Finish BYL 7 (2nd 1/2 at 1/2 speed) K12 Human Odyssey with History Odyssey Ancients 2 ELTL F Sleep Science from The Great Courses and Ellen McHenry's The Brain MUS Pre-A Fallacy Detective Getting Started with French ETA: I changed a bunch of things.

Thank you for your input!

Would you do this? My dd is an advanced reader, and understands depth in literature very well. Has anyone done LL7 with a 6th grader? I already was planning to use it for my 8th grader, and this way I could combine them.

My kids really liked 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts by R.J. Palacio (same author of the book Wonder). http://amzn.to/2teRKUn

Thank you! I will check all of these out.

Well, I don't know what is typical, but here is an example of a problem that confused him on which operation to use. "It takes 1 1/6 dozen eggs to make a fancy angel food cake. If Esther has 10 1/2 dozen eggs, how many cakes can she make?" I am hopeless when it comes to math (dyscalculia). Edited to add: No, we do not draw pictures. That is a great idea. Edited to add again: Nevermind, I misread the solution.

My ds11, sixth grade, is having trouble with word problems. Mainly determining if he should multiply or divide. Are there any resources I can use to reinforce this skill? Honestly, I have a hard time with this myself, so I'm having a difficult time teaching it in a way that he can understand. I think CWP will be too difficult. We use MUS right now, and he is on Epsilon. Thank you!

I'm planning for 5th grade next year for my dd. She has been doing CLE LA for 3 years, and is seriously burnt out. So, this past week I started her on ILL, and she really enjoys it. I really like the idea of ILL, but implementing it makes me feel a little itchy...I just get worried it's not enough for grammar. I feel like it would make me feel better to add something light for grammar that wouldn't take long, but just make me feel better, honestly. She is great at grammar, and I don't plan to drop it forever. Any ideas? Should I just let her do ILL by itself. For the record, I do plan to supplement the writing. Thanks!

You may find Andrew Pudewa's lecture on teaching writing to boys helpful. http://iew.com/shop/products/teaching-boys-other-children-who-would-rather-make-forts-all-day-audio-download

Thanks for asking this. Their website has been like that at least since Christmas. This doesn't sound promising.

Thank you!

Yes, I was going to have both children doing that. Literature and Comp are my favorite! So do tend to go overboard in those subjects especially. Have you used the Narnia study from IEW? It says it's for grades 6-8 that's why I thought my 7th grader would be able to do it. I'll have to look more closely at the samples.

My understanding of Mosdos is that it is literary analysis with some writing involved. I like hearing what you have your kids do, that's helpful. I am always over-scheduling.

I'm looking at my plans for 2017-2018. I will have a 5th grader and a 7th grader. I am trying to figure out their literature and writing. So far, I have planned: Readers from Sonlight Core F (reading) Mosdos reading on their level (reading and writing) IEW Narnia vol. 1 (reading and writing) All of these programs require reading, and two of them require writing. They will both also have reading and writing in science for sure. Is this too much writing and reading? How can I streamline? Thanks!

Our family really enjoyed Bound for Oregon. We have not read the other book you mentioned.

THANK YOU! I think he does pretty well with this. Me on the other hand...

:iagree: I did this last year, at the end of 4th grade (he had completed TT5 at that time), and he easily placed into their 5th grade program. It was definitely my plan to do that again this year. Like I said, after all the negative reviews on here about TT, I have some concerns, and want to keep on top of that for sure.

I'm sorry, I don't know what that is. Could you please elaborate?

This is a non-mathy kid. He cries regularly just because he hates the idea of having to multiply something. He is able to complete TT 6 work (in 5th grade) with few errors, even though he gets frustrated easily. He plans to pursue an artistic career (I know this could change), so I wonder how rigorous his math really needs to be, if that makes sense. I don't want to sell him short either though.

Thank you for that suggestion. Can you tell me if you think TT can prepare him until he is ready for Derek Owens?

Would you consider TT a lesser of two evils? I cannot teach him upper level math, so we have to outsource it in some way.

Aside from a few lingering concerns re: the thoroughness of Teaching Textbooks, my family has been happy using it for the past two years. Basically, I thought we had found our math curriculum and would use it until the end. However, my children are in a once-a-week tutorial. In 2017-2018, my ds will be in 7th grade. At that time, he will be able to take math at the tutorial, and they use Math-U-See. The classes are al a carte, so I could choose for him to not take math there, however, I think he could benefit from having a human math teacher. wink emoticon I would not be a good candidate for being his human math teacher. I am debating switching to MUS to prepare my son for taking MUS Pre-Algebra in his tutorial next year, but I am hesitant to fix something that isn't broken. Can anyone share their experiences with MUS, upper levels, especially, that might ease my mind? I guess my real question is, what would you do? Thanks! p.s. Please don't tell me to use Lial's or AoPs, etc. I have to outsource upper level math. edited to specify my p.s. disclaimer

I started my daughter on TT3 when she was in 2nd grade. She did not struggle at all. Prior to that, we had been doing R&S Math.

Sonlight Core E Sonlight Science E or Elemental Earth and Space for Logic, I haven't decided TT 7 CLE LA 600 CLE Reading 600 IEW United States writing book, along with select assignments from SL LA, notebooking Maps, Charts, and Graphs, Critical Thinking Co., Typing, Spanish 1 day a week homeschool enrichment

My 4th grade plan looks like this so far: Bible/History/Literature: Sonlight Core E Sonlight Science E CLE LA 400 CLE Reading 400 TT 5 IEW and select SL writing assignments SL notebooking Maps, Charts, and Graphs Mindbenders & Critical Thinking possibly Spanish or Latin for Children 1-Day a week enrichment that includes additional science, history, art, drama, and 2 other electives