First, I believe God has provided this path for my family. Second, after my daughter was born it was obvious when she was just two weeks old that she was advanced, and it is even more obvious to me now that she is nearly 7yo that she would not fit into the 1st or even 2nd grade at all. Third, "Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school." -- Melinda Harmon, Federal Judge, 1996 Fourth, see my signature. I have many more reasons...but only so much time. ;)

You could use one of the recipe websites online. Allrecipes.com is my favorite. You type them up and place them in your own recipe box, make folders to organize them, and keep them private or make them public. It will also format your recipes to print them out on index cards or paper of various sizes.

It really does depend on what you hope to do with Latin, but I really don't think it is really something you have to be concerned with at this time. Just getting a child familiar with Latin phonics as you did with English would be a place to start. However, you probably should consider which pronunciation you want to go with. I use the classical because it is used in science and medicine, but the ecclesiastical is used more in church and music. This is what I did: As soon as my daughter was firm on English phonics, I began to add Latin phonics, because it actually is helpful with many English words. For instance, the Latin long "a" sounds like the "a" in father, so when we came to a word like "hall," I would simply tell her that this word uses the Latin long "a" sound. I have since thought that it is a shame that all children do not learn Latin phonics. We spend only 15 minutes a day about 3 days a week on both Latin and Greek (just learning the Greek alphabet right now) as my daughter just gets languages very easily--she also learns French by immersion. I planned to used Latin's Not So Tough up through Level 3 and then determine to continue with the series or use another.

Just a thought... I personally would combine "handwriting" with one, more, or even all of the other subjects. I don't know how it will work for your son but that would have been too much writing for my daughter when she just turned six, but now that she is nearly seven, she likes writing more. What I did was purchased Educational Fontware software and have that printed out or on my computer screen as a guide for when my daughter is writing anything.

I have not been active on this board before but that may change. ;) I have one daughter who is 6 1/2 and doing mostly 3rd grade work, I suppose--if I was into grade levels. She began reading at 3yo and taking piano lessons a couple of weeks after she turned 4yo. She is quite at ease in performing--in fact, performing for people is when she really shines. She is people oriented in her studies also; she would recognize the presidents on coins before she knew the names of the coins. She also loves geography and forces of nature--well, just about anything with science really. I don't know if she is actually an accelerated learner or just has an amazing memory and desire to connect things with people and animals. It seems the subjects that rely more on memorization and communication are the ones where she excels, so she is easily learning French, Latin, Greek and Sign Language simultaneously. Math, being more conceptual, was a bit more challenging for her last year, but now she is doing very well in it also.