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Have you tried/heard of Enid Blyton? She is known throughout the world, other than America. She does books at all ages, really mild adventures. I would recommend The Secret Seven series, they are really good, and my soon was reading them in 1st grade. (He is now going into 3rd grade with a 7th grade reading level)

We are Frog and Cow Academy The Cow was my ds first ever favorite animal the Frog is my dd's favorite. Frog is first because of Fully Rely On God

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Thank you all for the responses. I am sorry I am so needy, will it get better with time? When did you all hit your home school groove? I just feel so nervous that I am going to mess everything up.

Thanks that does help. We did do the placement test and he is on the line, but does place for 3A, it is just the division that he got wrong. I will try with manipulatives, I am just not that good at Math myself, so I was worried that by not following some set out method he might be missing out on some big concept.

So my ds has been in private school up until now, this is our first year of Home School and he will be starting 3rd grade. I saw that singapore math says sometimes you need to start with B from the year before. What I have done was buy the 2 B math practice and have him do all the reviews so that I could see where he was behind. I also got the CD rom Rainbow Rock and he has been "playing" that all summer. He is all good, except for division. That was something that he did not even start with his old Math curriculum. I looked at the comparisons and saw that 2A is where Singapore does a lot of division. What should I do? I don't want him to be bored as he is good with all the other concepts. My 2 ideas are this, and I welcome opinions on both as well as new ideas. 1. Buy the 2A text book (dd will eventually need it) and just go over the division part together before we start in on 3A 2. Do the division book from Mammoth math Thank you in advance

I don't know yet if it will work, but I have an 8 year old with poor drawing skills. I got this http://www.creativityforkids.com/products/product_detail.aspx?id=27A2DC5F4E09419DBF6848B9B014885A He loves pokemon and such. The other thing I got from borders is the Boys' Doodle book. 2 different things, but ds is excited to try them

Thanks, I had never heard of Mammoth Math. The workbook are inexpensive and we can just get it for whatever subject needs more work. I have bookmarked it. What is CWP?

I have never used the IG, wish I hadn't bought it. However I love the program. My son's handwriting was horrible. We started this and I saw an improvement with in a week. (He is 8) The one thing the manual said to do, that I think is important, is sit next to them as they are doing there letters and correct them as they make mistakes. Don't let them do the whole sheet by themselves, and then tell them it is wrong. You don't want them practicing the wrong way. The biggest I say is "remember, always start from the top."

Thank you to everyone. So I think I will start off with just Singapore Math, and I have the IG so I can do extra drilling. If it seems like he is not getting it and needs more practice I will look into Singapore's Supplements. If he still needs extra work, I will post on the board and choose a secondary program. I really appreciate the replies as I no longer feel like I am totally missing something. I am already overwhelmed and a little scared about starting home school, but these replies made me feel better, and confirmed there is a support network here. Thank you. One more question, what is CWP? I could not find it on the board abbreviations page.

I see so many posts where people are doing Singapore Math and another Math program. This is our first year home schooling, am I totally missing something?

Thank you, I was hoping the DVD's would mean I didn't have to teach as I am teaching every other subject save for Spanish. Sounds like that is not going to work.

Oregon: It is amazing here. The coast is wonderful with cliffs pouring into the ocean. If you ever watched Goonies, the rocks that they have to fit in the medallion are at Cannon Beach, the largest is called Haystack Rock. Devil's punch bowl Depoe Bay and whale watching Newport, lots of murals, quaint old fishing town, and a great aquarium. Florence has great sand dune. All the coast places have Mo's chowder houses with the most amazing clam chowder. Columbia River Gorge multnomah falls, lots of falls around Oregon Mt. Hood and Timberline lodge (the outside they used for the shinning) Crater Lake Ashland Shakespeare Festival. White water rafting in Hell's Canyon, the deepest Gorge in North America, deeper than the grand Canyon John Day Fossil beds Ghost Towns ie, Shaniko Portland Powell's bookstore Chinese Classical Gardens Japanese Gardens Wonderful Restaurants The forest's are beautiful, and for those of you who are Twilight fans, a large amount of the first film was around Oregon. Oxbow park, the falls, and the gorge I love it here, I have been all around the USA and Europe and keep coming back.

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How long is each lesson on the DVD? Does anyone here use the DVD's with teaching? How does it work, how much time does it take? Do your kids like it?

Sorry, I was distracted as I wrote that last post. I neglected to say that it was a very good point that you made, and you should point it out to Sonlight. Sometimes we look at history from the way things are now, rather than from the view point of back then. I often forget that they did not know everything that we now know at the time they were doing things.

It still is that way in the UK and at some Anglican churches in the US. THe Episcopal church has changed to anyone being able to take part in communion. Part of their "Everyone is welcome at the table"

I third or fourth home learning year by year by Rupp. Also the everything homeschooling book by Linda Dobson. That one helped me to understand the different theories, and what spoke to me. The read aloud handbook is good, but also Honey for a child's heart that I saw someone else recommended. It is wonderful.

About 50-50. I think a lot of people are biting their tongues. There is also a pressure to put him in school as the schools are suffering and why would I want our school to do without the money (something that never was a mentioned when he was in private school, but now that I am doing it on my own...) I am in SW Portland. There are a lot of home school families around, not so much in my neighborhood.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Anything by Edith Wharton Little Women by Louisa May Alcott A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo The Witching Hour By Anne Rice

They are really great and I love them to pieces, but this will be the first visit since we decided to home school their grandson. They are both from England, so this is another thing their nutty American daughter in law has come up with. My FIL was the hear of the Math Department at the local Grammar School. I just really want them to be on board. So here is the panic, I want to get our school space just perfect so they will be wowed. I have been met with such negativity from most places since we have decided to home school, I just want them to be on board. If our family gets it, it will help me ignore the other negative noise out there. I am putting a copy of The Well Trained Mind in their room, so I am hoping that Susan will help a little. I spent a week with my mom and I got her on board. She went from being dead against it to saying that if the resources that are available now were available to her she might have home schooled me. Sorry, just needed to have a panic. Thanks for reading.

We haven't started to use it yet, but I got the "Hey Andrew teach me some Greek" It lays it out in a really clear way.

That sounds like such a great first day. Can you show a closer picture of your survey? That sounds like a great idea.