My children had a foundation of how evil and broken our world is starting with ourselves. Forced slavery is just one of the many examples we cover. As far as how detailed to describe or look at, my children have always clued me in to when they want more information and when it's overwhelming them. I just respect their individual boundaries and limits. The second part of my children's foundation is similar, I treat you with respect for your person and property because you are not mine but God's. These two foundations have made it relatively easy to discuss the horrors in our world. The truly difficult things to teach are where I have a bad habit myself and need to help train my child not to the same bad habit. That's where the rubber really meets the road.

It's sounds like you want to add something more to Beast Academy? Are you wanting more practice to add to Beast Academy or a different curriculum altogether? More practice and comprehensive might be Singapore Intensive practice workbook. I'd probably start with the B workbook of the year before my students actual level and skip whatever they don't need making sure to hit the word problems and the challenge problems. I'm doing more thinking here. The only thing I can think that might not be in the Intensive Practice books would be speed drills/ memorization of multiplication, division, squares, primes, etc. These are easily added from sites like math-drills.com or Johnnie's math page games.

Haven't read TWTM Why come? Glean information from BTDT folks. Questions usually get really answered.

Some kids pick this up seemingly on their own. Others ( I have both) have to have the steps to independence broken down into bitesize chunks. The last 2 years I've gone back and forth with my 10 year old. Freedom and responsibility to do school in his order by the day and then by the week. He's now able to manage it by the week mostly. He works off a detailed weekly list. If he declines my offer of spelling, instruction in simplifying complex fractions, whatever, it's his job to get it squeezed into other lesson time I offer later in the week. I go off duty at 5 pm weekdays and weekends and charge 10 dollars an hour for extra tutoring or grading of stuff not turned in on time. In other words don't give me Mondays math at 4 pm on Friday because it was suppose to be turned in Monday maybe even Wednesday is OK but it should b graded corrected and rechecked by 5 pm Friday. Other thoughts- Overall I keep having to really check my own attitude. What a blessing these precious children are! How do I get that across to each unique one? They keep changing on me. Most "issues" are me needing to find a way to break things down and do some practicing with them and more practicing until it becomes a new habit. Reminding myself how many times I have to retrain myself on habits I struggle with, going to bed on time for me, drinking enough water, keeping stuff graded and handed back twice a day with 3. Hugs along the way, Melody

k'nex machines. Can he be set free outside? mine still love water, digging deep holes, and mud. bbc.uk online KS1 science; Johnnie's math page, Zome Just brainstorming ideas. Thumbprint people for illustrating stories cartoons. free lego online designing software digitaldesign I think it's called.

We went with Saxon Alg 1 after SM 5B. We're 2/3 through. We are adding in a few CWP 6 word problems. When we don't understand a concept we go watch the related video on AOPS. The weak point in this, transition 5B to Alg 1, is negative number operations. We did a few chapters in prealgebra AOPS, but any prealgebra like Lial's would work.

I was seeing the loud too with a similar age child of mine. Usually the loud is with a higher pitch too. I watch the people around if they're sending negative signals and my kid is not adjusting, I will call my child to me and mention something in private. If it's not getting negative reactions, I look for an opportunity to send a hand signal cue unobserved or some other less obvious way of letting my child know their on the super excited side of things and need to adjust to others volume pitch and intensity.

Latin for Children C just completed, boy just turned 12. I'm looking at Cat in the Hat, The Gringe Who Stole Christmas, Winnie the Pooh. Are there others? Which one is the best fit grammar wise?

Debbie Stokes teaches Biology. She's been there at least 2 years probably more like 4. I noticed her sections filled fast. There were students in her class who had had her last year for anatomy and physiology commenting she was a great teacher. This is our 3rd LA class and she does the best I've seen so far in keeping 20+ kids engaged in an online learning environment. The other 2 classes we've taken were intro Art and, young Biology. Let's just say I spent more money than I've ever spent at one time this year to buy LA generics to use over the next 2 years for highschool for my 3.

enjoyed this.

Wow we can really use these for biology. This site is similar to KS2 science on bbc.uk. but for highschool. http://www.zerobio.com/gr11.htm http://www.zerobio.com/oac.htm http://www.zerobio.com Enter through the student centre link in purple. Choose a main course page to reach links to labs, games, quizes, etc.

Here's the facts: Rural area with limited math interest? Think: oil fields, farmland, and sports: I am checking on this with a call to the elementary school principal about starting a MOEMS club, but my husband grew up here. Not much has changed. Driving weekly to another city an hour away is not an option for us. No homeschool groups or coops are here locally and maybe only one or 2 other homeschoolers of the age and math interest required for a math club. In TX homeschoolers are not allowed to participate in extracurriculars. Exceptions are when scouts or 4 H use the school building but not school teachers or resources. I'd like to start a mathclub here. I have 2hours a week to facilitate it. My math background is good through Alg 1 and some Geometry. I might could help some with 4- 5 th grade competition math, but the rest I'd be learning with the kids. I have the time and energy just not the math skills. Here's the question. Has anyone hosted a club with a live distance link up to another person in a public library weekly? Could we link up with another small group an hour away? Any other ideas or options? I realize I could just sign the kids up for an AOPS course in competition math, but they really could use the teamwork aspect.

I like checks unlimited .com. There website is down and they charge an extra processing fee for calling in an order.

Sequential Spelling also has a way to test and build a spelling program on just what is needed. It can also be used with spellingcity.com I've used Spelling Power for a few months and Seq. Spelling 1-6 books. The only disadvantage in Seq Spelling would be if you bought all 7-8 books and tried to do spelling 10 times a week to go through all the books. It would definitely have to be customized.

My poetics is on my loom. I didn't buy it separate. If you don't upgrade, your poetics should be on your loom already regardless of whether its a cd or DE.

Another vote for temptations. The stuff wipes clean with no scrubbing, freezes, bakes, microwaves, dishwashes, and decorates. The next thing I know it will cook lasagna.

I need to know the quality of the DVD's. Discovery Education's streaming of the middle school Spanish is poor in quality/ but I like the content. The DVD's are 200$ for 7th, 200$ for 8th, or 350$ for both if bought directly from NAU, Northern Arkansas University.

Anyone seen these DVD vs the streaming?

I see that I can buy the DVD's from NAU for middle school Spanish. The video quality on DE streaming is out of focus and with streaks moving across the screen. Are the DVD's any better?

If the SN child is ready for group work, She should be able to work within a prior agreed upon contract. Think about how board meeting run using rules of order. This will likely limit the flexibility of the group decisions drastically. Something simple might be an order for the group time. Make 3 decisions by vote after writing down pros and cons. Write down 3 potential items to discuss further. Vote on one to brainstorm ideas for. Brainstorm only no voting. IF time allows each person write down 3 items to vote on next group time. Everyone vote on their top 2. The top three are ready to be voted on next group time. If more time write down next item to discuss and brainstorm only. Also like PP give SN child plenty of physical space and verbal space if she is in reacting mode.

like a previous poster. What could be at your house that the other girls would want to do? A single person swing on a bungy cord? Giant hop balls in the house? Permission to dig giant mud holes in the backyard? Making whole room tents in your living room with all available chairs and all the sheets and pillows? I'm with you on the it's not helicopter parenting, my sister asked if I ever got a moment off duty in a group setting? answer NO. No one else can process and read my child and prevent serious injury to my child or others. No one else can put all the pieces together and help my child process what they need to do differently. I've allowed things at my house I never thought I would because I'm the one having to supervise, and it's how to get other kids here.

Getting myself to go to bed early enough to start the next day on time.

What mine like best is RKWLA, read, know, what, learn, apply. They choose a book of the Bible read a verse or several ch, write down 1-2 things they already know like background or related verses, Write down a question. Sometimes I help here,learn I help the find an answer, then they write how it applies. I don't always know the answer. We enjoy learning. We do this once a week along with some other things. My 2 that do this are 12 and 14.

Hmmm? I'm brainstorming here. Is she a more verbal learner? In general you want to separate out a weak skill and work on it separately in small frequent increments while continuing to move forward conceptually in the math. This could be done in several ways. Counting by 2's and 5's. First step ( she may already have this) build it ( with rods build all of the numbers in the series) and say it( 2,4,6,8,10...). Second step -Build it, say it, and draw it ( draw the rods in color) on a paper folded into as many squares as you want her to cover. third step Build it, say it, draw it, and write it (print dotted traceable numbers 4-6 of them per square for her to trace with her pencil. 2,2,2,2,2,...) Fourth step (start removing the support) say it, write it ( give her the same divided paper with some of the numbers missing) Let her build the set of numbers if she needs too. Fifth step write it on blank paper. Each step you would do or modify till she felt successful. Then do similar work on the next weak spot. Don't skip writing the numbers. It hits the brain again on a different motor channel. Continuing with Singapore. Make a cheat sheet with the number, rod picture, and the number word. Put it in a special folder where it takes some extra work to go get it if she needs it. The cheat sheet would not be used in the targeted practice above. Just a side note- the teen numbers 11-19 are troublesome because of how they are named. Some programs even rename them ten -one, ten -two, etc. It would be fine to say them this way. And work on counting names separately just like we learn the alphabet names and sounds. Hugs, Melody Happy Dividing and Conquering.

Maybe I'm missing the whole point. But I don't want a study of logic like The Art of Argument; I want an application of logic applied through writing.