We did 1-2 pages a day. I also added in the Chrisitan light publications-learning numbers with bible facts 1-12(1 page), some of the Rod & Staff coloring books for fun and the bible story from Rod & Staff. I tried to bring out other things to make it more hands on and to slow her down with singing, flashcards and different things to count. I would do 1 page in the workbook and then switch to another activity. I laminated her name and had her trace it with a marker. I bought some wipe off board books with letters and numbers to trace. We did sand writing. Of course, we didn't do all of these everyday. Some how I made the books last for the year.

:iagree:We love it here. I hope one day they come out on dvds.

Looks good.

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I don't think it would hurt any. I would look into it and talk to her Dr. and express your concerns with them. I just had my daughter checked out this week and they are ordering a EEG and MRI. I wish I would of pushed on the issue more when we first suspected something.

I got mine at the convention for around $18.00 and the teacher guide. It goes into early American(civil war and early presidents) and Europe history. It shows all the Asia leaders, and other rulers in the world. It shows all the Popes. Its a neat timeline and goes up to the 1900. It show inventions and other fun facts. The best part is that it is already put together:D I think it is going to go great with MOH.

We are going to do MOH 1 for the first time. I bought the Adams timeline chart for times sake and its very colorful. My dc are already excited with this book. I think it goes with MOH very well. I have not yet came up with my weekly schedule. I would be interested in how some of you do a four day schedule with the little ones. Since my dd is only 6,I am doing some of the crafts. I found many coloring pages on the ones that we are not doing a craft. My dc like to color while listening. I also pre-made and marked some of the maps in advanced. My dc love maps and I know if I bring up a country or place they will want to see it. If she wants to mark something on the map she can. It will give her and idea as far as the mapping is concerned and yet not be overwhelming if she wants to take a few minutes to write or draw something. I am excited about using it and I think my dc will also like it.

My dd has alot of Sensory issues, she is all over the board from a seeker to being inward and not responding. We do OT and PT every week. I also do a sensory diet every day, if not she falls apart and does not function. I wrote about our daily schedule on my blog, which is listed in my siggy. My basement looks like a mini gym. We have a mini-trampoline, exercise balls, floor scooters and other exercise equipment. Our school room has a ball chair, which is wonderful for sensory stimulation. At night we have a weighted blanket and a wrap for taking with us or for school. We could not afford all of this equipment and the therapist recommended that we go thru Children's Mircle Network and they help out with up to $500.00 a year. CMN just requires a letter from the Dr's. We just had the therapist write a letter and then went to the Dr. and had her write a letter to CMN. It has changed my dd life and my sanity.:tongue_smilie: It was the first time we had ever asked for any charity but it has been a blessing. I agree on the book suggestions. Here is some links for SPD also. http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/index.html We also used some oriental trading company and also this place: www.abilitations.com Your son would be so behind in ps. You are doing the right thing of hsing him. You just need to get him stimulated. The beginning of last year I was so frusterated and thinking I couldn't hs. I am glad that I have stuck with it, I am doing the best thing for her. You know your son best and will be able to work with him at his learning style. We have changed curriculums so many times to find the right one. Now I feel that I am on the right path and she is actually learning now. Your not alone :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

How fun and funny!:lol: I thought it was strange having my dd6 do phonics in the van. I will have to branch out to places when the schoolwork get piled up. Hopefully my dd will grow out of being so distracted with everything. I just couldn't imagine trying some of the places with her yet. I guess that is what makes hs so interesting at times.

I am not planning on using all the test this year. I am making it very light year with the MOH. I have never looked at Winter Promise??? Thanks! give me something else to put on my wish list, if I like it!LOL! As far as TOG goes I know I will consider it when my ds gets a little older. My dd loves mapping and I will make that fun but not get into all the details. What is the Act. Guide? We have enjoyed SL over all and I know that my kiddos are young and history isn't going to stick much now.

I know I have been wanting to do TOG for a long time. But, everytime I look at it I know that it is way to much for me and our schedule.I look at it every year! I can only Homeschool 4 days a week ,Tuesday is gym class and Friday morning is 1 hr at the hospital and Monday is all morning at the hospital for therapy for my dd until lunch time. I also babysit a 3yr old and her 3 month old sister. As much as I love the history of TOG I know that I couldn't do it yet. Instead I do SL and wanted more history than what they offer. We are going to do Mystery of History also. It covers alot of history. Its classical and chronological. It has timelines and mapping and has activities after each lesson. It has all the information in each lesson for me to just open the book. They have quiz and pretest and test already prepared. I am not going to make the timeline like MOH suggested so I bought the Adams timeline book. Granted I am trying to put all 36 weeks together of school this year so it won't be so difficult with the baby. I have had alot of people tell me I could plan TOG in the summer but, it looks like I would have to schedule just about everything. At least SL some areas I can just look at the schedule in some areas and go. That's my solution for TOG schedule. Maybe when my kids are older and I need to school them together more and the therapy is not so intense I will consider TOG instead of just drool over it. :)

The Federal Researve has some free educational comic books and other books that are free. I ordered some of the older grades and they had alot of information and pictures that I showed to my 6 dd. You may have to navigate the sites some, most of it was under teacher resources or publications. The boston reserve has a neat one called "HIstorical beginnings...the federal reserve" and "Panic of 1907" and "Banking Basics" Philadelphia "Benjamin Franklin and the birth of a paper money economy" New York has a one that is called "The key to the gold vault" and has all the comic books Maybe if you search by name of book it might be easier.:D http://newyorkfed.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1 http://www.bos.frb.org/genpubs/index.htm http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/teachers/

I just started making homemade bread. Before, I used my bread machine and I got tired of the way it baked the bread. I even let my bread machine do the kneading and then put it in the oven. It came out doughy. I have also had my machine for a good 14 yrs. That may be some of my issues. Then I realized that my kitchen aid has a dough hook on it. I still have to knead the bread some. Wow, I don't think I will ever use my bread machine again. A good mixer is helpful. I have never had anyone in my family make homemade bread, it was always from the store. It took me a few loafs to get it. I am not a baker. If I can bake bread I know anyone can. It is so worth it. My kids beg me to make home made bread. I even started to do some braided breads. :tongue_smilie: Good luck, try making it homemade.

Mine is in my siggy. Just started mine in April, so this whole blogging thing is new to me.

I would read : The out of Sync child by Carol Stock and Sensational kids by Lucy Miller. Also this SPD link has alot of info. My dd has SPD that is pretty severe. We give her a senory diet daily. I talk about it on my blog what we have to do daily to get her going, its under Sensory Processing disorder. Before we did all the sensory stuff it was a nightmare. Granted my daughter has other issues, but SPD effects her day to day activities. It wouldn't hurt to get him retested by an occupational therapist. Especially if you don't know which sensory issues he is dealing with. This link should give you info. on finding an OT who test and deals with SPD Hope that helps.

We made a door magnetic to show off crafts. Works good, the only problem we had was that you can't do to many layers of paint over it. The top part was a little to thick and doesn't hold well. It mentioned it in the direction about that problem. Also, use stronger magnets. At first I tried dollar store ones and they didn't work so well. Overall it works good and I am happy with the results. I think the one we used was more for crafts and came in qts. I have heard that they have some kind of additive you can put in a gallon of paint to make it magnetic. We love it. I am thinking about doing one of the school room walls. I will have to look into the additive. Have fun!

I am not planning on buying the book. As far as finding it used-it might be a little hard with the popularity of the system. I think I have read enough about it on different forums and blogs that I can put it together with some velcro and construction paper. I will just laminate the numbers and strip and see how it works. As far as the bins I just bought a tall plastic 7 drawer container at Walmart for $22.00. I figure if it doesn't work for us I can always use it for lots of other things. I thought the seperate bins take up to much space for my needs. They have taller bins with more drawers if needed, I was thinking of $$$ the taller ones jump up in price. I figured we can double up in some of the larger drawers. If I have something to large I will put it on top and put a sticky note inside of the drawer.

Thanks for the links.:)

Apologia does have some hands on activities. Mostly notebooking pages and Science kits that you can buy. The notebooks you can get at Curri-link, Rainbows and I am sure other places have them. I could be wrong but I thought I seen a lapbook with each book? Maybe someone eles could confirm that one. As far as a Science kit I only know of Home Science Tools they carry the notebooking also. They also carry alot of different curriculums that have hands-on that you could check out. Hope that helps.:001_smile:

My daughter doesn't have dsylexia, but I have heard that alot of moms that have used it with the kiddo's with dsylexia have been very pleased. My daughter has alot of neurological issues and it has been suggested that I use some of the same approach that kids with dyslexia have. It also teaches phonics. It has made a big difference in my dd in learning. AAS has a forum called the Chatter Bee that you can ask some more questions from the other moms who deal with dyslexia. If you don't have a math program yet. We use Math U See and it has been wonderful. My daughter we had to teach math over last year and we used MUS. It is a multi-sensory program like All About Spelling. Both programs have been such a blessing to our family.

We do Mystery of History you can add more books or just read from what they provide. They have a lot of hands on activities and recommend other resources. We love it, and its a lot of fun.

My daughter has been walking on her toes since she has been walking. We thought she was on the spectrum. She is Sensory Processing Disorder and low muscle tone and other special needs. Walking on her toes helps her to keep her muscles supported so she isn't floppy like a rag doll. It can be bad for them to constantly walk on the toes. My dd wears braces to give her the support she needs and forces her heels to the floor. Toe walking can be for many reasons. I would have her talk to her Dr. about seeing a specialist, just to make sure.

I like the Grapevine bible study and also the Bible study for all ages. I think Grapevine has less prep work and is also very hands on. Renee

Have you looked at All About Spelling? The program is multisensory, approaching spelling through sight, sound, and touch. Its also very easy to use and its not that expensive. I think it works well with putting what they hear into letters. My daughter had that problem and is doing good with this program. Here is an overview of how the program works. The program is easy-to-use-:) They have a teacher manual which is actually very easy to follow. They use magnetic tile with the letters, a set of flashcards(phonograms cards, sound cards, key cards and word cards.) A CD with the sounds of the sounds. It works on mastery of the spelling rules and only takes 15 to 20 minutes. It teaches phonemes also, spelling, and reading simultaneously. It uses the Orton Gillingham principles(Also used by Romala Spalding). If you are not familiar with it basically, it teaches all the phonograms together for example the letter a says-/a/-/ay/-/aw/ most programs teach just the first sound of the letter- "A" teaching the short vowel sound and later on adding the long sound. Decoding words is so much easier when all the sounds are mastered. It incorperates segmenting words by identifying sounds within the word and being able to identfy what letter it is. If your daughter knows her sounds already this can be skipped. My daughter knew all of her sounds she just needed help in a few blends. Here is the link to check out this spelling program All About Spelling Hope that helps.