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  1. There used to be a blog with a list of YouTube videos to go with chapters of Story of the World, but I can’t find it anymore. Does anyone have a list of videos for SOTW, or for a different Modern History curriculum? With my 8th grader, 6th grader, and dyslexic 4th grader, we try to read several books when we can to go along with the chapters. I’ve got the activity book and pick some of my own favorites too. But there’s only so many hours in the day, and only so much I can read aloud to my youngest. History videos would be a great add-on for us.
  2. What writing resources do you all like, specifically for essays? What didn’t you like? Also, I’m looking for an English handbook for reference, that she can use now through high school and college. We’re getting ready for high school and a dual enrollment program. My daughter will be in 8th grade, and up til now we’ve focused mainly on getting comfortable getting words on a page, and enjoying writing. She now likes writing not just for school, but in free time writes poetry and the beginnings of novels. We’ve put off formal writing for the most part, with no regrets. I’m looking for resources/ curriculum on essay writing and other nonfiction writing. We don’t want to spend a whole year on this, just a crash course, since she’ll be doing a creative writing group and NaNoWriMo.
  3. No, my daughter is 12, going into 7th grade. If I have a signature, it’s really old!😆 But I like your suggestions.
  4. Part of my problem is that we’re planning on outsourcing high school. She’ll go to class once a week and have homework + online communication with teachers and classmates. There’s so little time to be her teacher. 😢 Only 2 years to do all the books we want to do together.
  5. I’d love suggestions on resources for how to teach literature, or discussion guides you liked, etc. We’ve been using English Lessons Through Literature for years, but need to free up my daughter’s schedule for other things, so I’m trying to piece together English/Language Arts. For grammar we will try Daily Grams level 7. For writing, my daughter is taking a journalism class, we do a bit of Bravewriter ideas, some of Sarah Mackenzie’s Writers on Writing, and we will start doing history outlining and writing. My daughter will also give NaNoWriMo a try this year. For literature, we love books, and I have some great booklists for 7th, including some historical fiction. What I don’t know is how much I should do with questions, discussions, teaching literary devices and themes, and so on. Personally, I hated going slowly through books in school, with all the historical and biographical background, picking apart the book with themes, vocabulary, plot devices and all of that. I will forever hate Great Expectations after months of this. 😉 My argument was that you find out a lot about a cat by dissecting it, but in the end, the cat is dead. I need some experienced advice on how to teach literature well, so we will still like the books at the end. Also, how many books should we do a deep dive into? Maybe 5?
  6. I have a 12, 9, and 7 year old. Literally everything takes so long, and the school day never ends. From getting ready in the morning, to cursive practice, to writing a spelling sentence, this getting a pencil, everything takes longer than it should. My 9 year old son (ASD) frequently spends an hour collapsed on the floor refusing to do whatever. Then when he decides to do it, does just fine. The 7 year old got out of his chair after every single word in his spelling sentences. If I leave him alone with math he makes no progress. Everyone in this family could sit at a page of schoolwork for an hour doing nothing, and ignoring the person telling them to just start. Has anyone gone from this to getting things done? I need to know how. Complicating the problem, my husband is stuck working from home and threatening to enroll them all in online public school unless we can change things very soon. (I think we’d just be stuck helping with homework til late, but nothing I can do about that.)
  7. I’m trying to decide between English Lessons through Literature or piecing together our English and grammar. We’ve done ELTL for a while. It’s a Charlotte Mason style program, also compatible with classical education. All my kids have loved it, and I like it too. Currently my daughter is in 4th grade, and doing level 3. She’s just not retaining the grammar. I noticed this in previous years too. She is just lost in the diagrams, and some days can’t tell a noun from a verb. We supplement with the Grammar Pop app. I don’t know if a different program would make a difference with grammar. She is a prolific reader, but struggles with math, spelling, and reading music. Option A is to keep going with ELTL. We like it, and maybe the memory work and practice will click eventually. Option B is to switch to a workbook style grammar. We do dictation with spelling, I have an excellent reading list we can read through for literature, and we can add once a week poetry teatimes. We’re probably going to be doing a creative writing group with twice a month assignments. Option C- you tell me. Also, if we choose option B, is there anything I’m missing for 5th grade English/Language Arts? Any grammar workbooks you’d recommend? Thanks!
  8. sorry for the late reply. We're using about .75 mg. He is asleep about 45 min after we give it to him.
  9. We have an ASD 7 year old who slept very little from 3 months to 2 1/2. That's when we started melatonin. After that, he learned to speak and stopped falling all the time. So melatonin is a miracle for us. We've tried going off, but he still needs it. The only alternative is 4 solid hours of active outdoor time. D has trouble falling asleep, but once he is asleep, he is out cold. For us liquid melatonin works much better than gummies, tablets, or quick dissolve. We use this brand. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VPEE7M/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1 Perhaps for some a fast acting liquid and a timed release tablet would work.
  10. When my kid is on a stage, if he doesn't pick his nose it's a victory. He might be disassembling the microphone, but at least no fingers up the nose.

  11. Thanks, everyone! I will keep an eye out for Prismacolor deals. Maybe also try Staedtler since it looks cheaper.
  12. You all have been so helpful with pencils and eraser caps. What does the hive mind say about colored pencils? I’m not sure I want expensive ones. They will be used for SOTW maps, science sketches, literature illustrations, and just for fun. I want ones that lay down enough color, like... not the equivalent of off brand crayons. What brands do you like? (I don’t throw away useful things, so the colored pencils I had when I was a kid are still in use, although they are only 3” long. They were a Canadian brand, and better quality than the others I’ve used since.)
  13. The thought of switching is mostly because she hates math and takes so so long to do it. And I don't know if a different curriculum would make it easier learning math facts. I've resisted switching, telling myself that a shiny new curriculum won't make her fall in love with math. But I don't know...maybe something else could make math less painful. It will be hard for me to have her working in 3rd grade books in 4th grade, especially since she's working a grade lower in spelling, and a number lower than her grade in ELTL. I know it shouldn't matter, but somehow it's a big deal to me.
  14. We've been doing Singapore math since K. I really like it. I did terribly in math when I was a kid, and never really understood how things worked or why. Singapore has helped me to think mathematically. B is going into 4th grade. She has always been slow at math. It takes a while for her to grasp new concepts. It takes foreverrrrrrrr for her to do mental math and her workbook pages. We are way back at the beginning of 3b because math takes her so long. If she has a bad day and only gets 5 questions done, we can't double up the next day because she's not capable of doing that many questions. This is giving me flashbacks to my 4th grade year, when I was the slowest in the whole class at multiplication facts. Most often, she knows how to do the work, but the gears in her brain turn so slowly. I'm posting her standardized test scores, but will take them down eventually. Would you all recommend switching, and what might be a good fit? (I am unwilling to teach Saxon after my experience with it as a child.) Thank you in advance!
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