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It's fine. . .but it is a textbook. Lots of information but dry like nobody's business. My current 7th grader used it in 5th grade. He did fine with it at the time but we're talking ZERO retention long term. My favorite part of those abeka history books is the pretty map section in the back. I have all of the elementary ones and think they do make a great reference.
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Hope you find something she can connect with emotionally- so important for us infj's!
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Yes! That is so my daughter. If it's impersonal, she just has no interest or retention. She knows a LOT of history from historical fiction and diary style books that she's read over the years, but school time. . .NOPE.
Both of my dd's love the Tiner books for science at that age.
My DD, who sounds like yours, loved history this year for the first time. She read Hillyer's A Child's History of the World and did written narrations. We added a corresponding book list for independent reading, and Draw and Write through History.
I really think she might like that
For your 6th grade excellent writer who doesn't like history or science, have her do some fun and creative writing assignments on some famous women in history, female scientists from long ago and some current. One per week. Her final product can look like a lapbook or a written narration. Give her a list of details to include. Don't make her choose the format if that produces anxiety. You choose the format based on what you know about the woman chosen to study.
Thank you all for you input an suggestions! I'm going to compile lists of ideas and submit them to dd to let her choose. There's a used curriculum sale around here next month. I think we'll go and see if anything there is inspiring to her as well! OR if she'd just rather git r done. . .that's fine too.
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Thank you! I'm really open to anything. I'd like to have a list of several options for each missing subject to show dd and then let her choose.
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This is the plan I'm working on for next year.
1st and 3rd graders
-CLE math and LA (their own levels)
-interest lead studies together with library books. This is just continuing what we've done this year. My 2nd grader started the year with RS's Social Studies book and Abeka science. He hated the social studies book and was bored silly with the science. (I like upper levels of Abeka science for the record) We scrapped that and have been picking topics and putting on oodles of books on hold. I like it. It's low stress for me and they get a lot more out of it.
6th grader
-CLE math
-IEW either theme book or SICC-B (she's an EXCELLENT writer)
-RS Bible
8th grader
-CLE Alg 1
-IEW either theme book or SICC-B
-RS Bible
-CLE's Changing Frontiers
-Apologia Physical Science
There will be art projects, piano, maybe some greek latin word root study, and lots of reading both independently and as a family. My girls like to cook and my boys like to build things in the garage. I'm happy with the "extras"
BUT I have a huge gaping holes to plan. I have no grammar chosen for my 6th and 8th graders (who have both burnt out on CLE's LA), and I'm at a total loss on science and social studies/history for my 6th grader. She hates those subjects and I'm trying to find a path that will cover those bases with the least amount of anxiety possible for her. In contrast to my oldest, she is definitely a whole to parts learner. BUT she cannot handle open ended assignments. I couldn't just say, "research world war 2".She needs clear expectations of what she needs to accomplish each day. Does that make sense? Any ideas here especially for my upcoming 6th grader? She's an INFJ if that helps.
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CLE. CLE. CLE. Without question.
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I asked about CLP's program a week ago and didn't get any responses. It is a Cathy Duffy "Top Pick", and I tend to like her Top Picks. One issue I had was that the 5th? grade book covers geographical terms. I thought that seemed a bit odd for spelling, and I'd prefer to leave geographical locations to our geography lessons. I wish there were more reviews of this (or more sample pages), because it looks really good overall.
I ended up going with R&S because I had an old copy of DD's 4th grade R&S book with only 5 lessons completed. Since that was covered, I figured I might as well use R&S with my other two. :lol: It also seems to get consistently good reviews here. I can tell you we quit using this because my natural-speller DD was taking 40 minutes per day on this book. I've since discovered it takes most kids 10-15 minutes per day. She did have a hard time reading their cursive font (although she could read the cursive print in her cursive program), so we spent some time "transposing" the words into manuscript. I'm hoping for better success with children 2, 3, and 4!
I have noticed that almost no one here mentions CLP's program. Thank you for the feedback. 10-15 minutes is great. :)
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My 8 year old who will be in 3rd grade next year needs a spelling program. His older siblings haven't needed that but HE does. It needs to be fairly independent. I think I've lowered it down to Rod and Staff's program or CLP's Spelling program. Which would you pick and why?
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We used R&S for 2 years, but that was all we could handle. We use CLE now. I'm not sure we'll be able to handle CLE for more than 2 years either. They're both pretty intense grammar programs.
We used Easy Grammar between our R&S years and our CLE years and that was too easy. The boys regressed that year and forgot a bunch of basic stuff. I feel l like Goldilocks. R&S and CLE are too complex, Easy Grammar was too easy...I need to find Just Right.
If you ever find that "Just Right" please share! Finding that perfect balance in grammar has been driving me bonkers for years!
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I have made tentative plans and changed them about 20 times so far, but here are my current thoughts. Please note they are written in jello.
8th grader
CLE Algebra
Finish IEW SWI B and begin SICC-B
RS Spelling (maybe)
RS Bible
Uncle Sam and You
Apologia Physical Science
Grammar = ???????????
6th grader
CLE math
Finish IEW SWI b and beginn SICC-b
RS Spelling
RS Bible
Uncle Sam and You
Abeka Science (probably)
Grammar = ??????????
3rd grader
CLE math
Pentime
RS Eng and Spelling
Abeka Science and Nature Reader
CHOW??
1st grader
CLE math
Pentime
WWE 1 ????
Lots of library books
Twin 4 year olds
Maybe start them on RS ABC series if they're interested. They may not be as they currently have zero interest in coloring or learning to write anything.
CLE math
Abeka Science
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I vote 2. Stay put and take vacations if it will make your kids happy.
And I get where you're coming from. I grew up in a military family. We stayed put quite a bit so the oldest ones could finish high school without being uprooted. Then later we stayed put so I could finish school while my dad was stationed in Puerto Rico for a couple years. He came home to visit. We went there to visit. It was fine. Really. ;)
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My only experience with Rod and Staff English was when my oldest was in 3rd grade. Since then we've done grammar every year either with CLE or CTGE, can we jump back into RS next year at grade level, or would we need to back up a grade? (ie can my son do RS English 8 in 8th grade or should he back up and do 7th grade level)
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I'm an ISFJ and that description was almost dead on. I think you are right about how I choose curriculum. However, I'm way to stubborn to outsource. We did though start with a packaged curriculum that I then tweaked and I completely modified our day to accommodate her dance classes. I'm excited to see what book on classical ed you think works best for my personality
I am ISXJ and am also too stubborn to outsource. Or perhaps my budget is too stubborn. . . .
But yes I can see myself in the ISTJ and the ISFJ. I. Love. Checking. Boxes.
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No school room here and I don't think it would work. My school age boys are very sensory sensitive and are not able to think at all if there are other things/noises while they're working. My 7 year old works on a table in my room (downstairs), 13 year old in his own room, and my girls who are oblivious to everything around them work at the table while the twinnies run amuck.
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At what time is she going to bed? If she needs that much sleep she needs to get to bed earlier. Her late wake up time is affecting everyone else, and that's not fair to you or the others.
These are my thoughts exactly. Keep bumping her bedtime earlier and earlier until she's able to get up without major meltdown issues. I'm not a morning person, so I get that. But 10 is just really really late!
I drag my kids out of bed shortly before 8 (except for my toddlers and my 11 year old who is one of those crazy morning people). Then we all get to be grumpy together for awhile. All I have to say to my 13 year old is, "8:45.. . . 8:30.. . . . .8:15" and he will get his butt up. Nothing worse for him than sending him to bed earlier. ;)
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My 2nd grader is/was doing it this year. It's the only thing he's said he truly hates. It's pretty dry, so I won't be using it for any of my others.
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I have a 5th grader who just turned 11. She spends about 30 minutes on her own doing math (CLE) and 15 to 20 minutes going over it with me later.
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The Great Turkey Walk - an easy read but fun and all are enjoying it
The Book of the Dun Cow - picked it up at Andrew Pudewa's suggestion. IMO a very weird book
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You can still access it through the Wayback Machine.
Bless you! I was looking for the site earlier this week!
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I have 4 readers that all learned to read before they could write much of anything.
My two littlest ones have a language delay and can't hold a pencil correctly yet but are capable of reading some short words.
So for us, the answer to that has been yes.
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Yep, we're there too. My oldest was plugging along, but it just became ridiculous. We're completely dropping formal grammar for the rest of the year to give all our attention to writing (SWI-B from IEW). In retrospect, we spent far too much time on grammar and not enough on writing. I even knew it at the time, but didn't know how to remedy it and stay consistent. Next year we're going to continue with IEW and pick up Easy Grammar Plus for my two older ones.
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CLE Math
Writing with Ease
Pentime
SOTW
Any Let's Read and Find Out and Magic School Bus books that your library has. Do the experiments if child has any interest. Skip them if they don't.
Tons of books from the library
Crayons, Watercolors, colored pencils, scissors, and lots of paper
Phonics Pathways
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I feel a bit like a broken record mentioning this again and again, but English Lessons Through Literature may fit what you're looking for.
This is the site- http://barefootmeandering.com/site/lessons-through-literature/eltl/
Good samples at Amazon (cheaper at rainbowresource) - http://www.amazon.com/English-Lessons-Through-Literature-Level/dp/150017694X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452304157&sr=8-1&keywords=english+lessons+through+literature+5
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No, for reasons already stated
Female over 18
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I don't have everything planned and what's here is still subject to change
6th grade
CLE math
Easy Grammar
IEW- US history based or SICC-BAbeka Science
Books, books, books
8th Grade
Saxon Alg 1
Easy Grammar
IEW- US history based or SICC-B
Apologia Physical
Book, books, books
There will be other miscellaneous stuff in there like drawing, piano, geography etc, but those are the main things I'm planning as of now.
Question for PA homeschoolers
in General Education Discussion Board
Posted · Edited by Mommy to monkeys
What do YOU put in your portfolio?
I've read about the log, samples, attendance etc, but I'm very interested in what/how many samples are put in by different families. Bonus points if you homeschool in a way that uses a lot of oral narration and discussion rather than producing work sheets for every subject. (This is where the whole samples thing loses me)