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  1. We use Phonics for Reading and Spelling. We've really enjoyed it and I easily taught my two boys to read using it. I'm now using it to teach my daughter who has auditory working memory issues. We learn the first 26 phonics cards and start reading Biscuit books and the McGuffey primer while we continue learning the rest of the 72 phonics cards. We also use the cards when learning to write the letters.
  2. The thing is she did great identifying the syllables and she can repeat one sound at a time. She can't however remember several in a row every time and forgets the sounds she heard and is suppose to repeat in a sequence. She did great with section B, and borderline on section C, and section A she failed because she was breaking them into syllables. It's a memory issue. Remembering the sounds, remembering the instructions, remembering the process of the task.
  3. Well that Barton screening was painful. She didn't pass. There is a clinic that does LiPS in my area....
  4. "Putting 3 extra large print phonograms on the ground and having her find the phonogram based on its sound and tap it with her foot." That's what I meant by we jump on the cards. Thank you for the other suggestions. We will try them this week. "Also, does she know the basic 26 phonograms and steadily recognize them?" No she doesn't know them all. She can sing the alphabet song but she only recognizes the listed phonograms below. We don't teach the letter names until after they know the sounds. We also don't use rhymes because that's an additional step in her memory. It muddles up the learning and creates an obstacle. See A, think apple, then think É’, eɪ, aË. She knows phonetics of O, C, D, F, G, S, Qu, and B. She is really struggling with A, I, and E. She knows the letter names by site of V, Z, Y, O, L. She doesn't even recognize 3 of the 5 letters in her own name when I showed her the whole alphabet. T, E, A. She can spell her name TYLEA and say the letter names to you in that order. She can even write them in her own way. She knows 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 0 and is really struggling with 6, 8, and 9. But if she counts from 1-10 in her head she can point to 6, 8, or 9 and tell you it's 6, 8, or 9. She just can't remember the word six, eight, or nine. I haven't started her handwriting yet because we normally learn our phonograms first and then work on how to form them. I don't expect their fine motor skills to be established enough for writing decent until 1st grade. Should I get her a short, fat pencil if we need to take the writing route? We use fat dry erase markers a lot. My husband had tracking issues and his siblings all needed glasses. His brother is dyslexic as well. When I called him this morning he suggested taking her to an eye doctor just to rule out the possibility.
  5. Ok I cross posted it. Thanks for the suggestion!
  6. I've taught two of my children to read so far. Both boys. They learned their phonograms with flashcards and lots of repetition until they mastered them. They had the visual and auditory and the physical when we played games where they jumped on the correct flashcard. My daughter started Kindergarten at home this year. I've been trying to get her to learn her phonograms since she was three. She couldn't retain the sounds so I figured she just wasn't ready. I never pushed it. She still loves to learn. She's learned a few phonograms now. There is a disconnect between memorizing though. For example she can recognize 1-5, 7, and 0 but has issues with 6, 8, and 9. She can remember the four sounds of O but not the two sounds of E or three sounds of A. I don't understand it and I'm getting frustrated. Repetition is not working for this child. She's not catching on and she's "behind". Behind her brothers certainly and even behind what she would be expected to know before kindergarten. I don't know how to teach her where she will retain the information. Any suggestions for a child that has a hard time memorizing?
  7. I've taught two of my children to read so far. Both boys. They learned their phonograms with flashcards and lots of repetition until they mastered them. They had the visual and auditory and the physical when we played games where they jumped on the correct flashcard. My daughter started Kindergarten at home this year. I've been trying to get her to learn her phonograms since she was three. She couldn't retain the sounds so I figured she just wasn't ready. I never pushed it. She still loves to learn. She's learned a few phonograms now. There is a disconnect between memorizing though. For example she can recognize 1-5, 7, and 0 but has issues with 6, 8, and 9. She can remember the four sounds of O but not the two sounds of E or three sounds of A. I don't understand it and I'm getting frustrated. Repetition is not working for this child. She's not catching on and she's "behind". Behind her brothers certainly and even behind what she would be expected to know before kindergarten. I don't know how to teach her where she will retain the information. Any suggestions for a child that has a hard time memorizing?
  8. On the reflex math it states that it's common core compliant. So of course that worries me because of some videos that I've seen on teaching common core math. For those of you who are using the program. Is it more about repetition in memorizing the facts or do they break down the program into dashes and such? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=common%20core%20math&sm=3
  9. Yvonne I'd like more information on where you went. We'd like to take a trip like you mentioned. Where'd you go, what would you do again, what would you skip? Thanks!
  10. I wrote an article about amber teething necklaces: what they are, what they do, how to use them, etc. and I'm giving away a necklace for free to someone who comments on the article. Read more here: http://brookie-lee.com/
  11. Thanks Anna! I was looking for the large collection of books like My Book House that I've seen recommended. I didn't know what else was out there. Something that has a bunch to read and help us create a nice library.
  12. I want to get a few sets of Anthologies but I'm not sure what's out there. Can you please tell me what's available and leave your reviews too. Thanks so much!
  13. We have the McGuffey readers, Dick & Jane books, biscuit books, and now Christian Light Publisher readers. Get books that your child will enjoy reading and want to read. Along with our history literature I read to him from Magic Tree House and other books that will give him a thirst for reading.
  14. I live in a large city and I would not let my child go anywhere without me, including the yard. Nor in the suburbs where my parents live. BUT in the rural town where my grandparents live, and I grew up, I would. In that small town everyone knows me. And if we lived there they would all know my kids. The small grocery store manager and all the clerks would know my child by his first name, his grandmother's name, even his great grandmother's name. So yes I would allow him to go in there without me. This town is 2 hours from anywhere. So all that to say it totally depends on the environment. I'm sorry some of the responses from people where so harsh and judgmental. You were trying to get some perspective and people should respond with their advice in a constructive and respectful manner. When a mom looks for advice those mother's responding have a duty to provide that constructive environment. Responses such as ":confused::confused::confused:...I can't believe this is even being asked." are not constructive, are unkind, and are disrespectful. Simply responding, "I do not think 7 is old enough. I do not think it would be safe because xyz, etc....." would have gotten the point across without being aggressive and insulting. We need to respect each other and model to our children and other mothers responses of kindness and respect.
  15. We use Phonics for Reading and Spelling and I love it. My 6.5 year old is super active and I would give him an exercise stress ball and go through the phonogram flash cards. He has those down now and we are working through the rules. He can sound out words and read now. We are working on fluency which takes lots of practice and working on retention with our literature curriculum. We started with Biscuit readers which helped give him confidence, and he loves Dick & Jane. We also read from the McGuffey set as well as the Christian Light readers. I actually feel like I'm behind with him, there are so many kids reading in kindergarten at a second grade level. He does read at a second grade level now but he is starting second grade this fall. I started working with my pre-k son and he is more than half way done with memorizing the phonograms. I think I will have him reading much sooner with this program. He's started on the Biscuit books but without finishing the first 72 phonograms it's been rough. I wish I had figured all this out sooner with my first. Good luck! Oh yeah, we use WWE and FLL too, which are super quick and painless.
  16. 1) Literature! My son loves it! We use Classical House of Learning's free curriculum and it's been amazing for his love of reading and his retention! 2) Homeschool enrichment once a week. This is amazing. All the socialization and fun PS stuff: art, science projects, social studies, PE, spanish, and music. Birthday treats, holiday parties, school pictures, and field trip day. Plus we took our piano lessons there right after "school". 3) Mama learned a lot on how to homeschool this year. I love that I'm letting the boys be at their own levels. And I'm reassured to know I probably will do better with my second son than my first, because I'll have practice. 4) Figuring out that just because a curriculum has good results doesn't mean I have to stick with it. Saxon bored me to death and I'm much happier with MUS.
  17. My husband and I are lovers of the arts. Our oldest son is also very artsy and I have a feeling all four will be. Even the baby loves to color. We use art in our literature, we read and he draws a picture on what we read, and he narrates for me. He does a coloring page when I read science and history. And history has a hands on project sometimes crafty. I also have a bunch of art supplies that they always have access to and they take advantage of it a lot. We have a junk box where toilet paper holders, cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, etc. for making random junk sculptures. My 5 year old made a birthday card and then glued it onto different objects from this box and gave it as a present. It was very creative and beautiful. We have a Draw Write Now book and some others in case they want a little inspiration which they've used several times already since we got them this spring. I also got an art curriculum for this next year that includes samples of art that correlate with the lessons. Our language arts don't incorporate visual art. Sometimes we color with math. And many things in math will be used in art(shapes, perspective/percentages, design, mesurements). We do use a lot of art in our schooling but reading, writing, and math are crucial for growth. I think looking for curriculum that incorporates artistic approaches is great as long as you are still able to cover the core subjects. It sounds like your children will have a blast with you at school. :D
  18. We've just switched to Math-U-See and my boys are loving it. There's only blocks for manipulatives and it's very visual. The blocks are colorful but the worksheets are not. But they use the blocks to solve the worksheets. I like teaching with the video because I can pause it and make sure my boys understand the concept before we move on. It works on mastery. In fact that's a big point that they drive home in the beginning. Do not move on until the concept is mastered. Good luck!
  19. Our spine is definitely history and I LOVE that. It helps me so much to know how to do everything else. History easily corresponds with geography. All our literature corresponds to where we are in history. And TWTM helped me line up science with history as well. Math is separate currently but when the kiddos are older I think it will line up better. Language arts is skill dependent and separate from history. We are doing good to get LA, history/literature, reading to mom, and math done in a day. My goal is to get more science, art, and music history in.
  20. My husband has back pain and he loves his Moby Wrap. He's tried other wraps and every sling on the market and Moby was the best for distributing the weight comfortably. I would not recommend a ring sling for back issues although it's my favorite infant carrier and a Becco Gemini is the best for toddlers IMO.
  21. This was very helpful! Thank you for posting. I've been wondering about the differences and I think having a spine is working well for us. Now I just have to figure out the spine for the logic stage.
  22. Thank you for contributing to this thread ladies. It's been nice to see the different perspectives. We are doing Saxon 2 for my son's 1st grade year. I'm not thrilled with all the stuff at the beginning. We talk about the date, days of the week, weather, etc. throughout each day naturally. Scripting it in addition to talking about it was overkill for us. He does the lesson easily and I think he enjoys the worksheet. I tried to have him read the instructions himself today and that was a struggle. I don't think I will do that again quite yet. I was thinking of changing to another math program with more flash and more fun. But when I researched I choose this program for a reason and researching again reassured me in my choice.
  23. Just curious....why couldn't you continue with the SOTW that you are currently doing and just add SOTW3 and 4, the parts on American History. Wouldn't that be the simplest way? We love SOTW and we are using CHOL with it and it's been amazing. My son is thriving in the program. It would be simple to have two history lessons from SOTW just with different time periods. I was just wondering why you would have to use a whole different curriculum than what you planned just because you want to cover American History sooner?
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