my oldest has autism as well (high functioning) so he thrives on structure too and school is our best part of the day. I already had all of his curriculum too when we found out we were expecting number 4 ( 4 boys 5.5, 3.5, 20 months and newbie! :willy_nilly:) Honestly though I have done this before and a newborn is wayyyyyy easier then a mobile baby to contend with :lol: I am also on the spectrum myself so again routine is necessary and I am better of following it then not and feeling all lost LOL the biggest thing is having some independent stuff so you can take breaks to tend to youngers or work with youngers which is so different from what you would be doing sans new baby. I use things like reading eggs, dreambox math, our handwriting and rosetta stone. I place these in throughout our daily schedules to break it up some and schedule in time to work w/ my 3 year old and go play some with my toddler in the baby playroom. When the new baby gets here I will do what I did last time and set up first the rocker/bouncer thing next to my desk then add in the playmat and exersaucer as needed when baby gets older. Eventually baby will move into the baby playroom which is next to our schoolroom and just be able to play while we school in a baby safe room full of fun LOL.

secular on the books as K (using mainly 1st grade stuff tho) finish Righstart B then into C Finish saxon phonics 1 then into 2 zaner-blosser 1 Nancy Larson science 1 Finish up mama made prehistory and then into History odyssey ancients 1 using how to teach nutrition to kids for health song school latin Angel bear yoga and wii sports for kids for PE RFP philosophy for young thinkers lollipop logic

My 5yo K'er is halfway through righstart B, halfway through saxon phonics 1 and just finished up zaner bloser K. so this year we will finish up the RSB and SP1 and move int RSC ans saxon phonics 2 as well as doings HO ancients 1, Nancy Larson 1, SSL and starting some mama pulled together health/nutrition.

I'm not sure how we measure up nationally but we have a LOT of resources down here in WV and it keeps growing and growing. not to mention it's gorgeous and very scenic :D we are slightly south of morganotown

DS is on intunive but he is HFA not ADD so not sure if it helps as much? It works great for us though!

montessori is also manipulative based Shiller math I am sure there are more but their names escape me at the moment LOL

my DS Has HFA so we have a lot of therapies going on which unfortunately don't have a set day each week so I plan only a week ahead. He has an expandable file that has a section for each day plus a section for charts ect. On the weekend before I fill the sections with the consumable pages I'd like to get through that week. on Sunday I fill his workboxes with Monday's work and from that point on I fill the workboxes each evening with the work from the next section in his folder. I write up notes ect. on my ipad as we actually complete school. I also reverse file. We have a filebox with 36 folders in it where I put our finished work. As work is finished it is dated and placed in that week's folder. Each folder also has 3 library pockets on the front of it where I put index cards that I use to list things such as games played, books read and movies watched. Then every so often I go through my folders and take out the best work for each, hole punch it and then place it into our binder for the year. this will then become our portfolio for review. So yeah that is how I plan :D

my 5yo is about halfway through B we'll be going into C this year with him. He is a mathy kid though and we supplement heavily with hands on montessori manipulatives and singapore math RS is pretty gentle and easy to slow down or speed up as you need

just saw it the other day while browsing school specialty and it's in stock :D http://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=&minisite=10044&item=2294559 I should add they have even more as well as powder wheat paste ect. to make paste with.

those are 22 dollars at my sams club. I have a few of them but replaced them with the rainbow boxes for this year per DS1's requests LOL :lol: the ones from sams work pretty well but they do come off track rather easily we have not had this problem with the rainbow carts at all and are loving them. I do still have 1 white cart in our room that I will leave for larger books and activities. I still have the velcro dots on it so I can still put up number tags if needed.

this year is the second half of our 2 years of kindy :tongue_smilie: our plans thus far are: Finish up rightstart B ( with mix of montessori ) then move onto C with TT combo Finish up saxon phonics 1 then move onto 2 mama made pre-history NL science 1 Nature notebooking outside w/ brothers Zaner blosser handwriting Atelier 1

I started my son at 4.5 but we do 2 years of K and are starting on our second year. He was ready but I didn't want to push him ahead for the same reasons many of the previous posters have mentioned.

we use and love our homeschool room!! In fact I was up there last night rearranging it a bit for the new school year. We have everything we need in there plus our 4th bedroom is right next to it and is set up as a small kids playroom until the little ones move out of my bedroom :D Last year we added a fouton and hung our older 37 inch tv on the wall so we have a homeschool movie area for documentaries and atelier. We also have a reading nook with a mini kids fouton laid out on the floor for lounging and reading. With baby #4 on the way I had to create space for another desk and tower of workbox drawers :lol:

my 5yo is a high functioning autistic

well they also removed my sub from my ODS student account that I bought through homeschool buyers coop that still had till august on it. yeah not happy :glare:

I use righstart math as my main program and it totally rocks! LOL I had used it when we first started schooling then abandoned it and sold it off cause I was too overwhelmed however I have since bought it back and think it's the best program to start off math with. That said I have tons of montessori materials that I also use to enrich our learning. It works so well blending the montessori materials with righstart to see things from different manipulatives. I also use math in focus as a supplement but not everyday. This combo works wonders for my DS! I n my opinion also righstart is very easy to implement and no more consuming to prep for or to carry out then any other math curriculum you would use at the same age range.

I use saxon phonics and couldn't recommend it enough!! My kids really enjoy it and it is super open and go easy and full of games and fun without being too over the top. before I used saxon phonics we tried: Sing spell read and write 100 ez lessons OPGTR Phonics pathways HOP then on a whim after reading rave reviews about it and use phonics intervention with my 10yo step daughter I decided to try saxon phonics and man am I happy I did. It is a bit slow going at first as far as seeing results but when you hit about halfway through lvl 1 they know enough to not only be able to read a lot of words but also spell them. My 5yo can spell words my 10yo step daughter cannot which is proof enough for me =D

:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: I could not imagine doing any other science! it has EVERYTHING you need in a box and the majority is reusable for other kiddos or to sell when you are done.

I use it now alongside rightstart for my 5yo We finished the K books last year and are about halfway through 1 and rightstart B we have been taking our time really exploring as well as throwing in some more hands on montessori activities as well. I have to say I love MIF and will definitely continue it after we finish righstart as our primary math. We also bought the assessment book but we use them as more of a review instead of as tests. It's been working perfectly for us this way. It still uses the number bonds and the linking cube things like PM does but it is more appealing to my kiddo at least ( we did try both PM and standards ed first before going to MIF) and if he gets hung up on anything we slow don and I trow in MM into the mix for another asian perspective and more review on the topic. This has been working fantastically for us.

i don't do pads lol I use a diva cup and I can't feel it which is awesome

yes a neurologist. I'd find one who is knowledgeable in autism as they will likely also know about SPD. Also check out raising a sensory smart child. We bought the hanging chair/swing from ikea and that helps my son who is a sensory seeker out however myself I'd rather have a nice comfy chair and and something to occupy my mind. As a teen what I had and really needed was a cave :lol: for real though I put blackout curtains up in my room so it could be pitch black at any time of day, I had black lights so I could still put on light but not be bright in my room. My bed was a mattress on the floor that was made up super cozy and I still have my bed like that to this day. It was my place to go whenever I needed to get away. Also finally getting on a good medicine really helped my SPD and anxiety issues for me that was luvox which is an SSRI.

I can't answer as a parent with a child who is avoiding but I can answer as an adult aspie with severe avoiding SPD who's been there done that. My teen years were hell. My SPD still gives me a lot of problems but I know it is mainly because I was not diagnosed until adulthood. is she in OT for the SPD? I had overwhelming depression and anxiety all through my teens years and lasting until i was in my early 20's then things became manageable again. But again i was misdiagnosed and such. there is much greater outcomes and such with today's therapies. if she isn't in therapy I'd look into that and a good neuro who is knowledgeable in SPD

Autistic 5yo DS with pretty severe SPD We are starting off gently with: saxon phonics 1 (we LOVE this!) righstart math b nancy larson K atelier art

I didn't real all the posts but I will tell you what has been our miracle... The creaclip I got it off amazon and OMG it is awesome. It clips into the hair then you level it and pull it a bit then cut for crazy even cuts each time and it holds well so a squirmy kiddo won't ruin the haircut plus it gives a barrier between the scissors and the child so less risk of injury IMO :D http://www.amazon.com/CreaClip-C-01/dp/B004NMR6TY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318963540&sr=8-1

I use the grammar farm ........ but I made my own! I used a foldable fabric ikea barn toy (cost 15.00 I think and we already had it) and a few safaritoobs (farm animals, farm babies, horses) and the plan toys dollhouse garden toy. I got my printables from montessori printshop, printed them on cardstock and then laminated and cut them out. I have little tupperware style boxes labeled (noun, verb, adverb....) The kids LOVE it!! it's like a game or toy to them which really helps them to absorb the information. oh and we do have MCT too waiting a bit. Grammar farm works great for introducing youngers to grammar before they are ready for MCT. The olders love playing with it to tho LOL