Rightstart had color in manipulatives, but not on the pages. It's a great program. But probably Singapore would work well for her. It's an excellent program too. Yes, it's different than how you were taught, but it's very effective.

What about the one that's online, does it not work?

Beast 4 does long multiplication. In grade 3, I think it's rare to have mastered long multiplication and long division. Is it possible that the curriculum will get her there eventually?

What about just using the hundreds chart? Or am abacus, they're good. She may need a repeated physical representation for now.

I see a couple of options. 1. Can you homeschool but do sports through the public school? 2. Does the public school have "tracks"? If he's in classes with other sports players, other higher end students, it may not matter so much what happens in the smoke pit at the school, you know? 3. What, exactly, do you expect the Christian school to be teaching that you'll need to tell him not to believe? I admit that the Protestants are missing some parts of your Bible, but all the parts they have are the same ones you have! The Reformation was started by a Catholic priest to try to fix the Catholic Church. It's only when the church dug in its heels to defend a lot of things that it now opposes that Protestantism became a thing. Are you sure that you'd disagree with what's taught at the Christian school?

You may want to add extra games in. Some kids need less practice, some more... And it's always fine to add in extra games!

I'm not sure what you mean by tables. Flash cards? Writing them out over and over? Have you played a bunch of Multiplication War or Ring Around the Factors? Generally in Rightstart it's playing games that leads to memorization.

First Language Lessons is excellent. It's a grammar curriculum, primarily, though. You might want to pair it with Writing With Ease, which is the accompanying writing curriculum. For FLL you could probably do level 2, but WWE may need to be level 1. You probably want to add in specific letter formation practice daily as well.

I'm not in law enforcement, so I can only imagine what is want my "dream officer" to be... Experience with deaf people. (And people who are hard of hearing.) Know how to spot it, ways to communicate, bonus points for knowing some ASL or whatever your local signed language is. Experience around people with mental health challenges. Really, really, really top-notch communication skills including being able to control tone and body language. Really great conflict resolution skills. Really great self-regulation skills, including awareness of his own adrenaline response and how to manage it, and how to calm himself after an adrenaline surge.

Rightstart? We like it. I don't know how it would be to move on to from Miquon, but probably pretty good because there are visual manipulatives. It's excellent for developing understanding.

Not unless she asks you. I agree with the "strict Emily Post" protocol. Look, I'm assuming she knows your mother had made your life unbelievably difficult? This isn't going to be a surprise. Either mother makes her life difficult too, and she doesn't have the same boundaries in place yet... Or she's the Golden child and won't understand. Either way, it's not new, it probably won't be unexpected.

I'd probably check for retained reflexes. I'd try to get him invested in the reasons for wanting to correct it.

Do you have older plans from a couple of years back? Doesn't that cover the younger ones or do you pick new curriculum for every child?

Keeping each kid on the same time period at their own levels is what WTM recommends. Teach the 4th and 2nd grade students, let the K join in as much as they want, and try to prevent the 3-year-old from destroying the universe while you do it. LOL Reading literature selections aloud tends to keep the youngers interested, at least in my house.

St. John's Ambulance does have a youth program and in some locations teaches a junior course. Do you have SJA near you?

Do try the assessment. Likely WWE 2 will be a better fit than 3. They work well together but aren't tied so closely that you need to be on the same level in each.

Well, I'm doing Rightstart with three this year. You can do it. If you think something else would be a better fit that's fine, but it is very possible to do two levels of RS at once. You could get the child in C started, and then when he moves to the worksheet, do A with the younger boy. And if you miss some days of A here and there, that's okay.

Not precisely a confidence boost, but... Did any of the therapy check for and address retained neonatal reflexes? If not, you can do it at home... And some of them are linked to anxiety.

What size bottle does it need to be?Mayonnaise? Peanut butter? Jams?

How to plan and host a gathering, including inviting people. How to track birthdays, anniversaries, etc. And recognize them appropriately, sending cards or gifts. How to sustain a friendship. How to manage time to balance errands, housework, schooling, etc. How to assess and work on a holistic balance of care for body, mind, emotions and soul. How to assess and maintain boundaries with other people. How to spot red flags in toxic people and what to do about them, and how to end a friendship, if needed. How to healthily and constructively resolve conflict. Clear communication skills, including speaking a prepared piece and speaking extemporaneously. Also understanding of the contributions of body language, facial expression and tone to communication. Also managing communication in relationships, and how not to be passive aggressive... How to critically assess an information source, how to spot sponsored content online and what that means. How to write a resume and apply for a job, including that "job hunting" does not mean submitting one application at one company and waiting to hear back.

I think your DH may need to be involved in the curriculum discussion. Let him look at the state standards and at the curriculum, and see what he considers to be rigorous enough. I will say that if you're using SOTW for middle school you may want to supplement quite a bit, per guidelines in TWTM. Find a good science program. There are many. For grade 6, Jay Wiles' Berean Builders might be adequate. You could also look at public school texts, maybe. I plan to do Writing With Skill, which provides grading rubrics. You could also choose to outsource a writing class, if you liked, to have others grade the essay!

Or "Activities for the AL Abacus," maybe?

We use Rightstart, and it does quite a bit of that.

Meh. If you follow TWTM, an 11-year-old doesn't need to be writing persuasive essays yet. That would be a rhetoric-stage skillset, wouldn't it? Take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there are ALWAYS gaps. It's not your job to produce no gaps. It's your job to give kids skills in how to spot and fill gaps on their own.

Nope, not overkill! FLL covers grammar and some oral usage. It has some writing exercises in it, but if you do WWE those could be skipped if they're too much for your child. WWE covers the process of putting sentences on paper, and the process of forming sentences in the mind. It deliberately unlinks those two things and works on then separately.