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  1. My 6 y/o son has phonics down great, but his fluency is not there at all. We started using Reading Pathways, just the pyramids, not all the practice, and he is doing great! He loves doing a pyramid. We do just one pyramid a day to keep the lesson short and non-frustrating for him. I really want him to love to read on his own. I also read to him a lot and have ever since he was a baby.

  2. Well, I just use a regular bookshelf from Ikea for all my books and curriculum books. We don't have a lot of space, so we have 3 1/2 bookshelves (all matching in black from Ikea!) in the living room. My homeschool bookshelf is on it's side b/c we keep our 55 gallon snake aquarium on top of it. Ethan knows not to be messing with any of my books unless I specifically tell him to. He has his own bookshelf in his room which is overflowing even after major destashing after moving!

  3. I don't think reading and history should always have to align. There are so many wonderful children's books for this age range you don't want to miss out on. This is our 1st grade literature list (we read it to our child, they don't have to read them on their own) -

    First Grade

    Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit

    Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

    Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

    The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

    The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

    The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

    Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

    Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin

    Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

    Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

     

    Thanks! I did find some inexpensive and free substitutes, but still have plenty of free space for reading, since it's an everyday thing. I will definitely be including the great, living books that you have listed. :D

  4. Hi all!

     

    I am currently writing up our 1st grade lesson plans using the outline in the WTM.

     

    It is recommended that reading match up with history. The SOTW activity book does list a few recommendations for books, but I was wondering if anyone had made a list of free or low priced ebooks that could be used instead.

     

    I can research and try to figure it out myself, but if someone else has already done it, I'd love that too. :) :D

     

    Thanks!

  5. We just moved to TX too (Houston). For good citizenship, we're using Complete Curriculum's Social Studies. Not all of it, but a good portion of it. It covers good citizenship sort of stuff, like federal holidays, community, how to be a good person, etc etc. I'll supplement it with books on US Presidents and the like when we come to those subjects.

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