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    I'm still having trouble getting history and science in. Suggestions?

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    I'm having trouble getting history and science done. We have 8 kids from 11 to almost 1. It's busy to say the least. By the time I've worked with everyone on the basics, it's 1-2 and I'm just beat. My kids do some work independently but it's still just a lot of work with kids so young. I have a 6th, 5th, 3rd, 1st, and K. Then we have a 3 year old, 22 month old, and 10 month old. My 6th grader is covered. She is doing Notgrass and Apologia by herself. It's the others I need help with. We done Veritas Press online but just wanted something different this year. I have mystory of history and another apologia science to do with them but like I said, I just have a hard time getting to it. I'm not really concerned with the K and 1st grader but feel like the 3rd and 5th grader should be doing something. Is it good enough to just pull history and science books and let them read? Any other ideas??

    Thank you!!

    Reading based learning?

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    Let me see if I can explain this. I feel like I'd like to have a larger emphasis on reading in our homeschool day. We tend to move from one content subject to the next and then finish up for the day. I'd like my kids to read more across all subjects-history,science,literature. Is there something that provides this so that I'm not having to pull it all together. I'd like to read aloud more with my kids too, but I'm really thinking and looking for books they can read on their own. And yes, Christian content is great. Thanks in advance.

    Writing 3rd grade semi independent, workbook?

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    We used Writing Skills book A this year and the kids were able to do most of it independently.  For the price, I'm really quite happy with it overall.  The progression is quite systematic and gentle throughout (have only used Book A so far), but for some reason at the end they stick in a couple formal assignments (comparison/contrast essay, friendly letter and a formal letter)  It's a jump from writing single paragraphs to multi paragraphs and it seems to come out of nowhere.  I don't think the writing/examples are particularly well done either.  I much prefer BJU for formal writing, but Writing Skills has been a nice addition to that and it got done daily with no complaint, so that's something. :)

     

    Thank you for your help! Sounds like it might be Ok for a year or so. Thanks again!

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    Writing 3rd grade semi independent, workbook?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I'm looking for a semi independent writing workbook for 3rd grade. I have Writing Strand but don't really want to start it yet. I don't want anything like IEW or W&R because it's a little TOO teacher intensive. I don't mind discussing things with him but I also want him to be able to self start or do the next thing. I've thought about Writing Skills A or Just Write but I'm not sure and want to see if there is anything else I'm missing.

     

    Thanks 

    7 year old wants to learn Greek... Advice needed

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    If you have no experience with Greek, I'd start with Hey Andrew as well. It is super easy to go at your own pace and the first 2 levels really just teach the alphabet and sounds which are critical because they are so different from English. You could either stick with Hey Andrew or move to Elementary Greek after 2 or 3 levels of Hey Andrew. That's what I've done with my kids and it's been great. 

    Curriculum for Large Families

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    I've asked this before but asking again. :) What are your favorite tried and true curricula to use for large families (we have 8 kids)? Is there one that you have used for all of your kids for multiple years? One thing I'm finding is that is seems easier to stay the course and adjust it to the kid rather than switch curricula just so you don't have to get over learning how to teach something new each year. Because of this, I'm looking to really settle down in my choices and just wanted to see what works for large families. 

    Core A or Littlr Hearts for His Glory - for K and 1st boys

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    I'm doing Sonlight P4/5 with my 4 and 5 year olds.  We really love it.  They are learning lots of 'sciencey' things, character traits, Bible verses, community/social studies aspects, and we are reading great stories together.  We get out the map and find countries that the stories come from.  Sometimes we look that country up in the atlas.  There are great little activities that go along with some of the readings, and also some skills development activities like cutting, skipping, etc.  It's a perfect program for this age IMHO.

     

    HTH

    I'm going to take a look at P4/5 again. I didn't realize there were activities to go along with it. They love things like that! 

    Core A or Littlr Hearts for His Glory - for K and 1st boys

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    What's your picture book collection like? If you don't have a lot, I would actually get the FIAR collections. How old are they? How much do they like being read to?

     

    They will be 6 and 5 by the time school starts again in August. We do have a lot of picture books but I can go look at the FIAR list and compare. I do read to them but not a ton which is one of the reasons I wanted to get something that would help keep me accountable. I normally get caught up in teaching the "big" kids so it's easy to do less with them than I want to do. 

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