I vote cle. I don’t make my kids do all the we remember. I circle About half for them.

What does one follow Art of Argument with? My 12yo has been doing it in co-op and I'm trying to find an appropriate follow up for next year. Would Fallacy Detective work?

ok, so the continuation course. Then perhaps a theme book. Then elegant essays then windows to the world? And that's it? Would Writing with Skill fit in anywhere? I think I have the first level of that. What about Lost Tools of Writing?

Thank you! That's fantastic. Then what? We can easily make it take 2 years. That would be 10thish grade. Would Writing with Skill fit in anywhere? I have the first one, I think.

Can someone please help me with the progression of this program? My 12yo is doing SWI level B. Where does she go from there? Level C? Does she just do themed books for the next 5 years? I'm so confused.

When we switched from MM to CLE, all 3 of my kids had to drop back a grade level. For lessons they already know, I just have them do the teaching part for review, then we skip the We Remember and go to the next lesson. Sometimes we'll do 3 or 4 lessons in a day and 1 We Remember section. For the We Remember section, I only require them to do about half, which I circle for them. If they struggle on a quiz or test, they go back and do more We Remember.

What are some spelling programs recommended for middle school? We tried R&S last year and my dd felt it was too much work and boring, we cried and pushed to finish the grade. She's now working through Painless Spelling and enjoying it. What comes next? She's a moderate speller- not terrible, but not completely natural. Thanks

not everyone can wrap their brain around miquon. it was a huge bust here. i read all the books and tried to work through the lessons myself. i gave them to my kids and they just stared at me. they love playing with the rods and i have one that has done exclusively rods up until this point using c rod books. and done really well. i WANT to love miquon. i WANT to understand it. i WANT to use it for my middle child, but, alas, miquon is not for us. i am looking at the gattegno books to see if that would be a better fit.

we only made it through half of ssl, twice- once with my oldest and then with my middle 2. when we fizzled out the second time, i looked back and it was in exactly the same place. my oldest is loving lively latin, but i wouldn't start it until 3rd or 4th grade.

love c rods. we used education unboxed and c rod books.

So my preteen is on her emotional (hormonal?) cycle week right now and my ODD 8yo is in major strife causing mode. This is making for a very Unpleasant atmosphere in our household. Any advice on how to keep my tween from flipping out about every. Little. Thing? When she's like this my 8yo gets on a power trip for having complete control over her sister's emotions and behavior. I'm at my wits end trying to deal with the fighting, screaming, crying, stomping, name calling, even hitting. Help!

I am only schooling 3 of mine right now (and I combine my dyslexic 8yo and my almost 7yo), but here is how our day works. Gather at the table for group work- devotion, Bible memory verse, character study, sunday school papers, word of the week, handwriting (Evan Moore), science (3x/week, God's design series), logic (1x/week, ctc for oldest, lollipop logic, for middles), poetry (1x/week, just reading) Send 11yo off to work on independent work- math (cle), spelling (r&s, though she hates it), latin (2x/week, lively latin), writing (2x/week, struggling with curriculum), georaphy (2x/week, visit to... series), awana, xtramath. 6 and 8yos stay at the table and we do Bible, awana, grammar (fll), and math (math mammoth- different levels at the moment) Then we move to the couch for reading. 6yo reads to me (phonics pathways) while 8yo does her therapy written work. 8yo reads to me her therapy book while 6yo does xtramath. Then I read history to them (sotw) and our group read aloud (including 11yo). When that is done, 6yo is done, 8yo does xtramath, and I go to my bedroom with 11yo to do reading with her. I read her Bible, history (sotw), read aloud book, and grammar (finished fll3, doing random interim grammar right now). She reads to me a story from a reader. We also try to either play rummy roots or review latin vocab at this time. Then she is released to finish any independent work not already completed. During all this time, the babies (4 and 2) play together and/or play educational games on the ipad. Somewhere in there we take an hour lunch break and I put the baby down for a nap.

WOW! This thread exploded overnight! lol I think I have several of the suggestions on our shelves. I will dig them up and give them a try. Thanks for all the input. :) Good for him! Glad he's doing so well. :) Thank you for your understanding. :) As far as your last suggestion, she doesn't like to create stories. Handwriting this week was finishing a simple story about a lonely princess (like 1 or 2 sentences) and she couldn't do it. :/ Unfortunately, she is much like her mama in this respect. I never understood wordless books. You're not alone. :) Thank you. :) She has been in therapy through NILD since she was 5. It's a really amazing program and she has made great progress. I highly suggest seeing if there's a program near you. Ours was through a Christian school that had opened it's program up to homeschoolers. http://discoveryprogram-inc.com/learning-center/ I will take a look at it, thank you.

my oldest has done lollipop logic, logic safari, thinkables, and logic countdown. she is now doing a ctc mindbenders book and i have fallacy detective and thinklers for when she's done with that. my 1st and 2nd graders are doing lollipop logic. they think it's fun.

my oldest started using lively latin last year. we're kind of lazy, so she's still working though it, but enjoying it and really starting to put things together. She recently was able to figure out the meaning of a random word by recognizing the root words and remembering their meanings. We also play rummy roots for a fun supplement.

I am looking for some book or series suggestions for my dyslexic 8yo. She is comfortable reading Dick and Jane, Biscuit, and a few Dr. Seuss. Any suggestions for something a little above that level that would be interesting for her?

You all are not making me feel better. My just turned 11yo dd is a mess. I've been saying she has anger management issues for a year, but maybe it's just early hormones? She has a hair trigger temper, especially toward my 8yo. It's almost like she WANTS to be angry. She'll be perfectly fine, then my 8yo will look at her funny and we can see her balling her fists and the fire builds in her eyes and she just explodes. Stomping, screaming, crying, name calling, sometimes hitting... She was my easiest child until this last year. She's still #2, but getting more difficult.

I will be starting US history and geography this July with my rising 6th grader. We will be using Trail Guide to US Geography. Not sure on history yet.

i second kidsofintegrity.com. we just finished working our way through memorizing 1 Corinthians 13, using one character trait for each point, ie. love is patient- patience, love is kind- kindness, etc.

here is a free little booklet you can use to get a better understanding of the rods themselves. http://nurturedbylove.blogspot.com/2008/12/cuisenaire-discovery-book.html

brainpop has some videos on different diseases. you could look there.

thanks so much everyone! She is a prolific reader. she loves historical fiction, biographies, history, and science. She's read every junior classic the Target $ section sells, some multiple times. But she also reads a lot of twaddle. I'm ok with some (I read a primarily twaddle growing up and find myself embarrassingly literature illiterate now), but i want to start assigning her some books to read- ones she wouldn't normally choose. I read aloud a book to everyone and I read aloud one to just her. We've read all of Little House, Anne of Green Gables, Caddie Woodlawn, Because of Winn Dixie, Little Pilgrim's Progress, and are currently halfway through Sign of the Beaver. I pulled all the books off our shelf, looked up their reading level and attempted to sort them into independent reading for her, read aloud for her, and group read aloud. Our annual used curriculum sale is coming up next month so now i can add more books to my list. :)

They are young and have a pretty good foundation right now. I'm afraid they would regress quite a bit. I would like something to just keep it fresh and fun for them. What is this?

We alternate pp and rp. No prep work, open and go. Depending on their mood, sometimes we do a whole page, sometimes only a section. My oldest was reading before we finished it, but i made her finish it anyway. My next 2 are doing well with it. It's not their favorite, but it gets the job done. We haven't needed to do any of the games and we don't start spelling until phonics is mastered. My 6yo also reads a bob book or dick and jane reader or something similar each day, just because she likes reading books. And I don't make them master a word before moving on, though there are a few pages that have those specific instructions, then we do.

I tried first tried it with my oldest around 1st or 2nd grade. We ditched it about halfway through. Tried again this year with my current 1st/2nd graders. It just wasn't really getting done and they were slightly bored. Decided to ditch it again. Flipped through the rest of the book and realized we ditched it at the exact same place I did with my oldest! lol We don't have the dvd's but it just wasn't for us, I guess. Started my oldest in Lively Latin in 4th grade and she is loving it and really learning it.