Thanks ladies for all the helpful reviews & for the recommendations. I appreciate your input & your time. Bless you all.

Thank you for the glowing recommendation. What do you feel is an appropriate age for these books? Thanks you.

Can you please recommend both World & American History resources that are written from a Christian perspective & are appropriate to be read aloud to a first grader. If possible I would love a World History resource that begins with creation. Thank you so much for your time.

I use Horizons & am extremely pleased with it. hth

If you have used this material I would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you in advance.

I am using the Teacher Created, "Down to Earth Geography" Grade 1. You can see it here: http://www.buyteachercreated.com/estore/product/9271 I also considered Evan Moor's, Daily Geography Practice Grade 1. You can see it here: http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Geography-Practice-Grade-1/dp/1557999708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217342469&sr=8-1 Hope this helps.

Great resource that I have never seen before. Thank you for sharing it.

Rhonda in WA Can you please tell me where I can purchase the notebook size charts? We have very limited wall space & these sound perfect! Thank you.

BTT I am also interested in using the 1/2 grade program & would love to hear more reviews.

Can you please recommend a resource for teaching an introduction to Sign Language for a 5 year old? Thanks!

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Thanks for the recommendation Love2read, I will sure look into Sound Beginnings. Elizabeth, thank you for sharing your thoughts. My child is 5 & is just beginning to read. I will look into Spelling Plus. Does it use the same phonograms & spelling rules as SWR? It was my understanding that WRTR was more complicated than SWR. I am surprised to hear that is not the case. I guess I will have to look into it also. Thank you.

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Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts & experiences. They are greatly appreciated!

Wonderful! Thanks!

Where do you recommend purchasing Singapore Math. Thank you in advance.

Thank you Sarah & Holly for your responses & your recommendations. Sarah, thank you for the links to your blog. I really enjoyed visiting your site. I would love to know more about why SWR was not a good fit for you. Holly, thank you for sharing how you use the program & for encouraging me to just make it work for my child. I think I am trying to decide if, making it work for my child, is really the best choice for us. I appreciate your time & your opinions, thank you so much.

You are right, this is excellent! Thank you for posting this resource.

that is more user friendly? Is there a more open & go program, available that uses methods similar to Spell to Write and Read?

I am using Teacher Created, "Down to Earth Geography, Grade 1". You can see it here: http://www.buyteachercreated.com/estore/product/9271 I also considered Evan Moor's"Daily Geography Practice Grade 1". You can see it here: http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Geography-Practice-Grade-1/dp/1557999708 Both of these are very similar & come in various different grade levels. Hope this helps.

Just wanting to say "hi and welcome", it is very nice to meet you! Hope you enjoy it here and find all the support you need. Bless you.

Have you considered keeping him on the track to graduate & looking into an alternative type of start to college for the first year or two? I wanted to recommend the book "College without Compromise" in the hopes it would give you some options you might not have considered. http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=351904&event=BB&bookbag=1&item_code=WW You asked about other implications. How is your son feeling about being held back? I think the biggest implication could be on him & how he feels. Hope this helps.

Thank you ladies for the helpful information.

I have a few questions about Horizons Math Grade 1 teachers manual. Is the current Teachers Manual spiral bound? Is the TM divided into two separate books? Does the TM include reproducible practice sheets & test? If so, are they separate sheets or made into the book? Can you purchase the practice sheets & tests separately? Did you find the TM helpful at this level? Thank you for your time.

Thank you all for responding to my poll.