can choose an American or English spelling for the words and you can choose it to be an English, American, Scottish, or Australian pronounciation. Click the link if you want to learn more about <a href="https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/SpellingTutor/HowItWorks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how this works</a>.<br />
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Now on to how we used the program. When you first start with Engaging Eyes you will need to calibrate the monitor so it can work properly with the 3D image. It looks like a muted grey, blue, and red target and when the child has the special 3D glasses on they should be able to see 2 circles. They have to move their cursor to shoot both of the circles. At least this is the explanation I received from my two testers.<br />
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My daughter, who is more plagued by dyslexia, was able to do this and go through the levels much faster than her brother. He had a hard time and finally after a while his sister helped him to understand what he was supposed to be doing. The one problem both of them had with this particular game was they complained of their head hurting. This could be because of the eye strain and retraining your eyes to work together. it could also be because they wear glasses (my son does for computer work and reading, my daughter wears them all the time) and they were trying to keep the glasses on the right way while wearing them. I'm not sure, but we did this section less because of their headaches. My daughter did this game more than my son, but she would just push through and then have to take a little break from the computer before going back to working again.<br />
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Whack an Alien was a favorite of my son. He'd race to get as many whacked as possible. For the Eye Tracking section, I'm not sure either of mine have encountered that yet. They usually work on the programs on their own.<br />
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In the Fluency Builder my daughter has really enjoyed this section. She says it has helped her in her reading. My son really doesn't like to read and reading the passages sometimes takes him a long time and then his frustration comes out.<br />
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For Spelling Tutor my daughter did this more than my son because he is still struggling on basic phonics sounds so spelling words and sentences would have been way harder for him. My daughter on the other hand, didn't like it, but understood it's purpose was to help her be a better speller.<br />
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She would have to listen to the word or sentence being said and then write them down. This would help build retention and focus. She then marks her own work. This is accountability and keeps a record of it on the papers that she stores in her 3 ring notebook. Once she knows a word well enough it will be repeated in the 'tests' less because the computer learns her ability and adapts. In the reports you can see the words learned and those currently learning as well as a sneak peek into what the days lesson will cover.<br />
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For the Times Tutor, both of my children were already proficient in them. However, I am having my son go back to use them after his mini pop quiz where he missed a bunch of the 9's and 12's. The programs goal here is to help them become quicker in your answer. The fact is repeated over and over until the student can answer in the proper timing. And since my grandmother-in-law believes everyone should be able to answer them in less than 3 seconds he needs to have these two familes refreshed.<br />
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After using the <a href="https://dyslexiagold.com/shop/homeschoolers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle</a> for the last few months I think I've seen some improvement. My son has not done as much as I thought he was and that is because he says he's working on his stuff and actually wasn't doing it all. But my dyslexic daughter has definitely been reading more on her own and at higher reading levels as well as retaining how to spell words that once were very hard to keep in her memory. I can't wait to see how they progress through the end of summer. I'm hoping by then multiplication facts will be more automatic for my son and that they both continue to increase in their phonological awareness and more reading fluency.<br />
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<br />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-45647726429718937142019-06-29T11:44:00.002-04:002019-06-29T11:44:41.497-04:00Dogs are our people too.Dogs are are people too. We have an old boxer who about a year and a half ago we thought was getting toward the end of life. We did some research and changed a few things, he perked back up.<br />
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Skip forward to about 2.5 weeks ago ... we were awoken to what sounded like someone falling out of their bed and slamming into the wall. But it wasn't a child. It was our old man boxer having what we know believe was a seizure. He had no way to stop his flailing and really couldn't respond to us. His respiration was labored and fast. Once (what seemed like a lifetime, but was only a minute or so) the episode subsided we tried to help him get up as he stumbled around walking aimlessly. Finally coaxed him outside after many hard steps that seemed very difficult. He came in, drank a ton, then laid down in the living room and refused to go to his bed. So we decided that one of us would sleep with him there.<br />
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When we woke up he acted like his normal self. I kept notes of all that had transpired and prayed it was a one time occurence. Unfortunately the next night it happened again, shorter, but still as abruptly. We then decided to take him to the vet as soon as it was open.<br />
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They checked him out, did some physical examination, and ran some bloodwork. They all came back mostly regular a little low on two things which was explained by how much he urinates. We left knowing he was ok, it is something that could come out of nowhere and never return, and to keep a log of what his days look like. And that's what we did. And he's been mostly normal, other than a few times walking around outside he'd be a little limpy on his right side.<br />
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Then all of a sudden out of the blue last night at 2:15 in the morning, he had another seizure episode. We tried to calm him and keep him still, but it just has to run its course. He then slept in the living room with my wonderful husband. In the morning he seemed back to normal. We have another vet appointment scheduled for the morning and we will see what she suggests.<br />
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In the meantime, will you pray that if this is his time that he will not suffer and pass without too much stress or hardship. He's a good ole boy and we just want him to be comfortable.<br />
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Do you ever have one of those Valley times in your life? I think I'm in one now. Have been for a little while. I've struggled to write because I don't know the words to say. I also don't want to just put ALL my feelings out here in the blog-o-sphere and have people misunderstand me or even mock me.<br />
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But nonetheless I have been and am still a bit in a Valley time. The times when you feel you aren't hearing from God, nothing is going "right" (whatever "right" is), and you just feel blah. I'm getting better, I think, but these times are hard. You feel out of place or even numb, but still need to do the daily stuff -- eat, chores, take care of kids, pay bills, go to events, work, church -- and this can be very difficult when you are in a Valley.<br />
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My biggest hurdle in the valley times is staying connected with my Father in Heaven. He's really the only one who can reach me and help me maneuveur through the valley to start the climb of the next mountain. And He's willing to do just that, even carry me in parts of the valley. He's there for you too. He IS the God of the Hills and the God of the Valleys. This song really capitalizes this thought -- that our God is with us through the thick and thin, the hills and the valleys, the desert and the bountiful.<br />
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I am glad and very thankful that I have the Lord to lean on during these times of struggle, doubt, and even some slight unbelief. Not that I'm saying I don't believe in the Lord, just unbelief in circumstances that happen and hit you like a ton of bricks. That's when He carries you and me. We need to lean on Him for our strength. We need to TRUST Him that He knows what is best for us and not determine our path by our circumstances, but allow the Lord to lead us, guide us, and direct us in all we do, even in the Valley times.<br />
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It's been a few months and I feel I'm toward the end of the Valley. This is where it's hard -- you can see the climb ahead, but don't know if you have the strength to go on. But I know my Lord will carry me if and when I need Him. He will wipe away my tears, hold my hand, comfort me when I need it most no matter where I am on the journey. He is my one true constant when circumstances seem dim and confusing.<br />
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I pray you have this same deep understanding -- that the Lord God is your daddy. He will carry you through the Valley and remain with you on the mountaintop. He will NEVER leave you or forsake you. You are HIS child and He will do ANYTHING for you. So whether you are in the Valley like me, or on the mountaintop, or somewhere in between, talk with Him, lean on Him, and know that the Lord has your back. He IS the God of the Valley.<br />
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<br />Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289156057001461058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119877222752590585.post-53561129015904987792019-06-14T10:50:00.000-04:002019-06-14T10:50:46.807-04:00High School British Literature by Hewitt Homeachooling ~~ A New TOS Review!!With my high schooler in the midst of 10th but thinking ahead to 11th and with us moving to a new state we have been thinking what we needed yet to complete. So we were pleased to be part of the review for <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8074" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Early-Mid 19th Century</a> by <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Home/hMain.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hewitt Homeschooling Resources</a>, which is one area we were needing to fill for the upcoming year. My daughter has really enjoyed delving into the poems of William Blake and now has been wrapping her head around the ins and outs of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> during the review period. We plan on taking it a little slower the rest of the summer and then picking up the program at full speed once we get back to our full schedule (we do a reduced school schedule over summer) in September.<br />
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For our review we received the <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8074" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lightning Literature & Composition: British Early-Mid 19th Century</a> <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=3442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Student's Guide</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=3443" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teacher's Guide</a>. These books are about 240 pages in length covering a variety of some of the best works of British Literature during the early to mid 19th century -- Jane Austen's <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8074" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, <i>Ivanhoe</i>, <i>Frankenstein</i>, and <i>Jane Eyre</i></a>. The curriculum will also cover William Blake, Thomas Carlyle, Coolerdige, Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Mackplace Thackery. All of the shorter works are included in the body of the book, but the novels are to be acquired separately. You can purchase them all together as a <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8074" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">book pack</a> or use one from your shelf (if you are a literature person and have a lot of books) or even rent from the library.<br />
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This set is suggested for those who have done a prior high school level literature course, studying world history, or just generally love this era of literature, but it can be for anyone. The curriculum has an introduction, 4 units (in each unit you have one of the novels and then a few of the shorter works), and the appendices. The regular schedule for this course is to take only 18 weeks, but since this was heading into summer I knew we'd take this part a little slower and follow the full year schedule (provided for your ease in Appendix C) until we jump back into it in fall - then we'd be ahead and could easily finish by mid-year.<br />
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Throughout the course your student will learn about 7 literary lessons like persuasive writing, humor, or setting as well as 2 perspectives -- Romanticism and Historical Fiction. You will also find discussion questions and suggestions for projects as well as additional readings in the other two appendicies.<br />
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As I mentioned earlier the student guide is pretty big, but a good quality paperback book. The teacher guide is stapled together without a firm cover. It has a copy of the student book, helps on how to grade their work as well as a schedule with each week having a set amount due. Since my daughter had just completed 3 dual enroll classes at our local community college with one being in Writing, I sort of told her what was expected for the review period and then let her have at it. Of course I checked in on her, but in high school this is what you are looking for - you are more a facilitator and less a dictator when it comes to getting school work done.<br />
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In the student guide, my daughter was armed with all she needed (without the novels as I stated above) to complete the course at a pace that we had discussed. At the beginning of each unit there is a brief overview of the author, like a mini biography, along with some basic information like one of the seven literary terms or more on a genre.<br />
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Next come comprehension questions ... not a favorite of my daughter, but she's done quite well with them, better than she gives herself credit. She chose to write her answers in a separate notebook full of lined paper because there just isn't enough room to fit an appropriately lengthed answer.<br />
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After the comp questions it will focus more on the literary lesson of the unit. So her first one was about <b>tone</b> and later on in Unit 3 she will learn about <b>imagery and poetic language</b> after reading a handful of some of the well known romantic poets of the time. At the end of the unit there are about 10 to a dozen choices for writing exercies. I asked my daughter to chose 2 to focus on, but her choice. Each of the units follow this same pattern which makes it easy to understand anda get in a flow.<br />
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Since literature and English in general is kinda my "thing" I'm an old pro of a red pen ... however, I was very appreciative of the helpful hints and ideas in the teacher guide of how to remind my student of what I would be looking for as I was grading her writing assignments. I know that sometimes the difficulty with upper level studies is the grading and <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Home/hMain.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hewitt Homeschooling Resource</a> was one step ahead with their tips and tricks.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Since we were doing this toward the end of the year and I'm anticipating using it in the fall we didn't fully delve in to the extra project suggestions that were offered. I do think I will be assiging one to be done over summer so that we will have completed the entire first unit. She is looking forward to some of these hands-on type assignments also.</span></div>
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<br />Who knows, we may keep going through the summer and I think I will be joining her in reading some of these great works of literature. I may even purchase the other British titles they have available (<a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8075" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mid to Late 19th Century</a> <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8079" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medieval</a>, and <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8080" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian</a>), especially the <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8077" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shakespeare Comedies</a> and <a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8076" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tragedies</a> (can you tell I love literature?? and Shakespeare!) just for me to peruse and work through!<br />
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So as I mentioned above I received 2 sets designed for grades 5 thru 8 to review and I want to detail what the sets include:<br />
First we have the text called <a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/american-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of the 13 Colonies & The Great Republic</a> and edited by <a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memoria Press</a> which is 211 pages long. This second edition gives a short introduction to the parent/teacher for how to use the book and is then followed by 85 chapters covering the greatest time in our American History.<br />
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I like that it is set up as a historical reader and not a dry history book. This allows for interaction between you and your student(s) while you read which stirs up more thirst for the information. Each of the 85 chapters is very short, just 1-2 pages in length, leaving plenty of time to 'chew the cud' so to speak. Also this book has been edited to combine the original 2 volume series of the same name to also include many other pivotal events that have happened since the first publication. The book is a paperback with a thick satin cover. Inside you will find drawings, photos, and maps heavily included throughout the book.</div>
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Also included in the set is the student guide of 32 lessons - each lesson is similarly laid out with four sections -- facts to know, vocabulary and comprehension questions with plenty of space to write out the answers, and an enrichment section that has 1 to 5 questions. In the appendix, you will find maps, a colony chart, and several founding doucments that helped form our country's spine.<br />
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There is also a teacher's guide which includes all the answers for the vocabulary and comprehension questions for each chapter along with facts for the chapter. It also includes a timeline, other founding documents, and tests with the answer keys.<br />
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The next part of the set I received as review was the <a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/200-questions-about-american-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">200 Questions About American History Set</a> which also has 3 parts the teacher key, a student book, and then the flashcards. The flash cards are my favorite part because you can use them in a variety of 'card games' to help with learning and memorizing the 200 facts. These are facts that Memoria Press believes everyone should know about American History and come from the second edition of <a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/american-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of the 13 Colonies & The Great Republic</a>.<br />
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This supplement was created to help the student succeed in the strenuous American History course as your middle schooler gets ready for the harder high school material.<br />
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The student book numbers out 150 questions with blanks to fill in the answers, 30 questions about the timeline of American History, 20 notable quote questions, all 45 presidents (which includes our current president), and 3 memorable American poems - Star-Spangled Banner, Old Ironsides, and O Captain! My Captain!<br />
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The teacher key is set up in the same manner as the student book, but it also includes 6 tests and a final exam. All the answers for the drill questions and the tests are written in the spaces in the key. The student book references both the Guerber text and Story of the World Vol 4 (referenced as SOTW) and has a suggested schedule and a small blurb on how to use the book.<br />
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The flashcards are created to drill students about dates, events, quotes, the order of the president along with other drill questions. The cards are thick and sturdy and will handle many hours of flipping and perusing. They are also numbered so you can always put them back in their original order.<br />
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