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  1. We have used AAR levels 1 and 2 but never used the pre-reading level. It is pricy! Is it worth the cost? Is there something else you liked better? Or did the job and was cheaper? Thanks!
  2. My kids have loved the videos from my math assistant. Www.mymathassistant.com The man who runs the site is a homeschooling dad and does a great job. It has has online grading, too. I found the Saxon teacher dvds on eBay because they go through every problem in the book and tests questions. Step by step and it was a huge help! Combined I think I spent $120? Worth every penny!! Rainbow resource has the Saxon teacher video digitally but it is only for 1 year. The dvds are nice because you can reuse them but harder to find now. The dvds also have video lessons but my kids didn’t care for them. Nicole the math lady does video lessons. She has sample lessons on YouTube. My kids said her videos were not also easy to follow and not always on the topic of the chapter.
  3. We have done BJU Spanish and enjoyed it. The videos are are prerecorded and a bit dated but it was a solid course in my opinion. We are going to try a science class on apologia or the potter school this year. No experience but we are outsourcing science.
  4. I am teaching IEW writing to high schoolers at our co-op this year and I am unsure how to schedule the year. Do you finish the curriculum each year? My younger kids don’t usually finish but I would like my high schooler to compete most of it, if not all. we have tried in the past to do half and I didn’t feel like it was enough. Are your kids able to keep up with the workload? Any experience from co-ops? thanks!!
  5. We are having a hard time deciding between apologia and the potters school marine biology classes. We have not taken classes from either company but have enjoyed apologia’s science books. Both classes use apologia books. Any input? Other suggestions? Thank you!
  6. I believe this edition came out last year. This is our first time doing biology so I am not sure if it is more difficult personally. Other parents who have used the older edition said this one was substantially more difficult. I was just looking for some additional options.
  7. This new apologia biology book has been a huge time commitment and my two oldest have found it to be a very difficult class. I’m not sure if I should call this an honors class or not. It seems to be more than the biology class I took I high school but that was ages ago. Any thoughts? Thanks!
  8. We are using apologia physical science this year and I don’t have answers to the experiment write ups in my answer key. Am I missing it somewhere? We have been trying to go over it together but I am not a science expert so I wonder if we are missing something. I just want to make sure we are on the right track. I keep second guessing myself! I didn’t find one for sale on apologia.com or google searching. Thanks!
  9. We are using apologia physical science this year and I don’t have answers to the experiment write ups in my answer key. Am I missing it somewhere? We have been trying to go over it together but I am not a science expert so I wonder if we are missing something. I just want to make sure we are on the right track. I keep second guessing myself! I didn’t find one for sale on apologia.com or google searching. Thanks!
  10. Prayers headed your way! I’m not sure where you live but Michigan state university has a great dining hall that has lots of allergy friendly options. We have one son who has celiac and one who has multiple allergies- I know what you are dealing with. Hugs to you!
  11. My oldest kids are taking a science class this year and the teacher allows the students to correct missed test questions for half credit. Is this common? We have freshman so I haven’t dealt with this before. I want their transcripts to be honest and not artificially inflated. Thanks!
  12. Any suggestions on how to grade notgrass history? I’m not sure how to do it and I don’t see anything of the website. Thank you!!
  13. My daughter loves taking Latin but I am having trouble finding if it will cover the foreign language requirements for college enrollment. Does she need to take a different language? Anyone have experience with this?
  14. My main concerns are that these issues will continue. I don’t know how hard I should push him. Should I push him to finish his work or let him take it easy and hope that as he matures it will be easier. Or would easing up cause more problems. I have never run into this problem before and I am feeling lost. He is a lefty and his penmanship is not very good. He can be really stubborn, too. I don’t want our decisions to backfire on us! Are we using a curriculum that isn’t a good fit for a child who doesn’t like to write. Would something else work better? Hopefully that explains my concerns a little better!
  15. My incoming 3rd grader hates writing - any type - Handwriting, journaling, Copywork. Should I push him to work through it or just take a light year? He is a smart kid but writing causes us trouble almost everyday. He is a great reader and is advanced in math. Any ideas on what curriculum might work for him? Or maybe a different route? We tried bju, spelling you see, a reason for handwriting and the good and he beautiful this past year. Not all everyday. Nothing really clicked.
  16. Our charter is asking us to move to Lincoln learning solutions or at least give it a try. Does anyone have any experience? This would be for my third grader. I am hesitant to do an online program. He has used Time4learning and didn’t enjoy it but does like abc mouse and reading eggs. I’m not sure how Lincoln learning compares. Thanks!
  17. I’m not sure really what I am looking for.... but my 11 year old son is having a rough year. He has had some medical issues we are working though but he is getting so upset when we ask him to do anything. He had a bad attitude towards his siblings, parents and really just life. School, chores, take the dog out, go play outside, practice baseball(which he loves)... anything we ask him to do he gets very mad and frustrated. I know he would rather sit inside but I know he needs exercise to feel better. We go for walks/hikes and he enjoys them but it is like pulling teeth for him to go with us. He does play baseball about 3 times a week, we try to get outside as much as possible and he does see friends a few times a week for school class/activities. I dont know if reading some books about boys about boys his age who have it harder than he does would help? Maybe reading about happiness and looking on the bright side of life? Many suggestions for books? He loves to read. Ugh... I am really lost. I’m not sure if this is some sort of depression because of his medical issues. I find myself being short with him because he is so snappy with his siblings, his dad and I. Any suggestions welcome!
  18. I am really frustrated with our soon to be sixth grader. Not with her so much but with what she is having trouble with. She has struggled with spelling and math for a long time. She doesn’t know her math facts at all and still asks how to spell simple words like church or friend. I am having second thoughts about homeschooling her again this year. I don’t want to be making this situation worse by my lack of knowledge. I don’t know what curriculum to pick or really how to help her. We we did XtraMath math all year last year and she is still at about 50% correct. She just finished MUS gamma. That is the level she tested into. We did spelling you see and AAS. Not much improvement. Any suggestions? Editing to add - she is a smart girl and I don’t think there is a learning disability (at least nothing that we know of now). She is distracted easily but I am not sure it would be considered ADD. Last year was our first year homeschooling after a rocky year in private school. That was the only school our kids have ever been to.
  19. My 4th and 5th graders loved fixit grammar last year! We used the Nose Tree book. Both kids asked to do it again next year.
  20. I have a son who is flying through mathusee and I am trying to stretch out the eplison and zeta books for the next calendar year. He loves math and wants to add something else to the mathusee books. We have looked at life of Fred but I was hesitant with the price. Kahn academy doesn't seem to work well for us - online or apps don't seem to get done at our house. (I'm sure it is mainly my fault) He completed all the levels on xtra math. Any ideas of what we could add in? Is Kahn academy worth it? I find it a little hard to navigate too and maybe that's only because we don't use it on a regular basis....?!? What about MLFLE? My goal is for my kids to be doing 45 mins of math per day and he is at about 30 or less with the mathusee pages. He does 2 per day. All my kids love mathusee and we don't want to switch at this point.
  21. I am thinking of having my older kids notebook through their history spines. Has anyone done this? I am not sure what it looks like day to day. Was it successful for learning or extra busy work? I am really trying to teach my kids independence and I hope this will help.
  22. We have loved using fixit grammar over the last school year but I am not sure how to space it out. There are six books and we used the first book with my 4th-5th graders. Should I do something different this school year and come back to it? I just don't know how quickly it will increase in difficulty and I don't want it to become a struggle. Any advice? Any suggestions on what we should do instead? Thanks in advance! I get such great advice here! I love it!
  23. Paradox5 - magic school bus is free on Netflix! My first grader this year watched a bunch of magic school bus. We tried elemental science for my 3 kids and it was too teacher intensive for us. I also thought it was hard to follow and could be tricky to figure out where we were supposed to find certain things. The spines were awesome books but ES instructions lacked. What about out looking into master books science? We are trying MB this year. The books are extremely well laid out and are open and go.
  24. I found BJU 2nd grade reading for a great price but we used AAR 1 least year? Anyone have any insight? BJU seems to have a lot of parts so I'm not sure it will be a good fit. I liked AAR but my son didn't love the stories. Are the stories at this age just a little dry? Not sure which way to go for next year.
  25. I just read about this curriculum on a planning thread. I think we might give it a try over the summer. I am feeling burned out with three kids doing AAS. http://www.readandspell.com/us
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