Thank you, Hunter for your generosity. :hurray: It's appreciated.

Yes, please!

Reading Instruction: The Reading Lesson, but I'm currently learning how to teach reading with McGuffey's Readers & McGuffey's Speller. I began using McGuffey's with the 1st Reader with my two older boys, but I would love to use these readers from beginning to end. Grammar, Copywork: Language Lessons through Literature Vocabulary, Elocution, Fluency, Oral & Written Narrations: McGuffey's Readers, My Book House, and Journeys through Bookland Spelling: Dictation Day by Day Writing: oral and written narrations mostly. I have dabbled with a few things, such as Killgallon, Jump In, Writer's Express, Story Starters, and Wordsmith Apprentice.

A New Complete Arithmetic by White. Many other Math books on this site as well.

We started with LLtL several months ago, using Level 1 with my K student (very slowly), Level 2 for my 3rd grader, and Level 3 for my 5th grader. I had started my 3rd and 5th graders in Level 3 together, but my 3rd grader just wasn't ready for it. I'm not sure why he found it difficult, as he completed Daily Grammar Practice Level 3 and has done oral narrations, copywork, and dictation since 1st and 2nd grades, but there you go. I moved him back a level and he's very happy, challenged, and retaining it. I chose to have my older two boys listen to their literature selections on Libriviox. I read-aloud to my K student. We have numerous other read-alouds and Mama can't do it all. :laugh: We are enjoying LLtL immensely!

Yes, McGuffey's is great for elocution and vocab. too.

Great Illustrated Classics - often found at thrift stores My Book House series Gentle Ben My Side of the Mountain Diane Stanley's Joan of Arc

Mystery of History audio cds Charlotte Mason Help Home Art Studio MacArthur's ESV Bible My Book House series HOD's emerging reader schedule Hey Andrew! Greek! Education Unboxed videos My boys would vote for Minecraft Homeschool hands-down.

History Revealed - the audio cds. The author's voice. Ugh.

We are halfway through K using the following: LA: The Reading Lesson, LLtL Level 1 (slowly, 2x per week) Math: Singapore 1A, The Verbal Math Lesson, Education Unboxed videos Other: Home Art Studio K & 1st, Kindergarten Gems, Kenneth Taylor's Children's Bible, Milne poetry, My Book House Volumes 1 & 2, God's Wisdom for Little Girls, A Child's Book of Character Building, plus many picture books

My current 5th grader has enjoyed having his own planner. I list out everything he needs to accomplish for the week, and he decides what day he does it. I did request daily Math for 30 minutes and to please not leave all LA stuff for the last day, but otherwise he is free to do what he wants each day. He actually balances things out pretty well.

I asked folks to share what they used after Singapore 6 on these threads several months ago. Please share what you chose to use after Singapore 6 - K-8 board Please share what you chose to use after Singapore 6 - High School board HTH.

Hits: Hey Andrew! Greek Scratch programming Language Lessons through Literature My Book House Misses: Daily Grammar Practice Mom's attempt at piecing together an anatomy course

I started this thread several months back. Please share what you chose to use after Singapore 6B ... Lots of advice/options there. I'm currently leaning toward Systemath.

We like Tiner's Exploring Planet Earth.

My oldest is in 5th this year. We are using the following. Math: Singapore 5A/B, Life of Fred Fractions & Decimals/Percents History/Geography: Began the year with History Revealed cds, then moved on to Mystery of History Vol. 1, plus Canadian history using Barbara Greenwood's books and Dickie's My First History of Canada, Voskamp's Explore the World, Benge biographies Science: living books, such as Michael Faraday, The Story of Inventions, etc. LA: Jump In, Daily Grammar Practice 4 (completed), Language Lessons Through Literature 3, Dictation Day by Day, McGuffey's 3rd Reader, My Book House Volumes 4, 5 & 6, cursive copywork, narrations across the board Bible: ESV daily reading, Beechick's Genesis book, How the Bible Came to Us, Victor Journey Through the Bible Character: Wise Words, Tiger & Tom, Boyhood and Beyond Lit: Anything he can get his hands on Other: Hey Andrew! ... Greek!, Home Art Studio 4, Scratch programming, Taekwondo, typing, and starting a Minecraft Homeschooling class later this month

Bible: daily reading, plus ? Math: Singapore 4 LA: Language Lessons through Literature, Dictation Day by Day, McGuffey, cursive copywork, Story Starters, narrations from Lit., History, and/or Science Lit.: My Book House 3 and 4, plus a book list I need to work on History: Mystery of History Vol. 2, plus various biographies Science: Undecided. I want to use living books with him, but he wants more hands-on than my oldest. Art: Home Art Studio and Draw & Write through History Foreign Language: Hey Andrew! ... Greek! Logic: Logic Liftoff Other: TKD

Tentative plans: Math - Singapore Math 6 or Systemath 6, plus Your Business Math (Simply Charlotte Mason) History, including Church History - Mystery of History Vol. 2, Trial & Triumph, Peril & Peace, plus others in the series, An Island Story, Story of the Middle Ages, Story of the Renaissance & Reformation, The Story of the Romans, plus various biographies and a few historical fiction titles Science - Tiner titles, Wonders of Creation series, The Mystery of the Periodic Table, It Just Couldn't Happen, The Sea Around Us Language Arts - Jump In (2nd half), Language Lessons through Literature, Dictation Day by Day, writing across the curriculum, and possibly AttuneUp Foreign Language - Hey Andrew! ... Greek! levels 4/5 Lit. - a book list he can choose from Other - TaeKwon-Do, programming, Home Art Studio, possibly another Minecraft Homeschooling course I'm undecided about logic and our afternoon family reading.

I like The Verbal Math Lesson. Can easily be done while nursing, as well as watching the videos from Education Unboxed. I get worn out easily with too many read-alouds. Do your children like audio books/stories? They could listen during a quiet time, giving you time for whatever you needed to do that day. Librivox is good. You are definitely not slacking. A 4 year old is not required to "do" anything, other than play. If you and he both want to do more, that's fine too. Congrats on your new arrival!

Among the People series by Pierson John Tiner titles (Grade 5+) Thornton Burgess titles Dinosaurs by Ham (Creationist view) Holling C. Holling titles Find the Constellations by Rey Album of Horses by Henry Story of Inventions by Bachman Story of Inventions by Claybourne Helen Keller by Davidson (plus other biographies) Jeanne Bendick titles

If you're a CM fan, you might enjoy the recommendations at Charlotte Mason Help. We are also using LLTL and Singapore.

Have you considered what type of literature you want her reading? Mostly history, including or not including historical fiction? Mostly classics? Science biographies? Other? Many of the popular programs are history heavy. We are a former HOD family. This year I looked at many programs and decided to pick and choose what I liked from each. The sites I use the most would be Charlotte Mason Help, Simply Charlotte Mason, Heart of Dakota, Winter Promise, Epi Kardia, Veritas Press, A Mind in the Light, Heart of Wisdom, and Living Books Curriculum. Among others of course. Many of them have overlapping titles, but I generally choose what I feel will appeal most to my son and will encourage a love for learning.

Draw Write Now Geography from A to Z (have child draw a picture and/or do copywork) Fill out a blank calendar (each day or once per month) Make a "book" (draw something of their favorite color on each page or retell their favorite story in their own words, etc.) Trace a coloring page or illustration from a book with tracing paper

5th grader's independent work: Singapore Math 5 (he's always been quite independent with Math) selected books from Charlotte Mason Help Daily Grammar Practice Jump In cursive copywork Hey Andrew ... Greek Logic Liftoff Scratch programming Mystery of History (audio), plus corresponding history readings 5th grader's "with Mom" work: Dictation Day by Day Math/Grammar corrections/review writing instruction (across the curriculum -- currently using Story of Inventions) Voskamp's Geography Vol 1, Beechick's book on Genesis, & Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends (reading these aloud to oldest three children)

My oldest sounds a lot like yours. I'm having him read a chapter in The Story of Inventions each week. There are comprehension questions at the end of each chapter. I assign him to answer several of them in written form. He is also enjoying Story Starters which surprised me, as well as Jump In. For Grade 6, I would like to outsource writing and use an online class, but we'll see. Writing is not my strength either.