What would be the best books?

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  • November 12, 2010 at 2:31 pm
    brightdays
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    I am wondering what books would be most helpful for me from SCM?  We currently use the spelling program which our oldest LOVES!!!

    We have a 12yo boy in 7th grade currently using OM, while it is adequate, that is about all it is, pretty boring, just the bare basics, a 7.5yo daughter blessed with down syndrome – very much a preschooler 4-5 developmentally, and a 2.5yo boy who is very verbal and wants to know all about his world, we are also expecting another little one in Feb.

    I have been looking at the habits book and know we need that.  I was even thinking that could be our focus for the next few months until the baby comes.  I don’t know that I will change the 12yo right now, but maybe trade out his science for a slow start.  I would like to start thinking about/planning to change him completely for next year.

    I am also thinking of the Early Years book as I will have a couple in the early years for a while.

    Also, do you prefer the e-books or the printed version?

    Thanks,

    Christi

    November 12, 2010 at 8:47 pm
    MamaSnow
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    If you have little ones, I HIGHLY recommend the Early Years book.  It was amazingly helpful to me, especially in remembering to keep things simple and not feel pressured to do a lot of real ‘academic’ work in the preschool years, no matter how many blogs with cute printables that I stumble across!  I refer back to it often.  (I have dd5 who is doing a light kindergarten year at the moment, ds2 and dd 8m.)  I think the free sample is the first 4 chapters so you could start with that to get a feel for it…but if you are like me, you’ll probably want to purchase and download the whole thing once you’ve read that far! =)

    I also have the Planning your CM education guide, the Nature Study guide, the Language Arts Guide, and the Habits guide.  I am referring to the habits guide regularly right now. and the others were very helpful for wrapping my mind around what the CM method looks like and helping me starting thinking towards how we will do things in the future.  I don’t think I’ve gotten a dud yet from SCM, everything I’ve bought from here has been so wonderful and helpful.

    I have mostly the e-books which I then print out – mostly because we are overseas and it saves on the shipping time and cost.  I really like printed books though, and not reading on a screen.  The Habits guide was so much longer than some of the others I knew I wouldn’t want to print that so I ordered the paper copy.

    HTH!

    November 12, 2010 at 9:58 pm
    Rebekahy
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    Christi – Just wanted to write and say that I LOVED how you put that you have a daughter blessed with Downs Syndrome – My little sis has downs and I have always felt like our family was BLESSED to have HER!  May you have many joyful years with that sweet girl!!!  Keep your expectations high, as I’ve noticed that my sisters friends with Downs were very much a product of their household – if you treat them (not in EVERY CASE) as you do your other children they are often very capable of excelling and doing many things you might not expect, whereas if you treat them as handicapped then they respond as such.  (I know this doesn’t apply to ALL downs kids and there’s somewhat of a spectrum of high functioning vs. low functioning, but I always try to encourage parents not to let their own inhibitions hold back those dear kiddos!)  Anyhow – YEAH for you!  Your other three will be greatly blessed with a compassion for others simply because of their “special” sister and that tender heart is a true gift that so much of the world lacks.

    Blessings,

    Rebekah

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