Neuhaus Ed Center has a FAQ page. You could also speak with the Parish School and discover who they recommend.

Bookshare is free for dyslexics. If you own an IPad, you can purchase a $10 app called Voice Dream, download books from Bookshare, and read the books using Immersion sw through Voice Dream. Voice Dream with Immersion may also be used with image free e-pubs from Gutenberg Press.

absolutely..2nd and 3rd in LOE speak..

LOE identifies 4 sounds with the phonogram u.

As I see it, June is a silent e word, and July is a two syllable word where u is an open syllable and makes the long sound. I also believe that the 2nd and 3rd sounds of u are both considered long (with LOE at least). Someone plz correct me if I am wrong...

OneStep's DD used Dynamo Math. Perhaps, she can provide feedback.

What spine did you use, and did you bother using the Study Workbook?

Has anyone used TC's World History lectures by Linwood Thompson, and how did you supplement them? The course comes with a Study Workbook; however, I wanted to use a solid World History text to read alongside the lectures. I have been reading rhetoric stage history recs from the WTM. DS is dyslexic, so WTM recs will be modified. DS prefers a textbook rather than narrative type history text. I have purchased The Timetables of History by Grun and DK's History of the World. I expect DS will keep the history notebook and complete a modified version of a Great Books study. If you have used TC's World History with Dr. Thompson, how did you supplement the study? Thank-you, ~h

I always associate Art with music, dance, literature, speech, drama, and creating original items using various mediums. Some specific mediums may include clay, anything made with fiber and/or cloth, wood, metal, glass, paper, computer design, paint, chalk, pencils, beads, photography, and found objects. To me, Art promotes design, visual perception, 3 space thinking, a study of materials and mediums, strategic thinking, and problem solving skills. I cannot separate the use of Art from promoting or selling original ideas. The skills learned from Art can be quite useful in daily living too, such as making curtains or creating a wall hanging when your funds are low.

If I recall correctly, Nesbit was a bit of a radical for her time. Did you and the class explore her life at all?

Teaching the Classics DVDs teach story analysis with Socratic questioning using children's literature. Maybe try that or Windows to the World by IEW, which is written for high schoolers. For DS to examine a story, he needs to read it at least twice and circle any unknown words to look up. DS does not want to do this. We also complete a brief autobiographical sketch of the author to determine the context in which a story was written. And then there is the annotation of the story. The Well Educated MInd covers this too.

Is this what you are looking for?

I take DD's spelling words from LOE and SWR's The Wise Guide to Spelling. DD dictates sentences that utilize the spelling words, and we only analyze incorrectly spelled words. I don't think she has ever marked a blend. For spelling only, DD marks the words. I generate copywork sheets using StartWrite software from DD's literature and stanzas from poems. Looking at the SUS samples, I am not seeing anything really new here especially if one is already familiar with Romalda Spalding's work or her knockoffs. I have never used SUS, so this is just my general impression based upon online samples.

Maybe visit this place. Never been to this church, but I know that not all Reformed Evangelical Protestant churches are remotely similar to what you describe. I am one of at least ten females at my church that hold either a BSEE, physics, or CS degree. Besides the veterinarian and GP there are a handful of nurses and school teachers. At the moment, I can only think of maybe 5 women that do not have a 4 year degree. Even the women in our Crown Club all have degrees, teachers mostly.

72%...I have to laugh when locals ask me why I homeschool. DH and I are transplants..In it but not of it. Hope I am making sense.

SCORE! We have an unopened container with a contaminated SKU. Why can't this be like the lottery, where you get $50,000,000 instead of listeria? Thank-you OP for posting the info.

Well, I hope you have a blessed weekend!

https://www.mheonline.com/programMHID/view/0076181804 ETA: Corrective Reading...

With RB, DS would look at the 2 (149) and see a 200+80+18 which equals 298. To do that, he would likely jot the numbers quickly down. For math like 6(23) he would just see 120+18 which is 138.

I failed to mention this. I went to OSHA's website and printed up some ergonomic directions and followed them. DS had a terrible time sitting properly and I stood over DS and corrected posture A LOT without realizing he needed OT/PT. Funny though, I never took the child to OT until the summer after 6th grade. The OT detected some developmental motor issues which were addressed. Two years later and last fall to be precise, I took DS to a recommended PT and more developmental issues were detected. The PT worked with him for about three months and son's sitting and standing posture improved noticeably. I wish DS had seen the PT three years ago. PT work involved cross body exercises with weights, the elliptical, and exercises that I have seen on the Focus Moves cover. Try not to get upset about the typing. While working with DS, I reason that his issues, be they reading, handwriting, EF, or math, require long term work and strategy. I don't want my child frustrated either. We have played around with dictation sw, and I have explored some adaptive keyboarding. I can't seem to wrap my head around adaptive keyboarding but would likely seek a professional for that if I had to. Thankfully, I don't. I guess what I am trying to say is, do what works for your child to get them functional. Typing is step one in a larger process of writing paragraphs and organizational issues with DS. If the typing is too much, stop and try again in a year. While you backup, explore other options and maybe see a qualified PT.

During the 2nd half of 5th grade, DS practiced 1st thing in the morning for 20 minutes at 5 days per week. He took a brief break midway. He practiced this way for one full school semester. He returned to the classroom for 6th grade and took a mandatory typing class for one quarter and did very well until the last lesson. DS struggles with using the shift keys. DS struggled for the longest time with speed. He would type so fast that errors were a major problem. It took some time, but I finally convinced him that accuracy trumps speed. Once he bought into that idea, he slowed down to be more accurate and speed started to increase. DS probably spent two weeks getting past the f and j keys. While in the classroom 4th and 5th grades, his typing teacher was horrible and insisted upon speed. It took some doing to unstick that incompetent woman's teaching. Also, he did not realize that the f and j keys have raised dots on them. Once he figured that out, finger placement improved significantly. It helped that I purchased an ergonomic keyboard. I am not wholly convinced that typing instruction should occur much before 5th grade unless you can find keyboards that are small enough. I bought KWT for my 1st grader and the sheer keyboard size alone is too much for her. She enjoys KWT, but I have stopped her from using it. ETA: Typing can be really hard for kids with motor control issues. OhE's DD wound up using the DVORAK layout due to mid-line issues.

DD and I have started sitting down together and sketching while listening to audio books. DS is typically still working at his desk. When completed, the kids do whatever they want. DD enjoys playing outside or in her room or watching PBS.

Scotch...

Ronit Bird's book Overcoming Difficulties with Number teaches a method called mental bridging which addresses those type of subtraction problems. When DS uses the method, he still uses a pencil to jot down the numbers but his answers are quicker and more reliable than traditional subtraction. The RB book also addresses many of the concepts matmarm mentioned. Understanding place value and decomposing numbers seem to be the most beneficial work if you are interested in algebraic thinking and higher math concepts later.

You crack me up. No heroics there, just hard headedness. I only discovered what the problem was about 3 years ago, and the optometrist was a jerk about it. And to add to my thread... I took son to a COVD, and the COVD's spouse, who has severe binocular vision issues, is a PhD in either physics or engineering. DS is also a whiz at 2D to 3D drawing on the computer.