Pre-Algebra for a 7th grader (12 year old) who strongly dislikes math, and has some degree of dyscalculia and dyslexia?

Hi everyone, I was wondering what all you guys do for fun activities after you get done with your school work to keep the kids occupied and keep them learning. This is our first year, DD is in Kindergarten, and we are about 3 weeks in. I have not been doing well with this area. We have been doing her actual school work and then we end up falling back into our old routine of watching a movie and just random play while I get work done (I work from home.) I think it would be better if it were at least a little bit structured, but any input would be great! Thank you!! Thank you!! ETA: I guess I should edit this and say that she is involved in a weekly co-op, weekly and monthly story times, dance, and t-ball. Since I work from home, we cannot really do stuff out of the house every day, so I need stuff for her at home. Thanks for all the input!!

Hi everyone!! We are about 3 weeks in to Kindergarten, and everything is going pretty well except for phonics/reading. We are using OPGTR and she HATES it. Tears every single time we start to do it, and today ended in her just refusing to read and I had to send her to her room. Can anyone make any suggestions please!?!?! We just finished James and the Giant Peach, and started Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Is it okay for Kindergarten to just read, read, read? She loves to be read to, and she likes me to point to the words I am reading so she can "follow" along. She was 5 in May, and we are following our school district schedule. I REALLY appreciate any input, I just don't want her to fall behind. I honestly do not feel like we are doing enough as it is...We are doing OPGTR(which obviously is not working) HWTK, MEP1, Co-Op 1X a week (geography, Japanese, and health) and then we do Leap Frog DVDs and Magic School Bus DVDs. I usually have her tell me a sentence about the MSB dvd that we watched that day, I will write it and then she will draw a picture to go along with it. Thank you!! ETA: We started OPGTR on Lesson 27 because she already knew all of her letters and letter sounds.

Does any have the Phonics Tales series? I have a dd starting K and they look cute, but not sure how good they are. Thank you!

I would LOVE this as well. brandy_lou83@yahoo.com Thank you!!

Does everyone usually just buy the downloads as opposed to the workbooks(I know that with this sale it is only the download, I just mean in general?) Sorry, this is my first year hs'ing and I am still trying to figure everything out. Thank you!!

(If there is already a thread like this just point me in that direction and delete this one. Thank you!) Hi everyone, I was just wondering if there are any mammas out there who will be homeschooling for the very first time this fall. I thought maybe we could have a thread where we could all kinda be there to support each other as we learn what works and does not work for us and our kiddos.

Oh Ok! I guess I should have looked at the reviews. Thank you!!!

Does anyone already have this and know if it would be able to be broken down to be shipped? I want one so bad and you absolutely cannot beat that price, but I would have to ship it to Japan. Thank you!!!

Hi!! We live in Okinawa. Message me and I can give you more info if you would like. But as for your question, I would keep up Latin and add in Japanese. My daughter is just going to be in K, so I am not doing Latin yet, but we are going to start Japanese (or continue I guess I should say) and Spanish, and when she is older we will be adding in Latin.

Yeah I seriously considered FIAR, but I think I would have to buy all of the books and that is pretty pricey.

Thank you SO much!! That is what I needed. I feel so silly, but I have honestly never even seen cuisenaire rods, so I have no clue what to do with them.

Thank you So much vfnelson! I already have c-rods in my cart, but I am just a bit at a loss as to what to do with them. That was going to be my next question to the board, but that seems like a dumb question. I would love any links to more info about them.

Thanks Sarah and Tara!! Tara, thank you for that advice about having her read from the beginning. I was honestly not sure when to start that with her, so I really appreciate it.

Hi everyone. This is my first post, but I have been a lurker on here for well over a year now. My daughter, who was 5 in May, will be starting K this fall. I have decided to follow the school calendar this year just to make it a bit easier. After millions of hours of research :001_smile:, I think I have decided on what to do with her. I would love to know if this is enough for K. My daughter went to a 2 days a week, 2 hours a day preschool last year, so this will be our very first time homeschooling. My daughter loves to read, though she does not actually read yet. She likes to be read to and to make up stories. She loves coloring and painting and her 'reading game' (Reading Eggs). She recognizes and can write all of her letters in upper case, and most in lower case. She knows a large majority of the sounds, but is not reading at all on her own. She counts numbers up to 50 consistently, but can go higher occasionally. She recognizes 1-10 and just randomly gets the higher numbers right. She can occasionally answer a #+#=# question the right way. She writes her first and last name, and a few other words like Mommy and Daddy and her brothers name, and if I spell out words she can write pretty much anything. She knows colors and shapes. Not sure if you need to know anything else. This will be my first year, and I was originally planning on going with a full curriculum that would have everything spelled out for me and planned, but as I researched more I decided to piece together a curriculum. So I would love any and all input. Thank you SO much!! Here is what I am planning on going with, but open for suggestions if this does not look adequate and/or looks like too much. Phonics/Reading: Funnix/Reading Eggs (and we have the Reading Raven App on our phone and IPad.) And I See Sam readers and TONS of read alouds. Writing:HWTK Math: MM1 and MEP (or possibly LOF or Singapore? I am SO not sure about this one) Science: Magic School Bus DVDs and life(nature walks and museums and the aquarium...) and possibly BFSU Art: Just finding fun arts and crafts online Geography: I was just planning to get a world map and go over basics of each continent, and then just go from there. (open to ideas about this as well) She will also be in dance, gymnastics, a sport, music and Japanese through the public schools, and hopefully a co-op. Thank you for any insight into our year!!!