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  1. I agree with Pen. There are so many OTHER great books out there. Neither of my kids have read HP yet. The older watched part of the first movie, but wow... he's sensitive. That was too much for him. (Seriously... the kid is THAT sensitive.) My younger is really interested, and I know he'd love the first 3, but I just don't want to get him hooked and then tell him the other books are off limits for a while. I'd rather have him read the whole series later.
  2. My 7 y/o is officially in 2nd, but unofficially in 5th. I allow him to take middle ground on the amount of time and effort necessary to stay on task, and I allow him lots of age-appropriate breaks. I even allow him to use xBox Kinect as a P.E. break. Mostly, he spends around 2.5 to 3 hours a day on "school work" ... more at the beginning of the week, and less as we inch toward Friday. He spends way more than that on extra stuff and independent reading.
  3. I have two boys, three years apart. A 5 year old day for the older looked COMPLETELY different than a 5 year old day for the younger. My older is a very driven kid who (usually) loves school work. He'd work all day long and beg for more. My younger is just as accelerated (or perhaps slightly less so), but he's the type who leap frogs everything. They're quite literally the Tortoise & the Hare! The younger likes to play, play, play, and then he'll decide to "play school" by learning several chapters at once in all subjects over the course of a few hours. After that, he'll play for a couple of more days before doing the same thing again. He's extremely (over the top!) creative and constantly on the go. Both of my boys have a love/hate relationship with IXL. We use it as a tool, but not as our entire curriculum. Sometimes they'll sit in front of it all day doing one skill or ten skills, but usually the focus on other things (like Life of Fred... which they both love!).
  4. 1 hour - Math 1 hour - History 1 hour - Language Arts 30 min - Science 30 min - Piano 15/30 min - Bible 30-60 min - Reading 0 to 2342534523434 min - messing around and procrastinating (taking a year off Latin)
  5. That takes a lot of work! They should be proud of their accomplishments! :coolgleamA:
  6. She did our testing, and I've also been to one of her presentations. Both were extremely informative! She's a good speaker (funny, not dry), and while some of what she said was what I'd heard in other speakers' presentations (because I've seen several), some of it was new to me. She knows a lot about giftedness, and although she understands that 2E kids have issues that often mask giftedness, she isn't as familiar with many of the specific 2E issues as I'd hoped during our evaluation process. For giftedness, especially in the highest ranges, she's wonderful, though. I definitely recommend going to listen to her. If you have any specific issues with a 2E situation, look for another type of psychologist/doctor/whatever who deals with that issue. Oh, and for testing, she uses primarily the WISC/WPPSI (depending on age) with the SB as an optional test for those who want additional testing after getting very high scores on WISC. She uses WJ for achievement.
  7. :iagree: Video: Lorax - Let It Die Seriously. Please? :lol:
  8. Definitely spelling! Also work on similar words (homophones, homonyms...) to show that phonics is important, but context and spelling are also important. I teach vocab, spelling, and word roots all at the same time. They're separate subjects, but I just can't help myself. ANYtime we come to a new word that they mispronounce (phonetically correct, actually wrong), or that they don't know, we break it down, learn what it means, and learn how to spell it, right there on the spot. Who says spelling or vocab have to be an arbitrary list of words from a book?
  9. Practice them in a progressively more difficult way. As a simple example, it doesn't make any sense to keep teaching 2+2, but if you're teaching long multiplication, you'll have 2+2 periodically within the problem, so in essence, you're still reviewing 2+2.
  10. Don't worry about gaps. It's easy to go back and pick up a skill here and there if necessary, but continually teaching known concepts is boring and frustrating. I realize not all curricula has this option, but when possible, try pre-testing a section using the final test from that section (or even make up your own test that covers it). Missing a couple of problems is fine, and explaining something simple is fine, but when a child reaches a point where several questions are missed or a lot of explanation is necessary, that's the point where you'll need to go back and teach. That's the challenge level.
  11. We also do a ton of stuff in a prioritized way. Some weeks, we get around to everything, and some weeks, we only get the most important stuff. Either way, I'm happy because my "wants" are there, and they're happy because their "wants" are there (provided they're not screwing around and not getting enough finished to do their wants also).
  12. My boys are like night & day. They're both PG (2E). The oldest slept through the night from 7 weeks, was always on a schedule (his choice) from the time he was born, and always slept about 2 hours less than other babies/toddlers his age. He learned to read just before 2 and gave up naps right around 3. Now that he's older, he does the "uuuugh! 5 more minutes, mom!" in the mornings, but he takes forever to fall asleep at night. We've built him a bookshelf with light to go over his bed so that he can sit and read at bedtime. The youngest didn't sleep through the night until he was nearly 2 years old, and he also gave up naps around 3-ish. He still occasionally naps, but it's a rarity, and usually only happens if he's sick or if he's been go-go-go all day (like summer camp). When they were little, I always insisted that the boys have quiet time in the afternoon ... for MY sake! They had to go to their rooms and read for an hour or so. That's when I got MY nap. LOL!
  13. Well, that took only two seconds to find! :blink:
  14. I'd never heard anything like that before. I'll have to google it to see if I can find news articles or something. Thanks!
  15. I'm not sure what you mean about "support BJU". :huh: Does a portion of the testing fee go to them? I don't know who they are (other than publishing Bible-based curriculum), so I don't have a reason not to support them. We're Christian. Thanks to all of you for the info! I'm still kinda wondering if the WJ would be the best option, given the drastic asynchronization, but it's such a pain to do that. I'll keep pondering the options you've given, though. Thank you!
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