We do a lot of camps and 4H. Our fair is in late July, so our school schedule with academic camps, music lessons and 4H projects runs until fair, then we bring everything to a full stop for three weeks. No music, no assigned reading, nothing but hanging out and maybe some road trips. We have always limited screen time to 2 hours a day on days off for all our kids, and no longer have a game system. This year we'll go back August 15th, with a full break three weeks before. If we were in the South, we would definitely take Thanksgiving to New Year's off, though! ETA- We have a week break planned in September, a long weekend in October, two weeks in December, a long weekend in March and a week in May.

I had a lot of problems with co-op parents using Learnboost and switched to ThinkWave. Thinkwave is set up for individual teachers, but the teachers can have multiple classes, so maybe with a shared password, it could work for a co-op. Don't set up as a school, or it becomes fee based.

LOL- it's not so bad. We did school 4 days a week, except sometimes we'd try to do math on the fifth day. It was mostly stuff dc could do by themselves. I had taken on extra kiddos, and then ended up taking a job a few months into the school year. We had a really good year. Math- 8:30-9:30- CLE at whatever level. I had one kiddo in Singapore. LA (Writing & Rhetoric Fable is only supposed to be a semester-long book)- 9:45-10:30. Read if time left over. I had an older kiddo in Lively Art of Writing. 10:30-11:30- History or science. The US History book is very bite sized, the MP State & Capitals review is meant to be a once a week thing, and the Galore Park science was right around 100 pages.

We did CLE Math, the US History Book + MP's State & Capitals Review, Galore Park Science and Writing & Rhetoric Fable and a book list for a survival year. You could sub Easy Grammar instead of Writing & Rhetoric. I'm not familiar the the 6 trait writing, but I like most Evan-Moor stuff. Getting out of the house (library programs?) and keeping a food/ health/ symptom journal could be two things to consider for your own health. Sometimes depression is a symptom of other issues.

I do a spreadsheet for what I want to cover each week for each subject using a form I have from Donna Young (I bought her CD back when she sold them, but it's really just a 5x36 grid) DC gets that written into a week-at-a-glance teacher planner. Target has nice, but basic ones for $3 right now up with their dollar bins. I only write in a week or so at a time. This is the one we are using this year: https://www.amazon.com/House-Doolittle-Teachers-Leatherette-HOD50907/dp/B003FMRS46/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1467508310&sr=8-3&keywords=doolittle+planner I'll use the 5J's grade book this year, but I've used ThinkWave before, too. ETA- I keep a version of a bullet journal that I build each week with a print out of my google calendar in a dollar tree notebook. I could never carry around my calendar stuff and DC lesson plans all in one book. I'd need a mule.

Thinkwave has free options for individual teachers and is user friendly.

I think the Mathematics: Structure and Method books would be worth a look, too, for a lot of "What to do after Singapore 5" people. The Book 2 is similar to the PreA, but I haven't compared them closely. I think the TE's are easier to find than the ones for the PA.

Some PreA is helpful, but it's more a mathematical maturity thing. There's a placement test.

EMF has 25% off the first course through July 10. https://www.elementsofmathematics.com/ Question- How long does it take to get through the first course? We'd be away from it for 4 weeks of the 90 days. Since I doubt we'd do any more of it after the first course, I might just get it, and what she gets done, she gets done.

Most libraries do. You usually need to ask them to turn on your "history" though, they can't track what you read without your permission. You usually can log in the same way you renew books online.

Someone up thread mentioned testing through Jacobs (or another Algebra). I think that is a good idea. We did that with PreAlgebra after Dd had done a mix of things for PreA. It took about 4 months because I did find some holes and wanted to spend some time with Alcumus. Take a chapter test, do the sections for what he missed, move to the next chapter. I assume you have the tests/ keys from Dr. Callahan's page? Dolciani (at least the 1980's edition I have) is good for this because the Chapter tests label what section of the book the problems came from.

I got a hold of a Latin Book One today (at the library) and stopped at the crazy book store (no Latin Book One, but some really old Latin for Americans). I did pick up a Wheelock's Grammar (I have Wheelock's on the shelf already), and an old 1954 "Lively Latin" by John Colby. I think I'll use the Grammar to supplement the Latin Book One once a week since the exercises are short. I compared the scope of the Wheelock's and the Latin Book One. LBO seems to cover all of Wheelocks except five- six chapters out of forty towards the end of the book on Jussive and Subjunctive. Possibly those are covered in Latin Book Two? Either way, we could jump into Wheelock's after Latin Book One if dc wanted to continue with Latin in high school. Either way, LBO would be a solid year and a half of high school Latin if you assume that Wheelock's is two. I didn't compare it with any high school texts to see if Jussive and Subjunctive are covered in the second year.

I haven't read the other posts. With my young accelerated dd we did some Math Mammoth 6, part of MM 7 (7B wasn't out yet) Russian Math 6 and the beginning Jacobs Algebra. Then we did Derek Owens PreA (all of that over about a year and a half). If I had it to do again I'd probably do Dolciani's Mathematics Structure and Method books 1 & 2. Book 1 Book 2

It sounds like LBO to Ovid might be a good path for us. Did you go through the process to get the pdf? Are there answers in it? I read somewhere on the boards that there aren't. I'm not sure we would need them with the practice book. Thank-you!

A couple of questions for you regarding Latin Book One. First, how long does it usually take to be approved for the Yahoo group? I submitted a request on Saturday (I'm possibly a little impatient, but I've also sent requests to Yahoo groups that don't seem to have an active moderator any longer, so was never approved.) I haven't seen the book yet, but like the author's other books out on Google. Second, I think I saw in a previous post that your daughter took the NLE exam. What level? Did you prep with anything beyond the practice tests from the website? I figure if we take the exams, the option still exists to move into an online course if dd decides she wants to do Latin in high school rather than German. I could see adding in MP's NLE prep book once a week to something like the LBO. How do to the Latin Book One and Latin Book Two compare in level (and content) with Latin Via Ovid? Several posts mention it as a follow up. Have you looked at Ovid? Thanks!

I was in a crazy, stacked-to-the-ceiling used bookstore yesterday, I think they had both books. I remember noticing them because the titles are very generic. Hmmm. I'll be back that way Tuesday. I may need to take a look.

Thanks for helping me think this through! I do think Wheelock's is a valid option for her. I found this schedule: Wheelock's Schedule I like the inclusion of the English Grammar for Latin Students, I'll plug that into her grammar day. We may try this at a slower pace. If it doesn't work, well, I've got First Form on the shelf.

Have you used Latin for the New Millennium? I'm kind of thinking of just starting out Wheelock's and taking three years maybe with the Udemy videos someone posted. I think she's beyond Caesar's English. ETA- She wouldn't be beyond CE 2 (I just looked at a list), but I don't think roots are going to help her with the structure and grammar. It would be a pretty tough sell.

She says it makes other languages easier to do, and would be helpful with things that interest her like epidemiology and biomedical engineering. I also only make her do grammar one day a week if she's doing a grammar-heavy Latin course. Her French is also pretty grammar heavy. She wants to learn German in High School. She's on track to take AP French 8th grade or Freshman year. I think I had an idea of transitioning her into MP's cores, which is why I was looking at the Forms... Since I've since concluded that isn't going to work, I'm not married to the MP Latin.

I looked at Visual Latin once. I can't remember why we didn't go with it- maybe not enough Grammar. I know we've mostly done Classical vs. Ecclesiastical, but I think that is mostly a pronunciation thing. (FF is Ecclesiastical, but we wouldn't use any audio/ video resources.) I'll take another look at Visual Latin.

I posted about this over the winter, but now I'm second guessing myself (and can't locate my old post). DD has completed Lively Latin 1, most of Lively Latin 2 and both Minimus books. We took a year off to shore up her French (she's about 8 chapters into Breaking the Barrier 1 book after taking an online class for in the fall semester.) She wants to take Latin back up in the fall, but we don't have five hours a week to spend on it this year, really more like three. I don't think she'll do any high school Latin. Is there any harm in having her do First Form this year? What would you recommend for a single 3-year pass through Latin during Logic Stage? ETA- I found my old post most recommended we don't do First Form. Wondering why I bought it?

One of mine should have repeated Algebra in 9th, but the school balked (he was in PS). He's finishing grad school and really thinks he would have chosen a different major with a stronger math background. He's a hard worker, and smart, but just didn't have the foundation.

We are planned. I ended up planning everything on a spreadsheet except math, because I bought the TE. I think I have around 40 + hours in planning. I don't think I'll take this much planning on again after this year. Early Modern History and Literature with K12 Human Odyssey 2 (and workbooks) and about 12 fiction and nonfiction books. Narration, Dictation (typed) Commonplace book (handwritten), Windows to the World, and Let's Eat Fifi. Dolciani Algebra First Form Latin Breaking the Barrier Spanish/ Duolingo/ BrainPop Biology with two textbooks and several other nonfiction resources... which I managed to tie into Language Arts. DC is happy. She's a box checker. I made it pretty flexible with bunny trail time, and I think it will work well.

We just finished it the first and started the second book this year. We used the workbooks by reading one chapter a week and picking one activity from the book. We always do the map activity if there is one, if not, we pick a primary source activity, and if there are neither of those, there is usually a chart activity where the student compares some aspect of a culture or religion, etc. We never do the Reading Guide.

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