There are probably as many ways to do note booking as there are ways to homeschool. I can only tell you what we do. We started MP Christian Studies I this year and it wasn't a good fit for us, so we switched to pages from notebookingpages.com. I read a Bible story while DD8 draws a picture to illustrate it, and then she narrates the story and I scribe for her. I don't want her to limit her narration to reduce the handwriting burden. Since I am doing the writing spelling and grammar aren't problems for now. Eventually she will do her own writing, but even then I probably won't ask for corrections. She is still working on creating good summaries, and I don't want to take the focus off of that for now. I think it is working really well and her retention is fantastic with this method. I'm thinking using it with more subjects in the fall.

For history you might like the selections from Homeschool in the Woods. They are heavy on crafts and activities. There are short written lessons and long lists of additional resources. We are using them and love them. The only downside is that HITW makes such gorgeous lap books that it will spoil you for any others. :laugh:

Third Grade Wrap Math: Singapore 3B, Timez Attack Logic: Logic Countdown Geography: Top Secret Adventures, Maps Charts Graphs Book C History: SOTW 3 and HITW American Revolution Language Arts: AAS 3, Getty Dubay Books C/D, Poetry Memorization, lots of reading, book reports Latin: Song School Latin 2 Science: MP Astronomy Bible: Notebooking the Bible, AWANAs Art: Artistic Pursuits 3 Computer Science: Server Design I MP Greek Mythology Allstar Cheerleading Summer Math: Singapore 3B/4A, Timez Attack Handwriting: Getty Dubay D Latin: Flash Dash on Headventureland Computer Science: Finish Server Design I Typing Fourth Grade Math: Singapore 4A/B Logic: Logic Liftoff Geography: Maps Charts Graphs Book D, MP States and Capitals History: SOTW 3/4, HITW Early 19th Century, The Civil War, The Industrial Revolution Language Arts: AAS 4, Getty Dubay Books D/E, CAP Fable (1st Semester), The Most Wonderful Writing Lessons Ever (2nd Semester), Poetry Memorization, Reading and book reports Latin: Latin for Children A Science: Human Anatomy using a mishmash of materials including Apologia, Blood and Guts, Lyrical Life Science Vol. 3, and a variety of supplements Bible: Continue note booking and AWANAs Art: Artistic Pursuits 3/4 Music: Homeschool Choir Allstar Cheerleading

Reading: McGuffey's Readers, lots of poetry memorization, and as much great literature as we can possibly cram in the year, starting with Charlotte's Web Penmanship: Getty-Dubay Italic Cursive Spelling: AAS Composition: CAP Fable (2nd Semester) Math: Singapore Standards, Reflex Math if she still needs it (hoping to nail down the multiplication tables this summer) Logic: Lollipop Logic 3, Logic Countdown Science: MP Astronomy Mythology: D'aulaires' Greek Myths with MP Study Guide History: SOTW 3 combined with history materials from HITW (Renaissance and Reformation, Colonial Life, and the American Revolution) Geography: Top Secret Adventures, Maps Charts and Graphs C Latin: SSL2 Bible: Christian Studies I Art: Artistic Pursuits Music: Co-op Chorus PE: Competitive cheerleading Edited to add Bible curriculum.

Hits for me and DD7: SOTW combined with history materials and lap books from Homeschool in the Woods. Song School Latin. Maps, Charts, and Graphs workbooks. Hits just for me: Singapore math. She is ok with it, she just doesn't love it. Reflex Math. She is tired of using it now, but it is really working for building her fact fluency. All About Spelling. Sometimes she likes it, sometimes she whines. Getty-Dubay Italic handwriting. This is a daily battle but I think it is worth it because her penmanship is beautiful.

She is my neighbor's daughter. I homeschool my own children and help out with her work. As a practical matter, that means I homeschool her too. Long story there. She is reading at about an early 4th grade level. I don't expect her to become a grammar whiz, but she really needs a basic understanding of parts of speech. We keep running into references to nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and she has no idea what to do with them.

Thank you all for the suggestions. We are currently using Abecedarian for reading remediation. It is definitely helping, but we have a ways to go. Oh, Elizabeth, I'm thinking that Shurley looks pretty good. I hadn't really considered it before because I'm allergic to highly scripted curricula, but the Q&A flowcharts would be really helpful.

what do you try next? My student is 13, in 7th grade, almost certainly dyslexic, and has never had any formal grammar instruction. (This is her first year of homeschool, and I am her tutor.) She is really struggling with just the first 3 lessons. She understands articles, but can't seem to grasp nouns. I was sure that Winston Grammar would be our best bet, but she's just not getting it. Has anyone else run into this problem? Any suggestions?

We just joined this club 2 weeks ago. DD 5 has convergence insufficiency and a few other problems. We shall see how it goes.

I ordered Critical Thinking and sent it back. It seemed like it would be much better in a classroom setting. I'm currently using the James Madison course with my twin boys and we all love it. It's pretty fun. My sons are high school juniors, but I think it could be used with younger students (middle school) who were genuinely interested.

Rosetta Stone Spanish 100EZ ALEKS math Time 4 Learning (tried several times at different levels but it just didn't click for my kids) Writing Strands Easy Grammar

I'm tutoring my neighbor's dd12. She was just pulled from school in March and is dyslectic. Abecedarian B Short Version WWE 3 (modified - I read aloud) Daily Word Ladders AVKO Sequential Spelling Reading Detective Winston Grammar Assigned and free reading Key to Decimals Key to Percents Real Life Math problems RS4K Middle School Chemistry Apologia Zoology 3 (by popular demand) Mystery of History Vol. I along with Ancient History Discovery Kits from Hands and Hearts and History Pockets Building Thinking Skills 2 Logic Liftoff Artistic Pursuits

My dd loves the book, Usborne World of Animals. It's organized geographically, and has internet links for more information.