Jean's back!

Mowing in Iowa at 85 degrees with no breeze and 60% humidity is utterly horrible. That is all.

I want a time machine!!

I think your decision for boundaries is a good one and I'm glad you feel a little better sharing with us. :)

That's crazy talk. Why don't you do 2 sessions a day and I'll count one for me?

#shouldhavesaidbooty

The house is 75 degrees here, its 94 out and like 95% humidity. Not complaining but everytime I clean for 10 minutes I am pouring sweat. Pretty sure this is a sign I'm suppose to sit my butt down in front of the fan and lesson plan....

It has for the past 5 years. Most of my back issues stem from pregnancies, etc so its' chronic pain. It flares up badly when I'm sick or such. Increasing my green tea intake always seems to do well in back pain relief. Exercising helps, so does the chiropractor... but those don't suit me well... :glare:

Very possibly. Yoga wasn't helping (not that I look like the yoga people do when I try to do it). However, it doesn't hurt now and I'm defiantly, blindly believing it was due to green tea.

Also, now that I am apparently here, though late... I'm Ashley. I'm suppose to be planning the 1st semester today and tomorrow BUT I just got 2 more boxes of book orders in so that'll distract me for a good hour AND I have spent all morning drinking exorbitant amounts of green tea as my back is killing me which means in turn I have been running to the bathroom constantly to pee. :ph34r:

This story is nice but I *need* a description of your laughter to really visualize... is it a snorting laugh? One that everyone in the movie theater turns around at to see who laughs like that? Or one of those high pitched squeaky laughs? Or is it more, truly, of an exaggerated chuckle? I *need* to know. Please...... :crying:

Hey, hey, hey. I made it here.

So as I try to decide what to name our homeschool, I apparently should avoid "Ignore this homeschool" alas the government will come crashing down on me with new laws...

DD5 is now at 1st grade level though I'm still thinking of her as a K5 in terms of workload. We are finishing up Bob Books and some Scholastic Readers this summer. Reading/Phonics/Printing: Rod & Staff Gr. 1 "We Learn About God" series + worksheets/workbooks Math: Rod & Staff Gr. 1 Arithmetic Social Studies: Map Skills/Continents/Oceans (Mon/Wed) Science: My Human Body Unit (Tues/Thurs) Music: Pennywhistle Lessons PE: Soccer Club

We have some changes, DD is moving along faster than expected in reading. She has finished up a general Kinder science curriculum so we decided on a year long study on the body, germs, teeth, senses etc. Reading: finish up any Bob Books and Scholastic Sight Word Readers Rod & Staff Gr. 1 "We Learn About God" Readers + worksheets Rod & Staff Gr. 1 Printing workbooks Rod & Staff Gr. 1 Phonics workbooks (Will still use Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading but not as a lesson book rather a reference book now as needed) A bunch of books on digraphs and blends from teacherspayteachers Math: Rod & Staff Math Gr. 1 (we have been doing about 1-2 lessons per week) Social Studies: Map Skills, Continents/Oceans (most resources from teacherspayteachers, some workbooks) Science: My body (year long exploration) PE: Soccer club Music: Pennywhistle Lessons

I see a K4 thread, but I've got a K5 and would love to see what others are planning! We don't do every subject every day with her yet, most subjects earn her attention 2x week at least though. Reading: Bob Books Scholastic Sight Word Readers Ordinary Parent's Guide to Reading A bunch of books on digraphs and blends from teacherspayteachers English/LA/Grammar: None right now. Math: Singapore Gr. 1 Social Studies: SOTW Vol. 1 Science: Apologia Exploring Creation through Astronomy PE: Gymnastics Bible: Sunday School, Bible stories/rhymes/Awana bible club Music: Composer Study

We don't memorize all the rules and I often summarize. We just practice them so she has a grasp of each concept and like Kerry Blue says, it has helped get our DD to the point where she wanted and could read.

Alright, got my DS7's plan done and everything is purchased (and therefore reviewed and I know it is what I want!). Decided to stick with R&S for English rather than try to work with all of Abeka for LA. I choose some classics rather than Abeka for readers. I like my plan. English: Rod & Staff 3 Penmanship: Pentime 3 Reading: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy Spelling/Vocab: Spelling City Math: Singapore 3A (continuing from summer) History: SOTW 1 Science: McHenry's The Brain, McHenry's The Elements, Focus on Middle School Chemistry 1, Focus on Middle School Physics 1 PE: Flag Football, Swim Team We will add in a typing program in the Spring and then onto Coding per his request.

DS7 is on R&S 3. He does enough written work I can see his mastery of it on paper as we are using Rod & Staff's test booklet for English as well this year. It can mean 5 problems from the text, it could mean 10. I have a couple on the whiteboard for him to complete for most lessons. Sometimes the review is done orally, sometimes we do it written - just depends on the topic and how he did with the concept that is being reviewed.

Pentime or D'nealian workbooks.

Daily lessons with Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (she will start in at lesson 30-50 it sounds like), Bob books (one per week I'd suggest at her level) and there are lots of free printable games/worksheets to go with each Bob book. Confidence is going to be your aid in getting her curriculum to work for her due to the past year. The bob books are GREAT for that, the ordinary parent's guide back it all up and reaffirms while the games and worksheets make it enjoyable for her.

Really at war whether I want to go the Abeka LA route. I am considering sticking with R&S English as he is doing well in it now. He enjoys history and we have talked a lot about the early pioneer times in our studies this year, so I can create a year long curriculum using pioneer setting books. I think he'd really enjoy Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Sarah Plain and Tall... etc. I know they are traditionally girls' books but I think he would enjoy them based on events and settings alone. I can pull weekly vocabulary from the books as well as weekly spelling. The level shouldn't be an issue, he's at 4th grade reading level. I think I'd add in some copywork too...

We moved into 3rd grade materials midyear with DS7, but found a couple things that worked well for us in our journey through the last part of 2nd grade: 1) Making unit studies out of our science curriculums and ONLY doing Science on Wednesday, NO other materials. It cut down on a lot of prep stress and turned into a really fun day that felt like a mid-week break and I was able to really focus on each child's science curriculum in depth versus feeling like we were just skimming it. 2) We found Singapore math! We have been pushing through Rod & Staff but 2nd grade materials were just too heavy on review and I was loosing his interest fast. Once he moved to Singapore, he's been asking for at least 2 lessons a day and loving the pace/way everything is presented. This was a HUGE stress relief for both of us! Ditching? I need to find an easier LA program. We used different curriculums for grammar, spelling, handwriting and reading and had zero vocab or writing curriculum. I have to simplify and am on the search.

With all due respect, I know of many parents that cannot limit themselves, let alone their children (and not specifically referring to Minecraft here obviously). Perhaps that was what Sherry was referencing?

After reading this thread I looked up what a ProClick is. Oh my, I think I need one of those!!!