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  1. SCGS, that is really helpful. Thank you. I should really consider that approach. Even if I just "let it go" with them seeing poor spelling, how should I challenge her? She has never had formal writing lessons. She taught herself to read and write. I hate to say that since it sounds braggadocious, but it is pertinent to know, I think. I want to help her be the best she can be...
  2. She is actually a *lot* like my brother, who was also homeschooled. (He is 28 now.) Left handed, retains nearly everything he reads and hears, but could. Not. Spell. To. Save. His. Life. My mom treated it as a developmental thing...so I'm not so worried about that. I just know that Charlotte Mason says no to let kids even see words that are misspelled...and Ebby is doing that to herself, lol. But she needs to keep writing...and I want to challenge her without allowing her to see misspelled words. (If I just need to keep typing her more difficult works, I can.)
  3. Hello, My Ebby is a poor speller but a fantastic writer. She also has figured out a lot of grammar on her own, and speaks well. I need some advice on how to continue challenging her with writing (so far she has just written things on her own, but I want to make it more rigorous), even though her speling is poor. In other words, I don't want her spelling to hold her back. Do I continue typing occasionally for her, and she dictates, and then have her copy it later? Do I buy a higher level writing curriculum that isn't spelling dependent? Do I work on spelling and just let her do her creative writing as she has been? I know I want to formalizge her vocabulary learning, so am in the process of buying Vocabulary from the Classical Roots. We are finishing FLL 2 (a formality...she is beyond this level but likes the style so I am also getting FLL 3). If I didn't have y'all to bug, and interrogate, :-P , I would place her in the correct level of The Complete Writer, and just help her compensate for poor spelling. Oh, and I would probably do Sequential Spelling or flash cards or something else besides Spelling Workout. (Not enough repetition with that....it just didn't click.) So....thoughts? Sorry for the rambliness. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat...links to other threads are cool too.
  4. This is all helpful! Going to browse my library's online catalog ASAP! Now if I could just keep their papers contained....they are literally all over the house, and junking it up. We have quite a mess on our hands, and it is out of control.
  5. I'm going through the same thing now. Here is sort of a note to myself. Somebody please remind me of this when I go through it again with the next five kids. Eek! It helps to remember that she doesn't hold my success/failure in her hands. I do, by the way I react to her. It helps to remember that behavior and academics don't need to conflict and vie for priority, cause sometimes, behavior *is* the lesson for the day. It helps to remember she doesn't need to like me or be my friend or be happy in order for me to be a success. See #1. It helps to remember that her behavior doesn't mean I've chosen the wrong path or curriculum. She's just eight, for Pete's sake. I'm four times older, and know better than she does what's good for her....no matter how linguistically gifted and smart she sounds.....she's still just a child. You say they get worse at nine? Hoo boy. Can't wait! ;-)
  6. There is! I needed a way to break down different parts of art education. It would be so helpful to have a spine that fleshed this out. As we have history encyclopedias/spines, what I really need is an art spine with thoughts like you listed. I keep bringing up basics cause I want them/us to be able to use terms like "line", "perspective", etc. and be able to demonstrate these too. Those are in the table of contents from Art ABC's from Visual Manna, btw.
  7. Oh thanks! I didn't realize that was a library book. It sounded consumable. Let's hope my library has better art books than other books. They didn't have what I consider basics like "Little House" or "The Hobbit." :-)
  8. This is out of my realm of experience, so grab a grain of salt before reading more. :-) He reminds me a description in a book about sensory integration problems. "Too Loud, too tight, too fast, too bright." Sometines SID can just make people...tired like that, from what I understand. Or maybe it was "The Out of Sync Child." Both good books I recommend.
  9. Ah, you mean like for art appreciation, not for helping them learn to draw? I think I should go back to TWTM and figure out when it is recommended to introduce the Masters....so far we've just been doing their own creations for art, so my brain is stuck on learning basic skills.
  10. Aww, you're fine. And thank you! No, library books are fine, as I mentioned before. Having a list of beloved titles and/or authors you guys enjoyed would be helpful though. Are there any you particularly liked? As far as Netflix goes, we don't have that in the budget. Maybe YouTube instead....hmm.... Thanks!
  11. Thank you, Erica. That wasn't entirely unhelpful. It's just that we cannot afford this now (dh is going on six years of little to no employment...yeah). The only thing close to outside help is Visual Manna, but like I said, the crowding around the iPhone is a problem. They're only 7 and 8. I'm not sure they're gifted. Just highly interested. What age did you start yours on outside classes?
  12. I see that over a dozen others have at least clicked on this but haven't responded. Is there a better thread to put this, or some way to get a response? I know it's a rather mundane issue.... :-)
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