Comments on: DK Books and the Smrt Mama who loves them

By: Care

Care — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:20:37 +0000

Odd, I can’t reply to your reply. o.o; Apparently, I’m too chatty. So I reply here.

And absolutely it can wait until Tuesday. ^_^ I’m not going to be able to buy between now and then, and I sure as hell can’t borrow from the library and keep the book for the next three to five years. XD

By: Smrt Mama

Smrt Mama — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:15:14 +0000

That’s a good question! Can it wait until Tuesday and be my featured question?

By: Care

Care — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:13:21 +0000

Yeah. I already get a lot of weird looks because LP isn’t in a “preschool” program. I know full well it’s a big daycare at not-quite-two, but it’s still weird. Like I’m stunting his intellectual growth by keeping him home to play with Duplos instead of sending him to a bigger building to do play Duplos with other kids. o.o;;

Okay. And just to submit a new “Ask a [Smrt] Homeschooler” question: What do you think regarding using the library for materials? Is it worth going out and buying your own copy of all materials? Will the library (be likely to) have core texts and you can just use all their books? Is a blend a reasonable and feasible option?

By: Smrt Mama

Smrt Mama — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:04:53 +0000

Yes, I haven’t yet had the “everyone else is going to preschool, but my baby is staying home” experience. I’ll have that w/ Babypie, though.

By: Care

Care — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:03:24 +0000

Honestly, I’m hoping that in addition to defraying the initial “start-up” cost, that planning will also keep me occupied enough to be patient and not go rushing out to buy whatever it is I’ve heard about and start *tomorrow.* I know my little isn’t old enough for school yet, and there are still many things he needs to know before he is. I’m just very twitchy (particularly with Girl Next Door trotting off to preschool every day) to be doing something. XD So I’m trying to distract myself and keep the “teaching” to developmentally appropriate stuff. XD

By: Smrt Mama

Smrt Mama — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:55:07 +0000

Hey, early planning is good!

By: Care

Care — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:51:43 +0000

It’s also very possible that I just missed the part where they pointed it out – I’ve been reading in chunks recently. XD

I’ll keep an eye out. ^_^ Thank you for the tip!

(Yes, I know I’m looking entirely too early. But I figure if I can get a good idea of what I’d like to start with, then I can slowly accumulate, and by the time he’s ready to start school, it won’t be five thousand things we need to buy all at once)

By: Smrt Mama

Smrt Mama — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:39:49 +0000

I do think they’re pretty on the level about their degree of non-secularity. Some of the recommendations do need to be vetted, but mostly they’re ok.

By: Care

Care — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:35:59 +0000

Well, I suppose that was easy enough. o.O;; I didn’t even have time to go look – I posted, I changed a diaper, there’s a reply. o.o;;

I suppose this means that all things recommended in WTM are probably in a dire need of vetting for secular-ity before purchase. Why do you suppose the book, which seems written from a religious-but-trying-to-be-secular viewpoint, doesn’t point these things out?

By: Smrt Mama

Smrt Mama — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:23:30 +0000

Well, Story of the World isn’t remotely secular. It’s very Judeo-Christian-centric. The most recent edition is apparently not as bad, but it’s still not secular.