I totally understand! I'm adding 2 k'ers next year a five and a six-year-old. With a dreamy 10-year-old, I can't even begin to imagine how I will get everyone to get their work completed and have enough of me to go around. Good luck to all!

One thing that has worked well with my four kids is color coding each child's things. Each child has hey color and all their workbooks textbooks etc. are marked with a colored dot. It makes it easy to sort out their things and put them away. Each child has a cubby with their corresponding color. That way all four kids can help pick up items even if they don't along to them.

My son is ADHD and struggles with fine motor skills, so we took his kindergarten year very slow. Lots of Legos for finger "exercises". One friend reminded me that we are not public schooling at home but rather homeschooling. We are meeting our kids where they are and helping them reach their potential. It may not look at all like "school" and it may be different for each child. You are doing a great job. Keep it up!

Sonlight has great reader lists. You order a free catalog on their website. You can pick readers by subject or grade level.

Base ten blocks and counters (a bag of polished rocks)

I remember those days. Pack as much as you can in the garage. It gets the packing out of the way and helps keep the house ready to show.

How great thou art is good

Thanks

We started an assignment a few years ago that has worked wonders for my daughters writing. Every time she reads a story she has to write "think notes" about what she read. She writes one sentence for every Grade level. She is fifth grade this year, so every day she writes five sentences about what she read. It can be a summary, an idea or what she thinks about what she read. The first week we did think notes it took her forever with a lot of tears. But now, she whizzes through them and actually asks to write more sentences. They are all in a spiral notebook, so she can look back at all think notes she's written over the last two years. It's fun to see her improvement in both writing and penmanship.

Very good idea. We just switch curriculum and was wondering how to figure out where in the book to start. I love your idea

Ive seen mention of spell to write and read too and was wondering if it is an effective phonics program. I am looking for a phonics program for two Active boys

I'll look in to MM too. Good summer review!

If you decide to go with teaching textbooks make sure you have him take the placement test as teaching textbooks is often a year behind other curricula. My daughters are working in the teaching textbooks a year above their grade level.

I have coffee time in the morning. As long as mom has coffee in her cup, all kids have to fend for themselves. They will come and peek in my mug to see if they can "bother mom" yet. It gives me a little time in the morning to be off duty so I am ready to be mom the rest of the day.

Yes I could use some help in that area too...I have an instigator.

Sonlight has been fun and full of info.

On the notgrass website I saw an Olympic unit study. I've never used it, you might take a look.

I'd throw them out...

Thanks for the link

We love TT, but I have my kids use one grade level higher.

I am getting old curriculum ready to sell. Need to send the kids off for a few days so I can thin out toys.

We use the primary early American history beautiful feet last year and really enjoy it.

One thing we did during a season of hating school, was making a list of all assignments for the day and keeping at it til we got it done. It was midwinter and the days were short, one day we went to school when it was still dark and we're still working on our assignments when it got dark. My kids were so upset that there was no time left to play. The next day, they decided to work much harder and got their work done in half the time. I find that consistency is often the hardest part. Good luck! A constant reminder that all children have to do school work is also helpful. Once they realize that all children are at school, just different schools, they tend to do better.

I like... I need to do something like that for next year. My DD is 5th gr and I want her to learn to work more independently.

I like... I need to do something like that for next. My DD is 5th gr and I want her to learn to work more independently.