There is not a suitable reaction available for this and my updated keyboard app doesn't have the right emoji, either. 'Jaw drop to the floor' is the image that comes to mind. Jaw dropping booyah!

I haven't used AAR, but I used CLE LTR with my Oldest and we loved it, though we've now moved on to less consumable curriculum. Just be aware that CLE language arts is where the phonics instruction continues through grade 2. Also, CLE teaches both phonics and sight words. I didn't know the OG method (like in AAR) of teaching reading even existed when I started homeschooling.

I wondered the same thing. Some of the ones you have listed were big hits for Oldest DS11. More ideas: Swiss Family Robinson Carry On, Mr Bowditch The Captains Dog The Chestry Oak The Switherby Pilgrims Eagle of the Ninth trilogy Heart of a Samarai The King's Fifth

Just a thought: R&S remedial English course has a separate packet for just sentences. You can look at samples on milestonebooks website.

Yes, Ice Man. Sorry! I saw it on one of those articles that randomly show up when I go to my Google homepage so I assumed it was a known thing. It was right in the headline, too. If it helps, I won't tell you how it happens then.

Val Kilmer for the win! I heard he gets killed off in the new movie so I'm not watching it.

They now have The Alphabet Amusement Park which teaches matching uppercase and lowercase letters. Middle absolutely adores Scout the puppy.

CLE is where I started from the beginning with ds11. He scored well on their quizzes and tests, but took forever to complete them because he was just going through the motions without true understanding. We found that a mastery program with regular review of previous material works best for him.

I was wondering the same thing. Also, I'm curious as to which standardized test was taken. Some children do not do well with timed tests and just start randomly guessing for fear of the clock running out.

We had to do something similar. I adjusted our curriculum so that written output is mostly in skills subjects and content subjects are mostly read/discuss. All schoolwork must be done by the same time each day. If it's finished early, we play board games/card games, arts & crafts, science experiments, cook/bake, ect. If schoolwork is not done, no media that day.

Not much help here, but something I notice just reading your post appears to be similar to my Oldest. Fine motor skills are harder/delayed or something which is why mine likes to read, play sports, work outdoors, cook in the kitchen, ect. Schoolwork that requires any written output at all is just harder. This may not be the case with yours at all, but it's surprisingly common in young boys and most will outgrow this around middle school age which I can clearly see as it's getting easier and less of a fight with mine.

Would you mind sharing with me what you're using for this?

I'll second this!

About the same here with sporadic rain. The refreshing kind, not the hit sticky kind. I wore a sweatshirt. In June.

Oh, yeah... Good morning! 1 kid seems better, 2 more to go.

Maybe. I'll try that. Please tell me I won't get out of the bath feeling sticky like when you get out of the ocean. Or do you shower directly after the epsom salt bath?

I recently bought some epsom salt. I have never used it before, but am willing to try it next time my back is super sore. Something about sitting in a saltwater brine seems very odd to me, though. Probably why I've never tried it.

Kids are getting better, but better is subjective.

My kids' temperatures are higher than that, hence my lack of posting today. I'm gearing up for another long night and praying they at least try synchronize their waking up and fevers tonight because I. am. exhausted.

It's nice to know their ages again. I couldn't remember. 5 already?! Wow, time flies!

Sir Cumference books were a hit here. Also, lots of board games and card games.

I haven't had the Bible references get in the way, but they are there. Schools are labeled as Day school, Christian school, or Mennonite school. Same with churches. The titles Sister and Brother are used frequently. Bible accounts and stories are used as example sentences. Thee and Thou occasionally show up (not often enough to be a pain) to remind us how to use archaic language correctly which always has us looking up the answer in the TM to see if we got it right and both of us giggling. I don't count those wrong, just as a bonus/challenge. I go over daily work as it's done to correct stuff before bad habits are formed and I don't give grades on daily work. I only grade the end of chapter tests. I can't imagine using the texts as workbooks because of the diagramming alone. But I rarely have him write more than half a dozen sentences total in a given lesson because I do a couple of them with him telling me what goes where before he even begins.

Thank you! I didn't even know about watercolor pencils until this research endeavor. I would've loved having that option at Oldest's age. I'm thinking I'll just grab some of Stebbings DVDs (Beginning Painting and possibly Beginning Drawing and Intermediate Drawing) along with some quality art supplies and let him watch and see what sticks. He wants to watch and copy, so this seems like the way to go.

You already know what I'll say. CLE is great, but R&S hands down. Retention is better because they have to really think about it (diagramming). The daily lessons can mostly be read together or independently, oral drill done aloud or on paper to demonstrate, and pick a handful from the written section to show understanding. Review section gets done orally unless it's diagramming or something he's been struggling with. Done. We combine easier lessons and slow down and take extra days on the harder stuff. I do get the worksheets but rarely use them. I tend to pull a worksheet that reviews a previous lesson on days I cannot be home because of another kid's dr appointment or such so DH doesn't have to teach, just supervise. Oldest may never like schoolwork, but he likes R&S English over CLE because every chapter starts off reviewing what he learned the previous year and then progresses. The structure and expectation are consistent and predictable. If there's a lesson on something specific you want to see in any of the grade levels through grade 7, let me know and I'll look.

Exactly This is how I learned them. Another fun fact for down the road: the product of any number times 9 will have a digit sum of 9. My oldest ds discovered this on his own when learning about digit sums and thought it was so cool.