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  • Birthday 05/28/1979

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  1. At one point, years ago, I remember finding it in a google search using the wording from the quote - a snippet of it. Now, I cannot find me. It must have been on a blog that has been taken down. I will keep looking. I am determined to find it.
  2. If you have not heard the quote, fine. I am looking for the source of the quote, not opinions on the quote. I wasn’t going to explain because this was just post asking a very specific question. But here you go. If you do math, grammar, science, and history three days a week and you get a solid amount of work done, but Thursday is less than stellar and you only cover math because you have a drs appointment and Friday you go out of town- then you are not a failure at homeschooling. Those three solid days of instruction are good. If you have a month with a lot of off days (December - with holidays, January for us because of performances) and you get less school done in those months than you want, but 6 of your months are solid 3-5 days a week of school. Your kids will progress and they will not fail. Honestly, I can finish most of our curriculum in 6 months of really good school days. The statement was made to reassure parents who are getting started that a bad month with not ruin their kids. A bad year will not ruin your kids. I did not hear it in unschooling groups. I have heard it in many different circles. I am simply looking for the source because there is more to the quote than what I have written, but that is what I remember right now. If you know the source, or think you do - I would love help with that. Thanks!
  3. I have seen it repeatedly. It’s not really saying that’s all you have to do. It’s saying that if 3 days are good solid days and the other 2 are days where you cover one subject, it will be fine. If you have 6 solid months, 3 iffy months, and 3 months off - your kids will be okay. More reassuring. We don’t have any regulations in my state though. Just recommendations. I have heard it so many times in the last 1 years….I just don’t know the source.
  4. I have seen this quoted and used over and over. At one time, I knew who said it. Now I want to use it for something and cannot find the actual quote or source. Can anyone help me out? It is something along the lines of “Aim for 3 good days out of 5 and 6 good months out of 12” when talking about how many days of school you need in a year. Does anyone know?
  5. We started school this week. Everyone is on track or ahead! We kept the house clean and I worked some. We will see how it goes adding dance and theater in next week.
  6. I have not used that, but I used there separate subjects. We usually do 2 a year, that’s 20 chapters. Looks like yours is about 22. I would just plan a chapter a week. Then you have lots of time to play with. If you miss a week, no big deal. ?
  7. Are you in a state where you have to report what grade he is in? If not, it doesn't really matter. Go with the 7th grade work, if that's what he's drawn to. But if you don't think he is ready for "high school" work in two years, do an extra year of 8th grade. My son is 11 with a September 23 birthday. We call him 7th grade for all activities because he is very mature and generally does better with older students in social situations. He keeps up with the work right now. But if he can't finish the work this year, we just spread it out over two years and he gets one more year at home. I also don't have to report, so changing his grade in the future is not an issue. He has lots of friends who will be 6th grade this year. So he will not be left alone socially. I hope 7th grade works out for you!
  8. My daughter is almost 8. We don't use any labeling terms. We have talked about how her brain works differently and that means she has to focus more and that reading will just take some time. She has dyslexia and ADHD. We talk about focus and we work on it, but I don't want her to feel there is something wrong, so I don't use the labels. When she is older we will talk more specifically about it; but right now, she has no one to compare herself too. She does not know she is behind. I don't want to discourage her by presenting a label. She just thought the testing was a lot of fun. :)
  9. I don't see any reason for a 6 year old to do math for an hour. My 4th grader has only ever done an average of 20 minutes a day in math. Occasionally, a harder topic with take longer. Some days he begs for more math. Even when we hit a topic we struggled with (long division), we did short lessons. 4 problems a day until he was confident with it. He has still excelled and is very strong on math. More is not always better. Especially with an advanced child.
  10. Do you think we would need AoPS prealgebra after SM 6b?
  11. I looked on eBay and Amazon for used. They are pretty pricey and I can't find everything. If I can figure out that other website, I will try that. If not? I have heard good things about AoPS. Is prealgebra necessary after SM 6b? I found the placement tests, but we haven't started level 6, I am just trying to gauge where we might be in the fall.
  12. How do you even start to order from there? I could not find prices or anything. If I can figure it out, I will probably just order everything at once. But, I still need a good back up plan. I want one program. We don't have the time to do two math programs.
  13. My plan has always been to put Aidan in Discovering Mathematics when he finished SM primary mathematics. It has worked so well for him! I went to look for prices to add to my shopping list - and they discontinued it!! They changed it to Dimensions mathematics, aligned it to common core, made two years worth and now don't plan to finish the other two years. I can't start an integrated program and then stop halfway through. Ugh!! So now I need suggestions. Here is where we are: Aidan is 9.5. He is starting SM 6a this week. He will finish it by the end of the school year. We will start 6b in the fall or work through it over the summer I he wants to. Math comes easy for him. He makes errors because he does not write his work out fully or because he rushes. Rarely because he does not grasp a concept. Right now, he still needs review of dividing with fractions and some work with percents. Both will be covered more in level 6. If he is still weak, we will do "Key to ...." Books on the needed topics. What would be a good program for a 10 year old after SM 6b???
  14. Thanks! I can teach it, I may buy the solutions just to have on hand for difficult problems. :)
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