Coreknowledge.org They have a complete history and geography curriculum available free to download. You can print it out, but I will have my kids read the student readers on the computer and only printed out the worksheets. There are also links to videos and games corresponding to the lessons in the teacher's guides. They are working on a science curriculum as well and currently have 3 units out for 4th grade science.

I had an appendectomy while breastfeeding a 6 month old and was able to nurse/pump and feed throughout it all. I was not told to dump anything, but that was in the US and I was on the maternity floor where the nurses were familiar with breastfeeding. Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk would have the best info and they have a website, but you need a subscription. If you know the exact meds she is on maybe someone here has a subscription or the book and can look it up for you.

He has an underlying medical condition, a long medical history and has had what feels like a bazillion evals of varying sorts none of which have been particularly useful for either daily living or academics. At 5 he was determined by the neuropsych to have a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs often in children with his background. I'm sure a lot of evaluators would label it ASD, though a lot of it is anxiety as well. He can hold a pencil in a functional grasp (especially with a pencil grip on) and has written whole (short) sentences on his own. I believe him perfectly capable of learning to write and am looking for recommendations on programs or methodology that would be easiest for a child for whom writing doesn't come easy. Is tracing bad or good? HWT claims to be a good program, but I have read it isn't actually the best for some children. I was also thinking of the Kindergarten level book of Getty-Dubay.

When left to his own devices DS (newly 8) will hold his pencil in a fisted grasp in his right hand and “drive” the point around with his left hand. He also forms a lot of his letters in weird ways, prefers uppercase, and has reversals. Yes, he qualifies for OT. The closest place is 45 minutes away and we went every week for 9 months until he was discharged for refusing to participate. They also didn’t work on pencil grip or handwriting at all despite my specifically asking them to. He can write with his finger in salt, shaving cream, etc. He is decent with scissors and can build with LEGOs for hours. He is resistant to school and anything requiring work. I’ve been scribing for him and I’ve planned a light year and so far he is doing okay actually getting his work done. At some point though, he needs to learn to write. Any suggestions for a program/method that will get him daily practice without causing daily meltdowns and derailing our school year?

In case anybody is interested, I found a blog where you can download a sample chapter from each of the three books. https://blog.ganderpublishing.com/comprehension/how-to-help-your-students-love-history/

Has anyone used or seen the Imagine History series by Gander Publishing? http://ganderpublishing.com/prodcat/imagine-history.asp I know the third book is not even out yet, but I am looking for general opinions on the books and if the grade levels are flexible enough to use a year or two above or below. It is hard to tell from the limited samples, but it looks perfect for my visual learners.

Thanks for the ideas. I'm leaning toward some glue in the vents/pipes somewhere, though I have no idea why it would happen once in warm weather, nothing for months and then again in the winter. The only plumbing in the basement is for the washer which I use nearly everyday, though I didn't do any laundry yesterday. No refrigerator or freezer in the basement, but we do store the window a/c's down there.

I am a long time reader of the WTM forums. I rarely post, but I am going nuts with this weird smell in my basement and I am hoping somebody will know what it could be. We have a split level house built in 2015 and the basement was finished in 2017. One night in September I went downstairs and was hit by a chemical smell like paint thinner or pvc glue. I called the gas company just to be safe and the guy came out and waved his meter around, but couldn't find anything. He did agree that there was definitely a paint thinner kind of smell. With the window open and a fan going the smell was gone by the next morning. Fast forward to last night and the smell is back, it seems to be stronger in the unfinished mechanical areas of the basement, but pervasive throughout. Again the gas guy said there is no gas leak, but as soon as he walked in the door he said "that is paint thinner." We don't have any paint thinner, and haven't done any construction in months. The attached garage does not smell and the boiler is the only gas appliance in the house. Any ideas?

I'm following, because I wish I knew. Last year the library had a program on Fridays for homeschoolers and my kids do homeschool gymnastics, but other than that I haven't found any secular resources in the area in the year and a half we've been here. Voyagers is a coop and resource center in North Chelmsford, about 45 minutes from Fitchburg.

Are there samples somewhere? I hate to buy things without seeing them first. What exactly does it teach? An 8 week social group using Social Thinking curriculum is about $400 with a private therapist. If I buy it and do it at home it is about $100. Is it worth it the driving and the extra $300 dollars to have someone else do it? It is for DS 6 with whom I am currently working through the zones of regulation. He's had lots of evals, but has no diagnosis. He can go from fine to flipping out in a blink of an eye. He doesn't participate in group activities, but I'm not sure if it's because he doesn't want to or doesn't know how to be in a group.

Thank you everyone :) Lots to think about, but I guess life would be boring if everything was easy.

I do think math is just very hard for him. Everywhere I read it said RS A was a gentle intro to math and it is definitely not easy and gentle for him. Are the games a big part of Ronit Bird? He doesn't like to play the RS games at all.

This is my first post, but I have been lurking on these boards since I started homeschooling my oldest 5 years ago. DS2 will be 6 in September and 1st grade. I need some help figuring out what to use for math. This year we have been using RightStart A second edition and it is just not working. The lessons were taking forever and DS hates playing the games. He has definitely made progress, but still can not count to 20 reliably and isn't getting the "abacus in your head" thing. I think he needs a math program that starts out easy so he can feel successful and gets harder in very small steps. He also gets overwhelmed if something looks like a lot of work so anything more than 10 questions at a time gets a refusal to even try any of it. Math has been a fight all year and I need to find something that will work. Help? edited for clarity and to remove extraneous info