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12-14 curriculum
Any word on when the 12-14 level will be released? Or more information about literature included? You are probably tired of the question, we are jus
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2 | 41 | 5/7/2013 | ||
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online
I just bought the full year online for 10-12. This is our first year using the curriculum online, we've done the past two years in hard copy. Is there
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2 | 143 | 4/8/2013 | ||
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I have a very bright child who has dislexia and I was wonderfing what level to purchase? She will be 10 this fall but is currently reading at about a
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3 | 84 | 4/2/2013 | ||
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Human Body
Hello,
I was looking over next year's curriculum and noticed that human body is a unit in the 9-11 age level and the 12-14 age level. What is the
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3 | 101 | 4/1/2013 | ||
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full year literature
Is there a full year literature package that does not include the books? I'm looking for full year online curriculum only. I have many of these books
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3 | 122 | 3/27/2013 | ||
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Teaching Siblings - How to choose?!
Hello! We've had our kids in private Montessori, then homeschooled, then public school, & have now homeschooled for about ew years now. And I've
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2 | 46 | 5/6/2013 | ||
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Can my 12yo handle 11-13?
Thanks to your response to '7-9 or 8-10 for gifted nearly 8yo' thread, I think my youngest is set doing 8-10 at a slower pace. I then began suggestin
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2 | 68 | 4/19/2013 | ||
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Need honest input about placement
I am trying to decide between 5-7 and 6-8 for my son who is not quite 5 1/2. We have done some academics this year and he is reading well (can read a
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3 | 98 | 4/15/2013 | ||
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Curriculum ONLY questions
If I order the Curriculum only portion, ages 9-11, will there be a list of the literature books I will need to seek out?
I plan to use our public lib
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4 | 95 | 4/9/2013 | ||
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Is there a parent's manual that tells me what to do each day?
I have many kids and I am looking for a curriculum that has a check off list each day. That tells me exactly what needs to be done each day. Also are
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2 | 164 | 4/3/2013 | ||
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Asperger and MBP
My son is a 10 year old with Asperger's Syndrome. He is gifted in reading wich is not a problem. The really hard situation comes with writing. I do no
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7 | 208 | 3/25/2013 | ||
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Gifted and dyslexic
I wanted to let others know that I am using this curriculum with my two children, who are both dyslexic and gifted. It is difficult to find a good fi
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Speech Therapy and Home Schooling
Hello
I am a Speech Language Pathologist with over 25 years of experience working in the public schools. Like most, my faith in the public scho
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4 | 557 | 10/19/2012 | ||
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I do not know what to believe.
Hello, I really hope you guys can help me get my head around this.
Our 2yod son has multiple health problems. In addition to other specialist in
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writing troubles
Do you have suggestions for a child who gets easily frustrated when writing? My daughter loves a story, and used to even love to write them, but no
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Spelling lists
In the "Getting Started" section, there is a link to download weekly spelling worksheets. When I click on it, however, the spelling workshee
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3 | 51 | 4/23/2013 | ||
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good fit for non-gifted? (possibly dyslexic/Asperger)
I am looking for a packaged curriculum for my daughter who will be 5 in August. (I need the package to pull it all together ;) ). She is currently rec
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1 | 50 | 4/17/2013 | ||
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Supplementary Reading List
I purchased the 5-7 Concept 1. Is there supposed to be a supplementary reading list included? In the Note to Parents:How to Use section it mentions op
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8 | 161 | 3/20/2013 | ||
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Request for Book list for 5-7 Concept 4 Change Unit 3 History
Does anyone have the supplementary book list for:
5-7 Concept 4 Change Unit 3 History ?
The materials list on both Lessons 4 and 5 say "sugge
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8 | 380 | 1/7/2013 | ||
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Help!
This is our first year with MBTP. My daughter was 4.5 when we began the 5-7 program in the Fall. I am struggling with getting the work done. She is
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2 | 251 | 12/18/2012 | ||
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Can the books be substituted?
Can I use my own book (about, say, forces or the continents) in place of a book in Age 6-8? Or are the activities very book-specific?
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3 | 52 | 4/22/2013 | ||
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Backordered Base Ten Blocks
Hello, Keith, I ordered Concept 2 of 6-8 this morning, and I noticed that the base10 blocks are backordered. How long until those will be back in stoc
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3 | 88 | 1/25/2013 | ||
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Spelling Words
The instructions say to select some words from the spelling list. Where is the spelling list? Are they the same as Vocabulary?
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1 | 191 | 10/18/2012 | ||
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Need reassurance....
I have A 6 (7 in Oct.) year old boy who can (and loves) to read Dr. Seuss books. He still needs practice, of course, with silent e but the assessments
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4 | 336 | 7/19/2012 | ||
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Combining 6-8 with 8-10 - any tips?
We will be using MBtP 8-10 with my dd8 next year, and starting homeschool with my ds6. I'm planning on including ds in the science/social studies com
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3 | 318 | 5/7/2012 | ||
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Answers to the reading questions in Poppy?
Are there answers to the chapter comprehension questions for Poppy? I cannot find them in the parent guide..
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5 | 75 | 4/19/2013 | ||
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Please tell me if this is normal
Okay my daughter is 8 she turned 8 in August. A friend turned me on to Moving Beyond the Page. I took the plunge for LA next year and the 8-10 progr
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4 | 122 | 4/1/2013 | ||
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Using 7-9 for one child and 6-8 the other
Hi, I just found MBTP and am really impressed! I want to use the 6-8 curriculum with my youngest as well as the 7-9 full curriculum with my middle son
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2 | 55 | 3/25/2013 | ||
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Help with expectations
Hi everyone! My 9 year old daughter is using the 7-9 program..we started it about a year and a half ago, and are WAY behind due to some massive life c
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1 | 201 | 11/16/2012 | ||
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Concept 2 Unit 3: Astronomy graphic
The activity 3 page, an illustration of the solar system should perhaps be reviewed and edited. There are (in our copy of the book) two planets on t
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2 | 208 | 9/19/2012 | ||
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Concept 1 Interdependence Unit 3 Lesson 4: Environmental Changes, Acticity 6
Hello,
For the above referenced section the child is supposed to put together a board game to play with family members. The instructions explain t
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3 | 47 | 5/1/2013 | ||
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Question about the Wanderer
I have not read The Wanderer.. so when the lesson asks for the child to record something.. along the lines of their interpretation of a character..and
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4 | 82 | 3/6/2013 | ||
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Writing
How would you compare the writing program in MBtP to Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)?
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3 | 193 | 2/15/2013 | ||
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which DVD version of Robinson Crusoe do you recommend?
I'm gathering materials for our first unit and saw 'Robinson Crusoe DVD' as a suggested material - which film version do you recommend, which is trues
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8 | 521 | 11/16/2012 | ||
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Spelling Words
We have been getting organized. In the Language Arts book, it says that spelling words can be found in the Appendix. Yet, there does not seem to be
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State Government and Economics, typo...
We just completed lesson 6 and in the vocabulary Activity Set 1.. there is a typo.. Capitalism is listed twice when one of them should be Wants. The a
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2 | 46 | 4/19/2013 | ||
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Concept 1 - Unit 1 Energy - Lesson 1 Activity 2 - Energy and Work
Problem 2 and Problem 2 are simply incorrect. In Problem 2 the man and the wheelchair weigh 110 pounds. This means that he and his wheelchair exert a
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4 | 85 | 3/16/2013 | ||
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Bible / Character lessons
I am just starting out with MBtP and would love to add daily bible or character lessons that correspond with the literature, science or social studies
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2 | 83 | 3/8/2013 | ||
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Kids Learn America...
is a tedious book! My son and I do not enjoy the jumbled bits of information on each state. He dreads this book daily. I just ordered The United State
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4 | 148 | 3/6/2013 | ||
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Using MBTP with children of different grade levels?
We have been using the Language Arts portion of MBTP for 2 years now and really love it. I have a 4th grader and a 2nd grader. Currently the 2nd grade
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Sun Gods and Sacrifice
We were doing the 10-12 last year and did not get all the way through. We are currently finishing up the last concept and I was getting the books on
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5 | 213 | 4/4/2013 | ||
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Just starting out - so confused!
This is our first attempt at homeschooling and I chose MBtP because it seemed so well laid out. Now I'm not so sure.
I thought I understood that e
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8 | 429 | 11/7/2012 | ||
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rubric 10-12
We love using Moving beyond the Page and was thrilled to see the rubrics included to help grade the Language Arts assignments. However, my husband an
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1 | 159 | 11/3/2012 | ||
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Time Line Cards
Does anyone know where I can get the time line cards? I am doing 11-13 but no reponse there and the program says 10-12 does them too. Thanks!
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New Idea for: Age 10-12
Unit 2: Civil Rights; Lesson 2: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
It now is on streaming on netflix.
<a href='http://www.movingbeyo
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11-13 for a struggling 14 year old?
Hi, Just wondering if it would be reasonalbe to use this program (11-13) with a struggling 14 year old? Any other older kids using it? Is it too 'baby
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3 | 107 | 5/13/2013 | ||
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Need Chart for The Hobbit, Lesson 11
There is a chart of transitional expressions referenced in lesson 11 of The Hobbit, yet no chart is in the lesson. Is there a place where errata are c
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1 | 43 | 3/28/2013 | ||
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Independent Study/Research
What does everyone do for this? My son is in Unit 5 of first semester and there were no instructions with the curriculum for this portion. Any ideas?
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1 | 51 | 3/13/2013 | ||
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Where to go from here?
Hey. I read on a Facebook group (Differently Schooled Who Use MBTP) that 12-14 would not be available until fall 2013. Is this true? Another post m
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4 | 552 | 3/13/2013 | ||
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retired curriculum
Hello,
On the back of my 10-12 Science manual, there lists the older version of the 11-13 classes. Is there any way to get a hold of the teacher/
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Just found this curriculum
And I must say its exactly what I've been looking for. I've used Sonlight and though it uses great literature if you want to tie things together you h
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Anyone doing peak with books right now?
We have been doing Before Five In A Row, but our parent partnership wouldn't supply it this year, so we were given peak with books. We're doing Noah'
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1 | 248 | 9/5/2012 | ||
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Who is Here?
Hi Everyone! I just noticed how much less traffic this section gets, and I would love to meet other families using this for their children. I will s
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Description of "Guide to Homeschooling with Peak With Books".
The Preschool curriculum utilizing the Peak With Books sounds like it could be great for my daughter.
Could someone give a brief description of w
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Typical Day?
I'm going to be starting the Peak With Books curriculum in January with my son, who will be 4yo in December. Although he is a beginning reader and pic
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