To Kill a Mockingbird Beowulf, the Warrior Pride and Prejudice

Check out Rod and Staff ABCDEFGHI workbooks. Plain no color, but interesting animal themes in the later ones. Start anywhere she fits. They build on each other, but you don't have to do the prior ones to do the later ones. They have counting, tracing, cutting, ect. They are Mennonite, but aside from B (a Bible reader coloring book, I don't remember a lot of religion)

What does she like of those options? Maybe pick 1 with audio and one Bookshark....just to not be too much the same or too much reading?

I dont know about CLE. I tend to kind of avoid Mennonite materials. What about Notgrass Adam to us? Look at it, I'm not sure if it's too Christian for you. It would be straightforward non American history. It looks like they have alot of cultures in it. https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/history-and-geography/world-history-core-curricula/from-adam-to-us# Abeka Old World History and Geography might fit too. They get pretty "America is a chosen landish" (but not really new Israel, if my memory serves) in the America ones, but Old world is just a plain survey of the Eastern Hemisphere. (Incedentally 6th grade is a survey of the Western Hemisphere.) It is creationist, but you could skip it or supplement it. It has a consumable map book and straightforward text questions to answer. It is colorful and not hard to read. https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/157/Abeka-History--and--Geography-Grade-5.html

I think I have a really good plan now. I should probably not post till May:) Really we are doing 🙂 Math- Pilot testing 3rd grade math with confidence Spelling/grammar - SCM Spelling Wisdom and Using language Well Writing-beginning written narrations in science and history and little science research project Spanish-Song School spanish 2 with tag along siblings History- SCM Genesis through Deuteronomy and Ancient Egypt Geography- SCM Africa with added books and geography puzzle and game Science- Sabboth Mood plants term 1, Answers in Genesis Animals term 2 with mini research project and extra books, mom made forest biomes term 3 Weeky nature study with drawing Drawing Textbook once or twice a week Trying our hand at brush drawing sometime

I'd fill in with singapore math as that is where your headed. I've been doing a very simular thing with son as we move from RightStart to math mammoth for 5th grade. Except as were moving to math mammoth, we are filling in with math mammoth. That seems to make the most seemless transition. They are then used to the types of problems and layout also.

I'm interested.

Rainbow resource carries a nice line of black and white mennonite published workbooks. My children have enjoyed them https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/11304/Preschool-Activity-Series.html After that there is always the Rod and Staff A,B,C, D,E,F preschool series.

I agree with this, if your unsure how to teach math, the program is probably a lot more important, and RightStart is a good one. Also I think Kate snow has a math for elementary teachers class at the well trained mind that might be worth looking into. I found with my kids I had to supplement RS too much and it was driving me nuts, so was the script and focus on crazy amounts of geometry. (That my kids didn't like so it didn't even help them be interested in math which I think it is supposed to do.) No math program is perfect though, and I think one with sprial review is best. That is why I choose Horizons. It is possible to teach Horizons by rote though, so I wouldn't recommend it if you don't feel like you can actually teach math without a script. I am enjoying the freedom of teaching math myself with it and don't find the conceptual part at all lacking. From what it sounds like math mammoth might be a good fit for you. They have sprial review books that I would have to add to the blue program and I would definatly cut extra problems out of the new and review material. Math really needs to be actually taught and modified for the individual child and teacher. Another good program that holds your hand is Bob Jones. If some Christianity is fine with you, it woukd be another good choice. It teaches conceptually, has suggested review you can add in and some already there, and tells you just how to teach the material. It is a workbook also and much less visually cluttered than math mammoth. The teacher guide is really clear and well laid out. I almost picked it for us.

Memoria press has a cottage school model as well as a homeschool model. (Check their website or call them.) I think the cottage school meets like 2 or 3 days a week then the rest is like supervised homework not new teaching. Could you do the new teaching then someone else follow the detailed plans the other 2 days?

I agree with momto6inIN about AAR. With a struggling kid we even did level 1 twice! 3 and 4 always seem to go fast eben for that child, but later I sometimes have to remind them of material from those levels as words with those advanced phonograms and borrowed sounds don't often come up in reading...

We got through most of E before switching here. I didn't think that it did a good job with multiplication or had enough division or long addition and subrtaction practice. I loved how it introduced decimals and taught the concept of fraction comparing. E is a lot less parent intensive than lower levels, but you really need to be faithful to add in more games than suggested- particularly those long addition/subtraction/multiplication ones that my own kids really didnt like. I would try math mammoth and see how it goes. It was too cluttered appearing and not enough review without adding in the review books for us. For you that may be perfect; you could easily condense and speed up. I am trying horizons. It is not as obviously conceptual (more specifically it is not intuitive/discovery based), but it has plenty of practice, and the sprial that also has several lessons on a topic which I liked with RightStart. I also feel more comfortable teaching concepts now, so I add that in where necessary. The kids complain less about the practice when I am not seeming to "add on" to their lesson;)

@Sarah0000 how many levels of CAP did you use? I mostly think I want retelling practice and perhaps some work in word choice and strong sentences. Did fable 1 do this?

I had cottage press 1 time and really looked at it.....I should have put my thoughts into words...somehow it wasnt "right"...helpful I know. I am really leaning toward memoria press intro to comp or fable, classical academic press fable 1, or writing tales...

I had trouble with the same thing....I never did figure it out. I don't know how to tag people, but 8filltheheart might have an idea.

I'm listening in. I've been looking at imitation style writing particularly CAP and MP classical comp......thought WWS looks perhaps good too and treasured conversations....

My 7 almost 8 yr old has been enjoying the christian liberty press text American Pioneers & Patriots. It is a big thinish hardback with pictures and has short little stories of pioneer children and then questions which I do not use. It is perhaps not great literature, but she is learning some and enjoying it, and its independent not busy work;) My 4th grader has read a few landmarks and other mostly biographies recommended by simply charlotte mason for 4-6 history and memoria press suplemental american history reading. Both are good lists. I can't say he always liked them, but they were good for him;) and very age approprate. They read for about 15 min 3-4 times a week for history. I loosly sort of cordinate it with history. I alternate days or books for science and history so they don't read for both in one day. Like history 2x a week and science 2x a week or 2-3 weeks of history then 2-3 weeks of science. I am planning to up the time next year, but this year 1 was 2nd grade and the other somewhat dyslexic so 15 min was good. They also each have an assigned "fun" (literature) book to read daily.

I will look at 6 traits again too...just saw that.

That was supposed to go with the above post....not sure what happened...

Yes I've thought that too, but it's also no fluff, predictable, and to the point;) She might take the dry gladly for the rest.... Writing tales looks good too. I also like some of English Lessons Through Literature, but not the book choices, and I already have Spelling Wisdom and handwriting..... Also with a baby this summer fewer parts might be good....I looked a lot at writeShop, but it looks messy! My mind isn't made up yet though.....

I know, but I think she'd stop being creative if I turned it into anything required or resembling "school". She only likes to write when it's her idea, and not really all that often. Mostly she'd rather play pretend or run around outside. She has done well with some fable retelling recently in language lessons for today. She also doesn't seem to mind the narrations from that text. She is getting better at them. She just doesn't like to narrate history or books she's read on her own. Thats what made me start thinking of this.

Same rising 3rd grader. I have a thought. What ya think of the combination below? Memoria press Classical Composition Introduction or possibly Fable if I combine with 5th grade bro. Simply Charlotte Mason Spelling Wisdom and Using Language Well Perhaps Memoria Press English Grammar Recitation Maybe 1 Memoria Press literature guide in January when we hole up for good sentence writing practice. She is also writing in Bob Jones 3rd grade science workbook We have a Bob Jones 3rd cursive workbook When I asked her, her only response was whatever took the least time...;)

I'll have to check on those R and S books. My 3rd grade dd loves spanish and thise would be right up her ally. I'm looking to continue it over summer with her. She loves song school, little pim....anything. That sounds great. I speak a bit of Spanish....not fluent, but not too bad.

She did All about reading 1-4. I had it for my oldest. It was much easier than doing it on my own with my orton gillingham tutoring materials. (Daily with babies in tow is different than paid tutoring lessons....;)) I almost waited on level 4 (she did it in 1st grade...pretty easily). She still knows most rules and hears her brothers All About Spelling lessons with the rule recitation. A 1 yr crash course may be helpful later....any ideas on what to use? I am kind of leaning toward using Spelling Wisdom for now.

Perhaps she's more average....I'm not sure I'd know. I'm a terrible speller and ds is just as bad;) I am all for OG spelling. I'm trained in it too. I used it to teach both kids to read (and starting again x3...), and oldest totally needs it for reading and spelling! I honestly thought I'd never use anything else, but dd really learned to read more by sight (Dick and Jane really clicked for her...), though I made sure to teach her through phonics as well. Her spelling is visual memory too, I truely think. She is challenging my OG only philosophy;) while ds is cementing it....hahaha