And, what will your high school progression look like?

Most of the high school shows I directed would only have 8 performances. (Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights, then Sunday matinees)

Your child should not sit there for hours for a small or non-speaking part (past the blocking phase) once they get into rehearsals. The director should be able to give you a ball park estimate of when she is needed and she should only come for that part. I taught theatre for 4 years and that is how I would do it.

We went through 6B in Singapore and we started the year in pre-algebra (in a different program); but now we are starting Algebra I. I plan on it taking both 7th and 8th grade, so he can get high school credit.

We started with Miquon in K/1st for my dd. We then switched to Singapore and I use the C rods to teach every concept. She totally gets things with the rods.

To be honest, I think both of those are as dry as they come...I know I am probably the lone wolf out there, but as a former English teacher, I want my kids to like English, even grammar. We used R&S up to the "preparing to build" book and I thought if I used that book my son would HATE grammar. Maybe you can make it more fun than it seems from the exercises, but grammar is something you use all your life, you don't want burnout at 10. I absolutely LOVED diagramming sentences when I was in elementary school, but all that drill and kill would have been the death of me. I just wanted to offer a different perspective. We took our time going through Grammar Island by Michael Clay Thompson and we loved it. It really seemed to give grammar a voice. It is by no means an independent approach. We had to go through it together; but my son, now 12 really remembers the parts of speech and parts of a sentence. We have minimal review each year. My suggestion would be to evaluate your child's learning style and really try to find a program to fit that style. It may be that she does best with workbooks, and if that is the case, just ignore me ;). English and math are really foundational subjects. If you don't do well in those subjects, you can't do well in other subjects like science and history.

10 performances is a lot.

Thanks!

Logic of English?

We used FIAR vol. 4 for 4th grade and it was great! We added chapter book reading to it, but FIAR was our curriculum.

On the surface FIAR looks pretty simple, but once you start you find out how rich it really is! Every.single.lesson leads my kids to something new that they want to learn more about. I feel like it is the best "jumping off point" ever! Also, I will say that learning how to break down or deconstruct a piece of literature is of UTMOST importance later in educational life (says the former English teacher ;))

We did Adventures in MFW when my dd was in K (it was for my older son in 5th) and at semester I quizzed her on how much she remembered. MFW Adventures covers early American history. Here was our conversation: M- Caitlyn, tell me about the American revolution... C- I don't know (sing songy) M-Okay, who was in the American revolution? C- I don't know... M- Okay, in the American revolution we (the Americans) were fighting... C- The Spanish? M - No, baby, not the Spanish, the British...what DO you you remember from what we have we have studied? C- I think the British wore red... I felt like I was in the middle of a SNL skit! I then decided to go back to Five in a Row, which uses classic children's books, and does not follow a four year cycle. She remembered MUCH more of that!

After all these years, I still LOVE Five in a Row! Love, love, love it!

That is a SUCCESS! I have yet to have a year where I don't want to chuck something at semester!

And it isn't like convicted felons can't have children...I just don't get it.

Why would the parents need to have a background check, it isn't like arrests, warrants or convictions is some big secret. Don't convicted sex offenders have to register where they live?

I haven't read this whole thread, but how do they propose paying for all these services? We can't even get the Government funded, much less education. I feel for them, but I just don't think their on the right track. If you take all the freedom away from parents to school their children, then it becomes public school at home.

Can you have her narrate things and then create handwriting worksheets on her narration? I did that a lot for my oldest. His ability to write has improved as he has gotten older. For him, it is a fine motor and executive functioning thing. He now types all of his writing assignments.

Does your daughter do written work or outlines with this? Interested in how you use these!

I have both of these books, but I dont understand what you are asking? Can you clarify?

I just clicked on your link, then clicked on the author's name and several titles came up. Not sure which one you are looking for...

Can someone give me the recs for logic stage?

This is totally our house too, and I only have three! I double what Rootann said. Those are all good tips. I find if I do not get started before 9, it all goes to he** in a hand basket quite quickly after breakfast. It sounds like you are doing a lot with them. If you want to add in Latin, have you tied just something simple like English from the Roots Up? It is basically just Latin and Greek roots words (all vocabulary), but when we did it, we did two words a week, and you will be surprised how much they get from just that!

And, wouldn't you know it, I already packed up my WTM book (we are moving this summer and I have already started packing the books not needed for this year)!

Why not just have them color the "shirt" or "robe", of the person?