Have you tried changing where you are reading to her. If we are in a room with alot of pictures on the walls (like on our living room chairs) or toys (like on his bed) he remembers almost nothing. He is distracted but when we sit in our school corner that has nothing on the walls (he sits facing two blank walls) he then can concentrate on what I am saying. He is very easily distracted(fidgety,wiggly, and day dreamy).

We are using Level B and this is our first year as well. I was wondering where the rules where as well.

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My 7 year old 2nd grader is like this. So I am very interested in ways to help us make it through the rough days.

praying for your family.

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well I hope you find something that makes him happy!

I have bolded the part that is exactly like my 7 year old son. We are doing BJU English 2 and are really liking it. It is a chapter of grammar and then a chapter of writing.

I would also be sure to tell your GP about the way he acted and ask to see someone who actually cares about their patients. I would not trust anything that doctor says.

I would also be interested in a comparison.

you could always paint dried beans the colors you like

I only have 2 this year a 2nd grade and a pre-k and I am trying to figure out how to handle that but the love and care you have for your kids and their education and happiness is obvious. I am pretty sure that no matter how you go about it they will have learned so much.

I am trying Mr Q life science this year based on suggestions on this board. We have done 3 weeks so far and are really liking it.

For us we did STOW vol1 in 5 months, but we spent the first half of the year just watching documentaries about Egypt and learning as much as we could. When we started our history in January we would go through a couple chapters a day. My son still remembers the things we learned about in vol1. We are doing SOTW vol2 this year and I expect we will be done by christmas. My son loves history. We do the coloring page and map work for each chapter and use the tests as our review. And we will do a few of the activities but they usually require "things around the house" and I never have those things, we are spending the little extra money we have on our science experiments which in our opinion are more fun. We follow the SOTW for our sit down schooling, but we do a lot of interest led learning on our own as well. In these early years I think that a love of learning and love for the subjects they learn is the most important part of it. I don't think you should rush through a part of history he enjoys to keep on schedule. There is plenty of time to learn this stuff but only a short time to show them how much fun it can be. As long as it is fun I think that it is certainly doable. If it were me trying to do this I would look at it like semesters Aug-Dec vol1 and Jan-May vol2. Each chapter in Vol 2 takes us about 45 mins (vol 1 was about 30) depending on how many times the younger ones interrupt. whatever you choose I hope that you both enjoy it!

How wonderful!

This is a great idea!

I am praying for your dd.

2nd Grade: Math - Math u see Alpha English - BJU English 2 Spelling- Spelling workout B History- SOTW 2 Science- Mr Qs Life Science Reading for fluency Pre-K reading - ETC (I don't know if I am ready for him to read but he asked) I am definitely done it is all purchased and ready to go!!!

:grouphug: I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

I like bacon anyway it comes!

I definitely don't know the best way to help, but we made the mistake of sending him to PS kindergarten where there were teaching him to sight read words. So when I pulled him out he had many bad habits. When my son does this i now (a year later and we still struggle some) I cover the next word with my finger. That usually gets him to look at the letters. Another thing I do is if he makes a mistake where I know he isn't looking at the words and is sight reading then I make him stop and sound it out phonetically. This has seemed to help us with breaking the sight reading habit. I also like to jump to the bottom of the page every so often to make sure that he can read random words, and while he doesn't like it when I do this because it is harder it has forced him to practice decoding instead of relying on context. I hope this helps a little and that you can figure out what your son needs.

For me doing a semester of each would work better than trying to swap back and forth.

I will be praying for you and your family.

one of my favorites: you slice and fry the hotdogs then add them and tomato soup to your favorite mac and cheese.

If anyone tries to get my kids to keep a secret from me they are out NO matter who they are. I would give the relative one warning and then they would be cut off!