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I did purchase a curriclum for my Ker but I am second guessing my choice. While I do want to use the program I am also moving shortly after we start our new year. I am planning on focusing on just phonics and math. His writing is actually better than my older daughters was at that age. I figure he could just tag along with his oldest. Then again if he is gonna tag along with her, I might at well do all of his with him. Maybe I am getting nervous because even though he is 5 and I don't have to report him, I still have to formally teach him like his older sister. It's part of the okaying for me to educate them at home with hubby.

I just put together all that I have for my '4th' grader. I am using Preparing Hearts For His Glory and Drawn Into The Heart For Reading and Learning Language Arts Thru Literature. I also have First Language Lessons Volume 5 and Modern Curriculum Press and Singapore Math. I have singaore math but it didn't go well last year so it's still sitting on the shelf. would like to try again but I may just go with MCP math instead of going with the tears again. Some one suggeted going with both programs. I am still call myself a newbie in the homeschooling world TIA

It takes us about 30 minutes to do our english each day but we do 2-3 lessons at a time. My daughter LOVES diagramming. To make sure she knows it I have her teach me so it will take longer. If we do one lesson I could just get a way with 15-20 minutes day, she really gets it unlike me at 30 as to relearn it all. Iam not a writer and english isn't my strong point (is hubbys) so I am glad that she whizzes thru the work. I don't have her memorize the poems because she does other memorizing work. We sit together while I talk (I personally like the scripted wording) and during that time I will write on the dry earase board, if needed. I have a big board and small one that I use for schooling.

my 2cents KUMON workbooks Starfall.com Jumpstart computer games games for preschoolers (Hi Ho Cherrio or candyland) card games (matching or old maid) lots of playing outside with chalk or sticks. My kids are learning abcs and 123s this way I have a Christian guide because we go here and there when it comes to churches so its nice to have family bible time. I use all of the above including $1 store workbooks and of course just lots of books from the library

K4 Little Hands To Heaven K5 Little Hearts For His Glory 4th grade (9yo) Preparing Hearts For His Glory Singapore Math 3A and MCP D (still struggling with Singapore so MCP is my backup) Learning Langugage Arts Thru Literature (orange) First Language Lessons volume 4 I will be visiting family, moving and house hunting during this next school year so I wanted structure and I have everything but the Preparing guide and FFL4. Can't go wrong with a layout program during crazy times. I could combine the younger two but honestly this works out because each gets their mama time and LHTH takes only 30 minutes or so to do. I am expecting about a hour with LHFHG and by the time my oldest is done her total should be around 3 hours.

I used AO's math for first grade and currently for third grade. My daughter scored high in her math test (we test yearly) when she did first grade. I switched to Singapore (it was okay) but my DD enjoys lifepacs. Some days I enjoy it and others I don't. It's suppose to be self pace and the child can start doing it on her own. I don't care for the TM. I like to be told how to explain something and the 3rd TM doesn't do that. Some times the instructions are confusing for my daughter and I have to show her a different way to do the problem and explain why they did what they did. Sometimes I am like 'what? when did we learn that? Only to learn that we didn't learn that. She likes the workbooks and hubby says to continue with them because she likes them and is use to them. Besides I can teach w/o a TM. The TM is great for the answers I now go and look at each unit. Teach what I know she isn't going to know on her own and then let her cruise thru the books. She does seem to do better with a bunch of mini workbooks than the two big ones from Singapore. Plus with Singapore she wasn't learning the new way very well, kept doing it the way she learned the first time. Sorry if my answers are ever a bit scatteredat time. It never fails once I get online my helpers are right next to or have some crisis going on as soon as I 'ignore' them. :)

I have not used BJU but have used Pathway Readers and Drawn Into The Heart Of Reading. Fist one is okay but not as exciting after all the stories being similar. DITHOR wasn't all that great of a fit for my daughter. I still own it and still not ready to part with it yet, still have two others that may use it. I currently have the books that are listed to use with DITHOR and we read them together. Somedays she reads than I read or she reads silently. We talk about each chapter and write a bit about each chapter. We talk about what words she didn't understand and look them up if need to. We just finished reading a Bio and getting ready to read a Christian Fiction book. While my DD is at her class tonight I am going to read the first two-three chapters and write down some questions and possible vocabulary words for her. I get book report worksheets/ideas from enchantedlearning.com that help get her (and me) organized.

I am a Navy wife and would LOVE to leave the country. I'd love to move across the country. We have been on the same coast for 11 years now. He's seen the world and we have seen the coastal states. We are a family of five so the Navy isn't moving us anywheres far :( If possible try somewheres out of the US.

I still struggle to get regular school done with DD9 because DD4 and DS5 and still such a handful. And still get my regular daily stuff done. I am not about to do a foreign language anytime soons. We are currently using Apologia Zoology series and A Child's Geography and it has Latin and Greek words so that is good for me. Plus thru Dieago/Dora/Handy Mandy there is my Spanish :)

I take our books outside and I teach my oldest while the younger ones play. There is also a play area on the base and I will take books there for my daughter to work on while the younger two play. I tried the library but it just got to distracting with trying to watch my younger two and teach. Then again the time I went it was crazy with preschoolers/babies and a school group. I'd go in the afternoon but my 4 year old NEEDS to rest/nap or my evenings are not so great. My 5 year old could still use a rest time also.

Singapore is ahead at least when it is comparted to Alpha Omega Lifepacs grade 3 and Singapore 2A/B. I had to stop after 2B and go to the lifepacs. My daughter is doing much better with math. After we finish I will let her be teacher for the summer and teach me what she has learned. I have Singapore 3A/B in a box and plan on having her use it in the fall. Hubby said to stop switching and use one thing for math. Since she likes lifepacs we should keep it. My younger two will do Singapore math for Kindergarten because it goes with what I am using for K. Oh and my daughter did have a hard time with how they taught the math. She did it the 'old' or 'regular' way and not their way. That was a struggle and another reason to go back to AO Lifepacs.

I am looking into Learning Language Arts Thru Literature (orange) for my oldest when we get done with what we have. The last all in one was in first grade and it was Alpha Omega Lifepacs and we were halfway thru it before I relized there spelling lists. I am either going to add First Language Lessons Volume 4 since the first three have gone well for my daughter or just go and do the switch Rod and Staff grade 4. DD likes FLL and I like R&S.

What is WT and GWG?

I used Pre-Chem when my daughter did first grade. I am thinking about getting Level 1 Chemistry for 4th grade. I don't plan on using the other ones since I have books for those subjects already.

My DC9 will be finishing up with FFL3 and wishes to continue with FFL4. I would like to add more to her LA and found LLTL. A friend had the Orange copy and that would be the one that we would start with in fall. I like what is in it and it's light so it would be 'fun'. Has anyone used Language Arts through Literature before? I have also started looking into Sequential Spelling. My daughter isn't the best of spellers which is me too. A bit of a background-my DC hasn't done formal spelling or writing before. I have boughten spelling books in the past but don't follow through which is more my fault than hers. Both are my weak areas. TIA navywifeandmommy