Mélie
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It's hard for me to add up "art, physical activity, read alouds, games" because if you add playing Lego, that's what we spend most of our days doing. :)
In terms of actual schoolwork, my 4.5 year old is spending 45-60 minutes and my 5.5 year old is spending about 90 minutes on "seatwork" in the morning, along with an hour or so of learning about animals and countries in the afternoon.
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Four weeks. We had been together for four years and were moving to Oman together. We thought things would go a little smoother if we were married, so we flew to my home town and had a tiny wedding at my parents' house. :)
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If she's enjoying the activities and you don't think she'll get tired of them, that sounds like a good plan to me.
I've realized recently that spending all day at home just doesn't work for my boys. We'll be registering for fall activities over the next few weeks, and I'm leaning toward signing them up for an art class, gymnastics, swimming lessons, soccer and T-ball. We'll still be doing a "full load" of schoolwork at home, because the activities we've picked aren't particularly academic. :)
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Since moving out of my parents' house, I've never lived in a country long enough to have to change the mattress. The longest we've had one for was 6 years.
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Three months. Just long enough to plan the wedding and fly my family over. :)
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That is so good to hear! We'll be starting AAS this week.:)
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I really like how WWW (Winning with Writing) looks, but for now my older son is using Spectrum Writing 1 alongside WWE 1. It's colorful, which is very important when you're five. ;)
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Yes. My son has a sporty blue medical alert bracelet that says his name, his major allergies and that he has an epi-pen. He rarely goes anywhere without me, but I don't
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We started on the 9th. I've made some minor changes, and some plans for the rest of the year. :)
Math
Max - working quickly through MM Blue Series, and slowly through BA. TT for when he wants more math and I don't. :D
Dom - SM Essential B, then MM 1
LA
Both - WWE, FLL
Max - SWO, Spectrum Writing, Evan-Moor Daily Paragraph Editing
Dom - just ordered AAS, I'll switch Max over too if I love it.
History
Starting in September with pre-history (okay, mostly dinosaurs ;)) and we'll go on to SOTW 1.
Science
We're studying animals for the summer. We'll start Nancy Larson Science 1 in October, I think.
Everything else
HWOT
Logic Safari / Lollipop Logic
Evan-Moor Daily Geography
Jolly phonique (starting this formally after Christmas if we don't pick it up before then)
Art, swimming & gymnastics classes, plus T-ball. :)
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My 5yo goes back and forth between wanting to be a geophysicist (like Daddy) and a theoretical physicist (like Sheldon). I can actually see him doing something along those lines.
I see Dom doing something more related to life sciences - maybe a doctor or veterinarian?
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22/22, but I guessed at two or three. :)
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Lol. My dd still won't sing the alphabet in it's entirety but she is reading now lol at 4.5. She'll sing a, b, c, d, e, p, q, r, etc
My Dom could identify and write every letter long before he could say or sing the alphabet in order.
For the last few days, Max has been talking about "presenting a paper". He watches The Big Bang Theory :D. Tonight, he asked if he could "present a paper" for school tomorrow. I told him that he has to write a paper before he can present one. "Dad! Mom said I get to write a paper for school tomorrow!" :lol:
Eta: We're doing school on a Sunday because the boys are dying to "show Dh how we do school". I'm nervous lol.
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I homeschool my kids because they don't fit into the box that public school seems to teach to. I'm sure they would do fine, but I think I can do better than fine at home. :)
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My 5.5 year old has done well with the first Logic Safari workbook.
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We just finished our 7th official day of homeschooling. :)
We started off with some reading together, then writing and grammar. Dom played Lego while I did spelling and math with Max, then we all did Dom's math together. We spent most of the afternoon reading about, drawing, and doing a little research on snakes - our animal of the day.
I just ordered a few more things and I haven't figured out exactly what I want to be doing, but it was a fun day. :D
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We started officially homeschooling for the first time last Monday! My older son went to public kindergarten last fall, but since we moved in January we hadn't done any formal school work. Our first week was a lot of fun, but not at all what I expected!
Welcome! :)
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I didn't go through an immersion program (French is my first language), but I tutored several girls and investigated the French immersion program when we were living in Newfoundland. I doubt anyone on here has been through this particular program, so perhaps my second hand experience can be of some help.
Starting in kindergarten, the instruction is completely in French, apart from PE and music. In 3rd grade, they add English language arts. In 7th, they start home ecomonics and several other electives - those are in English. In 9th, math changes to English. In high school (only 10-12 in NL), they take 6 classes in French: 3 in French language arts, either Histoire or Géographie du Canada, Carrière et Vie and Histoire Mondiale. There is also the option to jump into the program in 7th grade, or to take a year of "intensive French" in 6th to prepare to do so. To describe the level that the students reach by the end of grade 12 - in Newfoundland, they take public examinations in all core grade 12 courses. The exam for Histoire Mondiale is a direct translation of the exam for World History and the expectations are the same. On the French language arts exam, they read and analyze short passages and poems, then write several essays about literature that they've studied over the year.
There is no AP French course in Newfoundland, but students in grade 12 can take the exam if they choose to. From what I understand, the students consider the exam to be an easy 5 and cheap college credit. The girls I tutored were much more concerned about their public exam than the AP exam.
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Dh has a Ph.D. in geophysics and is currently working for a large energy company. He plans to eventually switch to teaching geophysics.
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I'm planning to start SOTW this fall, shortly before my younger son turns 5, but I'm stretching out the first cycle to 6 years. We'll cover dinosaurs :D to about chapter 24 of SOTW this year. I'd also like to finish the history cycle a year or two early (and I really love the four-year cycle for high school), so I'm okay with either doing a very quick 2nd cycle, or skipping it altogether and studying something they're particularly interested in for a few years. Just another possibility. :)
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We started Beast Academy on Monday. Haven't given up yet. :tongue_smilie:
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I'd agree to hold off on calling it "Kindergarten" for another year. We're doing that this year with my younger son who decided to call it "Jr. Kindergarten".
I'm no help for reading (Dh's department), but you can definitely teach kindergarten math with just fun workbooks. That's exactly what my older son did. With my younger guy, I'm using Singapore Essential Math, which is very, very inexpensive and easy to use.
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My younger son is loving Lollipop Logic.
I'm :bigear: because I think we'll be in the same situation in a few weeks when he starts to get bored.
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We use Ombrelle sunscreen and avoid the sun at peak hours. Before we moved to Texas, we very rarely used sunscreen.
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Be careful. Most kids are not ready for it at those ages (some kids aren't ready for WWE1 until age 7 even). The language gets difficult in some of the passages, and that makes the questions hard.
Are your boys reading well? Are they able to comfortably copy a decent length sentence?
Don't let your discomfort cause you to start something before your kids are developmentally ready (and maybe your kids are... it's just super rare for a 4.5 year old to be ready for WWE1, and still pretty unusual at 5.5). There is a reason why SWB recommends not starting oral narrations until age 6, and even Charlotte Mason recommended the same. Some kids can do it earlier, and your kids might be that type, but many just aren't ready.
Now if your kids are both reading chapter books and writing long stories, ignore my comments. :D
Thanks, I think they're okay to start out with it, but I'm completely willing to drop it if it gets to hard, or even if they just don't want to do it. They're both reading well and don't have trouble with the copywork so far. Of course, we've only done three lessons, so I'll keep your warning in mind.
It's possible that I'm not understanding oral narrations perfectly. I'll figure that out tomorrow. :D
AAS users, how often do you do a lesson?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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We just started, but Step 1 took 4 days (~15 minutes per day) and it looks like most of the steps will take us 3-4 days. I have it scheduled out as one step per week, because there's nothing wrong with being ahead. ;)