I'll play. Loves: LLATL Tan and Grey Teaching Textbooks Pathway readers SOTW 3 Not really a hate, but didn't work: Adventures with Atoms & Molecules (explanations are just way too technical for my 4th grader)

I know there are some - I'm pretty sure I replied to the one last year, but it's nowhere, not even when I look through my content. So it's not you. Unless it's you AND me. :D

Mine really liked the abridged Robinson Crusoe by Katheryn Lindskoog, if that helps.

I'm on my 3rd 6th grader. What's worked for us: MEP 7 math TT LLATL Tan (R&S English 5 has also worked for 6th grade but not the 6 book) Narrations and outlines for writing God's design science SOTW Logic lift-off I did a search so that I could link more planning threads about 6th grade and for some reason I couldn't find any. Not sure why.

When mine had that issue (with Math Mammoth), we went to TT and it worked really well. He's now halfway through the pre-algebra and doing really well. We're just using the book, not the CD's. You could probably skip the first part of the book because it's all fractions, percents, etc. The actual algebra-type stuff starts about Chapter 7 or 9 or something.

I changed science for my elementary kids. One is now doing Memoria Press and the other is doing God's Design. Last year I made many mid-year changes so I'm glad that most things are staying the same this year.

I have no idea why there are so many options. It is a bit confusing. I'm not sure if this helps, but when I started with it, the price dictated what I bought because I didn't know for sure if we'd like it and didn't want to spend a bunch in case we didn't. I prefer ebooks because I can use them for multiple children and I didn't want DVD teaching (just a preference) so I went with Lamb's Book of Art. I think there are ages listed for each program, so I guess my advice is just to pick what you prefer in your child's age range. We didn't ever finish the course, so I was glad I didn't spend a ton. My kids just don't enjoy formal art lessons.

I don't think it's dry at all but I like history so maybe that helps. There are really good samples on the Notgrass website if you want to read some yourself.

I pair Notgrass with the R&S 9 history text, but I know that's not a popular choice. I will say that I do not consider Notgrass light. It's not difficult reading - it's interesting and enjoyable. If that makes it "below grade level" then I guess I must be some kind of sub-par adult, because I really enjoy it. Granted, it's not super in-depth because it's a one-year overview of world history, but there is a lot of reading involved if you use it as written. In fact, I wouldn't add to it if you do it in one year, unless you skip all the Bible reading.

The old one is black and white and the new one is full colour with lots of art work in it, and I think some of the book choices for literature are different than the old version. That's about all I know. Hopefully someone else knows more. Consider this a friendly bump. :)

It worked for my son when he was 6. I didn't eliminate all dairy - just milk - and he was dry at night immediately. When he got a bit older, I was able to add some milk back in. I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone, but it is an easy thing to try.

I use Countdown for 5th grade. It is not too easy for my kids. Then we do Lift-off in 6th.

I start mine on Logic Countdown in 5th, but that's twice a week and maybe a bit more formal/less fun. Mind Benders are fun. I use Perplexors, which are a bit cheaper, but the same idea. My kids like them.

I started my son in WWE 2 in 2nd grade without having done 1. He had a little bit of prior experience with copywork but that was it. He was fine. So you may not need to do 1, but maybe you could start with 2, and accelerate as needed. Maybe try 2 now and then move to 3 next year? And if you need to work a year behind, that's fine, too.

Not yet. We're going to try that when we see the doc next in two weeks or so. So weird.

Has anyone had heartburn that turned out to be asthma? My 11yo has had heartburn for a year now and we've done lots of tests (haven't done a scope yet) and so far the only thing that's shown up is mild asthma. Is it possible that this is the only culprit? Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience.

From what I have read, I don't think they build on each other. Probably you can do them in any order. I think biology is the easiest.

Nope, Star of Light is also 3 weeks, and Adam and His Kin is 4 weeks. Definitely not enough for a whole term. In my opinion, you really don't need to worry so much about covering all the literature types and elements in elementary school. Most high school literature programs include all the things you want: Shakespeare, poetry, terms, writing, etc. So personally, I spend the elementary years and junior high just enjoying literature (some literature terms and poetry are covered in English) and then focus on all the important literature stuff in high school.

Well.... honestly, I'm not sure it's what you're looking for. If you have grammar, spelling, writing and everything else covered, and you want to use LLATL just for the book studies, I'm not sure if it's worth it. There are only three book studies in the Green book. Out of all the levels, I think the ones in Green are the most elaborate, with discussion questions, writing character sketches, doing research and writing compositions, lit terms, etc. (Most of the other levels only have discussion questions, a bit of vocabulary and optional activities.) Star of Light is a very Christian book, and during the study of Adam and His Kin, there is a lot of discussion and research about creationism, so you need to decide if that works for you or not. The Shakespeare study on Much Ado About Nothing is 3 weeks long and looks pretty well done. Keep in mind I have not done any of these with my kids. We like LLATL but we skip the book studies for the most part, or I just have my kids read the books and enjoy them. But if you have any other questions, I own all the levels from Yellow to Gray so I can look things up for you.

No more than 30 minutes of math per day, probably a bit less most days. He does math 4x a week, with Friday off. Writing is also 4x per week: two narrations and two dictations. It takes about 10 minutes. He JUST started writing his own narrations (3-4 sentences) and is not completely independent yet. We usually talk about it before he writes and during the writing most times, too. I would say he can almost write a coherent paragraph. He does science twice a week. The first day is an experiment from Adventures with Atoms & Molecules and the second day he draws a picture of it and writes a sentence or two about it. Probably takes him 20 minutes each time.

Most of the Let's Read and Find Out books have activities or experiments in the back of them, so you might not even need to add anything.

I vote for this!

Yeah, I think there was a lot of hoop jumping in the situation I mentioned. Maybe they were trying for direct entry as well, I don't know. I would like to be wrong about it being difficult here!

Each province and each university is different, so check the provincial homeschool laws, as well as admission requirements to any university you may apply to. I will say though that it seems harder for homeschoolers to get into universities here than in the US. A family my parents know just got their kid into a science department at U of M and apparently he is the first homeschooled kid to ever get in (not sure if that's true but that's what they said).

My first three 4th graders used R&S English, R&S Spelling and WWE 4. My current 4th grader is using the same except LLATL Orange instead of R&S English. I think R&S would be too much for him. I am using LLATL for my older kids and I really like it, but I'm a bit undecided about the Orange level. If I had a kid who liked creative writing, it would be great, but I am finding I'm skipping some things because this kid is NOT a creative writer. Otherwise, it's good.