Mommy_of_4
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We do our lessons on the afternoon when the baby naps. I am not a morning person at all.
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I am researching prek curriculums for my 3 1/2 yr old for the fall. She will be over 4yrs old when we start but I plan to buy it with the tax return. I would like something literature based.
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I sit down with DD and we do 1-2 lessons a day of OPGTR. I also have her read to me once a day out of any easy reader we have laying around. We do wwe 4 days a week it takes at most 10 minutes. We use the workbook.
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Honestly I would just continue on with Saxon 2, FLL 2, add in WWE 1 and add in a spelling if he is done with OPGTR. Why change things if what you used before was working?
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Dh and I talked and he is going to take over math with Ds for awhile and see if it helps. If not we will try the sticker chart again. I just said 5 off the top of my head, it will probably be more than that for a new game. Lol. Thank you. Sometimes I just feel so lost with what to do with him. My 6yr old Dd is so easy going compared to Ds. I'm also going to look at some math games for him. He loves games!
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We have tried all of them for at least 6 months but mm which we started last week. Started school when was 5 and first tried horizons and singapore. When he was 6 we tried Abeka and saxon. I have tried to make them work. He hates anything to do with school. We only do math and language arts and unschool everything else. School takes at most an hr. He tolerates language arts but hates math. He is very good at it though. He is gifted with adhd and sensory issues. He can easily do the math he just doesn't want to. Once I get him to sit down to do it he can either fly through it or have a meltdown that it's too hard when it's not. He can find math fun one day and the next day he has a meltdown over the same exact thing we did the day before.
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Yes, I think you are right about the character thing. My husband and I have been working with him on that but nothing is working. I'm going to get the sticker chart back out for him and maybe tell him if he gets 5 stickers in a row he can pick out a new DS game. He has been wanting a new game so it might work.
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DS is 7yrs old and no matter what math we use he has a huge meltdown. We just recently switched to math mammoth. He placed in 3rd grade. The first day went great and ever since then it's been down hill. He can do the work but if he doesn't know the answer ASAP he breaks down. He is so good with numbers but if he sees something he think is going to be hard he shuts down or just makes silly mistakes. He has done this since K. I don't know what else to do with him. We have tried horizons, singapore, saxon and Abeka and now math mammoth. He knows all of his addition and subtraction facts and most multiplication facts and a few division.
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I buy my kids undwear and socks for Christmas to put in their stockings.
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I was considering sending my 3 1/2 yr old to preschool next fall to give her a little time out of the house and away from siblings. I quickly changed my mind though once I saw the cost. She could go to the local public school for Prek for free but I am not a fan of PS. I decided to go ahead and keep her home and invest in some more finger paints and play doh.
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A! I would just focus on phonics and math for now. You can easily cover everything else at that age through library books, videos and play.
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$1.78 by tulsa ok
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We only use curric for math and language arts and unschool everything else. I make sure there are a lot of different kinds of books in the house for my kids to read if they want. If they want to learn about something they tell me or ask me questions and I request library books for them. The kids love it and are learning tons. We started out with a full textbook approach and the kids were hating it. DH brought up unschooling 3yrs ago but I never had the nerve to try it before. I really wish we had started out unschooling. The kids are back to loving learning again. My school age kids are 7 and 6.
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I am going to make my son finish math mammoth 3A before he starts Beast Academy. He can pass the placement test right now but I don't think he could handle it without a meltdown right now.
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I am changing everything for my 7yr old. He was using Abeka math, SOS for LA, Bju science, lifepac history. After Christmas break he will be using math mammoth and cle la and unschooling everything else.
For my 6yr old we are adding in FLL and WWE and trying a different phonics program.
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I count the year my kids would have gone to prek. My oldest is 2nd grade so we are on our 4th yr. We started academics at that time. Around here EVERYBODY sends their child to prek at 4yrs old and it is academically based not just play.
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Following. I am thinking about switching my son to study time for 4th grade.
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My advanced 2nd grader spends bout 2hrs or so on seat work.
LA: 30 minutes
Cursive: 10 minutes
Math: 30 minutes
History: 20 minutes
Science: 20 minutes
Astronomy: 10 minutes 2-3xs a week
Spanish: 10 minutes 2-3xs a week
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I would move forward. My 6yr old is in her "k" year and she started 1st grade math a month ago and she is moving on to completey first grade work in Jan.
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My kids are free to pick whatever they want at the library. I buy the books that "I" want them to read and assign them for school.
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Cold but my husband likes to put some in his coffee.
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Yes!!!
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#1 and #2 are 14 months apart
#2 and #3 are 2yrs 7 months apart
#3 and #4 are 26 months apart
I liked the 2yr 7 months gap the best. It was definitely the easiest.
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My littlest is GF and he had bananas first then avocados.
When is it time for a change (math specifically)
in General Education Discussion Board
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My 7yr old has done math mammoth, Abeka, singapore and horizons. He fought me constantly about math. I finally went and talked to the ladies that run the local homeschool consignment store and they recommended BJU math. It has been a godsend! DS now loves math again. I wouldn't hesitate to switch if what you are using isn't working.