The spin-off I use teaches all the phonograms and rules in the first year. It also starts sentence dictation. Then from year 2 onward you are working through the spelling list with the word analysis until the end of the lists. Each child will move at his own pace, but you should be done with spelling at that point. WRTR doesn't break it down into a daily lesson like my spin-off does. Iirc though, I think there is a recommendation for how to begin each year. You would move at your own pace though, not a classroom pace. I would think a child who finished opgtr could go through the learning of phonograms and rules in less than 6 months and move more quickly through the early spelling lists. Don't worry that you won't have time. It sounds like alternating days until you're done with opgtr would allow you to sleep better at night. I'm sure either approach will be fine.

We start at the beginning and speed through the basic phonograms. If you're using it for handwriting instruction, you need to start at the beginning. You'll just go quickly for awhile. If you're feeling uneasy about switching, try alternating days with opgtr. Once you get in the swing of things it will probably be clear to you.

I start my kids on a similar spell-to-read after aar2. They are pretty fluent by then. At that point, the spell-to-read is spelling, phonics, and handwriting. Then we just practice reading from real books at a different time. Continuing opgtr would be overkill for most kids.

I would pair the one small square books with Janice van cleave's science around the world and a good animal encyclopedia. If you study each animal as it appears in the one small square books you should have quite a bit of material. You could also study mountain formations, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and monsoons along with your geography.

There are some differences in what one comes away with after plowing through a book in one sitting vs enjoying it in tiny morsels. The latter will usually stick much better in the long run. The former is great for building reading stamina and just plain enjoying a juicy fiction book. I would try to pace the readers with the history as the curriculum lays it out. Just get loads of readers from the library that correspond to current studies in science or history, other quality children's literature, or anything else that strikes a fancy. Don't forget non-fiction. When I start a book with ods for English, I also pick up an author biography, relevant non fiction for the historical context, tourist-style guide books, non fiction on any plant/animal themes, and other books by the same author. These are available whenever he wants them throughout the book study, but I do try to draw out the reading of the actual English book for the scheduled time so that we can really suck the marrow out of it.

I got one. I only purchased a $5 digital single-subject-plan, so a $10 gift card is very exciting! I'm planning to buy two more sets of digital plans.

I'd do #3 because it just makes so much more sense in the historical context. Doing it any time outside of March also has the added bonus of a greater selection of library books. There's also a huge disconnect between the way it is celebrated by most of the general public and the religious feast day, at least in my neck of the woods. I suppose that may vary in areas with different heritage and religious culture, but at any rate, I wouldn't jump through hoops trying to study him on the feast day. ETA: I also give two hearty thumbs up to How the Irish Saved Civilization.

If you do want something for now, you could look at the Bible heroes theme book (if Christian is ok-can't tell from your sing, but it is Christian in the general sense rather than a particular subgroup). I'd say the reading level is 2nd - 3rd grade. The pacing is very gentle and the games are built right in. I'm on my second go-round with it and both kids have really enjoyed the program. I've found it easy to implement without the TWSS.

I have no plans to require Latin (beyond roots) or other foreign language prior to high school. I'm kinda meh on formal logic. I feel like it might be simply assigning a name to processes that a math-intuitive kid does anyway. No formal health because I've found that we always covered the standard scope and sequence informally. Health is required in my state, but I don't need to submit lesson plans or log hours, so I am good with calling it covered via living life. My art requirement exists, but the bar is low. My oldest will never be an artist, but I want to get him to a level of competence in drawing at which he can sketch something in a lab notebook. Then we'll call it done. Oh, and we won't be doing "self-esteem class." I'm not sure if most schools are still subjecting kids to that bs, but it definitely won't be happening here.

It's because we have no content standards. Any attempt at content standards has been criticized as unfair and biased. This results in the home being a stronger predictor or content knowledge than the school. Kids who come from lower SES homes don't tend to get exposed to much content. Schools are rated on how well they can close the gap (among other things), and removing the content requirement from writing allows them to at least teach some writing to those kids. Of course, it does a disservice to kids who do possess content knowledge. But, oh well, the thinking goes, those kids will always score proficient anyway. ETA: No, we definitely don't do this. It is what completely made me hate literature classes. If I had been lucky enough to have a literature class that didn't contain this bs, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. I get the impression that most wtm boardies actually expect their kids to know something. I'm sure other homeschool styles probably do use this method to some extent though.

I got it for ods in September or so. In fact, I think I got it from an educents sale too. We really like it. I played the DVD during lunch for a few days. Even my 3 yo could repeat the stories. There are some worksheets that come with it, and I made a cube to play the dice game. However, we ended up just rewatching the videos and then using the flash cards that have the characters on them. Overall, I think it's an interesting, effective way to switch things up. There is no conceptual teaching at all, so you'll want to make sure that's been covered in your math program before you start times tales. Our math facts practice, in case you are interested in other ideas, is Monday-times tales, Tuesday-sushi monster app, Thursday-math evolve app, Friday-listen to and/or sing skip counting songs from various sources. None requires me to sit and play games with a bunch of pieces. All are more interesting than standard drill and kill.

Oh, also, if you buy mm digitally you can make as many customized reviews as you wish. I work out of two chapters at a time to make the program a bit more spiral. I print the chapter reviews and cumulative reviews out at the same time I print the worktext. Then I just put them in wherever is an papropriate place since the last time of using that material. Then I proclick it. This lets us do math in an open and go fashion. It's also very independent for us.

Compared to Singapore, math mammoth is a little more incremental and there is more practice provided. I think the word problems are comparable to using cwp a year behind. It is less visually appealing; there's little color, there's less white space, and there are no cartoonish-looking kids. The sequence is a little different too, but use the placement test. They both cover the same stuff when you've gotten to the end (mm vs primary I mean, iirc standards is a little ahead of both).

Math mammoth teaches the bar models starting in level 4.

Have you checked to see if your library will deliver books? Many will, and hauling a kid in a wheelchair back and forth seems like a valid reason to utilize that service. Fwiw, I would totally be willing to cut all "experiments" for a 3rd grader that loves to read about science. It might be different for a kid that hates reading and needs the hands-on demo to understand, but it doesn't sound like this is the case for you. My 2nd grader is fairly independent with mp astronomy. The mammals course looks to be pretty book-based too. If the library doesn't work out, you could pick up some of theused, old childcraft books. "About Animals" and "The Green Kingdom" would last awhile.

I agree that it's not as good as the others. I like how nooms and dragon box are really more math than entertainment. This one reminds me more of prodigy. Lots of people love that, so maybe they will like this. For me, this wasn't what I was hoping. I don't think it is worth the screen time.

Me too. I'm starting to mull world cultures for next year. In fact, I was thinking of posting a question about where to obtain a hodge podge of foreign currency, but I didn't want you all to think I was some kind of freakish over planner.

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My plans for this year's modern portion include American Story. It is organized as a bunch of short stories. Then The Story of World War One by Brassey https://www.amazon.com/Story-World-War-One/dp/1444010859 and Usborne See Inside the Second World War https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-War-Usborne-Inside/dp/1409523292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479335404&sr=1-1&keywords=Usborne+see+inside+the+Second+World+War to beef up the War coverage. Plus, of course, loads of library books, but these three books are forming the "spine" for that portion. I'm using it with k and 2nd grade.

I bought it as soon as I got the email. I'm planning to let DD have at it tonight while we are stuck in a waiting room. I made a profile for myself too, just to see what it was about. So far it looks good. Are you talking about the new one, just released today? There was a Numbers game before, but this is different.

Thanks everyone. I ordered the Thinking About Language book. That looks like something that would be really helpful (and very interesting as well). I'm not worried at all about his comprehension, and it looks like he is doing well on Brown's stages, so we're going to hold off on further therapy or testing for now.

Barefoot meandering has a handwriting book called handwriting for beginners. It has options for several fonts. It's PDF and there are options to make it bigger or smaller when you print. http://barefootmeandering.com/site/lessons-through-literature/hltl/

Did they give you a scope and sequence for later volumes? If so, please share :)

I think she did mean the book title. There was a thread about it awhile back. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582944-phonemic-awareness-resources/ I remember putting it on my amazon wishlist for my youngest, who has some red flags. There are a few other threads about it too if you go searching.

Is there an assessment online or some sort of inexpensive book that would give me an idea if my 3 yo is on track? Both receptive and expressive would be good, but expressive was his area of struggle. He graduated from therapy last Christmas, but I just want to make sure his momentum got him where we expected.