Thanks I will check that out Hoping to hear of some more resources!

Does anyone know of a good resource to learn how to read music for an almost 10 year old? I have no musical training myself so I'm at a loss. DD has self taught the basics of tin whistle but would like to learn how to read musical notation. I would love any reccomendations you may have! Thanks

Thanks for responses…any others have experience?

Has anyone used the MIF enrichment books? Would a bright kid use them at level, or a year behind does anyone know? Thanks!

Does anyone know how chopped up the versions are for those "Great Illustrated Classics" versions? my 8 yr old DD read Little Women and liked it because the font was large (she has some slight vision/tracking issues) But I hesitate to encourage those versions if they are really dumbed down. Anyone familiar with them?

thanks! sounds like the original teachers manual will be just fine for us.

I am using it and it does seem a bit meatier. They start to talk about homophones, they have the kids keep a silent E book and learn all the jobs of silent E, there are more phonograms to learn etc. It's still pretty "easy" but it does seem to be getting a bit more involved.

will be doing level 2 (town) with DD next year but what do I need for Caesar's english I? the website lists Classical Education Edition or original version? and do I really need the teachers manual or can I do without? (these books are so expensive I would love to save a bit of money if possible)

oops just reread and saw that you meant an individual state study, but most could still apply.

We are in the midst of one right now and I really love how it's going (so does my DD) We usually do 2 states a week 1. Read one of the state books from sleeping bear press (they have A-Z books for each state) 2. Fill out a notebook sheet (that I found for free by googling) with pertinent info about that state like population, motto, nickname etc. 3. My DD is also collecting each state quarter as she goes and putting it into one of the state quarter hard folios that I already had 4. I found a printable free set of colored photos for the state bird, state flower and state name that she cuts out and pastes on the page. 5. She draws the state flag on her notebook page 6. I also bought the scholastic make & learn geography e-book for $1 during a sale to use ( for example we did one for mountain, plain, canyon, valley, island, etc) 7. We also pull out the pertinent state card from a pack I found at target and look at that We are doing it by geographic area, so we started with the Pacific States and are moving East. It actually only takes 15-20 minutes 2x per week and my DD really likes it so that's what counts :001_smile:

lots of great ideas, thanks!

I am also doing both because my DD was really unliking WWE2-she does fine with it, but really struggles with condensing all her thoughts down to 2 or 3 or 4 sentences. I bought the Fable level and she loves it so much more! I am still doing both because I think short summaries are a skill that should be learned, but she loves the creativity in Fable too. Next year I will prob. drop WWE and just do W&R narrative 1 & 2

Just used the 25% off for Language lesson through lit :)

Thanks!

I used both AAR pre for my 4yr old DS, then switched to Logic of english foundations A for him this year for his K5 year. I totally could have skipped AAR, LOE totally gives you everything you need. There is no actual sit down and read letters on a page until halfway though the book. The entire first half is phonemic awareness activities.

I have enjoyed Mosdos Press. I have been using level 4 this year (Ruby Level) with my 3rd grader and she had been fine with it. I Found a used copy on Amazon for very cheap, and I purchased the workbook to go with (not every story has a workbook page) there is also quite a bit of comprehension/writing at the end of each story so you don't even really need the workbook. Sometimes I have my DD write some answers out, and sometimes we do it together orally. They do sell a very expensive teachers manual but it's really not necessary. I simply pre-read the story first so I know what's going on.

Just finished the Door in the Wall & A Cricket in times square. Now on to Fire, Bed and Bone and listening to The Long Winter on audio in the car. Up next, Adam of the Road, and The Castle Corona

would be for my DS for 1st grade. I am between this program and Lightning lit's newest grade 1 program. Does LLTL do any sort of comprehension? Any writing at all (besides copy work) about what they have read? Could someone who has used it walk me through a typical lesson? thanks!

Logic of english foundations-my 5.5 yr old DS is coming along so nicely. I highly reccomend it.

Hello, My DS is doing great with Logic of English foundations B so far. However, He is having a hard time remembering to "see" things like TH or SH. He constantly tries to decode them as individual sounds until I point it out to him and then he immediately remembers that they are one phonogram and make a sound together. During the spelling lesson portion she advises students to underline those types of phonograms to remind us of their sound, or to put the long vowel symbol over a word as a clue or even put a little 2 over a letter to remind us that it makes it's 2nd sound. My Q is: should I be adding in those marks to remind him in his readers, or should I just keep reminding him until he starts to get it. It would be easier for him now, but I don't want to make him dependent on seeing those symbols all the time because regular books don't have them obviously. any advice?

I did ancients with the activity book and Usborne internet linked encyclopedia. Went through around a chapter per week. Did maps, coloring page, and had my DD write out a summary sheet of what she had learned that week. If there was a good project, we did it or I found something on Pinterest I liked better. I always supplement (and a video if there is one) with lots of extra books. Usually a couple of picture books, a non-fiction or 2 and then one that I do as a read aloud at night. This year I am trying History Odyssey Medieval. I don't have the activity book, and tried the audio books this time. Unfortunately neither I nor my DD like the audio. I like being able to look back and re-read something if we want to. My daughter groans at Jim's exaggerated voice (she does quite a funny impression of him!) Honestly I'm not over the moon about either way we have done it. They best part honestly has been the extra supplemental books and choice projects that I put together. Next year I decided we aren't doing either. I'm planning my own American History year instead. But, FYI: History Odyssey does a geographic grouping of topics which I like better.

Thanks for your responses! anyone else have an advice about the vocabulary portions?

Probably going with Math-MIF4 Spelling-AAS4 Handwriting- HWT4 RSO-chemistry History-Follwing the Guest Hollow blog American History lesson plans Writing-CAP narrative 1 & 2 Latin-Lively Latin1 Art/Music- Harmony fine arts w/artistic pursuits/ tin whistle Lit-Mosdos press ruby Grammar- MCT Town level Geography- Confession of a homeschooler world geography note booking plans

I have read that there is quite a bit of vocabulary contained in Big Book of Lively Latin I. I am planning on starting it next year for 4th grade for my DD. We will be moving from MCT island to town next year also, and I'm wondering that if that is indeed the case, that it may be overkill to also do the vocabulary book from MCT. Anyone have experience with both? Thanks!

As long as you can keep track of the rules and new phonograms that need to be reviewed frequently (like OY vs. OI or AW vs. AU) then for level 2 you could prob. get away with just the manual. Level 3 has the homophone stuff, the silent e book with the rules and some other forms and papers for the student.