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About jerrysgal4ever

  • Birthday 02/21/1958

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    Clearwater, ID

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    Retired RN, SAHM

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  1. I'm also looking at Fable and Song. I wish I could get my hands on the whole book rather than the online sample. The grammar looks good to me. I would probably just add in Spelling City or something similar, as my kids enjoy it. I like the looks of the spelling analysis. I love the inclusion of poetry. I think my scales are tipped a little more towards the CP. But prior to discovering it, I was considering the Shurley. I actually purchased a teacher manual on Ebay for around $6, level 5, and I'm reading through it trying to decide. The biggest thing that is slowing me down on Shurley is the jingles- I'm just not sure I can get my kids to go along with them. This year we are using English Grammar Recitation (Memoria Press) and they love the flashcards. I'm heading to a homeschool convention the end of March so I'm hoping to find actual copies of the CP to examine.
  2. I've got our LA choices narrowed down to these 2 programs and I just can't decide. I've seen very little about Cottage Press out there, but it looks wonderful and we are currently using a combination of Classical and Charlotte Mason. Shurley also looks great to me- and I'm also wondering why no one likes their writing component?? Personally, I lean towards more of a structured TM so I like the scripting in Shurley, but I also love the Charlotte Mason qualities in the Cottage Press. These would be used with my 10, 11 and 15 year old, all tentatively on the same level as my 15 yo has learning disabilities.
  3. Tentative plans, subject to change after homeschool convention, lol... Math- Simply Good and Beautiful Math 5 LA- Still tossing around WOL, JAG or Shurley, and probably W&R, HWT Cursive, going to try Sequential Spelling Online History- Biblioplan Modern with lots of supplements (She loves history and read-alouds) Science- RSO Chemistry per her request Spanish for Children Piano- private lessons Ballet and Jazz dance Art- not sure yet
  4. I know these are completely different writing programs, just wondering the pros and cons of each, the benefits of one over the other? Thanks! My youngest daughter (9-yo) is gifted, loves history and mythical stories and my older daughter (15 yo) has significant learning disabilities in language arts and loves to draw.
  5. I'm planning for next year and right now my two main choices for LA are WOL and Shurley. My 2 girls- 9-year-old daughter is very bright/gifted and quirky, possibly ASD or ADHD, and 15-year-old daughter who has significant learning disabilities in language arts- reading at a 3-4th grade level, and spelling 1-2nd grade level, and writes very primitively. I am almost thinking to use the same level of whatever with them. This year we are using TGTB- younger in level 2 and older in level 3. It's been going fair but I'm not totally happy with it. 9-year-old refuses about half of it, hates the readers, doesn't want to do any of the cutesy spelling activities. (Although I am fairly certain she's be okay with the recitation/jingles in the 2 above programs- she likes singing and memorizing). I don't see too many recent posts about either of these 2 programs so if anyone is currently using them, I'd love some feedback, pros, cons, other options. Thanks so much!
  6. I think I have narrowed down my choices for next year to these 2 curriculums. I can't seem to decide between them. WP seems to cover a lot more countries over the year. which I liked but looking at their samples, all the activities are overwhelming. I tend to try to "do it all" and it looks like they have some type of "celebration" every week. MFW has half as many countries, a reasonable amount of hands-on, but not sure our family is totally aligned with some of their faith-based materials. We prefer to use our own scripture studies--- maybe wouldn't be a problem with ECC but it would in the higher grades. I will be homeschooling a 6 yr old 1st grader, a 12 yo daughter with learning challenges, and a 13 yo 8th grader with some milder learning challenges. We love literature-based curriculum and a reasonable amount of hands-on. I am not organized enough to do "lots" of hands-on, lol. Has anyone here had experience with both of these and could give me a really good pros and cons review? TIA!!
  7. Hi, We are new to BJU DL for this coming year. I am homeschooling 2 kids and 2 grandkids all around the same age, and some of their DL classes are the same. Wondering if I order one copy of a DLO class, can multiple kids use it at the same time on DIFFERENT computers, or can only one person sign into the account at a time? These kids are dealing with ADHD and learning disabilities and I was really counting on headphones and private space.
  8. My son seemed to do well with Teaching Textbooks. It read all the problems to him and he could listen to the lecture as many times as he needed to. The lecture each day is short and understandable. He was able to retain things fairly well with it.
  9. Hi, I am new here and loving it but I am overwhelmed with all the initials (SOTW, WWE, OPGTTR, etc) I know what those 3 mean but there are hundreds! I imagine there is a chart somewhere on the forum that tells what they all mean, I just can't locate it... :confused1:
  10. He's really gotten into drawing his stories---he's getting pretty good at it. I will have to look into the Dragon Naturally Speaking. I would imagine seeing his own words in print would inspire him to read them too! Sounds like a win-win!
  11. Thanks for this info! I have figured out by the previous posts that this was not the way to go with these two kids, but I am definitely going to keep it for my 3 year old book-a-holic!
  12. I am very encouraged by your post. Your son reminds me of my own- he loves learning, audiobooks, etc. He has a beautiful hardcover edition of King Arthur on his shelf that he so wants to be able to read. (He is 9) Last year we tried AAR/AAS with minimal success. (I was very disappointed with the AAR readers...) This year we started with LOE Essentials and that was WAY too fast so we switched to Foundations and got almost to the end of level B but both kids are starting to slow down with it so I can see where we could run into trouble in level C. DB just looks like a good fit. It looks non-threatening, and after looking over the stories, the beer, the dress that a lot of people have commented on, I actually love it! I can hear him giggling already! He has just that sense of humor. It looks so much more age appropriate than all the phonics-controlled readers, IYKWIM. I have officially ordered the Fast Track as well as Apples and Pears...I think they are both going to like it!
  13. We had a great homeschooling year! What worked well- Teaching Textbooks Math 3- My son did great with it. The explanations were great, the lessons were just the right length for his short attention span. LOE Foundations B- We made it all the way through! The kids loved the games, and I loved the script and the short (5 word) spelling lists. TOG Year Two- Lower Grammar level- great read-alouds, we all learned a bunch about medieval history. The kids loved the knights, pirates, etc. WWE- levels one and two- The kids loved the story snippets---my daughter got really excited about seeing Mary Poppins! They did well with the guided narrations and copywork. Easy Grammar 4- found it in audio for my older daughter who is blind, and she has been able to work on it independently, which has been awesome! What did not work as well- Math Mammoth- I wanted to love this as it always gets great reviews. What I did like was being able to go back and reprint lessons that needed more review. But my kids just don't seem to make much progress with this. Spelling Power- Looks like a great program but we were just not ready for it yet. TOG Year Two- writing program- I did not like this at all... FLL Level 2- Again, I wanted to love this but just did not like it. Plans for next year- CLE Math 1 and 2 Practical Math from Hadley School for the Blind for my older daughter SOTW Year 2 Dancing Bears Fast Track/Apples and Pears R&S English 2 (looks perfect for these guys) Easy Grammar 4, second half for my older daughter Jump In writing for my older daughter Prima Latina/Latina Christiana 1 BTS Book 1 Critical Thinking 1 for my older daughter Elemental Science Biology Grammar and Logic Bible Road Trip And then there's my almost-3-year-old who wants to do school too! I've got the R&S preschool workbooks for her, BTS Beginning, Doodling Dragons, Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 1, and lots and lots of read-alouds and art projects.
  14. I am kind of new to the dyslexia world so not sure how auditory issues would present, but my older child is a good listener, good narrater, etc, but has more of the visual issues---reversals of letters and words and fluency problems because of that. You all have talked me out of the LOE Foundations C now...I think I may just give the Dancing Bears a try--- Which programs are you referring to when you say "Spalding"? Would that be the OPGTTR? Does the OPGTTR work well for kids without dyslexia? I have a brand new set and a rising 3 year old that I was saving it for but it is not too late to send it back for a refund??
  15. Could you give me some idea of how the Wilson/Barton is different? What kinds of things do they do differently? The initial investment for either of these programs would be a challenge. We live very rural with almost no resources, so I am pretty much on my own, and homeschooling several children. They are making progress with the LOE, plus my son is doing Fast Forword via a scholarship. Any opinion on Dancing Bears?
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