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    Any suggestions for 8th grade Math for a struggling learner?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    My child will be in 8th grade, has executive functioning issues and has been at the local public school for the last 2 years. I’m bringing her home for the duration and not sure where to go regarding Math. We did CLE in the past and she said she doesn’t want a computer program. Any ideas for me to look? I’m open to CLE but since I’m starting fresh I wanted to see if there were other programs that might be a better fit. Thanks 😊

    How do you plan your school year?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Oh Wow! I feel a little unqualified with how I do it compared to others. I research to find the curriculum I want then just do the next thing each day. No planning ahead. If there is a subject like History that I want to go deeper I just look things up at the time. For instance, when we covered the Civil War I looked up movies and went to the library and did additional things until I felt we were done then we moved on. Most subjects though I just do the next thing. I would feel so overwhelmed if I had to totally plan ahead and have lesson plans. I do have my kids read every day. I choose books for them and then I'll mix in a book of their choice. That way we aren't always reading things such as Captain Underpants haha. On Fridays I did a light load and only did the main subjects like Math, LA. This next year I'll have a high schooler so I'll need to have him continue his full load on Friday. Maybe I just choose curriculum that allows me to not have to plan ahead because that's what I need in order to homeschool. Someone else has done that for me. I don't schedule field trips ahead of time. If I feel we need a break then I throw one in.

     

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    Has anyone turned their basement into a homeschool space?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by Mom28kds

    I turned my basement into a homeschool room years ago when I first started to HS,  It doesn't have much light. We painted the concrete walls and laid down some remnant carpet, added old school desks and make it look like a classroom. It worked for my kids a little while because that's all we knew. Since then I turned my "formal dining room" into an office/classroom and bought 3 Ikeas small tables as desks to put in there. Now, it's  still my office but have since moved the kids desks (small Ikea tables) into other rooms. I've only been homeschooling 1 child (12 yrs) for the last couple of years but am bringing home 2 kids older than him next year.  My office/classroom is still in the dining room where I keep all our homeschool things but we really don't do school in there either. I guess it depends on your kids and where they might work best, together to say it's "school time" or somewhere apart so they aren't disturbed. I don't ll I' be moving any desks back to the classroom because I think they'll do better undisturbed or sitting on the couch with me going over something they don't understand. I will move the desks where they need though. It might be because I enjoy sitting on the couch over sitting at a desk all day as well haha. Maybe before you go to the time and expense of moving to the basement, ask your kids how they want to do school. 

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    Which Grammar for 7-9th

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    9 hours ago, alisha said:

    My 6th grader just finished Cozy Grammar which is aimed at the middle school age. It starts with the basics-noun, verb, etc, but also goes into more complex like types of nouns (ok, that's not really complex, just all I could think of at the moment). 
    It's watch a video then do a worksheet. Actually, I found a used DVD version, but now, I think it's all online, though with 3, that might be kind of expensive, I haven't looked for awhile. It's an older lady who talks about it and gives good examples who teaches it.

    There are only 27 or so lessons, so we did one lesson a week, and it didn't even take the whole school year. But this is my child that doesn't need lots of review, so that part of it might not fit with your kids.

    Thank you. I've never heard of this. I'll look into it 🙂

    Which Grammar for 7-9th

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    8 hours ago, SusanC said:

    You could do Analytical Grammar at those ages. You might want to spread the lessons out over the year, rather than teach it the first semester with periodic review the second semester.

    I only made mine complete a selection of the exercises. If they got them correct we moved in, and if they struggled we worked through some of the exercises we had skipped.

    Were you happy with AG? I've wondered about it. Is it worth the cost?

    Which Grammar for 7-9th

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I will have 3 home next year. 7th has always been home but my 8th & 9th will be coming home from PS (been there 2 years). Both my older struggle in school.  In fact 1 has executive function issues so reviewing things are very helpful for her to remember.  I'd like to do a grammar with all 3 next year to be sure they all have a good base. I'm not sure how much the older 2 know. It would be good to have a nice review even if they have had some grammar. What would you recommend for all 3 kids. My 7th has done EIW for the last 2 years so has only had a little grammar. I plan to do IEW with all 3 but would like something to help them have some solid grammar. 

    Jon Peterson Scholarship in Ohio?

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    Can anyone give me information on this? A couple people mentioned it in a couple threads and someone mentioned it to me today when I told them I was homeschooling a couple of my kids that have IEP's from our public school system. They were homeschooled then I put them in PS for the last 2 years. Now I'm planning on HSing them through the end now. They will me in 8th and 9th next year. How does this scholarship work and does it apply to homeschool?

    Conventions

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I'm going tomorrow to the vendor hall in Cincinnati. I live 30 minutes from there and starting HS so I want to look in some books. I've only ever done the vendor hall so I can't give any feedback on speakers etc. I do enjoy my day away. I'm an introvert so I go by myself and get lost in my thoughts and decisions haha.

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    Ways to keep track of hours for credit?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

    Posted · Edited by Mom28kds

    How would you record things that have no book? My son is going to do Young Marines and I know my PS gives ROTC class credit so I'm planning on counting his Young Marines as class credit. I'm planning on doing my own Home Economics as well.  Do I just need to estimate and give him credit when I think he's covered enough or do I need to show proof of hours? Never having done this before I don't want to get to the end and be up a creek. I'm sorry to say that I don't know how to do an excel spreadsheet.

    Ways to keep track of hours for credit?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    What are some ways that you can keep track of hours to be able to assign credit for the transcript? I'm not usually too organized but I need some sort of easy system to keep track of hours for classes/activities to be able to report on my son's transcript. He's starting 9th grade and I want to be sure I keep track of things so I don't get in over my head and mess something up. TIA

    Changing things up in homeschooling?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Magic School Bus videos are great for Science. My oldest kids (college graduates) said the other day that most of what they've learned about Science is from Magic School Bus lol. I would sometimes play one during lunch time. You could also do some videos for History like "Libertys Kids". With the ages of your kids I would mostly plan on the basics, Math & LA. I wouldn't even worry about the Science and History everyday. Maybe you could do a read aloud in the morning while they colored or something. You don't have to do everything at these ages. Relax and enjoy your kids 🙂

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    X post: dyslexia resources

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    3 hours ago, Ktgrok said:

    Yes and no. Full testing will include testing for dyslexia, but they don't call it that in schools anymore. Dyslexia is technically a medical diagnosis, not educational, at this point. So instead of a dyslexia diagnosis they will diagnose "Specific Learning Disability - Reading" which is the same thing as dyslexia, just a different name. Dysgraphia would be "Specific Learning Disability - Writing". Etc etc. 

    You can google and find samples of how to word the letter to ask for full testing. We did the full testing through our school, and the testing was good, confirmed things I suspected, but the advice for intervention was AWFUL. So I took the results and ran, lol. 

    Great to know 🙂 Thank you!

    My kids are the only kids...

    in The Chat Board

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    My youngest 3 are 12, 13, 14 yrs old. They do not get paid to do chores around the house. They help with bathrooms, mop, sweep etc. It's part of being a family and sharing the load. I've been working them into doing their own laundry as well. We pay for family events like movies, zoo etc. When it comes to things they want to do or buy on their own, they pay for it. They have opportunities to cut grass for pay. They have also dog sat for neighbors for pay. This is where they get their money for things they want to buy or do. I might add that they tithe off they money they earn first. They have saved and bought things such as compound bow, PS4, air soft guns and gear. If they want to go do airsoft events it's $20 and they need to pay for this. My 12 and 14 year olds are boys and they combine their money and work together. They decided to room together and make the other room a "man cave" and have bought things like the PS4, TV, TV stand etc. They are learning the value of hard work, saving money and helping without pay because it's the right thing to do. That's the way we do things. I hope this helps 🙂

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    World geography

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by Mom28kds

    I'm looking at Beautiful Feet Geography for my 7th and 8th grader and hoping Guest Hollow has theirs for my 9th grader. I'm thinking between the 2 programs that we should cover it pretty well. 

    http://www.bfbooks.com/Geography-Through-Literature-Pack-PB?sc=18&category=860

    I just saw Guest Hollow has a geography for younger kids also.

    https://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/geography/geography.html

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