I have a daughter who is almost 8 and she just recently got a LD Dx - probably Dyslexia. We are halfway through AAR 1 and I am wanted to add some spelling for her but I need something that isn't as teacher intensive as AAR (I have 4 other children) I want to start SWO A - she does great with worksheets as long as they aren't too much writing. We have done the first 3 ETC and we have 4 and 5 but she isn't ready for them. Thanks for your thoughts!

We are 3rd option home schoolers in SC - We joined REACH this year but haven't really done a lot with it. My actual legal association is out of Lexington, I could find you the link if you want - all I do is fill out a form online twice a year and pay 15$. Oh and that Discovery Streaming - I tired to sign up for that a few months ago and they never got back with me, or i might have went to my spam box. . .I'll try again.

I knew I needed something concise and simple for LA this fall. The options for Language Arts overwhelm me. We have been doing Alpha Omega Life Pacs. They are Christiany, and not *super* in depth. But I feel like they are manageable and my son doesn't hate them so. It is ALL-IN-ONE. We also don't do the spelling sections, he uses it more like vocab, but I don't do the test, we are doing Spelling workout instead, but there is nothing wrong with the spelling sections in the lifepacs. We are going to be looking for something different for him in Jan, but I am going to start my 6yo on LA-LP 1.

I looked at Time for learning - didn't really look that great to me either. . .??? Hoping a bump might get this some attention, I know there are great resources out there.

I am looking for something for my 9yo son. We are just finishing up LifePac Language arts 3rd grade. He is okay with the LP's but I am looking for something for him to do online. He really prefers to type than to write and I am okay with that. Is Switched on Schoolhouse worth it? I looked at Calvert and it is super expensive. I would like him to be doing more composition and I am going to keep him doing SWO as well. Ideas?

My 4yo does "skills practice" I don't even ask him to write - he does ask to sometimes, but I don't push it. "skill practice" is fine motor skills he just thinks it is an activity to keep busy while I am working with the olders. Examples would be play dough, light bright, lacing cards, playing with penny's (as in, he and the 2yo dump them on the floor and then they have to put them back in the cup), battleship or mastermind, beads, I can't think of anything else but you get the idea. He is okay with coloring, but I don't really push that either. He is also able to do all the letter sounds and numbers orally, and that is what we practice for now, we do 100EZ lessons with out the writing. My 6yo daughter still has a hard time with directional and curvy letters.

Thanks so much for posting this - I am from SC and didn't know, just sent an email for my registration. THANKS AGAIN!

related question - if I buy the FLL 3 do I REALLY need the workbook?

Could someone tell me why I would need to be doing all three of these at once? Is there any overlap? What do they each do? (this is for 3rd grade, but we haven't done a lot of formal grammar yet)

George Washington's World and This Country of Ours. Oh and we watch a lot of Liberty Kids on Netflix. :)

Thanks :)

Right and even in the 1700's there was more "work" to do, even the city kids (unless they were extreamly weathy and had servents) had to chop firewood, get water, wash laundry, and take care of livestock. We have our own sorts of these things in the city now, though they aren't going to be as time consuming as they were 200 years ago, thus, we have the time to watch TV or whatever......... (this subject really intrests me, if you can't tell, sorry for the multible posts) :001_smile:

In response to the maturity issue of today's youth: I think it has to do with the attachment cycle. Mainstream America today seems to do it backward from 200 years ago. As as example, it seems very acceptable to seperate from our babies, they must go to the nursery or day care and "why are you carrying that baby around?" In the 1700's (and until about the 1950's) babies would have been with their mothers and would have been considered a baby for over a year. Then, though, when they started to understand things they would have been given responsiblities, small ones. Now, I think, we seperate from our babies, and treat our young children like they are incapible of doing anything.........and on and on. I realize that I just made some over-generalizations, I know that things are different for every family, I am trying to make the distiction between 200 years ago and now. The difference, goes far beyond the subjects that we (or the schools) are teaching. We live under a completely different paridymn or culture.

I like these http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Nests-Eggs-Take-Along-Guides/dp/155971624X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

I am so glad that I am not the only one that does this............I've always felt so quilty for threatening PS, but it is really effective. (I dont' think it will be so much with dd though.......)