Kela
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A change in my work schedule has given me the push to decide to homeschool. My daughter was supposed to repeat kindergarten this year at 7 years old. She struggles with school, but has been doing fantastic with TYCTR in 100 Easy lessons over the summer. She is nearly to lesson 40. My problem is that I am lost as to where to place her. She is not at a beginning kindergarten level, but I'm hesitant to start her in 1st grade material, I think she is about mid way between. She may have some dyslexia. Her optometrist says she has some tracking problems and has given her a prescription for glasses. My biggest concern is what to use for reading. My mom strongly wants me to use ACE as that is what she used for us. I am leaning towards A beka or possibly All About Reading as I have heard really good things about both. Which is the best reading curriculum out of the 3? Would AAR need to be supplemented?
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Beautiful work! She should be very proud of herself!
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Advil PM works really wel for me. Could you try it our one night before the trip just to see how you react to it?
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A lot of great ideas! Thank you! I love the idea of embroidery, I think she would really like that. She loves seek and find books, especially. She actually is pretty independent and will keep herself entertained, it's just that she quickly becomes destructive when she is working independently. I think she is so darn bored. They say she is bored at school as well. I'm glad to hear that a lot of others have kids with similar tendencies. She is a good little helper and a very hard worker. She loves to color and draw. She loves building, playdough, anything squishy and messy, lol. She gets laser focused and driven and I think it's hard to find something intense enough to keep her occupied, if that makes sense.
20 hours ago, Katy said:If she likes sorting search for Montessori activities on YouTube. The Hapa Family is one channel that has tons of ideas.
You could also consider screen time. My youngest two have iPads with Youtube kids & PBS kids. I never would have opted for this but a vision therapist suggested it. It’s made a huge positive difference. I’m careful to only let them have it at certain times, and with YouTube I selected the option where I approve content, but it usually entertains them for 5-10 minutes at a time before they need redirecting. I thought it would be bad for learning but it’s been great. They both learned letters, sounds, numbers, counting, shapes, and colors before age 3, and have a decent understanding of other preschool topics.
If they are inappropriately interrupting someone and won’t take no for an answer they go to their rooms alone until they can calm down. This isn’t a punishment, it’s a natural consequence of ignoring no. There’s often a two minute tantrum and 3 minutes of calm before I bring them back put again. This “self soothing” was also something suggested by a developmental nurse practitioner, though I was already doing it because that’s what my mother did with me. It doesn’t stop the (developmentally appropriate) frustration with hearing No, but it does help them learn to find something else to do because they can’t sit still for the three or so minutes after they calm down until I come get them. They often want to bring whatever they are playing with back to the family room.
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Does she like to dress up? My yorkiepoo loves when I make her a new dress...she is much more appreciative of my designs than my 6yo, lol. I say get her some cute dresses and she if she likes the attention.
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How do you keep a 4 year old that has to constantly keep her mind busy, entertained? She always has to be doing something. If she and I are the only ones up in the morning, she is not satisfied unless we are playing a game. She gets fighting mad with her sister if she gets tired of playing with her and wants to watch tv. She is always trying to figure out how something works or taking something apart, etc. I realize that a lot of this is normal, and I am constantly working with her on appropriate behavior. She is like a little border collie puppy in human form. If she gets bored for more than three seconds, she wrecks havoc on the house. I love working with her, but I can't constantly keep her busy. What are some things I can do to keep her busy? She is not big on watching at all. She loves computer games but I dont have a device for this at the moment. She loves sorting, organizing, and figuring out how things work. She loves when I work with her on school. She loves tedious, detailed stuff. She wasn't even 2 when she took an entire package of tiny colored elastics and sorted them by color in a sectioned plastic container and she has been known to take an entire month's grocery haul and organize it by type in individual boxes. She is not as good at puzzles or tangrams. What is something she can do independently for times that I have to get other things done?
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Angel working her therapy magic when my little one missed mama at work.
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I'm so sorry you are going through his. My moms dog had renal failure and it is very difficult. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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On 7/7/2021 at 3:30 PM, Amethyst said:
Oh, I was just saying to dh yesterday that I miss meatballs with my pasta. Do u make your own meatballs or do you have a brand recommendation?
Here is a recipe that we use. https://healthiersteps.com/recipe/vegan-tofu-meatballs/
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Do you like tofu? I love to fry it up crisp in stir fry, make vegetarian taco filling with it as well as vegan meatballs. Quinoa is high in carbs, but it is also is a whole grain and a complete protein. Zucchini noodles with a cashew or cheese alfredo sauce is good, too.
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Rosie, that us interesting as she does get migraines. Thank you.
She has an appointment with an eye doctor.
I have been looking at Miquon math, what are are some good sets to get with it? I'm a little confused, what is the difference between cuisenaire rods and base 10 sets and which do I need? Thanks.
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Thank you for all the suggestions! The teacher did let me know very early on in the year that she thought she would have to repeat the grade and we had meeting on it a few different times. She struggled in pre-K as well. She sent home a lot of flashcards to work on, but they just did not help, I did not feel like. I had bought 100 EZ lessons last year but didn't end up doing it with her until this summer because I was afraid it would slow her down more if I tried to add another thing. I sure wish I had started her on it sooner, it is phenominal. I tried a reader with her today and she was able to sound out quite a few words that were unfamiliar.
I suspect she may be slightly dyslexic. Before I started the 100 Ez lLessons book with her, she would try to sound out a word beginning with the last sound. Or even say it backwards, (gum instead of mug for example). Today I was asking her to point out numbers on a number chart and if I said, "63 for example, she would point out 36.
She has had standardized testing and did not do well. I feel like part of it is that she dies things at home but wont do them at school. She can know every one of her spelling words at home and get them all wrong at school, which is rather frustrating. She is a very good kid. She brings home a behavior chart every day and I think I could count on one hand the number if times when it hasn't been perfect, so she is not being held back for anything like that.
I don't know what the requirements are for kindergarten but I've always felt like they were asking a but much. For example, some of her spelling words this year were, "lick, click, sick, brick, champ, stamp, lamp, gramp, etc.
She is known as a really good teacher and the rest of the class graduated, just my daughter that didn't.
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Thnk you fo the suggestions! I will definitely look into those resources. It is not an advanced school, just a regular Christian school that uses BJU. The teacher thinks that if there are any problems then they need to be addressed now as it just gets harder from here on out. She says she held her own child back in kindergarten and feels like it is the best thing she could have done for him.
I would love to homeschool her. I love working with my kids, but I'm a single mom and I work a lot. Plus, she is an extremely social child that loves being around her friends. She is a very outside of the box thinker and doesnt like to learn things just for the sake of it. She is only interested when she sees a purpose to it. It's extremely difficult to get her to memorize anything. Another problem, I think, is that she adores her teacher and would rather not try than mess up.
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I would really appreciate any advise on this. My daughter is in a private school. She will be turning 7 this fall. She failed kindergarten last year and the teacher says that she cannot in good concious let her continue to first grade. I really hate to see her in kindergarten at 7 years old. I also know that she will miss her friends. I would like to catch her up if at all possible. The teacher says that even with tutoring all summer she will not be able to advance. I have been using Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons and I feel like she is doing fantastic. We are 1/4 of the way through the book. She needs to be able to count to 100 and skip count by 5s to 100 in order to go into the next grade. Im not exactly sure on the reading/spelling requirements. She can count by 10s to 100, but not by 1s or 5s. I have been looking at MUS as well as Singapore and Saxon. I am leaning towards Singapore math since I feel like it is concept based and also because the local college offers a couple of courses on teaching Singapore math. I just dont know if it will interfere with what she is learning at school. She actually has a good grasp of simple addition, subtraction but she seriously sucks at memorization. I think that is her real problem. Not that she is having a hard time understanding concepts, but that she cannot seem to memorize sight words, numbers, etc. I apologize that this is so long. I would love suggestions. Thanks!
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My daughter is 5 years old. She is in pre-k and is struggling. I have worked with her since she was 18 months old on colors, numbers, etc. She finally learned her colors at 4. She has just recently mastered counting to 10, and she still doesn't know her alphabet. She is in a Christian school and her teacher is sending home extra worksheets to catch her up, but she is not ready for kindergarten yet. I am also doing ABC Mouse with her in addition to the Teach My toddler series. She is not slow at all, she is really smart and I've even had three doctors tell me how intelligent she is. She just cannot seem to retain anything. What can I do to help her?
History for Kindergarten age children
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Like Peter Pan mentioned, Sonlight has history for K5. We are doing their kindergarten science and amazing.