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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Year 2 Booklist - updated


This is the revised Year 2 booklist for Maple Hill Academy.


This booklist is based on the Ambleside Online program, and the Milestones Academy program, with adjustments.



Follow the Ambleside Online Year 2 with the following changes:


Scriptures:
Penny Gardner Storied Scriptures

Scripture Memorizations (your choice)
Optional:
Reading from Church Magazines
Singing Primary Song (Select 1 per month. Can also sing in Foreign Language or ASL)


History:
Remove This Country of Ours
Add in Family History (Genealogy) - Learn about Grandparents


History Tales and/or Biography:
We do not do Trial and Triumph - your choice


Canadian History:
See Canadian History Plan


Geography:
no changes


Natural History/Science:
(Add in "Wild Days" - Karen Radcliffe as a reference for parent)
(Add in "Pocket Full of Pinecones" - Karen Andreola as a reference/inspiration for parent)
Add in (for reading practice as well as science) Christian Nature Reader Book 2 (or appropriate level) WHEN child is ready to read it.


Phonics: (Reading Instruction)
See Maple Hill posts on teaching reading
(Christian Nature Reader Book 2 (or appropriate level) WHEN child is ready to read it - for science as well as reading practice)


Math:
We strongly recommend the Mathmatics Enhancement Programme
Another free choice is Khan Academy which is nice for a little change, but can also be a stand-alone online program.


Foreign Language: (We are doing German, but it is your choice)

(See Year 1 if just starting)

Find 3 German story books with Audio CD's (1 per term)
Do copywork from the German books
Translate small passages into English orally
Find more German songs

Optional: Practice Primary song of the month in German
Optional: Primsleur German


Poetry:
no change.



Writing/Copywork:
Peterson Directed Handwriting (Cursive Step 3) (if moving from print, might want to start with Step 2 instead, but can start with Step 3 - it will move faster) If you have already done Step 2, still do Step 3 - it teaches a more adult proportion to the letters)

Selected copywork from readings/scriptures/etc.


Literature:
no changes

Canadian Literature:
See Canadian Literature Plan


Free Reading:
Remove "Abraham Lincoln"
Remove "Brighty of the Grand Canyon" (to make room for Canadian Literature)
Add "Levi's Life" - Kathryn Louis


Sketching/Painting
Basic Observation Drawing - some resources


Picture Study:
some info
Family Rotation


Music(read how-to) [note this How-to is on Milestones Academy]

Recommended - Violin, Piano OR Recorder (inexpensive) OR other similar instruments


Do NOT start more than one instrument at once! Wait until a student is very comfortable with 1 instrument before starting another.


Violin
- Suzuki Violin [we do this with an instructor ] - Recommended Resource "Step-by-Step" series by Kerstin Wartberg


Piano
- Suzuki Piano [we do this without an instructor] Recommended Resource "Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music" by Bigler and Lloyd-Watts
- another option is Piano Adventures - Information and Video Lesson Guide here!


Recorder option for a very inexpensive music alternative, or for the parent that is too uncomfortable trying to teach something else on their own...

Nine-Note Recorder method (there is a "Beyond Nine-Note" book too, if you get to this point.) [note, we haven't tried this yet]


Other
Similar instruction in another instrument. (ie, Suzuki Cello)


Scouting:
Scouting Plan for their age
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Canadian History Plan - Updated!


Note - this is now out of date, but is still useful for Canadians using AO. Also, many of these resources will be being used with the new rotation system.
See new plan
II have decided to make things line up more with the AO History timeline. I am keeping the original plan on the blog, but this is an alternative.

Depending on the resources available to you, I am providing two options.
Option 1:
The main resource is "Great Canadian Lives - Portraits in History to 1867" (hereafter called GCL) - Unfortunately this book is out of print and can be expensive. (My library has several copies.) There is a copy online here. I'm not sure what would be up with the copyright, but this seems to be an educational site.

The other resource is "My First History of Canada" by Donalda Dickie & Rudiger Krause (Hereafter called MFH)
I generally read the time period in "My First History of Canada" as an overview, then read "Great Canadian Lives" for the short biographies.
Option 2:
The resource for this option is "The Story of Canada" by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore. (Hereafter called SOC)
For Both Options:
One other good resource is the Canadian Minutes - the little ads from TV. They can be found here. I think that new ones are being added still - But am putting suggestions in the plan.

I expect to change some of the AO biographies from Americans to Canadians....


Year 1 - AO timeline is "early history, focusing on people"

Details for this year are pending as I pre-read my selections. I am also open to good suggestions for books on Native Americans or Canadian Heros.
  • SOC - Ch. 1 "A Hundred Centuries" [skip evolutionary info as desired for family]
  • Minutes - Inukshuk (1931) - but done for centuries
Biographies (not necessarily in chronological position for Year 1)
  • "Child's History of United States" - Morris - Ch 1 NOTE: Used as a biography of Columbus. This is the only chapter used of this book, so use the free version here.
  • "John Cabot: The Ongoing search for a Westward Passage to Asia" - Marian Rengel OR
  • "Henry Hudson: English Explorer of the Northwest Passage" - Josepha Sherman
Year 2 - AO timeline is 1000 AD - 1550
Canadian Timeline - early/vikings/discovery
  • SOC - Ch 2. "Strangers on the Coast" OR
  • MFH - Chapter 1-2
  • GCL - The Mists of Time (Section 1 of Chapter 1, plus "Across the High Seas" and "John Cabot")
Year 3 - AO timeline is 1500-1600
Canadian Timeline - 1500-1700
  • SOC - Chapter 3 "Habitants and Voyageurs" up to but not including "Voyageurs" OR
  • MFH - Chapter 2 - 9
  • GCL - Rest of Chapter 1 - Chapter 3 "The Days of Frontenac"
Year 4 - AO timeline is 1700's to ~1800
Canadian Timeline - 1700-1812
  • SOC - Rest of Chapter 3, Chapter 4 "The Colonists" up to but not including "The War of 1812" OR
  • MFH - Chapter 10-13
  • GCL - Rest of Chapter 3 - Chapter 4
Year 5 - 1800-1920
Canadian Timeline - 1812-1910
  • SOC - Rest of Chapter 4 - Chapter 8 OR
  • MFH - Chapter 14-20
  • GCL - Chapter 5 - end
  • another resource TBD (from 1867+)
  • The Battles of the War of 1812 - Pierre Berton
  • Exploring the Frozen North - Pierre Berton
  • "A Pioneer Story" - Barbara Greenwood. (also called "A Pioneer Sampler"?)
  • "The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad" - Barbara Greenwood
  • "Gold Rush Fever: A Story of the Klondike" - Barbara Greenwood
  • The Great Klondike Gold Rush - Pierre Berton
  • Full Steam to Canada
topics to include RCMP, Goldrush
Year 6 - 1920 to Present day (then a term in ancient history)
Canadian Timeline - 1910-Present
  • SOC - Chapter 9 - end OR
  • MFH - Chapter 20-21
  • another resource TBD
Later Years:
The later Years are still very much in draft mode, with gaps in resources at this stage. All resources mentioned are just being considered.
Year 7 - 800-1400's (Middle Ages)
Canadian Timeline - Pre-1496
Year 8 - 1400-1600's (Reniassance to Reformation)
Canadian Timeline - 1492-~1700
Year 9 - 1688-1815
Canadian Timeline - ~1700-1815
  • The Invasion of Canada (1812-1813) - Pierre Berton
  • Flames Across the Boarders (1813-1814) - Pierre Berton
Year 10 - 1815-1901
Canadian Timeline - 1815-~1900
  • The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole (1818-1909) - Pierre Berton
  • The National Dream: The Great Railway (1871-1881) - Pierre Berton
  • The Last Spike: The Great Railway (1881-1885) - Pierre Berton
  • Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush (1896-1899) - Pierre Berton
  • The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay (1897-1899) - Pierre Berton
  • The Promised Land:Settling the West (1896-1914) - Pierre Berton
Year 11 - 20th Century
Canadian Timeline - 20th Century
  • Marching As To War (1899-1953) - Pierre Berton
  • Vimy - [WWI] - Pierre Berton
  • The Great Depression (1829-1839) - Pierre Berton

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Scouting Plan


In Canada, I recommend using the BPSA Scouting Program. However, Scouts Canada, or Girl Guides of Canada also have good programs. Note that both BPSA and Scouts Canada can be co-ed.


For each Age, I've put in recommendations of which badges to work on. Note that your leader may want to do things differently! You may also work on more badges. If you don't join at the earliest age, you will want to try to earn the badges mentioned for earlier ages as well.

Although I am listing badges for each age, for Otters (in BPSA) and Cubs (in SC), the main program badges (paws, or stars) each cover a specific type of activity, like outdoor activities or handicrafts, etc. To keep things balanced, you should do a few activities from each main badge every year.

BPSA (see alternatives below)

Age 5 - Otters

Investiture Badge
Safety Badge
Also:
Plant a tree and look after it for a year for the Green Paw
A Field Trip should occur to go towards the Service Badge
A few nights of camping to go towards the Camping Badge

Age 6 - Otters (Alternatives - Beavers or Sparks)

Blue Paw (Activity)
Red Paw (Helping)
Tan Paw (Handicraft)
Also:
Plant a tree and look after it for a year for the Green Paw if you haven't already
A Field Trip should occur to go towards the Service Badge
A few nights of camping to go towards the Camping Badge


Age 7 - Otters

Green Paw (Outdoors)
Camping Badge
Service Badge
Swimming Otter Badge

Age 8 - Timber Wolves

Investiture Badge
1st Star
Life Skills
- other badges as interested

Age 9 - Timber Wolves

2nd Star
First Aid
- other badges as interested

Age 10 - Timber Wolves

Leaping Wolf
- other badges as interested

Age 11 - Timber Wolves or Explorers


Age 12 - Explorers


Age 13 - Explorers


Age 14 - Explorers


Age 15 - Explorers or Senior Explorers


Age 16 - Senior Explorers


Age 17 - Senior Explorers


Age 18+ - Rovers


ALTERNATIVES
Scouts Canada

Age 5 to 7 - Beavers

Beavers has no badges

Age 8 - Cubs

Investiture Badge
(tbd)
- other badges as interested

Age 9 - Cubs

(tbd)
- other badges as interested

Age 10 - Cubs

(tbd)
- other badges as interested

Age 11 - Scouts


Age 12 - Scouts


Age 13 - Scouts


Age 14 - Venturers (or Scouts)


Age 15 -
Venturers (or Scouts)


Age 16 - Venturers


Age 17 - Venturers


Age 18+ - Rovers


Girl Guides of Canada
The Guiding program has changed significantly since I was last involved, and I no longer have up-to-date information about the badges.

Age 5 to 6 - Sparks
Age 7 to 8 - Brownies
Age 9 to 11 - Guides
Age 12 to 14 - Pathfinders
Age 15-18 - Rangers or Cadets or Junior Leaders (Senior Branches)

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

MEP Notes and Errata

I am writing this to make notes of any errata in the MEP program, and to clear any confusion. This page will be updated as items are found.


(Some of these were found by people on the mep yahoo group)


General

  • A textbook is mentioned - but is not really necessary. You can do the program without buying it.
  • When you print any pages out with measurement questions - make sure that you have Adobe set to NOT stretch/scale to fit the page, or your measurements will be wrong when you measure the items. I set it this way in general - I lose the page numbers and have to handwrite them in - but it saves the problem. (This problem is caused by the pdf's being made for the standard European A4 paper, which is a little longer than the American standard letter sized paper.)
  • Don't worry about converting the pounds and pence questions, just mention that they use different money, but it works the same as dollars and cents.
  • If you are from the states - don't convert all the measurements from metric. Metric is base 10, and very easy. It helps with the concepts of place value in earlier years, and is used in most of the world, and in science. If day-to-day life isn't giving enough american measurement practice, buy a cheap unit from the store on measurements to work on that one item.

One other area that can cause confusion is the numbers within a > or <> where the 1 is little and inside the > sign means ONE more than. If there was a 2 there, it would mean TWO more than. Same with the <> ? the only right answer is 4, whereas 5 > ? has answers of 4,3,2,1,0 (,.....)

Reception Year

  • Lesson 2, Activity 2. Question asks "How many cars did you not color in?" Answer is shown as 2. Answer should be 1.
  • Lesson 39, Activity 2. Question asks "How many animals are there altogether?" Answer is shown as 8. Answer should be 9
  • Lesson 41, Activity 2. Question asks "What is beside the scarf?" Answer is shown as Umbrella and Pine-tree. Answer should be Umbrella and Flower
  • Lesson 43, Activity 2 (Game 7) - Game is impossible to win as printed. As you can move up and down only with even numbers, you need an ODD number of rows (as you don't count the row you start on....) But there are an even number of rows in the grid, so you can never get to the winning row. ALSO, my kids found this game too frustrating, as they would roll a number that to move they had to move away from their goal... So we quit this game early.
  • Lesson 48, Activity 1 - Very last line in the activity - in the Explanation - Says Three and two and five make nine altogether... the five should be four.
  • Lesson 53, Activity 1 - There are 4 triangles, and 5 circles. Partway through it asks "Which are thee more of, triangles or circles?" (Circles) "How many more?" - Two more circles than triangles. Obviously should be ONE more circle than triangles.

Year 1

  • Some of the early practice pages have questions that are never mentioned in the lesson - ?
  • Posters - they were misnumbered - but might be fixed on the website?
  • Note that occasionally you do some practice pages further in the book than you are - these seem to be some writing practice pages.
  • Note that on occasion the student can choose which question out of a few to do.... let them!
  • Lesson 25 Q2. - This is not a typo, this question introduces the concept of negative numbers. Get out the number line with negative numbers and have a go with your child. It is fine if they don't "get it" - but many children do, and it is a nice intro.
  • Lesson 34 Activity 5 - Lesson plan says to Take 12 from 3. Should be take 1 from 3.
  • Lesson 73 Activity 1 - On the lesson plan, it says to write on the BB: 9-3=7.... this is obviously wrong...
  • Lesson 73 Activity 2 - Says the question is "Each plate had 8 pears on it" but the question book says "Each plate has 9 pears on it" - should be 9.
  • Lesson 93, Activity 2 - Says to use calendar from lesson 91 to figure out answers - but questions show year 1999, and calendar on pg 91 is from 2001. Change the 1999's to 2001 to match.
  • Lesson 100 Q3 - Note that you can change the operation sign too, not just the numbers!
  • Lesson 126 Activity 3 - Minor one... title is Pictures of 14, and says to look at the pictures of 14.... should be 15.
  • Lesson 139 Activity 1 - Count down by 4's. Says 17, 13, 8, 5, 1. Should be 17, 13, 9, 5, 1

Year 2

  • Lesson 174 Q5 - We think the answer should be 1 apple = 36 bananas not 9 as in the LP.

Year 3

  • Lesson 10 Activity 7a - (extra activities) - The last numbers in the table are 8 with a 6 under it. Either change the 8 to a 2, or just clear out the 8 and let the student work out that it is a 2. (8 is definitely wrong!)
  • Lesson 54 Activity 4 - Says 89 divided by 0 = 0. Answer should be undefined.

Year 6

  • Lesson 2 Activity 1 - 177 is not a prime number. Should be 277.

Year 8

  • Unit 1, Lesson 5, Critical Path Analysis, Problem #4 - Float time for B might be 17, not 7. Float time for G might be 27, not 20. This is unconfirmed.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Year K

See the Updated Version Here

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Kindle Book Links


Another person has been working hard at getting the Ambleside Online booklist setup with links to Kindle-ready books (mostly free.) Many of the links are to Amazon, but there are other sources as well.

Although Maple Hill Academy isn't following AO directly, a lot of the books are used, just in different years.

I really appreciate the work this other homeschooler has done. Even if you don't own a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle for PC program (or one for MAC, or for some mobile devices).

Hope this helps someone!
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Artist Index

*Updated 07 Dec 10*

As mentioned in other posts, I recommend at first starting picture study by picking artists with pictures you feel might interest your children, and then continuing to other artists work - possibly following the lists from Ambleside Online or other sites. I also provided a few online museum websites to find pictures you can use.

I'm adding in the links to the Ambleside Picture Study groups as a great place to get pictures. Thanks so much for the wonderful people who have provided that resource to us!

Sites in Index

The Year 0 site (an unofficial AO site, great no matter which year you are in)

AO 8.5x11 format A - (1999-2008 rotations)
AO 8.5x11 format B - (2009 + rotations)

(same pictures in other sizes)


Angela Zimmerman's Version of AO selections - an unofficial (I think) site - has all the selections for a year in one pdf. Note that the naming of the files vary, and may have more than one artist in a file, so you do have to look carefully. In index - denoted by (AZ)


Non AO Websites

How to use the index
Here is a list of the artists that currently are on these sites. This is subject to change. This list is alphabetized by the last name.

  • The numbers at the end indicate the official AO sites. They indicate which year it was used, to help you find them on the sites.
  • Year 0 means the unofficial year 0 site.
  • (AZ) means Angela Zimmerman's site.
  • (N1), (N2) etc. means a non-AO site, as listed above.

If an artist has been done more than one year, or is in more than one site, check all locations, as there maybe different pictures and resources, or the quality may vary. If you don't know what the artist's style looks like, I would download the file from Angela's (AZ) site first, as you can quickly see several pictures. (Or you could do a search in google images to see a sampling of thumbnails.) This can help you decide if you do want to do that artist.


Index

B
  • Robert Bateman [Canadian] - Note - pictures will still be copy protected. Sites given are to give ideas of what his pictures are like. You will probably need to find a book, or just look at the pictures online! (N1)
  • Giotto di Bondone (04/05), (AZ)
  • Alessandro Botticelli (00/01), (08/09), (AZ)
  • Pieter Bruengel the Elder (06/07), (AZ)
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti (05/06), (AZ)

C
  • Michelangelo Merisi da Caravagio (99/00), (10/11), (AZ 2 files)
  • Mary Cassatt (Year 0), (04/05), (AZ)
  • Paul Cezanne (01/02), (AZ)
  • Frederick Edwin Church (02/03), (AZ)
  • Thomas Cole (02/03), (AZ)
  • John Singleton Copley (02/03), (AZ)
  • Camille Corot (03/04), (AZ)
  • Gustave Courbet (03/04), (AZ)
  • Jasper Francis Cropsey (02/03), (AZ)
D
  • Michelangelo Merisi da Caravagio (99/00), (AZ)
  • Leonardo da Vinci (07/08), (AZ)
  • Jacques-Louis David (03/04), (AZ)
  • Pieter de Hooch (01/02), (AZ)
  • Edgar Degas (02/03), (AZ)
  • Andrea del Verrocchio (00/01), (AZ)
  • Eugene Delacroix (00/01), (10/11 *not there as of 7 Dec 2010, but should be there soon), (AZ - 2 files)
  • Giotto di Bondone (04/05), (AZ)
  • Asher B. Durand (02/03), (AZ)
  • Albrecht Durer (99/00), (10/11), (AZ - 2 files)
E
  • Jan van Eych (07/08), (AZ)
F
  • Jean-Honore Fragonard (00/01), (AZ)
  • Caspar David Friedrich (08/09), (AZ)

G
  • Thomas Gainsborough (Year 0)
  • Paul Gauguin (01/02), (AZ)
  • Theodore Gericault (00/01), (AZ)
  • Vincent van Gogh (08/09), (AZ)
H
  • Winslow Homer (04/05), (AZ)
  • Pieter de Hooch (01/02), (AZ)
L
  • Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (Year 0), (AZ) [the AZ prints were not an AO selection]
  • Sir Thomas Lawrence (Year 0)
M
  • Edouard Manet (02/03), (AZ)
  • Henri Matisse (AZ) [not an AO selection]
  • Mauve (AZ) [not an AO selection]
  • Claude Monet (Year 0), (09/10), (AZ)
R
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Year 0), (01/02), (AZ)
  • Rembrandt van Rijn (07/08), (AZ)
  • Auguste Rodin (01/02), (AZ)
  • Peter Paul Rubens (03/04), (AZ)
  • Jacob van Ruisdael (01/02), (AZ)
S
  • Raphael Sanzio (09/10), (AZ)
  • John Singer Sargent (09/10), (AZ)
  • Georges Seurat (01/02), (AZ)
  • Gilbert Stuart (02/03), (AZ)
T
  • Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (06/07), (AZ)
  • Joseph Mallord William Turner (06/07), (AZ)
V
  • Diego Valazquez (03/04), (AZ)
  • Jan van Eych (07/08), (AZ)
  • Vincent van Gogh (08/09), (AZ)
  • Rembrandt van Rijn (07/08), (AZ)
  • Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (06/07), (AZ)
  • Jan Vermeer (05/06), (AZ)
  • Andrea del Verrocchio (00/01), (AZ)
  • Leonardo da Vinci (07/08), (AZ)
W
  • John William Waterhouse (05/06), (AZ)
  • Jean-Antoine Watteau (00/01), (AZ)
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