I love Ransom of Red Chief. My 13 yo dd read it earlier this year. It had been a while for me and I had forgotten how delightful it is! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Busy day ahead Go for walk with dh {done} Shower {done} Breakfast {done, plus some co op planning tomorrow with my friend/helper, plus reading most of a long picture book to my 4 yo} School with DS7: Math {done} Reading lesson {done} The Wand lesson {done} Handwriting {done} History {done} Listen to him read + narrate {done} {plus some laundry and the dishwasher running. Whew.} Math with 11 yo {done} Lunch with circle time {done, bare bones today} Girls’ circle time: CNN 10 {forgot, and now dd11 is gone to swim team} read aloud {done, two chapters} Literary elements {done} Greek and Latin roots {skipped in the chaos—will pick up later in week} With 13 yo: Check her AOPS review problems ch 3 Discuss persuasive essay progress {done} Check grammar sentence {done} Listen to and read narrations for geography {done} With 11 yo: Listen to and read geography narrations {done} Latin translation and review of vocab {done} Supper prep {done, plus eaten, but not entirely cleaned up} Co op prep: Art lesson 90 S newbery plan Email/phone call Print teacher manuals for church Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hit me with your best books on the weather for a seven year old who is a good reader. I’m looking to do some interest-led science with him in the coming weeks. I’d really like one nice encyclopedic selection for us to read together, but I am open to any and all suggestions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

. No, we skipped he writing lessons in R & S and only did the grammar. However, when we return to formal grammar next year, I am considering doing the writing lessons in the text. Thanks for the reassurance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for reframing my approach. I love it when seasoned homeschoolers respond. I appreciate it so much! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lori D., can I be the founding member of your Hive Fan Club? [emoji4]. I just love reading your responses! Thanks for the suggestion about a journal. That should be an obvious way for us to approach writing given her mental health background, but I don’t always remember the obvious. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for the encouragement and reminder that I am actually NOT neglectful as I navigate the rough waters of anxiety! Also, I really appreciate your sharing your perspective regarding your own dd. That helps a lot! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for this! Dd does a fair amount of writing naturally by emailing friends, etc. I KNOW theoretically that grammar isn’t a necessity every year, but occasionally I panic. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My always-homeschooled dd, age eleven, is in some regards what I’d consider the Ideal Homeschooler . She is compliant but also very interested in learning, reading voraciously and researching what interests her (animals and biology-related topics, mostly). She had a horrifically difficult year last year health-wise which culminated in an OCD diagnosis and a nine-week stint in a partial hospitalization program for therapy and medical intervention. We started our year late last year due to her hospitalization but had a good year academically despite the inauspicious start. This year I decided to let dd focus on Latin and take a year off from formal English grammar. She worked through most of R & S 5 last year after having done grammar (FLL and then R & S) every year prior to that starting in grade one. She finds grammar a little bit challenging and I’ve noticed that it also increases her anxiety in the same way that math does. Last year we worked through most of Latin for Children primer A, so this year we finished that and picked up with B. My reasoning is that by skipping grammar I’d be giving her a break from one more thing that increases her anxiety and also that coming at it through the back door of Latin, so to speak, would be almost as good as a frontal attack. I’ve tried for the third time this year to implement WWS 1 (the first two times were with my older dd [emoji13]). I’m sorry to say that it has not been a success any time we’ve done it, though I think it has mostly been my fault. (I have a hard time seeing the big picture of where we’re going with it). Since dropping WWS with this dd, I haven’t added any formal writing curriculum in. We do Bravewriter-style freewriting once weekly as often as we can (which has been 3-4 times this school year) with the goal of revising a piece of her choice after we accumulate a few more pieces. She does written narrations for her geography readings, and she chooses to do other, writing-related projects sometimes. (For example, she has written some poetry by choice to represent her learning about different regions of the world.) She doesn’t struggle with putting words on the page. I mostly feel okay about this benign neglect this year, but lately a bit of panic has begun to boil up when I think about it too much. Anyone care to reassure me that it will all be okay or convince me that I need to pull out the R & S? [emoji848] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All three of my readers (my fourth doesn’t read yet) have learned to read well (and have become avid readers) using only OPGTR and a little bit of dabbling in AAR and AAS. I found it overwhelming to keep up with all the parts and pieces of AAR/S (we used both), and none of them liked it or apparently needed it. My girls (now ages 13 and 11) test consistently at highschool level on standardized tests and my 13 yo scored well on the ACT as a 7th grader. My opinion is that some kids don’t have to have the explicit teaching for reading. With all that said, I’m working through The Wand (Bravewriter product) with my 7 yo to try to FINALLY teach spelling the way I want to teach it—with intentional copywork. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All three of my readers (my fourth doesn’t read yet) have learned to read well (and have become avid readers) using only OPGTR and a little bit of dabbling in AAR and AAS. I found it overwhelming to keep up with all the parts and pieces of AAR/S (we used both), and none of them like it or apparently needed it. My girls (now ages 13 and 11) test consistent highschool level on standardized tests and my 13 yo scored well on the ACT as a 7th grader. My opinion is that some kids don’t have to have the explicit teaching for reading. With all that said, I’m working through The Wand (Bravewriter product) with my 7 yo to try to FINALLY teach spelling the way I want to spell it—with intentional copywork. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

OPGTR RightStart Math transitioning into Singapore Reading aloud Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Friday morning Breakfast/devotion for me {done, minus devotion plus lots of books read to 4 yo} Laundry {in progress} With 7 yo: Math {done} Reading {done} Language {done} Handwriting {done} Science {done} Math with 11 yo {done} Lunchtime + memory work + read aloud {done} Cnn10/ Read aloud/lit elements discussion/word roots with 11 yo and 13 yo {done} Latin with 11 yo {done} Read geography narrations {done} Math with 13 yo {done} Writing with 13 yo {done} Check diagrammed sentence {done} Listen to and read geography narrations {done} Laundry again? {never done [emoji13]} Supper Get ready to go to highschool football game to see my nephew in the band Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m a newbie coffee drinker of only about a year or so, but now I NEED it. Today was a field trip to the pumpkin patch, so now everyone but the 11 yo and dh is Home and I need to start supper soon! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Last year I attempted school before having to be at co op at 12, but it was SO hard to get anything done. This year I just waved the white flag and am teaching a 9 am co op class. [emoji13] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What time is your co op? I’m always amazed and envious of people who can get loads done before leaving the house, especially before co op! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not the OP, but I just wanted to say thanks for sharing. This sounds fascinating! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the encouragement! Dd is a strong reader, though the language portion was her highest score. I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility for her to make a perfect score in language (I did about a million years ago). The science reasoning is likely where we’d concentrate our prep efforts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Her math score was her lowest (19) which is funny (but understandable) because math is her thing. She’s currently in AOPS Intro to Algebra, so at the time of testing she was in AOPS Pre Algebra. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another recommendation for Rilla of Ingleside, though it is sort of heavy on the romance. It’s my favorite of LM Montgomery’s novels, which is saying something because I’m quite a fan. It shows the Canadian aspect of the war beautifully. My girls (ages 13 and 11) and I just finished it as a read aloud a few months ago, capping off eighteen months of reading the Anne series together. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How much did his or her score improve when the child took it “for real†in high school? I read on the ACT website that a ten point increase is the usual (maybe the average increase? I can’t recall just now). I’m curious to know what WTMers actual experiences are. My dd took it last spring as a twelve year old, the spring of her seventh grade year. Her score was the same as the average national score and a couple points higher than our state’s (these scores being the average of students of the typical grade/age to take it for college admittance). She wants to improve her score by thirteen points, and I’m wondering if it’s doable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thursday, 10/19 Today we have a pumpkin patch field trip at noon, so the morning window is short. We usually have Fun Fridays for getting out of our routine, so today I’m calling it Terrific Thursday and planning Freewriting for the big kids {done, though not well} Copywork for the little guy (which is actually not a Fun Friday only activity but I can pass it off today as such) {done} Math games (individual and collective, I hope!) {done—two games, fitting in something for all three school aged kids [emoji1373]} That’s a very optimistic list! [emoji13] Kids are still sleeping and it’s 7:30. I haven’t even showered. I’ve got to get it in gear! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ll have to look for that one! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If forgotten how much fun it is! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk