Let's see if I can remember... All Creatures Great and Small Adam of the Road Tom Sawyer The Hobbit Crispin Golden Goblet Beowulf King Arthur Black Beauty Alice in Wonderland Black Ships Before Troy The Giver Treasure Island ...so many to choose from.

My ds loved the Jesus Storybook Bible. We read through it twice, then he wanted the real thing.

He needs to know this will truly be his job. By 5th grade it would be a very rare public school environment to help much with comprehension. Once he picks a program, he needs to plan a set schedule they can both stick with and just keep at it and at it and it. If his child gets a good teacher, they should be able to work together as a team, but I wouldn't count on it.

I don't normally shop Staples. It's next door to PetSmart, so I went both places while there. Ours was marked and stocked, except the BB didn't have the sale price in front them, which I found rather odd. I love the BBs!!! I bought them for school and for my day care/child passenger safety tech papers. Very nice! That is TOO cute! Ours only had plain colors.

Have you checked with any private schools in the area? Ours include hs kids in a lot of their activities. A family I know started having a prom/formal. It has been a huge hit. It's held in their church gym. The cost is just enough to cover expenses. They sent out RSVP invites through Yahoo groups, word of mouth, etc. They have rules that have to be signed when money is sent in (behavior, dress, etc).

We use a binder with HOD. For 3rd grade, ds's has history, science, science lab, and poetry sections. He'll use comp notebooks for spelling and english (my preference), and index card binders for Bible and vocab (again my preference. I love having everything organized and easy to find. Love Staple's Better Binders! Worth every penny. :D

Those are both good suggestions and affordable. CLE won't last a full year, if you do it everyday, jsyk. BSGFAA is nice because it grows with the child. The worksheets are affordable when you skip the other stuff. We used them for part of K and 1st and I didn't need all the extras. However, as a child gets older and you're really digging deeper they might be helpful, but for K the worksheets are plenty. If he likes to color, Rod & Staff makes some nice little coloring books that go with Bible events or specific passages (like the 23rd Psalm). Those are nice for that age.

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I'd be more inclined to not worry about spelling right now and focus on reading. AAR 1 is available and AAR 2 should be in September. We don't use a grammar program until 3rd grade. Before that I teach through their daily work things like capital letters and punctuation.

We used CNS.

If you use it as phonics instead of spelling, then it's phonics. You can then go back through and use it again later as spelling. Personally, I'd get AAR for teaching reading and AAS to teach spelling once level 1 of AAR is complete. .02

I know what a planner is, and have even looked at some really nice ones. It, however, isn't for me. I'm an open and go, do the next thing kind of girl. Even back when I had to plan history I did it my way.

I think 5 would be good. Even if he can do 6, 5 will give him confidence. If he flies through it that's ok, if not, that's ok too. Do plenty orally, so he doesn't get bogged down with all the writing. We did a LOT of the diagramming on the whiteboard. My ds was still doing it, but, I think in his mind, it didn't seem like as much work. He made it just about to the end of 8 and has excellent skills, better than me!, and he was waaay behind when he came home after 6th. We tried ABeka, then Easy Grammar. R&S is what clicked for him. He'll tell you he didn't enjoy it, but it got the job done- and his ACT score was proof of that. Best wishes! ETA: And the lovely thing about R&S is the TM will hold your hand all the way through it, and it's a great price.

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:001_huh: Our oldest took CC in hs and it was completely free. Now in CC, as a college sophomore, the fees are just tuition and books. Even his parking fee was waived last fall. He paid out of pocket for one summer class and the total was $384 tuition and a $25 (used) book. ETA: I agree with the person that said talk to a live person and find out why it's so high. Our ds only needed to pay the activity fee if he planned on being part of any groups or clubs. Since we live 45 minutes from the college he knows he doesn't want to, so they droppped that fee.

For those buying a lot, make sure to look for the $5 off $30 coupon. The cashier had one for me that looked like it was from a newspaper. The person in front of me had one printed, maybe it's on their site. With the sale on Better Binders, 1 cent items, and other good deals (dry erase markers, Sharpies, etc), I felt good about my trip yesterday. Notebooks, however, weren't cheaper. Target had college ruled comp notebooks for 75 cents. I felt that was good since college ruled are harder to find, and what my boys prefer.

Anything paper can be glued (glue sticks are least messy). My ds only goes through about 4/year, another 10-12 for my day care kids. However, my ds can go through a roll a tape a day if I don't take it from him. Right now he's at about a roll a week- and I have to hide the good stuff because he'll need "just one piece" and then it's gone.

Is she finished with phonics? I would have her read to you everyday and silent or quiet reading everyday.

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Praying for them!

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I agree. As long as his reading is good, then I'd let him find books he likes and read, read, read. I'd let him know he has to read for x amount a time, but can read anything that interest him (approved content, of course), comic books, sports, at level, below level, whatever he wants. At least at first, the most I'd ask him his some basic questions (names of characters, maybe plot so far, what he likes..) but keep it very simple. Once he gets going then you could add more like narration, etc and pick a few books you want him to read. But, for now, I'd just get him reading. FWIW, my oldest LOVES to read, but I had to be careful not to suck the love of reading out of him. In high school he easily read a couple books or more a week, but we only "studied" one book per quarter, talked about the others. More than that and reading would have became a chore instead of a passion.

I'm stopping there tomorrow- a friend said a lot of $1 bin stuff is 70% off. :D

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