My son who is 4.5 voted for Green, my 8 years old daughter voted for Blue, my 3 years old voted for a " pretty color" Blue. Since she was 4, Blue had been my oldest daughter favorite color.

My kids will vote for French and German:001_smile: My daughter had taken 6 month course of Spanish and she decided it wasn't her favorite language. She is more comfortable with French.

Singapore and MEP, may be Miquon for fun exploration.

DS ( K-ner/ 4,5 years old) LA: SWR, Cursive First, reading books Russian LA (learning to read and write) Poetry/Memorization: IEW, level 1 Math: finishing RS A, SM PM 1A/B, IP 1A/B, CWP, Olympiad Trainer 1; Russian Math Peterson (1 grade), MEP 1, Miquon. Latin: Song School Latin Greek: Song School Greek German: German Kindergarten French: French Facile, Jr. Science: Let's Science; Zoology Lapbooks, on-line science classes, RS4K pre-level History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2, unit studies and lapbooks Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, China Critical Thinking: Hands on Primary, Mind Benders, Kumon mazes and others Music:Music for little Mozarts(piano) PhE: Skating Art: mama's "art school" Geography: A Child's Geography

Our plans for 2011-2012 official school year( September 1st-June 1st): DD (4th grader): Math: Singapore Math (SE 4A/B, 5A/B, IP 4A/B, 5A/B CWP4/5, Olympiad Trainer 4/5), Russian Math 3C, 4; MEP 4,5 LA: CWR, MCT, Classical Writing, SWI A Science: Apologia Zoology II/III; RS4K level 1, unit studies Russian language and literature ( still deciding on books) Art and Art appreciation: still deciding Latin: Latin for Children A/B Greek: Greek for Children A French and German (reading children books), deciding on curriculum Logic: Critical Thinking books and Logic games PhE: Figure Skating Music/Piano: still deciding on curriculum History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2 and the unit studies Poetry/memorization: IEW, MCT and some other additional plans: some ballet/choreography/dance classes; science fair and math olympiad, speech/debate competition, lapbooks DS ( K-ner/ 4,5 years old) LA: SWR, Cursive First, reading books Russian LA (learning to read and write) Poetry/Memorization: IEW, level 1 Math: SM PM 1A/B, IP 1A/B, CWP; Russian Math Peterson (1 grade), MEP 1 Latin: Song School Latin Greek: Song School Greek German: German Kindergarten French: French Facile, Jr. Science: Let's Science; Zoology Lapbooks, on-line science classes, RS4K pre-level History: MOH 1/2, SOTW 1/2 Critical Thinking: Hands on Primary, Mind Benders, Kumon mazes and others Music:Music for little Mozarts(piano) PhE: Skating Art: mama's "art school" DD ( pre-K/ just turned 3) German K, French Facile, Jr., Song School Latin/Greek, learning Russian, Russian math, mazes, skating, possibly some gymnastic/ballet/dance classes, art and music/piano.

:iagree: I think it depends what your goals are. If you are using 2-3 different curriculum per 1 subject you more likely will study it wider and deeper. As an example, I use 3 math programs for my oldest child. She had learnt some Algebra concepts at age 7 using Russian 2nd grade math book and 4 operation problems which are covered in SM 4. Can I say that our math studies are having an accelerated approach? Yes, I can, even my goal was to make it deeper and wider.

I spent around $500.00 per child per year on curriculum related items only, others such as french/german books add extras to our school budget. My oldest child takes skating lessons so it costs around $900-$1000 extra. I officially homeschooled only one child last year. On my son, who is 4, I will be spending around $100.00 for academics without skating lessons.

Hi, I am not familiar with WWE, but my daughter used CW Primers and we really enjoyed them. Each week is divided into 4 lessons: narration, copywork, nature study, grammar, picture study and dictation. It was a good introduction to CW before we moved on.

In Russia, men hake hands, girls-hug and kiss in a chick (for close friends). For family members, I can hug my male cousin and give him a kiss, even he is married. I would do the same whether I greet him or just saying "Bye". We have a distinguish differences between formal/informal greetings. Zdravstvuite/Dobroe utro/Dobriy den/Dobriy vecher- formal for people older than you/ your friends' parents, teachers or officials; Privet-for friends. If you see someone who is younger than you first time you will use a formal language. Do svidaniya - a formal equivalent to Good-Bye; Poka- informal. "Prozhchay"- an equivalent to " Goodbye forever"

Do you speak/ understand any form of Russian? Sorry, I might missed it. Being a native Russian speaker I would say that Rosetta Stone is useless(some people might not agree with me). This is a very good textbook for someone who speaks Russian on a family level and desires to learn more. http://www.iaic.org.il/RusskiyYazik.ru I don't have a complete program recommendation, because I use a Russian based books for my daughter to learn Russian. I would also recommend you posting on Bilingual board where most people who speak more than 1 language participate.

:iagree: We do every assignment most of the time, but skip "class activities", because we do not have a big group to interact with, or modify them to be applicable only for a single kid.

We discovered it late:), so my daughter started with 1b and flew through it. We used only workbook pages. After MEP and Russian challenging problems Singapore IP was too easy for my child. I require to do 8-10 pages of MEP per day when she uses it. It gives my child a solid math foundation. My son who is 4 will start MEP 1a again(he started 1 year ago but it was a little bit too much for him, so we did Russian math instead). I didn't know about reception, but now Reception will be too easy for him, he is almost at the level of 1b.

I bought mine from Singapore. I have only level 2,4 and 5. It is by Terry Chew. http://sapgrp.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=782 Here is another very good one by the same author: http://sapgrp.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=333

We use Singapore CWP too additionally to i-EXCEL Heuristic and Model Approach ( we like it very much). We also use Olympiad Math Trainer, which has detailed solutions to all problems in a book.

I have never administered one to my daughter and I am no sure which one I would use for her anyway. I grew up in a country without standardized tests and did just fine. I would rather have my child to take a specific test for a particular program (similar to the challenging placement test), where if you complete say 90%, you would be accepted to participate in it. If you know how to take tests you can score really high even not being very gifted.

My daughter used French I for elementary students and really loved the story line. She have gotten a lot out of it. She was only 6 and took it through Connection Academy. She had a teacher who work with her additionally teaching her how to read etc. Teacher was from on-line school, not from power-speak.

We use SMILE (School of Mathematical Intellectuality and Linguistic Excellence) on report cards for our Credit Union. We have a mascot too - an owl, the wise bird:)

I am planning to write my own for Geography ( never found anything really good beyond " A child's Geography", which was a very good beginner book) and Russian History/Art. In Europe students study geography for 5-6 years( general geography, geography of continents, physical geography of the world, economical geography of the world, physical geography of your country/region, economical geography of your country/region).

We used Textbook, CWP(old version), IP US edition. Will be switching to SE this year. We are planning to use textbook, workbook, IP and CWP. We also will be adding I-EXEL heuristic and model approach and Olympiad math trainer (SAP series).

Here is a link to NASA Instructional Units and Lesson Plans: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/index.html Last year I did use some of their ideas with my 7 years old child(Operation Liftoff unit:building an International Space Station) and we had a lot of fun.

Math/logic is our core, then science, history/literature/languages for us.

Singapore PM, Russian math and MEP are for my oldest child. Russian math, SM, MEP and Miquon is our choice of math for my 4.5 years old. I agree. My daughter was doing 3A/B mostly independently with some questions regarding long equation (mostly because of the difference in the recording). She usually tries to work on her own until she hits "an underwater stone" and starts "sending SOS signals" asking for some help.

I have a 4 years old son who is like that. Since he was 3, he could rotate 3D shapes in his mind doing logic puzzles without any need for manipulatives. They are so happy to explore and figure things out at this age.

I think you are correct. You know what will be the best option for your child and you know him much better than a teacher in a class. It is completely opposite to what I went through in my school years. I still remember how my math teacher would remind us to read All assignments and pay attention to details. It did help a lot. All tests are stressful, especially oral:( I think younger kids take them less serious that older do, that is why they are less nervous. Are there any other way to overwrite "requirements" not accepting private testing? For example, state level? I think you are trying to fight a bureaucratic machine, which is very hard to do. I don't want to be in your shoes. I hope everything will be resolved to the best.

:iagree: He does not need a lot of repetition, which Saxon will provide:(. FYI, Khan academy has several videos of teaching SM SE. A lot of people like it:) http://www.khanacademy.org/#arithmetic Right now he has videos for SE 3A ( unit1 and unit 2). Eventually he will have videos to all SM PM SE curriculum:)