Just when I thought I had it figured out for my rising 10th grader to take BJU's Cultural Geography, she informs me that she'd much rather read about Medieval History again. She loved the SOTW Year 2 and so did I. Darling son 4 th grader would also be in Yr 2 with SOTW so that's nice, but....what do I do? After 4 years of Sonlight History and Literature and spending 1 1/2 hrs a day correcting her papers from American History and Literature in Depth this year, I'm kinda burned out. I'd be happy with a fill in the blank or very short answer or better yet a verbal narration if I had something to go by. With some map work and timeline thrown in there. Does anybody else ever feel like they are in my shoes or am I the only one out there beating her head against the wall in Freshman year? :crying: So, if anyone has ANY, and I really do mean ANY suggestions to ease my history headaches, please chime in. And, like I haven't asked for the world already, if anyone has a good suggestion of Medieval Literature-that would be much appreciated-I'm not looking for an entire Progeny Press layouts, just some really good books, both long and short would be a great fit with some comp. ? Struggling in ND......Prairie

MIL's biggest issue was that he couldn't count by 15's.... And she had him do way more work than I had set out to do. I didn't even include any of the teacher manuals for her to have to read through, etc. He just had a few problems from the worksheets and had to read (he read the book everyday in it's entirety-one of the Laura Appleton Smith Level 2 books) and she had him do 3 additional lessons in Copy to Spell. Thank you to everyone who posted. I know he's exactly where he should be, he loves science, math and Spanish, he has excellent printing and can read everything the Well Trained Mind book says he should be reading. He's an outdoor kind of kid and just spent an entire day on the roof helping tear off and put back on shingles. He rides his bikes, shoots his bow and arrows and asks so many questions sometimes I just look completely bewildered. My BF is the local school/tribe social worker and she has assessed many, many children. She agrees, nothing to worry about. Thanks again gals, I knew I could count on you all! :001_smile:

My Mother In Law recently had my kids at her home for 3 days. During this time she did school with them. My son, who is going to be 7 next week is doing Right STart Math B, we're on lesson 70 or something like that, the making 11 lesson. When we got back from our trip she commented that she thought he should be tested to make sure he's where he's suppose to be. How much can one glare at the woman who just cared for your children for 3 days? Any suggestions? Any online test? Anything? Anyone?

Has anyone used this homeschool science kit/program? It's new to me, as I was searching some fun EASY:) science ideas for my 6 yr old/1-2nd grade BOY!

My daughter was absolutely struggling with SAXON math. Mid year we jumped ship and went to TT6. She flew through that, went right into 7 and is now in Pre-Algebra. When people ask her what her favorite subjects are, she actually says MATH! That says a lot!

We are trying to muddle through the Jr. Notebooking Journal with the Exploring Creation w/Land Animals. I read to him as he's coloring the pages but he doesn't seem to retain the information. When I ask him some simple questions he says he doesn't know. Is it just a little too over his head? Should I wait a while and do something else then come back to it? Any ideas?

We started when my son was starting 'k' work. We are still doing it through 1 as well. We didn't skip anything. I really think this is a good program. I used the WTM LA program with my daughter as well when she was little.

Loved it! :iagree: We went with Right Start this year only because a friend GAVE me a T/M and although it is kinda advanced, I do miss the fun games and light colors of McRuffy!

Dd and I go where the toddler is (we have even done school in the bathroom while the little one plays in the bathtub!!!) Most of dd's school work is done at the kitchen table, though. :iagree: (Note, we are babysitting public school teacher's kids! ha ha) And we school on the deck, out around the firepit at night (reading) and on the way to one of our many adventures throughout the year. We school anywhere we can. However, that being said, I love winters in ND because the kids and I have the whole basement living area all warm and toasty with the fireplace going and doing school. The basement is also where the washer/dryer is....laundry gets done a lot quicker in the winter! ha ha:001_smile:

:iagree: You can use a flashcard maker online for free or buy the flashcards too. My daughter who has done Prima Lat & Lat Chris. I enjoys this more and she also uses Critical Thinking Word Roots B1 software too.

songs? what songs? I made up my own for the vowels... Sometimes we split 1 lesson into 2. You just have to 'read' the child. We put 3 or 4 lesson words on white boards and we don't do a complete review every day. For instance, we are on lesson 106. Today I pointed to the Long o vowel bends and asked my son to read a word from each list I had on a white board. Then I said, can you read those green (I wrote the 'disobedient' ones in green) words? Then, "What about those purple words with 'ew'. What sound does that 'ew' make?" Then on to the lesson. If the lesson is long, just do some of the words and the sentences the next day. I rarely let my son look at the book because he says, "I have to read all of those sentences?" and becomes frustrated. Instead, I write them down with colored marker, one at a time in a notebook. Once he gets through a sentence he gets to pick out a sticker and put it by the sentence. I try hard to not put more than 3 or 4 sentences on one side of the notebook because then it looks like A LOT. Hope some of this helps. OPG has been wonderful for us. He's reading Green Eggs & Ham this week and we're not even half way through the book. :001_smile:

I can't give a comment on R&S Math but we really enjoy their upper level L/A. However we are using McRuffy Math K and we enjoy it. It spirals, uses games, manipulatives, tangrams, shape blocks, etc. It also has color, but a softer color, not bold color like Abeka. I purchased it through Rainbow but have seen it for sale on here as well. Hope this helps.

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http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109114 I love this list and use it often for ideas and such. It's worth a browse through.

Oh my, RSO looks interesting too!

What is RSO? I did pm another gal about something in her list called ES Intro to Science and she let me to Elemental Science. I found that fascinating and it includes everything I was looking for. Easy to follow, schedule, added 'real' books, 10-20 m and at $15 for the ebooks, it's a heck of a bargain. She said you can purchase it through Rainbow or Amazon but I found it at their home website. I think she said a gal from here wrote it. Seriously I think it's worth a second and thrid look.

Thanks, I went back to apologia extras and found that they had left that paragraph out of the first printing! :-) At least we now know! :001_smile:

I've got one of those 'I'd rather be outside' kind of kiddos so I'm wondering if you have one too, what do you do for 'hands-on' science that has a schedule of some sort with some good books that involves experiments too.

So far it's just been spelling, anything else in the "Language Arts" area? I found a pretty cool series over at Timberdoodle for young learners and thought that looked interesting. I think it was Language ARts for the Young...had a lot to do with Charlotte Mason way of schooling.

:iagree: And I write all the words and stories in a notebook in colored markers or colored pencils. When he finishes a batch of words or a story we use Stickers and stars to show how well he's done. We also write the words and ONE sentence for him to copy on a dry erase board in color. This doesn't help the picture part but it's worked well for us. I was just looking at the back of my OPGTR last night and buzzed by the paragraph on "why" there weren't any pictures in the book...take a look. I"m going to too now that I remembered it. :001_smile:

What did you use after your child finished The Ordinary Parent's Guide to TEaching REading? :001_huh:

I must be totally blind I can't see anything about a Black Turtle on pg 64. Is there a newer copy to this book? Mine is first printing, 2006.

I had a friend give me a few pages, literally, from her 4/5/6th grade book of "The Grammar of Spelling". This looks like a pretty neat book from what I can see from my 4 pages. Has anyone used this and where did you get it? When I do a search for "The Grammar of Spelling" I get a wierd website and can't figure out if it's for real or something else. Any comments/help would be much appreciated.

We are working on lesson 4 of the Apologia Swimming Creatures. It says there are 8 sea turtles....I can only find 7. Please tell me where I'm missing the 8th PLEASE!

Well if implying that I feel out of place when surrounded by ladies wearing skirts and scarves is bashing a religion then I am truly sorry. That was not my intent. It was actually an afterthought. I just didn't realize how big this religion bashing was. And yes, I do feel out of place, especially at the home school conventions. I even feel unwelcome there. I've always tried to find the best fit for my kids and really like Christian based curriculums. Honestly, I havn't even looked at the 'rules' of the religions that sell the curriculums we use. I guess I just felt like if they were good enough to put out a great curriculum, then they are good people. Perhaps I need to be more diligent in searching 'all' the information and not just the 'diagnostic' tests and such. We've used Abeka, currently use Apologia, R&S, Sonlight, etc. Even though some of these companies have been doing this 'bashing' (which I just found out about this afternoon) I still think they are good people, putting out good curriculum. My apologies to anyone wearing a skirt (no matter how long or short) and/or a scarf (religious based or not) who might have taken offense to my comment made earlier.