Hello, We are joining a co-op this year and I need some help. I have two choices in which class to put my dd 13 in. Writeshop1 or Jump In. I do not have any info yet on these two programs. My dd has a mild ld in reading/writing comp. and I am not sure which one would be the easier and work better with her difficulties. If anyone has any advice on these programs, good or bad. I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts. Thanks, Brooke

Thanks for all the info. I have been putting in the Letter Factory and he seems to be picking some things up. We are really doing a lot of exposure and I think if we continue he will get it. When we take it slower he is more willing than when I push him to "get it". I get so confused with other resources telling me that I need him reading by Dec. I have my older daughter in K12 this year for 8th and I am getting a lot of different feed back from the teacher about things and it is actually making me confused. I feel that if we take it slow and do the letter a week that he will be so far behind for next year in 1st. I also have 2 other children 3rd and 5th and we do MUS and CLE plus other stuff. I appreciate all the advice and personal experience it has helped ease my mind a bit and given me some great ideas..I love the sand cards, I will make him a set this weekend.

Thank you! I have the Letters Factory DVD and I have ordered the Explode series for him. I will add a bunch of hands on for him during the week as well. He has no other issues with writing, I can show him the letter and he can write it. He has no issues with math or numbers. So I think we are just going to have to expose, expose, expose everyday. He gets so frustrated at himself that he wants to give up sometimes and gets really mad.

Hello, I have a son who is 5 ( will be 6 in Nov). He struggles with his letters and sounds. I am thinking that this runs in our family as his sister had issues when she was younger as well. She was in ps though. My question to all the parents who have taught the names and sounds of letters is what is the best way to approach this? Should I teach all the names of the letters first and then move on to the sounds or skip names and focus on sounds? I was going to do a letter a week type program and focus on 1 letter and learn the name and sound together. I was looking at the pre-k Hooked on Phonics and talked with someone from there and that program teaches them seperately but is also for a younger child. Now I am confused and am lookign for ideas or advice. Blessings, Brooke

Hello, I am new to the WTM forums and having been getting so much information from all you wonderful ladies. This will be my 3rd year hs my 4 children. We have bounced around in different history topics. I want to follow the WTM but I am not sure where to start in the cycle. I want to keep them all on the same subject in science and history. Not sure how that is supposed to work if they are all at different levels. I will have a kinder, 2nd, 4th. I already have the SOTW vol 1 and AG. Do you think I can start with the ancients or should I start somewhere else? Any advice on this would help me greatly. I am also confused on lang area. I am torn between FLL, WWE, or CLE. If I use FLL for my fourth what would I use after? What do you guys transition to? Thank you, Brooke

Hello, I am looking at FLL/WWE or CLE for this year. I have a K,3rd, and 5th grader. Any advice you have on these two programs would be wonderful. Which would you recommend and why? Thank You,