We are also dealing with this. Our son has been in speech at a public school for almost 2 years. He will be 5 in April and in the fall will be to old to qualify for the free speech program unless we enroll him in public school kindergarten. We are very worried about sending him to public school. He has improved so much in the last 3 months and his teacher is not pressuring us but we are not able to pay for private therapy. I am just wondering what me taking him to ps will do to him. He will have to be there all day and he will know that I am home with his brother and sister and he's not. Also, how do I explain how we are going to the park and he has to go to school or on field trips with our homeschool group??? I am looking into the local colleges to see if they have a speech clinic program. Hopefully, it will be cheaper than private speech therapy. You are not alone. I would love to also know what others have done in this situation. Lori

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I also have corned beef on the stove for dinner. I hope it tastes better than it smells! I have never had it before.:001_huh:

We used it through a virtual charter school. I loved K12 but hated the charter school. We ended up doing the full k12 curriculum and prep for the Texas state testing. We also had to go at to fast a pace for my dd. It was horrible. There just wasn't enough time in the day to get it all done. We dropped out after 2 months. But the K12 curriculum was really good. I loved the online school. I loved just logging on to the computer and having our day all planned up for us.

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We are using Ambleside with our 5th grader and 1st grader. We are loving it! We also have a 4 year old. My 5th grader is using AO year 3.5. She is loving it. She is a little bit behind in reading so this was a good fit for her. There is a lot of parent reading involved with AO. Especially, with my Yr 1! So, I am cheating a little bit and bought some really cheap MP3 players and upload some of his readings from LibriVox. They have a lot of the AO selections on there. Has saved me a lot of time! It is a lot to get done but they are wonderful books. There is also some wonderful yahoo groups that you can join. Those ladies on there are very helpful. HTH, Lori

I just posted our weekly report. Lots of changes at the Carr house! All good!:)

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We didn't do school this week but I posted our plans for next week.

I have no idea! We have changed our curriculum so much this year that we seem to always be starting over!:) Oh well, next year will be better. At least that is what I am telling myself.:D

What a great article! I forwarded it on to all my family. I really wanted to tell my family "I told you so!":D but I didn't!:) Thanks for sharing.

My husband is out of town so we had a long phone call last night discussing what to do next. We are just going to take the rest of this week off and relax. This weekend we are going to go to the library and have dd pick out whatever books she wants(but they have to be real books) :) I posted a long list of what we are going to try to do on my blog. But basicly, just read, read, read. Have her "help" me teach the boys. Hoping, that this well help with phonics and spelling. We are going to all take a hour after lunch and just read either a read aloud or we all just lay on the floor and read our own books. We are going to start MUS again. I am not going to worry about history or science right now. I will have her help her brothers with their science and history but I am not going to have her focus on those right now. My family is going to freak out but who cares. This is what we think she needs right now. Just some relax fun learning. We are also going to try to add in some more art and nature study. We are also making an appointment with her doctor to discuss how to get her tested for any learning issues. Again thank you all for such great information and support! Lori

I am so glad to here that others have had these problems. I love reading these boards. So, helpful. Lori D., Thank you so much for all of those ideas. I am going to go google VSL right now and look and see if my library has any books on it. I am also going to find out where to get here tested. Thanks alot!:)

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I know that I am letting to many outside influences put to much pressure on my daughter and I. I just dread seeing my family or my in laws because their answer to all of my dd issues is put her back in school. That at this point would be the worst thing for her. I guess I just needed someone to tell me that it is okay to just step back and not worry about doing things at a certain time. I am also going to look into getting her tested for any kind of learning issues. I am going to look in to some unit studies. I didn't even think of that. She love American Girl dolls and ballet. So, that is a place to start. She is a very artist, creative, and a very talented dancer. So, I will focus on that and just try to light that fire for reading in anyway I can find it. Thank you all again for the encouraging words. It truly help me step back and breathe.:) Her main areas she is behind in are reading, spelling, and math. Math she can do. We did use MUS before using K12 and she liked it. So, we will most likely go back to that. I am thinking of starting her on some of the language arts books from queenhomeschool.com. I think maybe that will be a breath of fresh air.:) Thank you again.

My daughter is well be turning 11 next month. We have only been homeschooling for 3 years. We brought her home at the end of 2nd grade. She could barely read or add without her fingers or a number line. She now is reading on or about a 3rd or 4th grade level(hates to read) and she can do math(but doesn't want to). I get so sick and depressed thinking about all the time we wasted while she was in school. I never even thought of homeschooling, she was 5 so we put her in Kindergarten.:) We started out using Ambleside but she would cry every time I brought out the history stories, so we switched to WTM. She liked this better but still was not wanting to learn. So, this year we switched to a virtual charter school using K12 curriculum and it has been a nightmare. So, we are dropping that. I feel like I am jumping around to much. We are both crying everyday over her school work. I don't think she has a learning disorder. We have switch diets to see if that is a issue and that has not help. So, my question is does anyone have any advice on what curriculum might suit a 11 year old that is behind and has no desire to move furthur in her studies? Any book suggestions for this age group that would just light a fire for reading?? Money is also a huge factor in our homeschool. I try to make things a fun as I can. She is a very hands on learner(one reason why K12 did not work). We do lots of crafts and try to do the activities in SOTW. She is just getting more and more behind, we are both getting very discouraged. There is just no way I can put her in ps jr. high next year. So, I have to fix this at home. She will be in 6th grade next year. Her 6year old brother is about to pass her by. Another problem is that my husband and I have no family support in our homeschooling journey. So that is another added stress for my daughter and myself. Thank you for any advice you may have! Lori

I am just using a post I made earlier this week as my wordless Wednesday even though it has some words.:)

I also like having the manual for the list of supplies. Makes it a lot easier.

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Ours is up!:)