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  • Re: Kindergarden

    Greetings to you Bigbluecateyes, I can understand your frustration and equally your concern regarding phonics. I saw your posting and was moved to respond. I felt the same way when I saw children in my son's age group doing things that he hadn't achieved just yet. It can be very discouraging...
  • Re: Calvert Reference Library Question

    We are doing 4th grade and I got the Reference Library III. The Dictionary and Thesaurus are both hard cover and a nice looking set. The Dictionary has red areas for each letter to make finding the words easy. There are directions on how to use this Dictionary in the front with sample pages showing each...
    Posted to Enrichment Courses (Forum) by Anonymous on 08-23-2007
  • Re: music enrichment

    We received our Discoveries in Music course last week. I've viewed a few of the DVD lessons, and this is a very nice Introduction to Music course. There are 32 lessons, with additional resources listed at the back of the guidebook. Learning to read music is touched upon (there is a page showing whole...
    Posted to Enrichment Courses (Forum) by TraciS on 07-22-2007
  • Re: Discoveries in Science

    We have Discoveries in Science, and we're doing 3rd grade. I have looked through the science textbook and the DiS book together, and compared experiments. Sometimes I incorporate a DiS project into the regular science lesson, but my son has more fun doing the DiS lessons as "extra" lessons...
    Posted to Enrichment Courses (Forum) by TraciS on 07-17-2007
  • Re: music enrichment

    I ordered the Discoveries In Music course yesterday. Recently, my son has been expressing an interest in music. I know he's not ready for private music lessons, though! I believe this will be a good introduction to music, and will post again when we receive the course. :)
    Posted to Enrichment Courses (Forum) by TraciS on 07-15-2007
  • Re: Supplement Q's for PreK

    Hi Lara! As difficult as it is to wait, I usually try to hold off on buying "extras" until I've: Received the Calvert Box, Started the lessons. I have not had the pleasure of using Calvert's Pre-K, but have been using them since 1st grade (we're using 3rd grade now). Calvert includes...
  • music enrichment

    What do you guys think of Calverts music course? I'm thinking about purchasing it for my rising 2nd grader but really don't know anything about it. Do they learn to read music? Thank you for your time, Robyn :)
    Posted to Enrichment Courses (Forum) by Robyn1065 on 07-12-2007
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