Thank you. Dora annoys me too much. How is the monkey school app? Also how is Super Why? I want to stay away from sight words. I'd actually prefer math more than reading.

What are the best learning apps for kindles for PK/K age? Thanks

My son went to K in Catholic school, but he was the youngest in his class. If he'd been in a different state he wouldn't have been able to go to K. I'm going to have him to 1st for two years, and this year he is really only doing RS math and AAS for reading development. He follows a lot of what his older brother has done and will, but it isn't required and I don't push it. He just turned 6 as well.

I started Level 1 w/ both of my boys even though they could read. The oldest went through it in a month. The second is taking slightly longer. They needed to memorize the rules they'd never heard of even though they could read and spell. They had no idea why an o in hotel was long.

I don't know exactly what to say. I think it is one of the easiest and user friendly programs I've ever seen. I have two children using it, and when DD is done w/ 100 EZ lessons in a year she'll start on it as well.

Classically Catholic Memroy:)

I totally needed to hear that!!!! Thank you. I do know myself well, which is why I was looking for single tracks. Instead of buying up a ton of CDs, I'd love to find where I can download a single track when needed.

We've fallen in love with memory work on CD with CCM. I bought the CD for FLL, too. I'm now keeping my eye out for any memory work on CD, so I could put them in a playlist with our other weekly memory work. For example, I was disappointed that the FLL CD doesn't have the definitions of nouns, and verbs from Level 1. This would have been great to review in our weekly memory work. I'd love to hear about your favorites, especially with grammar. Does anoyone sell tracks on itunes or amazon?

I see them listed here on RR, but I don't know how much these overlap. http://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring.php?q=shurley+jingles

I also wanted to add that I just ordered the FLL audio CD and plan on putting those tracks in a playlist with CCM. I'm also going to put in classical music tracks from the MODG syllabus, too. Having as much as possible on CD is a life saver for me.

Thanks for this thread. I just decided to go w/ MODG except for Language Arts. This thread confirmed that for me.

I thought I once came across the website of a small, Catholic, classical school in that area. I can't find the site anywhere. Does anyone know what school I might be thinking of? Thanks

I spent 15-20 min on Monday morning. Then we listen to it every time we are in the van (5 min each time). At a minimum I'd get the CD's and student text. Next I'd add in the timeline cards followed by the maps. I wouldn't recommend the teacher text unless you like planning units. I'm open and go all the way, and I love this.

I agree with Martha. I bought it over a year ago and never used it. Last week we began Alpha week one. After hardly doing anything more than listening to the CD's in the car, all 3 kids knew the entire set of memory work. On Mondays I'll spend some time going over the material, but it won't be anything in depth. We already have a solid grasp on Ancient History. We'll do two volumes this year. LOVE IT.

I will be adding my own thoughts to this when I have time. I'm particularly interested in knowing what book for a certain age you have given. I know this would vary among children, but there are some generalities that would be good to go by. Off the top of my head, The Giver and some L'engle books would be books I'd love to give as such a special gift.

If you were to pick out one book to give to your child every year on his/her bday what would it be? My oldest is currently 7, turning 8 in the spring. I thought this would be fun to start a tradition of giving a special book every year on his bday and continuing this with the other children. It could be independent reading or a read aloud. It would be neat for the other children to be excited that this was the year they would finally get ___________ as a gift and maybe it could be a book used for a special one on one book time with mom. So what book would you give each year from 8 to 18. Thoughts???

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No one has mentioned mine: Adam Walsh. We'd just moved to south FL from the midwest. I do remember the hostages form Iran. I can't remember if that was before or after Adam. I also remember Oliver North saying "I do not recall that" over and over and over.

Not a co-op, but she should look into REACH http://www.reachhomeschoolgroupva.com/ The yahoo group would also be a good place to ask that question.

Awww my home state. That is the perfect time to have a baby in FL. When DD was a baby, DS1 was in K at school. It was really tough to be out so much with an infant. It was also really tough for me to homeschool this year with her as a toddler. It would have been a lot easier if I'd been able to home more the year she was an infant and out more the year she was a toddler. The adjustments really do differ from family to family. I had a friend with 7 grown kids. She said the hardest adjustment was the 3rd but after that she just herded them along.:lol: Three has proved to be so tough for us that we really lack the energy to find out what 4 would be like.

I agree. I also think there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE difference between 2 kids and 3 kids. Its like crossing into another universe:D

Thanks for all the great feedback!!!!!! I really appreciate it. We're expecting to move, so I'll keep my eyes open for info once we do.

I watched Inside North Korea and China's Lost Girls. I highly recommend both.

I saw the how much does 4H cost thread. I looked at 4H and am interested in it. My DH and I have no experience with it. I'd love to hear about your family's experience w/it.