That's all you need! You may want to order SWB's audio about elementary writing. I ordered it but haven't listened yet. It comes highly recommended around here. :001_smile:

No workbook binding or loose paper is safe here any more! :lol: This is so much fun!

I asked my kids a few months ago who tracked mud inside and my 3 yo replied, "Mr. Nobody." :lol:

I am totally dorking out over my proclick here. I got it this morning and already put together a book of maps and select activity pages from SOTW2. I love this idea so much better than one big binder because I can keep everything separate in our workbox drawers. Love it!

R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey from http://www.pandiapress.com is great. Elemental Science states this in the FAQ: 4. Is Elemental Science Secular or Christian? Although I am a Christian, I have tried to write Elemental Science as non-sectarian.* I have done my best to write each program in a manner that focuses on the science being studied instead of a person’s religious viewpoint. This was an easy task for Biology, Chemistry and Physics.*However, in the interest of full disclosure, Earth Science and Astronomy for the Grammar Stage does use texts that mention evolution and there is a suggestion of doing a study of creation in the teacher’s guide.* * That was enough to keep me away.

My family lives in OP/Olathe. Sounds like there were some touchdowns at 137th & Metcalf (my sis lives at 139th!) and a few between there and State Line heading northeast, but nothing serious. Stay safe!

My dh used to do history and math with ds when I worked and he had a weekday morning off. Then we started a PE class the morning he had off and I stopped working on the weekends and we could actually have family time! He will help with whatever needs to be done whenever, but it works great with me schooling the kids all week because I need to keep them busy anyway. And then we have fun, free weekends. And he knows what curricula we use! :D

Ah. Thanks for clarifying.

I tried to :auto: but I just can't. What makes these people "despicable"? :confused:

FLL is grammar. WWE is writing. They go wonderfully together. FLL1 & 2 come together in one book (might not be true of newest edition) and it is all you need. All of level 1 is oral. You'll need paper for level 2. If you buy the WWE workbook that is all you will need. The lessons for both are short and focused. We love them!

Thank you! That looks great!

b d p y n m (makes sticks last!) And a few others I notice he starts at the bottom. I noticed my 5 yo makes his o in the "wrong" direction sometimes, but he is just on the first book. I am so torn because as a righty, I don't understand how he sees things. Maybe that's just what feels right to him. I am also very sensitive about handwriting related things because I used to get my hands whacked in K for holding my pencil "wrong." I never changed the way I held it (since we moved away and I went to PS) and I have some of the neatest handwriting ever. I'm wondering if I should just throw him in to cursive and let him figure it out. Or just throw it all out and focus on typing. :tongue_smilie:

We are on the third year of HWT and ds does make the letters correctly when writing in the workbook with me breathing down his neck. When I watch him during dictation or other times, however, he makes several letters incorrectly. He is left-handed and writes neatly even if the letters aren't written the "right" way. I am planning on starting GD Italics Cursive with him soon. Does it matter if he makes the letters how he sees fit? Will it make cursive more difficult? Would you keep correcting him?

Awesome! Thanks!

Here is a list I've put together so far. It's just a rough draft. I've yet to read any of them. :tongue_smilie:Nor have I consulted the AG yet. Arrow over the Door by Joseph Bruchac Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and The Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Ann Cameron Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell Stowaway by Karen Hesse The Broken Blade by William Durbin Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert W. Lawson Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But...by Elvira Woodruff By the Great Horn Spoon! by Eric Von Schmidt Pilgrim Girl: Diary and Recipes of her First Year in the New World by Jule Selbo At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper Basho and the River Stones by Tim Myers You Wouldn't Want to Explore with Sir Francis Drake!: A Pirate You'd Rather Not Know by David Salariya At the Sign of the Star by Katherine Sturtevant Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park The Siege: Under Attack in Renaissance Europe by Stephen Shapiro The Wonderful Winter by Marchette Chute

There is just SO. MUCH. there.

Thanks for the suggestion. Off to check it out...

Thanks! He doesn't write at all right now (well, very little). I like their Geography book.

besides Singapore to consider for a young 1st grader? I was trying to add ds5 in with ds8 for earth science this summer but it is not going well. He makes I through maybe half of an experiment and doesn't seem to comprehend what we are looking for using RSO. He loves workbooks and color and cute pictures, so I'm thinking Singapore Earlybird looks good. Are there any others out there?

We do: 4 days: Writing Math Assigned reading 3 days: English Spelling History (1 chapter from SOTW, 1 project day, 1 other reading) Art/Music 2 days: Grammar Handwriting Science 1 day: Logic Geography Vocabulary I'm trying to figure out how to add Latin and German to the mix.

Me too please! Mamachanse @ gmail . Com :grouphug:

:iagree: This is what I do. If ds needs sheets from Singapore EP I will copy it, but that's only a page every once in a while. It seems that most of the workbooks are cheaper to buy copies of than to copy yourself. Even the cost of printing PDFs seems to be more than buying a print copy in most cases.

Thanks for sharing!

Right now we keep work in one big binder, but once I get my proclick I have another plan. For science and history I'll copy all of the student pages, bind them, and they'll live in the workbox drawers. WWE and FLL will be chopped and bound. Notebooking pages as well. Math will stay in workbooks. Spelling tests will be on line. I think we might be able to do just a file folder per child for "other" work. Then at they end of year they can keep their books in their rooms or recycle. :D

I think "not chop" is pretty much always the answer. ;)