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  • Swedish

    I would like to teach my children (ages 6 and 1) Swedish. Does anyone know of some good materials?
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by sgerard on 09-16-2008

  • Re: secular curriculum

    a1wheeler, I have a G/LD that I am homeschooling...we are new to it as of this year. I am a certified teacher for whatever that is worth! I have found that most history and lit programs can't keep up with him, so I bought a used student/teacher 9th grade am. st. set from backpack, and I use Junior...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by princesshannon2002 on 02-19-2008

  • Re: Learning a second

    We also have a focus on languages. My husband and I both work flexible hours and he speaks to our daughters only in Portuguese. He has been really good about keeping that up even though Portuguese is a second language for him as well. He also reads to them in Portuguese, and they watch films in Portuguese...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by MarisaM on 12-23-2007

  • Re: Learning a second

    That's inspiring!! What you're also describing is that your children are doing Mandarin--every day!! They must be learning it well. Are you parents also learning Mandarin? If so, I can see how great that would be and how it would lend itself to family activities. We did Latin--which has a lot...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by welearn on 12-03-2007

  • Learning a second

    One important reason for our homeschooling choice is our emphasis on learning a second language. Our children are adopted from Asian countries and we wanted them to develop fluency in an Asian language. We chose Mandarin Chinese. Each day we are able to focus some of our learning time in this area as...
    Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by JEMaas on 11-29-2007
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