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On 2/11/2019 at 10:13 AM, Elizabeth86 said:
Math – BJU Math 3 DL – We are VERY content with BJU
Language Arts – I am still all over the place, but here are my thoughts so far
Plan A
ELTL B + Spelling Workout or R&S Spelling + ZB Cursive
Plan B
MP Literature Guides
MP Introduction to Composition
Something for Grammar?
Spelling Workout or R&S Spelling
ZB Cursive
Plan C
MP Literature Guides
Writing & Rhetoric Fables
Something for Grammar?
Spelling Workout or R&S Spelling
ZB Cursive
Plan D
MP Literature Guides
BJU English 3
Spelling Workout or R&S Spelling
ZB Cursive
Feel free to weigh in!! lol
History – Veritas Press Self-Paced Course New Testament, Greece & Rome
Geography – EM Geography Workbook (maybe) and continuing to work through Little Passports + supplementing
Science – Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy
P.E. – Twice a month homeschool gym days and hopefully some swimming lessons this year
I am still thinking what we will or if will do something for bible, character, art, foreign language or anything like that. I want to do ALL KINDS OF THINGS, but I have 4 kids under 7. lol I’m barely going to get all the main things done daily. Sigh.
I dont have anything to help with the all over the place language arts struggles. Just know you aren't the only one. Lol!
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For my daughter who will be 2nd/3rd grade age (her birthday is either right before or right after the cut-off for local schools depending on the district) I have tentatively planned:
Math: Keep rolling with Singapore most likely wrapping up 4b and moving on from there as she needs, Prodigy, and games to keep facts fresh
LA: Keep plugging along with AAR and AAS (probably wrapping up 3 and making a good dent in 4 for the former and finishing up 2 and starting 3 with the former), Bravewriter Partnership Writing, readings to go along with history and geography, HWOT, Growing with Grammar 3, and possibly Writing & Rhetoric Fables
Science: Ellen McHenry The Elements, classes at the local zoo and natural history museum, Mystery Science, and interest led activities
History: SOTW 3 with activity book
Geography: BYL 0 with her little brother
Music, art, and PE: local classes
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My daughter enjoys Fly Guy, Frog and Toad, The Princess in Black, and Amelia Bedelia.
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We plan to do a daily phonics lesson until OPGTR is done then daily AAS1
Daily xtramath
Daily free reading
Daily handwriting/copywork
And 1 day a week each of geography, writing, science, Beast Academy, and Latin
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I spell the words DD doesnt know on the top of the page and if she is missing or replaces a word that doesn't change the meaning I have her reread the sentence(s) she wrote and tell her to look for what is different from what I said and to fix it.
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6 hours ago, Tiramisu said:
Have you tried Xyzal? That's what I was thinking about trying.
I tried it for myself last year and it didnt really help my allergies much but disnt seem to effect my anxiety.
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Allergy meds are AWFUL for both me and my daughter when it comes to anxiety. I have yet to find anything that works and, honestly, the allergies are easier to suffer through than the anxiety that the meds cause.
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Thanks! I was thinking Brave Writer Partnership in Writing, WWE and AAS.
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I am strongly considering using MCTs Island level with my daughter next year. My question is, what has everyone used with it to make a full langauge arts schedule?
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Usborne has some super fun math books.
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DD is a young 1st this year and we have completed WWE1 and are 9 weeks in to WWE2. She loves it but WWE1 was very easy for her. She now has to think and concentrate to summarize versus simply giving 1 thing she remembers about the passage. I have been making up my own dictation that covers the same writing concept as the their sentence but uses her spelling words to help reinforce them. We also have an ever growing list of books to read thanks to the great selections.
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O think Growing woth Grammar fits your criteria very well.
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Writing the troublesome words ahead of time worked well. She did great. Thanks :-)
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Thanks for all the ideas!I figure we will have to slow down at some point but I want to wait until we naturally hit that wall in narration. She learns in spurts so I want to take advantage of her eagerness. Even if we use the passages JUST for that it is worth it foe me. I definitely get that it is not about spelling but she makes it that way when she get anxious about spelling. I like the idea of writing the words she will struggle with out for her. I think that might work well. She can hold the whole sentence in her head and get most of the mechanics down so it might be an appropriate accommodation. Thanks again!
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My 6 year old daughter is starting WWE2. We wrapped up 1 before Christmas and I was planning on waiting a bit before starting but she has been BEGGING to start it since resuming school at the beginning of the year. It is one of her favorite curricula items we use. Anyway, she did great with her first narration and takes pride in her neat copywork but she just doesnt seem ready for the dication mainly due to spelling. It is such a stretch for her her to spell the words it stresses her out and is the only thing she focuses on. I dont want to ask her to do something she is incapable of (although she is reading at a good early 2nd grade level she spells more on a K level) but I also want to keep her enthusiasm for the other aspects of the program alive. I was considering 3 different things and wanted to get some thoughts about them. 1. Pull another sentence from the excerpt and keep doing copywork instead of dication. 2. Coming up with sentence for dication of similar length and complexity using easier for her to spell words. 3. Just dropping the writing aspect that day and having her write in either science or history. Thought?
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We did 2a of both Singapore and BA concurrently. She is now flying through Singapore 2b.
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What age?
My 6 year old likes:
Wild Kratts
Liberty's Kids
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Odd Squad (definitely silly)
Rock n' Learn
Dino Dan/Dana
At preschool age she liked:
Leapfrog anything
Dinosaur Train
Daniel Tiger
Sid the Science Kid
Magic Schoolbus
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We are still finding what works for my 6 year old but what has helped most so far is:
Letting her play before school must be done
Having her choose the order of subjects she does
Doing academics in 2 seperate sessions spread out with bike ride/park/active play between
Using a timer and going by time (assuming she has sustained effort) rather than expecting to get through lesson. I remind her that after 15 min of good concentrating she is done with math/reading/phonics 5 min for handwriting/memory work/recorder practice
Having a snack for her to munch on while working
For history/science/religion/art/geography are treated just as fun reading and she listens while she plays or we watch vidoes and tells me what she likes/remembers. Just normal conversation we have had since she was talking.
As for fun stuff, DD LOVES her out of the house classes and any time withfriends so keeping up with regular park dates, playdates, and classes keeps her happier in general.
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We switched from AAR to OPGTR after AAR1 because it was overkill for us. It was great starting but once reading started to click but too much after it did. OPGTR is perfect for us. It teaches the rules and offers a little practice. We do it on 5ish min and then spend more time reading.
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I also have a 1st grader who is not a confident writer and we are doing WWE. On days that WWE does not involve writing she will do 1 sentence of copywork incorporated with science or history and she also does ETC that includes some writing.
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Thanks for sharing! It sounds like a good place to start for a confidence boost for my K/1 DD who is working through Singapore Math 2a quickly.
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Thanks for sharing! It sounds like a good place to start for a confidence boost for my K/1 DD who is working through Singapore Math 2a quickly.
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For my almost 6 year old I require some reading each day and some sort of math (game, LOF, ect) as well as a copywork sentence or two but beyond that, she does much better with longer and in depth yet less frequent lessons. Usually Sse needs to be introduced to material once and she will 'get' it. If she doesn't, reviewing it the next day does NOT help. It needs to bounce around her head for at least a week or so before she is shown again. She has always learned in fits and spurts and it is a frustration to us both to try to have her learn at a steady pace. At this point, it works for us and she is learning and retaining well so we will roll with it until it doesnt work anymore.
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Our librarians always encourage parents to set up appropriate goals for their own family. For my K aged daughter she gets to check off 1 book for every 15 minutes of independent reading (very challenging still) and 30 minutes of listening to me read. My 2 year old
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I am seriously looking into Fusion Science for my daughter for next year. I keep reading in reviews that the online component is difficult to set up and use. For those with direct experience with it, what makes it hard? Is it a just a learning curve that takes some time to master how to use it? Is it time consuming or not intuitive? I am trying to decide if it's worth it for me to give it a shot.