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  1. If he's going into 4th grade and using Abeka 4, I'd say he'll be right on track.  They are both spiral, so that will be familiar.  I think Abeka is slightly more challenging.  Saxon is more focused on the quick recall.  A wise mom once posted that the point of Saxon is to be able to do the lesson in 30-40 minutes.  If he can't he's in the wrong level.  I wish I'd read that before. It isn't a bad thing if he is doing some review in math, so he can focus on other areas that may be a challenge.  I learned this the hard way.  Also, I had my oldest bumped up in Saxon, because he could do the first 1/3 of the book easily and did test into it. What I found was that he hit a wall, because he just hadn't moved to that analytical learning that usually comes right at 7th grade.  This year I actually put him back one book (on grade level), because he need to work heavily in writing and literature.  It was a good call, and he can do it without my help.

     

    HTH.  (Also, I use Abeka 1-3 and then switch to Saxon 5/4)

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  2. I feel the same way.

     

    I've actually been trying out different French tutors via Skype. And, this is going to sound odd, Pimsleur works surprisingly well for the audio/oral component. Audible has all 5 levels. I borrowed a sample level 1 from the library. DD has done about 5 units now and can respond very quickly within a very narrow timeframe and has a very good accent. I think Pimsleur plus textbook with online class plus another hour or two with private tutor might work.

    Pimsleur is amazing.  DS1 is on level 2 of Pimsleur and picking it up so fast.  He was on Learnables Level 2 at the time.  I plan on adding Memoria Press French in 2 years to help with the grammar/written side of it.  I think with a modern language, it is best to get them speaking first.

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  3. Everything in my signature

    I'm adding more Memoria Press next year, such as FM of Middle ages

    I'm going to look at the daily science.  Thanks for that.

    For the entire family:

    Pimsleur French

    Simply Drawing DVDs

    SOTW 2 audio

     

    DS1 5th Saxon Math with Art Reed DVDs, CCM Alpha, AAS soon to be IEW spelling, MP Composition Fables with DVDs, Hake Grammar, Learnables French, First Form Latin with DVDs, Living History, Percussion in band

    DS2 3rd Abeka Math, CCM Alpha, Prima Latina with DVDs, AAS, WWE, Trumpet in band

    DD1 K  Funnix Reading, Abeka 1 Math, CCM Alpha, Prima Latina with DVDs, FLL1, WWE, Violin

    DS3 doing what babies do

     

    Did I mention I like DVDs??

     

     

  4. I don't use CC, but I use a Catholic curriculum that has similarities called CCM.  I also used to own Living Memory.  CCM gets done in our house, because the tracks are loaded into my cloud and playable on our roku and the kindle.  It also gets done, because we have the timeline cards for practice and a nice student book for the children to look at while they listen.  Living Memory would be just sitting on the shelf if I hadn't sold it.

  5. I like the hardback books, because they hold up better.  However I prefer the 3rd edition over the 2nd, because it shows in parenthesis what lesson a problem was covered on.  This way the students can go back to that lesson and review when they miss a problem.  However, I bought the 4th edition for 7/6, because I'm also aligning them with the Art Reed DVDs.  I bought all my sets at a used homeschool shop  :hurray:

  6. My 2nd and 3rd children will use LC1 for two years starting in the fall. The youngest will just be listening and watching. The 3rd grader will use the book. Would you recommend

     

    (1) doing everything at half pace?

     

    or

     

    (2) completing the book at regular pace with no quizzes and then repeating with quizzes and the extra practice?

  7. I've decided to use Saxon/Hake grammar for middle school for DS1.  We'd been doing Shurley, but it is on the shelf due to teacher intensity.  I'm thinking I should go ahead and start him on Saxon grammar now.  Should I get the 5th grade book and have him go through the summer?  Or should I go ahead into the 6th grade book and have him go at an easy pace for 1 1/2 years?

     

     

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