December CM/Classical Thread - Page 5

[mmmmochi]

Congratulations Jessica!

Thank you for the lovely welcome!

I am just shopping around for more latin resources. I think ancient Greek, plus Latin and Japanese would be too much (mainly too much for work ME, not dd, I admit), however, I envy all you who are teaching Greek. Oh how I wish I could drop the Japanese, it is a chore, not a pleasure.

[Momma Aimee]

I have a ? for BTDT moms

i am going to have 2 hours a week of one-on-one time.  (Little Brother is going to add additional service time for speech at the pre-school so I'll have amlost 2 hours with Big Brother alone on the day Little goes to classroom and he doesn't).

I want to make the 2 hours (almost 2 hours) our 'work without little brother" time -- we'll go to the lib or the local bakery (to drive home, and back would take all our time).

with that in mind -- and Big being 5 and little 3 -- what would you choose to do with that time.  we'll, of course, do more than one thing.  I am thinking that is a good time to pratice his handwritting, or to play games like chutes and ladders and maybe do a little on-line stuff on my laptop (very little as of now he does none on the computer). 

Thoughts?

[Momma Aimee]

found this blog post --- http://networkedblogs.com/cnHjN -- and thought you all might enjoy. 

 

The Protestant denominations trace their origins back to Martin Luther, the Christian reformer. His reforms touched on many things, not the least of which was education. Here, cast into the form of an interview, and using his own characteristically forceful and animated words, we gather Luther’s views on the importance of classical education and his thoughts on how it should be reformed.

 

i really liked this part --

 

Q.: You mentioned grammar. Just how important do you consider the study of the classical languages to be?

L.: “These languages [Latin, Greek, and Hebrew] and these [liberal] arts are agreeable and useful alike, sources both of honor and profit, throwing light upon the Scriptures, and imparting sound wisdom to rulers….” (2)

 

i think even a non-Christian might find it a decent read .... though it undoubtedly has more to say to the Christian Homeschooler

[Jennifer3141]

Good morning!

My best friend is coming up today to spend the weekend with us and then our holiday season will be pretty much over. I'll have one more gathering with family sometime this winter but school is going to be back in session around here!! We dropped down to everything but reading and grammar and a little math every once in awhile here during the holidays. And it felt like we took the entire month off until we turned around and looked back at all we did. But getting back into science and history sounds so wonderful right now!

Don't worry about posting Xtian stuff, Aimee. Those of us who aren't simply skip over it if it bothers us! :)

I lost a post I had written last night too. The library sounds awesome to us Aimee, for your older son. Have you checked to see if they have a kids program during the time your younger DS is in speech? We go to a weekly library program that is technically for preschoolers but they LOVE having us homeschoolers around too.

[Momma Aimee]

Originally Posted by Jennifer3141 

Good morning!

My best friend is coming up today to spend the weekend with us and then our holiday season will be pretty much over. I'll have one more gathering with family sometime this winter but school is going to be back in session around here!! We dropped down to everything but reading and grammar and a little math every once in awhile here during the holidays. And it felt like we took the entire month off until we turned around and looked back at all we did. But getting back into science and history sounds so wonderful right now!

Don't worry about posting Xtian stuff, Aimee. Those of us who aren't simply skip over it if it bothers us! :)

I lost a post I had written last night too. The library sounds awesome to us Aimee, for your older son. Have you checked to see if they have a kids program during the time your younger DS is in speech? We go to a weekly library program that is technically for preschoolers but they LOVE having us homeschoolers around too.

their story time is on a differnt day -- for some unknow n -- yet annoying reason -- the 3 local lib (sm tow n, small lib) in decent driving distance to us ALL do their story time, once a month, on the same day of the month!! [bang head].

i am just hoping the lib is OPEN -- limited hours, small town -- so we can go there, if not w e are off to the bakery (only other place to go and sit in tow n) if w e try to drive home and back w e'd loose most of our work time.

thanks

still not sure w hat we'll do -- i am thinking phonices and handwritting (he is at a point he needs more writting skills to do more math) -- he is only 5 so it is w ill also be a lot of just getting to read w ith momma without Little YELLING and grabbing the book and so on

[kittywitty]

Thanks, Momma Aimee, I'll check out that link. I don't mind it being Christian. I'm not, but I do respect it's place in our culture. Though I do strongly disagree with a lot of that-especially the bit about Aristotle.

I got a bunch of new hs books. Shakespeare books, classics, etc. I am looking into Lively Latin. Does anyone use it? It's quite pricey but looks fun.

Also, Rosetta Stone is having a big sale. I'm really tempted to use my cc and get it while the price is low. I was going to wait for tax returns. But the sale is only through today. Does anyone use Rosetta Stone 4? Is it worth it? SOOOOOO expensive. I'm thinking either French or Greek for dd (she's 10 and awesome at languages-how many levels would be smart to buy?). And one for ds but I can't get him to decide on a language.

[MyLittleWonders]

Originally Posted by kittywitty 


I got a bunch of new hs books. Shakespeare books, classics, etc. I am looking into Lively Latin. Does anyone use it? It's quite pricey but looks fun.
 

We are using LfC A right now but I'm debating doing LL book 1 next year to cement what we've learned before moving on to LfC B; I'm not sure though. Before choosing LfC A, I was seriously considering LL, but chose LfC due to the dvd. I have heard many good things about LL. 

As for us, I'm looking forward to getting back into our routine. I need to do some prep tomorrow with dh here to hold Little Miss if need be - I still have to copy the rest of our Latin for the year. Plus I'm working on streamlining our days without necessarily cutting anything. (Not sure how that will work, but I'm going to try!  )

Happy New Year to everyone!

[MyLittleWonders]

I started a new thread for the new year.