I also find it amusing that many atheists/agnostics seem more well versed about the bible vs those who claim to follow it.

I used most of 1B with my son. I personally didn't care for some of their concepts. I felt they were adding extra steps to easy problems. My son was having a hard time grasping it as well. So, we switched to MM. Not a whole lot of love there either, since they teach the same. :) We're now using Horizons and getting our math lesson done in a more timely matter. I still do about half a page of MM a day and I do have CWP too. I wanted to like Sinagpore because it receives such high praise, but it just didn't go over well here.

I struggled through most of Singapore 1B with my son. It was not hard to teach, but it wasn't enjoyable. I don't agree with how they teach some of their concepts. I then moved on to MM 2A. IMO, MM teaches very similar to Singapore. There was a lot of tears and frustration. Now we're doing Horizons 2 and things are going better. I am still doing a little bit of the MM later on in the day, maybe half a page, but we are both happy with Horizons.

Sadly, no. I double checked on Amazon before I purchased it on B&N.

Huh, I did not know that. And it seems that in order to remove the DRM, CC info is needed. Well, that kind of stinks.

Due to the DRM? I have to admit, I didn't know that until I tried to convert it.

Just thought I'd put this out there, in case anyone was looking for it. I hadn't seen it available as an ebook until today, through Barnes and Noble. It comes in epub (Nook) format and cannot be converted with Calibre due to DRM. However, for 5.99, it is the cheapest I've seen it and having it available to read immediately is a huge plus. :) Here! If this has already been posted, please ignore. :)

My son is 7 and has been a reluctant reader too, despite having been read to since he was an infant. He still fusses about any reading we do in school and even goes as far to say he can't read. Very frustrating! I started using LLATL this year and instead of having (forcing) him to read some everyday, he reads one story at the end of each week, the story we have been working with. This is still trying, but he reads it fine. One thing I've noticed though is that he is actually reading some on his own now. He'll bring a book out and tell me he read it all and I give him high praise. They're easy books, yes, but he's taking the initiative to read on his own and that is great. I don't know if that is due to age/maturing some or to the fact that I cut back on the required reading, though I like to think it has to do with cutting back and not forcing him to read everyday.

Yes, I just started using SoTW to expound on what we were learning in AIS. I made a whole new schedule yesterday based around going to the beginning, but I'm still unsure what I want to do. I appreciate everyone's responses. :)

Any other votes for doing SoTW all the way through vs AO history? :)

My son and I both keep a nature journal. He's 7 now, but was 6 when we started. He picks whatever he wants to draw, then we'll look it up and identify it in a field guide. I'll usually have him write the Latin name down too. My son loves to draw and has been drawing since he could pick up a crayon. However, he's not an award winning artist by any means. lol This sometimes does frustrate him, especially when we're working on drawing or art. I just tell him that even great artists started somewhere and this is his rendition and unique to him and not to compare himself too much, especially not to an adult artist whose work is considered genius. For nature drawing, for us, as long as he can recognize what he drew while we're looking it up, it's all good. I'm not much of an artist either, but I draw and sketch with him. He actually prefers this and often asks me to draw with him while we're doing Draw Write Now. I need to get back into doing it with him, now that I think about it....

Not a curriculum, but I'm using Stunning Science of Everything as a "spine" and jumping off point. I am supplementing it with other books and the Giant Science Resource Book (Evan Moore). It's a really cool book and touches on some historical/biographical science figures too, which I expound upon with other books. We also use the Christian Liberty Nature Readers for nature science type stuff. Plus field guides, nature journals, Burgess Bird book, etc.

Thanks! I do have the activity book, we do the maps and coloring and games. Do you think going back would confuse him? We've started a timeline book too (Sonlight's Book of Time). What got me thinking about going back was reading about Hannibal in 50 Famous Stories. We went back and did the corresponding chapter in SoTW and I realized all the good stuff we were missing out on. :)

Hi all! My son is 7 y/o (8 in October). We started 2nd grade about 8 weeks ago. My goal for this year is to pick one curriculum and stick with it. That being said, we started with Amblesideonline for history and literature. We are 6 weeks into our AO schedule (some weeks get busy and get stretched into 2) and 3 chapters into An Island Story. I decided to start supplementing with SoTW Volume 1 to get a more in depth view of what was going on in AIS. That is going well and my son is really enjoying the Roman history. This is all good, b/c my son is enjoying it and so am I. BUT, I then question myself about skipping the vast majority of SoTW. Should we be doing Ancients? Should I just plow through the rest of SoTW 1 and then keep on with SoTW 2? That is my current plan. We have about 5 or 6 chapters left of SoTW 1. Or, should I go back to the beginning of SoTW 1? And maybe supplement with CHOW (I've been looking at the Charlotte Mason Help site). Due to my curriculum jumping, his history up to this point has been scarce. Some basic American history, but that's it.

I always leave the skin on. I am lazy like that. :) We all enjoy skin on mashed potatoes. Mmmmmm.....

We write down most everything. Some we do orally, but I like letting Ethan get some practice writing. :)

Hmm.. IDK. I just assumed it was a mug shot. He was very methodical in what he planned out, so I assumed he would be happy, smug, and somewhat cocky about it. ETA: From what I could find on Google, that picture is provided by the school and his mugshot has not yet been released.

I agree. Especially now that I have finally read about the shootings. How horrible for all involved. A shooting can happen anywhere! We live in a good area and there was a triple shooting in our apt complex 2-3 weeks ago. This person just opened fire in front of the leasing office, shooting three people. I often visit the leasing office, that's where our mailbox is. I take my 6/o with me. What if we had been there? What would people say? It is really just tragic that people lost their loved one's due to some degenerate. This is not the time to fuss about if someone went to bed on time or not. Shootings can happen anywhere at anytime. The one in my apt complex was just before 9 am. I guess I should be thankful that we sleep later than that in the mornings since we stay up later, huh? I didn't even know what was going on until I went to check my mail around 11 or so. I wondered why there were helicopters flying around and around the complex. I am just so upset after reading about the Co shootings. I don't understand why someone would do something like that. And he's smiling in that mug shot that is posted of him. Ugh.

I agree! Not everyone works on a 9-5 schedule. My 6 y/o currently goes to bed around midnight and gets up around 9ish or so. My husband and I are up later than midnight. I am certainly not a bad parent b/c my schedule differs from the norm.

I love St Augustine, but I would never have thought of it as socially conservative.

http://fernandfaerie.com/frugaldiapering.html This site is really cool too.

I used cloth on my one and only son. I started when he was around 4-5 months old. I think I tried every kind of cloth diaper, including G diapers. :) I also sewed and made a lot of my own. There are tons of patterns, if you go that route. My favorites for going out were pockets and AIOs. I also liked fitted diapers. These are like AIOs, but not waterproof, so needed a cover. Around the house I used all these, but also a lot of prefolds and covers. I crocheted and made wool covers. The only reason I taught myself to knit was so I could make knit covers too. Yes, I *loved* cloth diapers. :lol: Don't visit Hyena Cart or Diaper Swappers if you don't want to get caught up in the craze. :willy_nilly: The site Make.Laugh.Love (formerly Diaper Sewing Divas) is a fount of information whether your sewing your own or not.

Huh... We're just finishing up Apples (yes, I've been saying that for about 3 wks now). I read through the whole other thread and see that a sticker with closure was added to the end of dogs.

We're about on the same schedule as you are, part way through 1st grade. My son is a 10/05 guy. He definitely does not like to read independently. As a matter of fact, he does not read independently at all. He will read aloud to me and that's about it. From books anyways. However, he is always trying to sound stuff out and reading words that he comes across. He is getting better, but reading has definitely not "clicked." He does the slow decoding too, even for words he has read and known for a while, it drives me crazy! We are going to be starting Spell to Write and Read here in August. I figure a lot of the phonetic stuff will be review for him, but I'm hoping it will help to build his confidence in reading.

So, who has LoF Edgewood? What happens next?