tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post3606559550813740769..comments2023-12-25T05:28:08.571-05:00Comments on The Accidental Blogger: Sometimes Setting a Virtuous Example is Such a DragMelorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285358490646455774noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post-74417255419938227592007-07-26T22:24:00.000-04:002007-07-26T22:24:00.000-04:00Dy,There's nothing like knowing that you Could spe...Dy,<BR/>There's nothing like knowing that you Could spend much More money to make a large expenditure look affordable, eh? I may go back and visit the Calvert site again -- I found their high cost So cheering!<BR/><BR/>What did I buy? What Didn't I buy would be easier! I ordered lots of Singapore Math, extra problems and word problems for 3rd grade, which we are now half way through, and both A and B textbooks and workbooks for 4th grade, plus extra problems and word problems for 4th. Oh, and the Key to Fractions workbooks (a KathyJo recommendation). I'm sure we will still be working on them at the beginning of our 5th grade year, but I Loathe paying shipping for a couple skinny little math books! I got K. a couple Singapore Earlybird Kindergarten (2A and 2 B) math books, just so she wouldn't feel left out when the box came.<BR/>I ordered Latina Christiana I, with the audio CD, and Christian Studies (also Memoria Press), Year 1 (I bought the Golden Children's Bible they recommend earlier from Amazon). I'm getting the Henle "set" you recommended for me.<BR/>I dithered on getting something for reading comprehension, but Ed said "go for it," so we are going to try Reading Detective (Beginning). I think that is something we can finish in a "semester" and not need again (I hope!).<BR/>T. is wobbly on geography, so I ordered (and we will Try like anything to fit in) Kids Learn America and Book of 50 States. I bought The Geography Book (Arnold) a while back, which, I think, will fill out our geography studies nicely!<BR/>Finally, I realized late this year that my "natural speller" needed some more formal study, so we are going back to Spelling Workout (D).<BR/><BR/>And that is it! We already have SOTW (text & activity guide) Year 4, Classical Writing Aesop and Poetry that we didn't finish in 3rd grade, several Prentice Hall Science Explorer books which were a great deal used from Amazon, plus most of a year of My World Science that we didn't get to yet. T. has some art books he wants to use. So all I need to finish out our materials are the Rod & Staff Grammar books, which I keep hoping to find used because I have already spent such an outrageous amount!Melorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285358490646455774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post-34490246343008906852007-07-26T11:45:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:45:00.000-04:00Ahhh. Yes. I took KathyJo's suggestion and printed...Ahhh. Yes. I took KathyJo's suggestion and printed off the Highlands Latin School tuition list. That helps me calm down when I get twitchy. (It also reminds me that, hey, we're not doing to badly! LOL!)<BR/><BR/>Oh, what did you order? (I won't ask what you spent, I just want to know what you *got*!)<BR/><BR/>DyDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733424399402841174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post-2242168494854258222007-07-25T13:39:00.000-04:002007-07-25T13:39:00.000-04:00Wisteria & Elisheva, I Love school supplies & ne...Wisteria & Elisheva,<BR/> I Love school supplies & new materials! This is such a Hopeful time of year, when I can enjoy my fantasies about our new school year being smooth sailing and all full of the Joy of Learning! (Like I don't know better.)Melorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285358490646455774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post-76167995601819505752007-07-24T17:14:00.000-04:002007-07-24T17:14:00.000-04:00Wow! It must be in the air. I just ordered two mat...Wow! It must be in the air. I just ordered two math DVDs for N. from "The Great Courses" at The Learning Company. I got Basic Math (covers everything up to Algebra, so it's good for 8th grade level), and Algebra I. I also ordered The Joy of Science for fun. Other than that, we are well prepared with Kemana and supplies. <BR/><BR/>The Learning Company is having a sale so you might want to check out some of their stuff.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20117693.post-81900982220959480022007-07-23T21:02:00.000-04:002007-07-23T21:02:00.000-04:00I placed my last school order today.I placed my last school order today.Wisteriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646131135706997373noreply@blogger.com