Other - CLE

There are two different McGuffey Series - One set starts with a primer, than first through sixth readers. This set is on grade level up till about half way through the fourth, then it progresses in level pretty quickly. This version has burgundy binding, and a gold cover with blue floral designs. The other version only goes up to a forth reader, and has a plainer cover (can't remember how it looks exactly). This one progresses in difficulty MUCH quicker. ETA - oops, I see the 'other' version also goes up to six. So we'll use dates - 1836 VERSION: FOURTH READER = HIGH SCHOOL, LATE 1800s/ EARLY 1900s: CLOSE TO GRADE LEVEL until half way through 4th, than progresses quickly (We own this set)

Hee Hee - Even my 3 YR OLD son does that, both with 'educational' and 'healthy' ds: "Can I watch a movie?" me: "No, you need to play." ds: "What if it's something educational?" Just hearing a kid that age saying that makes me giggle. He'll also ask for a healthy snack if I just said no to a cookie or candy.

FUDGE Yummmmm

:iagree: I worked at a restaurant - we lost money on kids meals. We flat out wouldn't let anyone over 12 order from it (as stated on the kids' menu).

We don't have any weather restrictions for playing outside. I have a simple heat solution - a spray bottle. Seriously, most kids don't drink nearly enough when it's hot, BUT they enjoy spraying each other & being even a tiny bit wet makes a HUGE difference in how one feels in the heat. If I don't want to deal with wet clothes we fill up a large sandbox with water & they play their toys in it (even my 9yo enjoys it) - just their hands being wet helps.

"Do not twirl, spin or throw garter snakes, they don't like it" My girls have an unnatural obsession with garters and I see them doing strange things to them, they thought they'd like it.:confused:

We use and love CLE - it is perfect for a child that needs lots of review. There are lots of fun easy ways to add in conceptual stuff, and for me it's much easier that way than trying to add in continual review hoping they don't lose something.

Mine loved "Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children" by James Baldwin, and almost everything else by him (50 Famous Stories Retold, 50 Famous People, etc)

4 c-sections, all went well :-)

Shougmom - :DYes!!! Thanks, I bookmarked it so I won't lose it again.

Thanks - but that's not it. It was divided by grades, I think K-12. (Not positive though) Each grade was a separate post because it was such a huge list.

Someone posted a huge book list compilation with Sonlight, Ambleside, veritas press and others all together. I tried searching but got a way too many results and none of them seem to be it. Anyone have the link?

Maybe this?

Adventures In Phonics (sold through Christian Liberty Press) & Abeka

Rosie, in your example conversation here's how I would handle it (I am NOT saying there's a right and a wrong, I'm just illustrating a different point of view) Lady at playgroup: Oh, how old is your daughter? Me: She's 4. Lady at playgroup: So does she go to kinder? Me: No. Lady at playgroup: Next year then? Me: Yes (I call my dc grades by state cutoff dates, regardless of where they are academically) Lady at playgroup: Oh, what school will she go to? Me: She'll be homeschooled Lady: blah blah blah Me: Blah blah blah Lady: Nice chatting with you Me: Yeah, nice to meet you

Dh proposed in the ring right after he won his match in front of a big crowd. I knew he was planning to though, so it wasn't a surprise. But it was very memorable :-)

If you want to say you're homeschooling a 4yr old - that's fine. It's just that *I* wouldn't, and I don't really get why someone would. I like what Mark Twain has to say about it - "I have never let my schooling interfer with my education." To me, the terminology 'school' is not synonymous with learning.

I was thinking of posting a thread like this :-) I realized my 9yr dd didn't know how to rubber band something :blink: My kids all don't seem to get basic phone manners - even though I have tried to teach them. They almost always mix up that they need to say "Hello" when they answer, and wait till the other person says "hello" when they're calling. (They do it opposite)

:iagree: Here's the way I look at it: Teaching kids stuff is being a parent; homeschooling is one of a few options to met the legal requirement of education - SCHOOL. In other words... If your child is not yet school-aged (most places 5yrs and up) then they simply aren't "in school", if they are school-aged then they are doing one of the following: a) public school b) private school c) home school I, as well as every other parent, have taught my children many things. I taught oldest dd to read at 3yrs, but I would not consider it 'school' until they are 'school-age'. If you live somewhere that requires preK, or where the vast majority of folks consider it necessary, then I could see saying that you homeschool a 4 year old. Other than that situation, 5 is the youngest I would called homeschooled regardless of what was being taught when.

My favorite example is when my oldest dd was 2yrs old. We had made a snowman while visiting my parents' house and it was time to leave. She asked me if we could take it home because she didn't want to leave it. I then asked her, "What happens to snow when it gets warm?" She smiled at me and said "It melts." I asked her if it was warm in the car - she said "yes." Then I asked her if we could take the snowman home in our car. She looked at me like I was the biggest idiot in the world, and with great pride said "No, it will melt." I love this method to avoid tantrums in young children - this way it is them who makes the decision, not the parent or teacher (I worked in childcare many years.) Oddly enough I find it harder to implement with my 7 & 9 yr old dds. I think I wore them out of it - they just want the answer. BUT I do notice they take time to figure things out a lot on their own instead of asking at all.

We're in our 4th year of CLE math with two students. We've finished it every year. The first year I thought it looked like way to much, but than I noticed something. Although the lessons were longer in page numbers, the were about the same, or even shorter, when it came to number of problems compared to several other math programs. It's what I call "page psychology" - kids (sometimes parents too) see all those pages and assume it's a lot of work. My oldest dd just naturally adjusted to it, but, for my day dreamer I ended up putting a time limit on each page. After a page is completed she does ten jumping jacks then goes to the next page. This has made a HUGE difference for her. Maybe something like that would be helpful. Some other ideas - * time limit for the whole lesson (didn't work for my younger dd because she can't focus that long) * splitting the lesson - do the everything but the "I Can Do This" ("We Remember" in higher levels) first thing in the morning, then do the rest later in the day ETA - I am a math person and I LOVE CLE math, I've dabbled in several other programs but none of them come close to the completeness of CLE. So I'd encourage you to stick with it :-)

Some free online ones: Starfall (already mentioned) Professor Garfield Ict games (UK spellings and accents) Game Goo Between the Lions Electric Company Sadlier-Oxford Phonics Soft Schools

I haven't found any modern day writing programs that I like. Here are some that I use: Primary Lessons in Language and Composition The Progressive Composition Lessons Speaking and Writing

Fold & put away their own clothes at 5 Wash their own at 9