I also dont know of any books however we use a few DVDs. One series is Move N Groove and the other Yoga for kids there are three DVDs in each set

We also do Maptangle to help learn where the contentents are. She is playing a game (we make up our own rules based on her ability) and she is learning where things are. We also have HopOff and she knows where most of her states and capitals are.

I like the site notimeforflashcards.com for hands on projects and books for the younger set!

I am hoping that you are talking with your ped on this. I am registered in sleep and know the ill effects of not correcting the sleep problem and medicating it. There are other methods to train your child/children to sleep.

Why not do activity bags? It would have something to do with learning and something that only came during school time. There are also some great activity books at the dollar store. Have the older child sit with her and do starfall.com when possible. Have her sit in and do what she can with the 6 yr old. Ask her what her definition of school work is and what exactly she wants to do.

Tonia has some lessons plans on her blog you may want to read and or message her http://thesunnypatch.blogspot.com/

I do a wide variety of things. I made a letter tree out of felt and she has letter of the day on the tree there are shapes for animal holes and she has shape of the day and number 0-9 are her numbers of the day. We put up a felt rainbow and we have color of the day We read all kinds of books that she was in to. She loved the Pigmy Shew book and talked her grandma in to microscope for Christmas. She loves globes so she has globes that she plays with but can identify many many countries on. We love books on cd for the car. We watch Signing time and leapfrog videos. I have Gallaping the Globe the five in a row 1 and 2 and play lots of board games and such with her. We do calendar time every day and that has helped with her choseing what to wear and her numbers. Have fun

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http://unofficialweaver.com/ http://www.unofficialweaverpages.com Those are the the two I go to for interlock besides the yahoo group

Have you tried the weaver yahoo group?

If you are using Five in a Row as your curriculum then you would need to add math and phonics. I like Math U See and Rightstart. IF you want to supplement geography I would use galloping the globe as there are a lot of ties in to FIAR. I think homeschool share has a list. Phonics We are going to uses Ordinary Parents to teaching reading then on to All About Spelling. Good luck

Above & Beyond Five in a Row is our newest product geared for students ages 12 and up. three Beyond volumes are aimed at ages 8-12. Carol

Equate is big at our house. Rightstart card games We also roll the dice and see who can came up with the biggest or lowest number (mulitpy and divide.)

The friend that started me on my journey to homeschooling told me that in her house keeping in clean was part of their school work. If they learned really young how to get out what they need and put it back when done or doing the dishes then they learned how to be better students. They know they have a job to do and there is a reward when it is done. She has several kids and has the younger kids that arent schooling yet dust the area's that they can with socks on their hands. Or clean the base boards. They are cleaning so mom has more time help the older students. The older kids vacuum and what not while she makes a meal. Everyone is responsible for the own items to get put away and it is on their responsibility chart. They learned a math lesson because they receive stickers for getting their jobs done and after so many stickers they receive so many coins then they have to put a percent to their church a percent to savings and they get to spend a percent. (I guess she would even be teaching fiscal responsibility)

If it isnt working then it isnt working. I like Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching reading. My friend used starfall.com and another used Bob books and the Leapfrog videos. Find what works for you and your daughter so that neither of you are dreading reading lessons. Good luck

My dd love signingtime and knows about 400 signs because of it. She watches the Muzzy Mandrin DVD's and can speak Mandrin to my SIL I watch these with her and still cant figure out what they are saying. Movin N Groove has three exercise video's that also teach and Giam Yoga series that she picks up things from. She also loves Kinderbach and asks for that. We listen to classical music and she will tell you if they are playing high and or low. She loves loves loves the Leapfrog videos. We have a few of the scholastics ones and she loves to watch them and "read" her book. You can down load stories from the internet on to cd's for books on Cd too

What is you dd interested in? Follow those rabbit trails. Teach her how to start working the library if she doesnt already know. We use games to teach things here. Bed bugs work on motor skills but Hopoffit teaches the states. We play card games to help us with math along with board games. We like playing with our tanograms and doing puzzles. We have calendar time everyday. Pretend play building toys arts and crafts exposure to lots of different types of music books and plays. Heading to the park and museums are the norm.

Make an ABC tree and have him pull the letters off the tree and match it to an object in the house. We made the letters and tree out of felt. We do the felt tree daily I do the letter sound and she goes and gets the letter. Or she tells me a letter and I take it off the tree and make the sound. We chose one letter to be the Letter of the day and I have projects and things lined up for that letter. We do something similar for numbers and shapes. We also do ASL so I sign the letter and she tells me the sound. We got a Twister mat at yard sale and have use that for letters and had her stomp on letters. We do letters on the fridge while I am cooking. We have watched and recommend the leapfrog DVDs. Also for a moving child I recommend Move n Groove DVDs. It has the kids do movements and gave me ideas on different things to do movement wise when I can see the need to move itch gets going.

I even get lots of things at the dollar store

MitchellMom Is Galloping the Globe too "old" for a 4.5 year old? Or could I use it w/ dd. She loves geography more than any other subject. I am using it with FIAR and the complete book of animals from Sam's with a young child along with playing games like MapTangle and HopOff it with my I love Geography child, who at two was already naming continents and states. We also have the an Oregon Scientific Smart Globe that she enjoys playing with. I think when you are doing these programs with younger than the standard Kindergarten's that you have to make it more of a game and about listening while coloring or in the kitchen making lunch/dinner or a snack from the country we are talking about.

Are you having her only write with pencil and paper? Have her do it with sand or salt or even play dough to mix it up especially if she is already do other handwriting during the day. Make the praises big and dont criticizes the stuff she does throughout the day handwriting wise. Ask her how to get thru handwriting practice to make it more fun for her. Maybe she wants do it with a special pencil that only comes out for HWT time or she wants to finger paint her numbers and letters first. Instead of a whiteboard what about 3x5 cards on the floor? Make a game out of whatever it troubling her that day. A white board for her right now may be too overwhelming. Make a board game or bingo game out of what ever is troubling her. Have her read the books of her choice out of your selections and if she wants to read a second but if you make a big deal in how well she is going and how proud you are then most likely she will want to do a second book. Take away the books that are no longer once you dont want her to read or put them in a special spot. We have a free read spot and a school spot where there are books that we read out loud together and then the other books anyone can read at anytime but I try not to keep books that are too far below level. Then because she likes art so much have her draw a picture of what she just read to make comprehending the story. I would bump up science more. Have some of the reading books relate to science and the experiment you are going to do Good luck Carol

I have a two year old that does not sit for any book that I read but she can look at any page or cover of that book and tell me the whole story. The great thing about home schooling is it happens anywhere and at any time. They are not confided to sitting at a desk staring at a chalk board. With FIAR if I can act out the book we can. That makes the story more captivating to her. We go on bear hunts and then we go on square hunts or what ever the lesson of the day is. We work on letters by picking them off our letter tree and taking that with us finding things around the house or on our errands that start with that letter. I am going to assume that your kids dont share a room for an hour a day have him go to his room and have him time. He can either take a nap if he doesnt already or play with quiet toys however he can not come out until you come and get him. Be very consistent with that. He will learn how to play independently. That is one thing I have worked with my kids from birth. They need one on one time and they need group time and they just need time to be by themselves. Once you have that routine down use that time to work with your dd one on one on the stuff that your son does not need to be apart of. She then should have her bed room time and then your should work with your son whether it is acting out a book or playing cars or working on motor skills of hamming golf tees in floral foam. That at the very least will give them both mommy time they both need and you need to learn who they are and it gives them time to figure out who they are. Good luck Carol

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/Sites/aslweb/browser.htm Here is another one that give you the visual of the sign. Facial expressions are very very important in sign as two hand movements could be exactly the same for two completely different words.

http://www.aslpro.com/ or http://www.lifeprint.com/

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/mathematics/scos/ That is what your LO needs to know in K for math and for all other subjects http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/ncscos Strive to be the perfect teacher for your child and no one else. There is no magic answer on the right this or the right that. Good luck and have fun! This is the fun time time to learn