Goldilocks
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AAS might not be for you if your child is a natural speller. It is too expensive to buy to just learn the rules that the child is already applying.
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I started my children with First Language Lessons, then moved on to Rod and Staff. Like you, I didn't know anything about grammar and have learned so much. When I was confused about something, coming here and asking a question usually cleared it up.
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:grouphug: It was 8 years ago last week since my ds was diagnosed with Type 1. He was 6 also. My mom is Type 1 and on a pump, so we knew what it was all about,too. It's just hard with such a little guy!
I learned later that the wild high BG are normal at the beginning. My son didn't make it down under 200 until we had been home from the hospital for almost a week. Don't feel bad, it is his body adjusting.
I got a lot of help from the Children with Diabetes forums.
Getting the pump will make things much easier, as you probably already know with your husband. (I am assuming he has a pump.) We were told we had to wait a year so we can learn how to do injections, but since we had family experience we could get one sooner. I think that was a silly reason. And then learned that now they are sending some kids home from the hospital with a pump. I would push to get the pump sooner rather than waiting.
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If friendships for your kids is the priority, it sounds like Co-op A would be the better choice. If better classes/enrichment opportunities are the priority then Co-op B.
I gave my kids the choice a few years ago and they chose co-op A, even though my choice would have been B.
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I have been reading aloud to my children for a long time. When we first started reading books, I targeted the books to my oldest child. It was just a natural progression from picture books to chapter books. It got to the point though, that the chapter books were not able to hold the interest of my youngest child and he would not stay to listen, so I began to read books targeted more for younger children to get him in the habit of listening. A few months ago my 14 yo began to go read on his own during our read-aloud times. It makes me sad, but I don't want to force him to listen.
Our current read-aloud time is for 30-45 minutes after lunch. While I read my kids play legos, draw/color,...anything quiet and still that they do not have to talk to each other. They don't like it when I ask one of their siblings to read - they just want to listen to mom.
I would recommend starting with a book that you can finish in a week.
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During that time period for my older two, we used Human Odyssey and then did "fun stuff" with the Jackdaws portfolios. I happened to find a bunch of them used at a great price. We had 6 of them for the whole year. I spread them out throughout the year and pulled one out when we got to that topic in the HO book. The way we worked it was they would spend two days looking over the materials and then we would discuss them. Next, I would give them a list of projects they could do from this time period/event. Things like make a board game, a display board, a poster, a map, etc. I wanted the project to take about 4-6 hours of work. They LOVED this.
You do not need to use the Jackdaws, but they did give me a starting point for the project ideas.
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Haven't read all the replies...
The only thing my type 1 child can't have is a sugary beverage - including juice.
When he was younger it would have been helpful for him to know the amount of carbs in the snack.
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My oldest has done Rod and Staff through book 7 and my dd started 6, so they had done quite a bit of grammar before we started Fix-it. We started in the very first book and moved quickly. We are now in the second book, and still haven't learned anything new, but are enjoying the review and the very plain way of teaching that IEW uses. (It does help to be familiar with IEW and the terms that they use.)
A thought about grammar...
I recently heard the creator of EIW talk about how much grammar is really needed. He noticed a lack of transfer from grammar study to actual writing. (I think Andrew Pudewa says the same thing.) If you had to make a choice between your child being a really good writer or your child being really good at grammar, most parents would choose the former. However, because grammar is so black and white and easy to teach and grade, many home schoolers focus a lot of energy on grammar rather than writing. Judging whether your child has written a good sentence/paragraph/essay seems much more subjective. Both IEW and EIW have products that help you do a little bit of focused grammar and then let you spend more time on actual writing.
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I do not use the tiles very often with my kids. We just use a whiteboard. We get through the lesson much faster without them. However, it does provide tactile stimulation. I would only get them if you think your child would benefit from this type of learning.
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Our insurance stopped covering a something used by my son. All it took was a letter from the doctor to get it covered again.
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Try out the meetings. We have a great Clovers leader. The meetings are fun and well organized.
The 4-H leader tries hard, but the meetings are not well-run and the success of the projects depend on the parent organizing them - so some are great and some are so-so.
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Ask how they handle toileting. At my church, male volunteers are not allowed to change diapers or assist with pottying. We always have 2 people present.
My church is like this also. In addition, if a child is PT they get a special sticker to remind the nursery worker to ask them every 15 minutes if they need to potty.
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Until my children are working on subjects more independently -about 12 years old - they are on a schedule set by me. I will sometimes give a choice to the younger ones, like "grammar or spelling first?" The older kids have a choice in the order they do their work, but must be ready at specific times during the day to work with me. For example, at 9 on Wednesday we meet for history so your prep work needs to be done.
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I think it may depend on the child. My DD is a natural speller. If there is a spelling error I just point it out and she writes the word three times.
All my sons need more practice with spelling and I like having a program that teaches the "rules" of spelling.
If money is tight, spelling would be something you can do for free. Even if it is just this year. If it doesn't work out this year, spend money on it next year.
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It was way to wordy for my son, so I was teaching him with the example problems. That was going fine, until we discovered that there are great videos (for free!) on their website for almost every lesson in the book. The videos are very engaging and teach the concept very well. After we watch the video we both do the problems in the lesson.
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We read one book every 3 weeks from the lists in the WTM. Before our discussion I think through the questions that are also listed in the WTM. However, we are adding in more literary terms, such as "protagonist" and "climax" as my children are getting older. Then, I google the name of the book + literary analysis and get a few more ideas of what to discuss.
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I have a 1st grade sone also, but he has an early birthday, so it is frustrating to me as well that he is DOING the math but not really GETTING the math.
I have decided to progress very slowly and practice addition every day while also having fun with other math topics such as symmetry, time, money, patterns, etc.
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My children finish E in 4th grade. This is what we have done...
DS - not an independent learner
5th: MEP year 5 (this was very teacher intensive, but we both enjoyed it)
6th: RS G (this got to be very tedious, so we quit about 2/3 through. He learned a lot, but a tiny mistake would ruin the whole problem. I also should have let him use a calculator. There was a TON of long division. I wanted him to get that practice though...)
7th: a random 7th grade math book, Video Text A, and some AOPS
8th: we have continued with videotext (which I bought used for a very reasonable price), but he is now stuck and we need to back track. I wish I had done some more prealgebra with him. I am researching other algebra programs. I think he needs me to teach him, and not hear it from a video.
DD- good at learning independently
5th: MM5
6th: MM6
For 7th we will probably stick with MM. I am not sure I will go back to VT.
I have not decided whether I will do MM or MEP with my next DS who will finish RS E this year. Both are good programs. MM has the teaching included in the text, so if I do not have the time to teach the concept, or if he doesn't need me to teach it, he can be independent. MEP would need some tweaking to give it this level of independence.
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I am using it now. Like the previous posters suggested, we did one week/day for the first book. Now we have slowed down and do 2 sentences/day for the second book.
I remember reading in TWTM that we can use our knowledge of grammar to fix sentences that just don't sound right, but we can't figure out why. When we diagram that sentence we can see what the problem is and fix it. I was hoping for this kind of analysis and application with this program.
I was hoping that we could use this book to put our grammar knowledge into action and correct sentences that needed more than just a capital letter and an end mark. However, there are very few "fixes" that need to be made. The fixes are very predictable, and the prompts for these are at the top of the page. We are on the second book, so maybe it gets more complex?
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I am homeschooling my 4 children, but I seem to share your same problem.
I feel like we do not have much free time together as a family. We do not do fun stuff together on the weekends because we are busy cleaning the house and then I prep for the next week. My days are filled and busy. I think, "Oh, if they were in school I could be the fun mom. I could clean and run errands while they are in school and have energy on the weekends for fun."
So, if you put our two experiences together, it sounds like it is crazy and busy either way. At least with homeschooling, I am in charge of the schedule. If we are going to take a day for family fun (which is rare), or I need a day (or a week) to take it easy, we can do it.
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I agree.
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We have not started it yet, but I scheduled it out at the beginning of our school year. According to my plan, we go to page 178. Are you sure you printed it all?
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Mine is Aptil 1st. It is no big deal. It is fun to have a memorable birthday.
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I can understand her use of exclamation marks... She is excited about the topic!
If you offer an item on Craigslist, do you expect to handle all subsequent communication by phone?
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I like to finalize the transaction using the phone. For me, it goes faster. It has only been recently that I have a quick way to check my e-mail, so the back and forth questions about time to meet, place to meet, etc. get accomplished much faster in a 5 minute phone call, than all day e-mailing. That is why when I have made initial contact with someone I will include my number in the e-mail. I would not be mad if someone continued to use e-mail as the method of contact, though.