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It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes when my son is focused. But can take a hour and a half when frequent reminders to focus is needed.

My 4th grade son will do 3.5 to 4 hrs of school work most days. We do 5 days a week, with Mondays being short days (3 hours).

I would have to say Logic of English's phonograms app on the ipad. It makes studying phonograms easy and you don’t have to keep up with flashcards.

I am also excited to start CAP's W&R. We are trying BJU Science 4 this year. I am crossing my fingers it will be a good fit for the long haul. I hear all the great things about it being rigorous and great for middle and high school. I really want it to be a great fit for us.

My mom drilled math facts in me and I'm a math lover. Maybe your daughter won't be a math lover. But having that background will likely make her less of a math hater. We are drawn to what we are good at.

I was wondering how things were going for you. I'm glad to hear you found your perfect mix!

I love ETC, but I also use Rod & Staff phonics 1 for first grade. R&S phonics is very good, and teaches long vowel sounds a little earlier then ETC. You can't go wrong with either.

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I want to say CM, but your 3R's schedule is well organized and better fitted for a 2 yr old in the mix.

Welcome! The K-8 board will give a wealth of information to help with afterschool curriculum as well as homeschool curriculum should that be in your future plans.

Is this your first year using LBC? If not, how did you like LBC 1? We started LBC 1 this past week (bible, history, & read-alouds) and I love it so far. Still need to buy things for picture, composer and nature study.

LA: FLL1, WWE1, ETC/R&S1 for phonics Math: Saxon 1, then 2 (when finish with 1 mid-year) History: Living Books Curriculum 1 for World and American History Science: Noeo Biology I LBC for read-alouds, picture study, and composer study

We have never homeschooled so I make my selections based on how rigorous and how quickly we can do the curriculum. Therefore, TWTM recommendations really help me accomplish my goals for the 3R's. I love that FLL takes 5 minutes but my son is really learning.

My first grader does 1 hour of afterschooling (phonics, math, grammar, writing, and reading to each other).

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Welcome! Plan! Plan! Plan! This is our first full year of afterschooling. We started last year in K lightly.

Since there is so much repetition in Shurley you could do Shurley 5 with your 5th grader. I don't think he will miss a beat by not doing Shurley 4, because 5 will go over it again, but at a little faster pace. Have you looked at the scope and sequence of 4 & 5 to see? Since you already have Shurley 3 that would be a great start for your 3rd grader for the same reasons as above (3 covers 1&2 material).

I am doing the first grade phonics and we are on lesson 29, and there has been several times that the TM was helpful to determine the picture, thus the answer. I also like to use it when they give the list of words to read down the side of the page. My son has his worksheet and I have the TM, and I can keep him on track without looking over his shoulders at the words.

Can you post the link to this again? The current link does not work. Thanks Erika

Yes. I plan to start SWR mid 1st grade.

Afterschooling takes great planning, but it’s not impossible. If my son sees his friends outside afterschool and wants to go out and play, then we don't afterschool that day or we do it when he comes in. Playing (inside or outside) always comes before afterschool work. However, afterschooling comes before tv. So if he wants to stay in and watch hours of cartoons, it’s not going to happen. I have 365 days to do what is scheduled for 180 days. There is more than enough time to get it done in 1 hour a day during the week and 2 hours on weekends or other days out of school.

My writing curriculum is not as extensive as my math, yet! WWE 1, 2 Writing Strands 2, 3, 4

LOL. You are not alone, getting new curriculum is like Christmas to me too. Enjoy!