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  1. Well, that all depends. What kind of cupcakes would they be?
  2. My ods did: 20 spelling words 4 days per week About 2-3 short sentences for LA 4 days per week We also did lots of drawing and coloring with colored pencils for history/science, plus the occasional copywork sentence. For math we used math mammoth 4 days per week and I didn't scribe so that helped build some stamina too. I always tried to alternate fine motor activities with other stuff so as to get frequent practice without fatiguing.
  3. For incomplete sentences (I'm guessing it applies to other grammatical errors too) twtm recommends saying it correctly, then having the child repeat it back to you the proper way. I used ds's own dictated sentences for copywork, which took the place of handwriting instruction. However, I see that your Ds is in AAR pre level. If that's correct, I would hold off on copywork until he is able to read what he's writing.
  4. Aimee, I don't have experience with DB, but I wanted to address the comment about AAR with crafts and coloring. For the most part, the activity book is paper-based games. Think file folder games but without the folder. For my young readers, I did all the cutting before lesson time. When we had finished the games, ods always wanted to glue the pieces on, and dd always wanted to color them. That was totally, completely unrelated to the phonics practice. If they didn't want to, that would be fine too, and it would have taken nothing away from the reading lesson. Idk if AAR is right for you, but I'd hate for a misconception to keep you away from something you might love.
  5. Hits: mbtp la and classics for kids Misses: the fun Spanish- we dropped it on day 2 but might try it again in a year or two, just too much right now
  6. DH and I were both Mensa members, but we have let our memberships lapse long ago. We both found it pointless. Most of the stuff that I would have liked was too far away, too expensive, and too time consuming to participate in. I have found better relationships the old fashioned way: shared interests. I will echo what pp said about mental health. There is a link between high iq and psychological problems. My highly gifted father (now deceased) had a doctorate in biomedical engineering, but he spent much of his adult life living with his mother and working at Burger King because he couldn't cope with the pressure. DH's highly gifted father lives off-grid and is unable to participate in society because his preoccupation with conspiracy theories occupies all his time. Make sure you are teaching the whole child, not just the academic part, and pay special attention to issues of perfectionism, anxiety, and stress.
  7. The old version of vie is supposed to be thorough and rigorous (similar to r&s but Catholic), though I haven't used it. The uber patriotic cheerleading in the samples really turned me off. It has been renamed lepanto grammar. There are lesson plans available from olvs and Kolbe. Cathy Duffy has the review under voyages in English 1950ish edition.
  8. My 6 yo requested Spencerian for the summer. I purchased the copybook set but not the theory book. He is ahead in fine motor, but not dramatically. The sizing in the copy books was on the very edge of what he was capable of. The first week or so I enlarged the pages for him, but that was bothersome. We moved to doing each letter in the wet, dry, try method of hwot. That worked well, and then we moved to paper. The lowercase letters are very similar to other fonts, with the exception of p, q, and c. We did not get to uppercase letters. That is where Spencerian is really different. My plan is to practice just lowercase in schoolwork over the school year and learn capitals next summer. I'll just have him print capitals for now. In retrospect, I should have done NAC plus the Spencerian theory book. Then I could have used the child friendly NAC book but subbed in Spencerian for the c, p, and q.
  9. I want most of my letters in one font and a few in another. Is there a way to do this? The obvious highlight and change font technique changes the whole page.
  10. Starting school next week so time to update. Everything on our list got done except for ods learning to swim. However, he majorly wiped out while tubing and didn't cry....so we're moving in the right direction I guess. He's still a big 'fraidy cat though. My previously nonverbal 2 year old has finally started mimicking words, which gives me some hope after months of doom and gloom worries about what issues he might have.
  11. I'd do Nancy Larson if the charter buys. But I'd also add lots of books. The read and find out series would be a great addition.
  12. I thought transition lessons aren't necessary with the 2nd edition. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the website and someone can correct me. It sound like they included at the beginning of each level.
  13. If your child starts guessing on the green cards, use a cursor to reveal one phonogram at a time.
  14. I hear you, but I am tortured by F,T, and Q.
  15. We relied more heavily on the cards for fluency. It's easy with the cards to do 5 here, 5 there, etc. to build a little fluency. With the stories, don't be afraid to break them up. You can also use the technique where you start the sentence over after sounding out each phrase ( like the sentences on the fluency sheets).
  16. You should email her to see about a discounted price. I sort of recall reading on the newsletter that there would be a discounted price for mm7 if you purchased the whole 1-6 pack before 7 was available.
  17. I haven't used Tatras (teach America to read and spell or sometimes called the great salt mine and hifwip), but the vertical method described is also employed in all the spell to read programs. So, that would be the writing road to reading, spell to write and read, logic of English, sound beginnings (which I use), and reading lessons through literature (I think this one is, but it's new and I'm only vaguely familiar). Of these, reading lessons through literature probably fits your wants best.
  18. I am so glad to see this thread. A ton of his books are listed for lit in great books academy, which I have been referencing in making my own reading list. I got the impression that he must be fabulous or something. I can't possibly pre-read everything, but I certainly am no longer planning to hand these over to my ods to read independently. Might do cat of bubastes as a read aloud so I can edit. Thanks op for heading off a disaster for me.
  19. My oldest is in mm3 and I am thinking we will go through mm pre-algebra, then aops or foerster, or something that hasn't been written yet. Dd did right start a and is going to start mm this year. I could see her going into beast academy because she is very visually oriented and has a high threshold for frustration, plus I won't be chasing a nonverbal toddler at that point, God-willing.
  20. There wasn't really anything I could find in our library (which is awesome) that could be read after aar1. So many of the easy, early readers incorporate high frequency words that most kids learn early on as sight words. You can do buddy reading where the child reads the words for which they have the phonics, and you read the rest. Drag your finger along so you can both keep your place. Fwiw, I had great luck with the library after aar2. Getting through silent e and r controlled vowels seems to make most of the early readers accessible.
  21. I did Miquon Orange and part of red with my first, and RS A with my second. Neither is good with a toddler around. If that is an issue for you I can give pros/cons related to that. For the other stuff, I really like the discovery aspect of Miquon and that child was well suited to the approach. I didn't like the narrower scope, and I wanted something that would align better with the scope and sequence of other programs if I wanted to switch or needed to do standardized testing. I do love the versatility of c-rods. I feel like the RS manipulatives are overpriced and some of them are there just to have another thing taking up space...plastic coins, really, why? I do like the focus on subitizing and the play feel with all the games. Right start is more interactive, whereas Miquon is more of the child sort of discovering with a little hint or nudge from the parent. I also prefer a mastery approach and the little bit of spiral in right start makes me second guess myself often. That probably wouldn't be an issue the second time through because I would already have a feel for the level of mastery needed to move on. It may also be better defined in v2 what should be mastered and what is just an appetizer. I'll probably do right start with my 3rd child.
  22. We use it too, lifesaver. You can set up multiple users. You can also transfer decks between them, though I have only done that once, and I would need to look up the specifics on how to do it again. Anyway, if you enter stuff for your oldest you should be able to copy the deck(s) for the next child and so forth.
  23. Most could go faster. I vaguely recall seeing in a Tm to move on when 80% of the class had mastered it...yes, 80%. In an ideal world the eduspeaky differentiation options would address this, but that's just a teeny tiny bone to throw. For the most part, the institutional setting is holding back the overwhelming majority.
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