Thank you both. I had forgotten about Time4Learning too.

Thank you. I will look at the posters when I go to convention. However, extra drill sheets just won't work for my guy. He is very visual and hands-on. We have a few math games that we are playing. In fact I just picked up Dealing with Addition from the Library to play with him. I also took the CLE math flash cards and wrote the answer on them in red. We just keep going over them, him reading them to me and seeing the answer in red. He needs the visual. CLE is actually working very well for him in every other area. He loves multiplication and is getting that down very well. He just seems to still get hung up on addition and subtraction, subtraction more so.

what do you think? Please tell me your likes and dislikes. I am thinking a visual like this would be good for ds. Also, I am looking at the different levels. DS still needs help mastering his addition and subtraction facts. Does level 2 cover enough of this or do we need to get the first level?

Thank you both. :001_smile: Anymore before I send her a list?

I did throw BJU out there, and she didn't seem to receptive. But I will be including it my list to her. Thanks.

Thank you. I meant to say math was taken care, I will go correct that, sorry. I had forgotten about intellego though, thanks!

This is a cross post from the middle school board. A mom in our homeschool group is looking for online or DVD options for her 6th grade son. He likes to work independently. She does not like Abeka or Potter's school. (sorry, I don't know why). Can anyone throw some names out there? Not every subject needs to come from one place. She is open to some online and some DVD and using a few different sources. Oh, and math is taken care of. I usually do not have a problem searching for all of this myself and putting together a nice list, but I have been really swamped lately. A little help from all of the wonderful minds here would be greatly appreciated. TIA :001_smile: ETA: Already on the list -- BJU, AG's new videos, IEW and EIW

A mom in our homeschool group is looking for online or DVD options for her 6th grade son. He likes to work independently. She does not like Abeka or Potter's school. (sorry, I don't know why). Can anyone throw some names out there. Not every subject needs to come from one place. She is open to some online and some DVD and using a few different sources. Math is taken care of. I usually do not have a problem searching for all of this myself and putting together a nice list, but I have been really swamped lately. A little help from all of the wonderful minds here would be greatly appreciated. TIA :001_smile: ETA: BJU, AG's new grammar videos, EIW and IEW are already on my list.

I would just start her with the LOE phonogram cards to cement the phonogram sounds of the single letters A-Z. You can even do this using some of the games in the game book.

I sent my email earlier too. I never cease to be impressed with the customer service of PHP!

I would not use ETC with LOE. I think it would be too much.

Like Jean said, I guess it really just depends on your dc. Since you have younger children you may decide to skip the grammar portion of LOE and just do FLL. I think LOE and WWE would be fine together though. You could always skip the dictation in one or the other if it were too much. You can also set your own pace with LOE. You don't have to move through it quickly. My ds will be in 3rd next year, but I am still planning on taking 2 years to go through the book. Does your 6yo know all of the single letter phonograms, even those that have multiple sounds? (ex: s says /s/ & /z/) If not, you will need to cover these before starting LOE. It also does not teach handwriting, just practice it. So if that is something that you still need to do you could teach the handwriting at the same time as the phonograms.

Thank you, I had forgotten about this one. They don't have samples up yet for the upper levels, only the TOC. I will have to keep an eye on it and then pass on the information.

Thank you for that review. The part that I bolded above would definitely be an added plus for her!

I am looking into this for a friend. They need something open and go that her dd can pretty much do on her own. (Mom will look over her assignment once completed and they will evaluate it together.) She will be in the 11th grade and writing is not her strong suit, neither is it moms. Any other suggestions also welcome. FWIW, I have showed them LAoW, EE, and PTIW 2 and they did not like them. LAoW I think had a lot to do with the size of the book and the text. She does not to well with small print and busy pages. EE was just not clear enough in instruction and I think they were a little overwhelmed with PTIW 2.

Contact your district FPEA representative. They should be up on the latest with Bright Futures. At least that was who I always contacted. I stopped planning dd's courses based off of Bright Futures. It seemed to change so much, it wasn't worth the stress and aggravation. Are you going to the FPEA convention at the end of the month? I believe they will have a couple of high school lectures.

Another vote for CLE.

We hit the Barnes and Noble 75% off table today. This is what we ended up with... Double Shutter Gemlok Word Pirates Disney 500 piece puzzle and for our History study The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Guns All for only $28!!!! (that's including tax!) :party:

Sorry, just now seeing this and getting a chance to reply. She takes the ginger in a capsule form. We also have something from Hylands that has worked for her as well - Motion Sickness. You can find it at some drug stories and health food stores as well as Amazon. Then add the ipod in on top of it and she is good to go. As far as headaches from lack of water, I will second (maybe third not sure :lol:) pp. I know if I don't drink enough water throughout the day, I will get a killer headache.

Maybe you just need to have the Sunday School class every other week. Make it known that until someone steps up to share the load, that is the way it will have to be. On the days that you teach, make sure you take a break (before 12:30) to have a good protein snack. Ginger helps my daughter with car sickness, that and her ipod. On the way home, use an ipod/mp3 player (with ear buds) loaded with your favorite calming music,and kick back, close your eyes and enjoy the ride home. If you happen to fall asleep on the way home, all the better. Bring something quiet for the kids to do on the way home too. A little quiet down time after a busy day would be good for all.

My dd has been through MOH volumes 1-3 and will tell you it was her favorite school book ever. However, we didn't get to start with her until 6th. I love MOH , but will not start with ds until 5th or 6th. I just think it is too much for him until then. We used A Living History of Our World this year. Ds enjoyed it, but we are going through a rough patch right now with his attention level and will have to go a completely different route next year. (lots of hands-on and subjects that REALLY hold his interest) I also have TQ and love the suggestions in the guides. I know many that have used MOH for the younger grades and have done well. I think it really just depends on the child. Sorry, I guess not much help. :tongue_smilie:

Hey, that's a possibility. You never know until you ask. They may be very open to that suggestion.

You can't use the phonogram cards that come with the game cards as a substitute for the basic phonogram card set. They will not have the phonogram sound on the opposite side. The game sounds have the letter/s only on one side and then the LOE trademark on the other. Take a look at the game cards here. What you see on the one side is it.

The basic phonogram cards do not come in cursive. If you really want cursive then I would suggest making your own cards. Also, if you will be buying the cursive workbook to use with LOE Essentials, then you really need to teach them at least the lower case cursive letter before starting LOE. The free download will not work if you are wanting to teach cursive as it is only manuscript. Denise did just make a cursive program. It's pretty reasonable at only $15. She has free handwriting paper available on her site too. Or, instead of a cursive "program", you can do what we are doing and wing it. :001_smile: I am just teaching ds on my own without a program.

Do you school year round or take a break over the summer? Maybe some of the projects could be a fun summer time activity for her.