This is my 3rd year homeschooling my son (2nd grade) and something is not right. He just seems well, bored. We do spelling from a workbook, 1 page and then practice spelling the words orally, Writing with Ease 1 lesson, A vocab book, 1 page, Well Trained mind language arts, 1 lesson 1 chapter of Story of The World, fill out our map for lesson, and maybe do a craft. 1 Lesson of Math Science is done almost every day, he writes in a science journal and listens to stories and might do an experiment. I am still looking in to getting some art and music. So anyway, he is bored. He finishes by 1 or sooner and then he wonders around the house bored. He wants me to play games with him and entertain him. I have to do all his school work with him,because it is all adult lead and I have a 4 y/o to worry about too. Last year my son played on his own. Now that he is older he is no longer interested in playing. Am I not having him do enough. Do I really have to schedule all his activities, so he never is bored. I need to have some time to do things of my own, but he is at my side every minute complaining. We live in the country and so there Are NO friends. No hsing groups. We can't afford any outside activities. I am getting frustrated.

Great info Joan! Thank you so much. I so excited.

Thank you for the info. I am so confused as to what buy and how to put this all together. I hope everyone will forgive me if I ask dumb questions or repeat myself or someone else.:001_smile:

Angie, I was just wondering, why do you switch to OM in 9th grade then go back to sonlight? I am still so new to all this and having a hard time figuring out which would be best. Why not do Sonlight for 9th grade us history? Or why not do OM all along?:glare:

This is all new to me, but are these videos a complete year of say physics or are you guys using this along with another program? If you are using it with another program, which one? If it is a complete year of science then $29 does not sound bad to get the teacher's notes and everything else free.

So I am reading the WTM chapter on high school and loving it all. My question is with history, we have to have one credit of American History. When would that work in to the plan? I am probably missing something here, as I am a slow learner, so fill me in.

Okay, I have been hsing the lower grades and am finally starting to feel comfortable. We just decided that due to a very bad school district and the cost of private high school, we are going to hs our ds next year. He will graduate from 8th grade in a month and will start 9th in Sept. as a homeschooler. I am to say the least obsessed with looking at high school curriculum. At first we wanted an on-line school with everything planned and graded for us. My problem right now is that they all look like such a waste of money. I either don't like the curriculum, but like the lessons they assign, or hate the lessons they assign, but like the curriculum. Also I really want Saxon math, but if we do online, most have their own math. We thought that with a 2nd grader, 7th grader and preschooler, that it would make life easier if everything was taken care of. My problem is I just don't know how good all these programs are. Has anyone used an on-line program? If I do not use an on-line, can you share what curriculum you do use. I am very weak in science and English/writing. (I could assign good books to read, but never know what is an appropriate assignment, questions for each chapter.) My goal for our son is to prepare him for college. If he chooses not to go, fine, but we want him to be able to if he chooses.:001_smile: Please help me end this obsession.

Mollies 73- Dyslexia is really just a catch all word. It sounds like your son is VERY much like mine. My son can read well, but it still takes him a very long time to read. My son also can not read when there are other noises. He hates long books. He prefers to be read to. He also gets caught up in words he does not know and ends up reading things over. Unfortunately there is no cure for a learning disability. Sometimes it may be worth it to pay to have your child tested. It is worth it if you want to understand the problems better, or if they are in school and you want to get extra time on tests, or have child taken out of the room during tests. Just thought I would add my 2 cents:)

DARN! I thought I was set for history. I have soon to be 2nd grader and a 7th grader. We love SOTW. I took me 7th grader out of school in March and he was studying the same ancient civilizations in school as the SOTW 1 book. I know it is a more basic history in some respects, but other things they never talked about in school. I am freaking out. I have spent so much time looking at curriculum. Someone said they were going to do SOTW book 4 with their 7th grader. They said it was more advanced. Can I jump that far ahead without a lot of confusion? Sometimes I just think I should get an all in one curriculum like Sonlight and be done with this.

I found the curriculum for level 1 and I love it. This is what i want for my soon to be 2nd grader, but what about my 7th grader? Why have a level 1 if there is no level 2? Any suggestions for another curriculum? :confused:

Hi there! I am in the same boat as you. My 13.95 y/o ds goes to a Catholic School. They are very protective of the kids. We recently had our 4 oldest join a swim club. My oldest practices 4-5 times a week for 1 hr 45 mins. We drop him off and pick him up. He has always had girls as friends. He is a VERY friendly kid. One day when my dh was waiting for my son, he started introducing himself to the other swim parents. They asked who his son was and my dh pointed to him down the hall. As my dh pointed he noticed that our baby was holding hands with a girl!!! He was shocked and embarrassed. We don't know what to do either. Our ds is the type to push back if we set up what he considers to be unrealistic rules. We are not against the idea of a girl FRIEND, but we are not wanting to encourage it. We have decided to speak on the sly to the swim coaches to make sure that the two kids are NEVER left alone together. We are also coming early to pick him up, so he does not have time after practice to do anything. I have to agree that although I do not want my kids to have sex before they get married, the truth is it is not my decision. We are speaking to him more openly about sex and what it can lead to. I think the only real way to keep kids from having a relationship is my seriously sheltering them. My grandpa was a minister in Ohio. He and my Grandma were very strict. Yet my Aunt got pregnant. She ended up marrying the guy, then getting a divorce because the man was an abusive drunk. So I am not sure if being very strict is the answer. I will say that at 13 my ds will not be going on dates. :001_smile: