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Hi, I transitioned my son from CLE math 4 to Saxon 6/5. He took the placement exam and this is where he placed, but after starting the book it is too easy for him. I did notice when he took the placement exam that the mistakes were because he failed to pay attention to detail or unfamiliarity with the terminology used, but I went ahead and bought that level anyway. He zoomed all the way to lesson 50 in 1 month. CLE is more advanced. I imagine we will slow down soon when we begin to encounter new concepts. I like both curriculum. My son does like CLE better because of the pictures and the stories each unit starts with. He also feels he does more problems with Saxon, but I counted them out in CLE and there is about the same. I think Saxon has their explanations a bit more in depth. At the same time CLE does an excellent job with explanations. One feature I really like about Saxon is that you get a small subscript # next to each problem so if your child needs to review where it was introduced, no problem. CLE did not have this feature and it was frustrating for my son and I when we had to go flipping through different LU's TOC. Although my son prefers CLE, he is enjoying Saxon. You can't go wrong if you stay with CLE or move to Saxon. They are both great programs. I imagine you could jump from CLE 3 to Saxon 6/5, skipping Saxon 5/4. Have him take the placement exam and see how it goes. HTH, Adrienne

Thanks for the fast/draft tip, too bad I just printed a few chapters for 2 dcs. I will do it this way next time. I also do everything else the same way you do.

I have my 9yo supplement with LOF Fractions and he sometimes struggles with the bridges also. I tell him to put it aside and pick it up later, but he says NO!, NO! I want to try again tomorrow. They truly do become attached.

Great link, thank you so much Sue!

Can someone please help me with some suggestions for logic. I have a bright 9yro who will be 10 this summer. I want something fun that he can do independently. TIA!

We did CC this year for the first time with a 2nd and 4th grader. We all LOVED every aspect of CC. I have a Ker who did not partake of the group CC, but had to do it with us at home. For us this was a good thing because he is a wiggle worm (the staying put for so long would have discouraged him). We saved money, he likes the CC curiculum, and has a lot of memory work under his belt. Next year at 6yo and in 1st grade he will be participating of the group CC. He is ready now. Do keep in mind, my child was able to stay home with dad. If I would have had to put him in childcare I would have rather paid the extra amount and put him in the program. Since your child is bright and reading fluently I believe he would enjoy the program. HTH, Adrienne

You could read the new concept together and have her do those few problems. Then create a game out of the some problems from the review section. You could write out some of the problems on index cards and set up stations around the house with her favorite stuffed animals or toys. She could then advance to a finish line where she gets a reward (my kids simply love the thrill of winning, so if you are not into rewards you could leave those out).

All three of my boys started with cursive in K. It has worked out great, I never had to teach them print.

CLE's LA light units do not include writing and they do state in the front page "Creative Writing exercises are not included in the Language Arts LightUnits. However, LightUnits are shorter in order to give you some time for creative writing. We recommend On Teaching Writing: A handbook as a source for a varied and interesting creative writing ideas." We do WWE and Immitations in Writing Aseops Fables.

Wow these look GREAT! Something more to put up on the WTB. Anyone selling theirs?

:D Thank you for sharing!!!!! I can't wait to use these. Go figure I read the post about downloading in word (to create travel size cards) after I finished downloading in PDF.:tongue_smilie: Adrienne

SOTW is pick up and go. EVERYTHING is all planned out for you in the activity guide all I do... Ahead of time is... Put books on hold at library and go pick them up Make copies of student map & coloring pages (if you only have one child or buy the student pages set you don't even have to do that) Choose craft and have supplies ready During classtime... Have them listen to the audio CD (if you don't have this you would read to them) Guide them in the map work (this could easily be done independently) Ask the questions listed in the activity guide Listen to narrations Guide the craft It really is so easy and a great program. We take a little longer becuase we tie SOTW 1 to MFW CtG, if it was difficult I wouldn't be doing it. My 3 boys absolutely love it!

This year we did CC cycle 1 and MFW CtG and it has been awesome! I say continue with MFW! I simply allow the history sentences and VP timeline cards be their memory work as they encounter them weekly at CC. We flesh out the sentences and cards when we cover it in MFW. If it is not covered in MFW, but fits in chronologically with MFW, we also flesh it out. I believe it would be too much and too confusing to flesh out all the history sentences and do a history curricula. You are right CC history alone is NOT enough IMO. There would be way too many gaps and it skips back and forth, as far as time periods. Having said that I LOVE the way CC hangs these pegs in their minds. My boys get so tickled:lol: when we cover something they have memorized, they love to recite the sentence and because they know the facts it sparks greater interest in fleshing it out. I also like seeing them encouraged because they know the dates, names and events already. I would also like to say that the same is NOT true about the science. This year the 1st 12 weeks was Biology which tied in wonderfully with Apologia exploring creation with Botany (only 4 weeks didn't tie in, so we fleshed those out with library books). The last 12 weeks is Earth Science, I am tieing it in with A child's Geography:Explore His Earth (only 1 week doesn't tie in, so we will do it on our own). I tried MFW science and did not like it at all (cute fun book, but nothing was sticking). Next year we are doing HOD so the boys will be doing HOD science independently and I will expand weekly on the science sentence with the CC PPT info and living books and experiments. CC science can be a great spine. My kids really love CC. It was so funny this year at Christmas time I heard them singing more history songs then Christmas carols. HTH, Adrienne

The difficulty of supplies depends on the project you choose. I love it because often you have 3 to 4 projects to pick from each chapter where some will be easy (items laying around the house) and the others will require a purchase from a craft store or somewhere. When I am able to plan ahead I pick a really cool one, when I can't plan ahead we do an easy one and when we run out of time we leave the project out and move on.

I have my children cut out all items ahead of time as they listen to a read aloud or cd. They seem to become disinterested if they have to cut on a continual basis. Then we simply have two ziplock bags, one contains items completed and the other has items to be done. I pull out the ones we need as we go, they complete them and put them in the completed ziplock. When we are done we have a glue party where they design their lapbook (with my help), we get an awesome review in, and the kids paste away. Lapbooks are very time consuming so we only throw one in every now and then. It really depends on your child and how much they enjoy building the lapbooks, to see if it is worth it. We have also done lapbooking notebooking style. The major benefit is that the kids love to show off the end product and when they do this they are getting a review because they are so excited to explain every item in the lapbook. Blessings, Adrienne

VP Timeline Cards CLP Nature Readers Apologia elementary books FLL Abeka Math 1st-3rd SOTW volumes WWE Lots and lots of readers All the usborne books Victor Journey through the Bible

I can't imagine doing all R&S--I love the parts of R&S we've used, and I'll add in more parts, but I couldnt' do it all. Same with CLE. :iagree:

R&S Reading (I love how they get so much of God's word with this. If you do ancients for History the 2nd grade reader is a PERFECT fit ) FLL (He LOVES this) WWE/Imitation in writing: Aesop's Fables AAS (Zooming thru this) Rummy Roots (Fun game for building vocabulary)

We love Abeka for K - 3rd with the Teachers Manual it gives you step by step in teaching, then we move to CLE in 4th. CLE works GREAT for independent learners, my 9yo ds loves it. I did try Horizon with my 5yo ds this year for K and will back with Abeka next year. I did not like Horizons.

You could go to biblegateway.com and look up any scripture in just about any version out there. I would recommend NIV(New International Version) or ESV(English Standard Version). Here is a link to Luke 2 written in the Messsage version which is very much paraphrased/storylike version of the Bible (I would never use this versioin as my Bible, but it is fun to read out of) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202&version=MSG Also, don't worry about reading from the KJV, you can fill in a modern word for the old English word - that is what I do sometimes. Or let them have exposure to the old english so when they encounter it in life they will be familiar with it. I pray you enjoy your study of the true meaning of Christmas = The birth of the savior JESUS CHRIST.

For the first time my 9 yr old is doing Math 400 and LA 400 and he absolutely loves the math. At first it was difficult to get him to independently try to understand the new concept at the begining of each lesson (we switched from a teacher intense curicula), but now flourishes on his own. He loves CLE math and the CLE Readers (he does these just for fun since he is doing R&S reading). He likes the LA, but does not do too well in the grammar portion.

What has been your experience with this curriculum? What is the guide like? Do you find it very helpful or is this something I could do on my own with the books and mapping???? Blessings, Adrienne

If you have united streaming (Discovery education) you might want to look into the program Elementary Spanish. It is free (my state offers united streaming to homeschoolers for free) and has elementary Spanish 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and then a more complex curriculum for 6-8 graders. Each level has 10 Units and each unit has 10 lessons lasting between 20-25 minutes each. The video teaches the class and the worksheets are available to download. I am Colombian and have found the teachers to have a good accent. HTH, Adrienne

I have a fifth bedroom on the 1st level that was a playroom that we converted into a school room with a huge white board (I could not teach without this), maps on the wall, 2 bookshelfs full of books, a closet full of books, supplies and educational games, a computer, a filing cabinet and 3 desks. I love it because it is near the office and kitchen. We still do science experiments & crafts in the kitchen, reading in the family room on the couch (its too fun to snugle while you read) and don't forget PE out in the yard. Many times my 8yr ds moves to the dinning room to be able to concentrate better. So lets face it, no matter how God has blessed you, your ENTIRE house becomes your school. I don't think anyone could stay in a room all day for school.