I think it's something gimmicky like WWII in Color. If you watch the intro, it will show the black and white footage washed in with color.

If your okay with using a computer, Kahn Academy would work well. It has a K-2 section, then goes up from there.

I was going to suggest this too.

Not being snarky, but... You only sorta want to homeschool your 7 year old. He has known learning issues and is doing well at the public school. So, why do you want to bring him home? ETA, I don't think that bring him home would be a bad thing... I just wanted to put the option out there that homeschooling doesn't have to be all or nothing. You can consider my question rhetorical if you'd like. ?

I just got done testing my 3rd grader with the Stanford 10 through Seton Testing. Completely painless. You have to schedule it at least 3 weeks in advance. The test itself is untimed, and each sub-test is done separately so there's plenty of oportunity for breaks. There's also a pause feature.

For those asking about Android, I use Podcast Addict. For Catholic podcasts, I listen to Bishop Barron's Sermons and Among Women. I have also subscribed to Rosary Cast to access full rosaries to pray along with while doing chores (around 20 minutes each). For Homeschool podcasts, my favorites are Scole Sisters (Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winkler, Pam Barnhill, and guests), Ask Andrew (from CiRCE), and The Mason Jar (from CiRCE with Cindy Rollins).

We're jumping over to MP next year for my 4th and 2nd graders. We've done SOTW Vol. 1 and 2. I had Vol 3 planned for this school year... we got through chapter 4, and I became frustrated with my kids not remembering ANYTHING. It was obvious to me then that I am not a fan of exposure-based education. There's no way to learn everything, so why not master what you DO learn? There are other reasons I'm trying out MP besides the mastery-based history sequence, but it's a major piece of the puzzle.

We have 6 people in one large tent... currently. Our oldest is only 8. But when our kids get older, we EXPECT to have some mix of 2 smaller tents. But we camp a lot too.

Here's the thread for 1st grade planning: A good math curriculum does indeed vary by family and student. I've used Math Mammoth with my two school aged kids with great success. Similar to that is Singapore, and these are both a different method than Saxon.

Ugh, I keep flopping between Memoria Press and Mater Amabilis (a Catholic C. Mason program), so I have no idea if the following is the same as what I posted before - it very well could not be! Lit and Writing: MP Literature mostly 2nd grade, but also Farmer Boy from 3rd Grammar: FLL 2 Spelling: Spelling Workout C with Spalding phonogram reinforcement (I love the Spalding Method, but I can't keep up with it week to week) Handwriting: Pentime 2 and 3 - learning cursive Math: Math Mammoth Grade 3 History: reading and narrations from Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (MP) and listening to This Country of Ours (MA) Science: Rod and Staff's Patterns of Nature (MP) and Nature Study (MA/CM) Religion: The Life of Our Lord by Hunt, Faith and Life book 2, saints...? (MA) Latin: continuing Prima Latina (MP) Fine arts: continuing piano, a vague plan of composer, artist, and poet studies (MA/CM) And gymnastics. And hiking and biking.

Ugh, I keep flopping between Memoria Press and Mater Amabilis (a Catholic C. Mason program), so I have no idea if the following is the same as what I posted before - it very well could not be! Lit and Writing: MP Literature mostly 2nd grade, but also Farmer Boy from 3rd Grammar: FLL 2 Spelling: Spelling Workout C with Spalding phonogram reinforcement (I love the Spalding Method, but I can't keep up with it week to week) Handwriting: Pentime 2 and 3 - learning cursive Math: Math Mammoth Grade 3 History: reading and narrations from Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (MP) and listening to This Country of Ours (MA) Science: Rod and Staff's Patterns of Nature (MP) and Nature Study (MA/CM) Religion: The Life of Our Lord by Hunt, Faith and Life book 2, saints...? (MA) Latin: continuing Prima Latina (MP) Fine arts: continuing piano, a vague plan of composer, artist, and poet studies (MA/CM) And gymnastics. And hiking and biking.

http://www.setontesting.com has several at-home testing options, both paper and online.

My 8 and 6 year olds both learned to read when they were 4. My current 4 year old is NOT ready. I think what you're doing now is fine. The key is not to push, which you seems to understand. And, on days when you don't have time for everything, consider putting the non-academic things first (read alouds and playing outside) even if the kids are begging for a lesson.

Nice! I didn't know about these! Thanks for mentioning them.

I can't remember where, but I heard/read SWB say that, since FLL 1 and 2 were written BEFORE WWE, there are a lot of writing exercises that are indeed unnecessary if also using WWE. So, when using a FLL/WWE combo, only do the explicitly GRAMMAR lessons from FLL. OP, do you have the old FLL that's a combo of level 1 and 2? Once you finish that, you'll move onto level 3, which has a teacher book AND a student workbook. We're going through FLL 3 with my 3rd grader now, and he's doing well with it. I would suggest holding off on the 1st grader doing it though, as there is writing and diagramming sentences. The 1st grader could still listen in and go over the memorization if you'd like. But if it gets to be too much, I'd move forward with the 3rd grader only.

We've used MM from book 1-4. I switch up the sequence to make it a BIT more review friendly. If there's a solid skill chapter, we go through that chapter until it's done. I will SKIP the Mixed Review section of the chapter and set it aside for later. If there's a "fun" chapter like money, shapes, measurement, I'll alternate those pages with what ever the next chapter is. Sometimes I switch off daily, sometimes weekly - depending on the topic and the kid. Again, I set aside the Mixed Review pages. Once we finish all the chapters for the year (or perhaps just whenever we finish book B), I make a Review Packet that includes all those Mixed Review pages and the separate Cumulative Chapter review pages that are in a different pdf file. I sort them by chapter so it goes chronologically through the year again. After THAT, I will give them the big End of the Year Test - mostly for review purposes, but also so I can assess any potential holes... by this point they've gone through the material TWICE. And honestly, if they did alright doing the chapter itself, then come across those one or two seemingly random review problems, I'll help them through it and just go with my gut if it's a "just haven't seen it in a while" issue or a "they really have no memory of this" issue. As with all homeschool issues, trust your gut. Hope my explanation was helpful!

Since you have the math and language arts taken care of, you might take a look at some Morning Time plans from pambarnhill.com - they include themed units for read alouds, history, art, music appreciation, any many other subjects.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Please discuss this with the priest. The song would easily fit in at some point. As for the children... at both my father's and my mom's husband's funeral, two people made speeches about the deceased. At my dad's it was my brother and my uncle. At my mom's husband's, it was his son and adult grandson. This must have been DURING the Mass (towards the end) because the final song had not been sung yet. And these were in two different states, not the same church or diocese. So yeah, call the church and they should be able to get you in touch with whoever is in charge of the details of the Mass (sometimes in a larger parish, some one besides the priest will organize the details).

If you like MP overall, they just opened a secular version of some of their titles. 1st-3rd Form are currently available (as are Prima Latina and Latina Christiana). https://charter.memoriapress.com/curriculum/latin/

Ummm I don't know? We're Christian and use it. It goes over calendar and seasons, animals, phases of matter, and simple machines (like levers and pulleys). All in rhyme!

Yeah, I had forgotten about it too. Luckily, I took good notes on what I had used with my older ones - very happy I did!

Here are my notes for my 4 year old. This will be my third time through PreK, so I have most of this already. Circle Time • Calendar • Weather • Read aloud from MP's Junior K list Finish "Preschool" first • Rod and Staff's PreK B-DEF (we're doing books A, B, and C now) • Consistency is important! You can start new books (singapore, handwriting skills) in the middle of the year Math • Singapore Math Essentials K book A • Singapore Math Essentials K book B • C-rods • Education Unboxed Reading & Writing • Phonics Pathways • Spalding method with clock letters • Handwriting Skills Simplified Level A • COAH's Letter of the Week resources Content • The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature • Tagging along with DD6, 2nd grade

We're using Elemental Science's Chemistry. The experiments are mostly found in Janice VanCleave's Chemistry for Every Kid with others written into the instructions. I could definitely see handing those off the a 5th grader to do. There are also research days, but the books used are cool little topical books that a 5th grader would enjoy, I think. It includes a workbook with a place to write the research (4-8 sentences a week) and experiment pages. There's a complete supply list and a kit available from the publisher.

I LOVE the activity stream. I just filtered the feed to only show unread posts for the select boards I read. No more board hopping! Maybe this was on the old one too, but I just found it. ;)

MP has a different sequence than WWE/FLL. Do you plan on continuing the MP track, specifically the Lit and Composition? If yes, I would leave out WWE/FLL. If no, then maybe just FLL. I think most of WWE 1 and 2 can be covered through the MP core (I haven't done WWE 3 to know). I've used pieces of MP these past few years and will be starting my DS8 with their 4th grade core in the fall. Their writing program is thorough, so I wouldn't worry about WWE. I don't love their grammar, and since DS has liked FLL 1-3, we'll continue with FLL 4 next year, though maybe at a slower pace.