I agree with pp. I actually recommend 1B as a good starting place. It really explores the reason and the story behind multiplying and dividing. Levels in Singapore don't necessarily correlate with US grade levels. And it would get her confidence up, and you would probably be able to advance through them fairly quickly once some key ideas are absorbed. But start slowly and work for understanding. And please work with her, don't just leave her to it. If she's hands on, you'll need the home instructor guide and manipulatives. If she's not but is a visual learner, then go through the textbook together taking time to explore the pictures. (I still found manipulatives good for some basic concepts like place value and measurement and shapes). singaporemath.com has manipulatives on their website.

I don't know if she would think they are too "babyish" but Super Duper Inc. makes Fun Decks for all the different parts of speech, plus subject/predicate and other grammar issues. They're great. Oh! You might try MCT Grammar Island, Sentence Island, and Practice Island. They are visual, and seem to be whole-to-parts, which many visual learners need. And I don't believe they list a grade on them at all. Diagramming also can be effective with visual learners. Mary Daly's First Whole Book of Diagrams is nice. I am also seriously considering Learning English with the Bible through Diagramming for my own visual learner.

What's her learning style?

Two thoughts: Why not just read the for enjoyment (and possibly to interest her in the book it came from), but skip the narration part? I have to say that I am not a fan of the WWE narrations. They did not work well for my dd either (tears), other than getting her interested in the books from whence they came. Other thought: If you really feel she must do the narrations, try Dianne Craft's technique of having the child make a movie in her head while you read. Then at the end, she has to rewind the movie and answer the questions. Sounds strange, but it really works. My dd still hated it, though. So we just enjoyed the passages, did the copywork, and that was that.

What about Heart of Dakota? Might provide a nice balance.

Papaloizos has great modern greek curriculum. Biblical Greek 4 Kids has really good biblical greek curriculum, although only one book is out so far, but plans for more.

Lots of thoughts of the top of my head... Grammar: Montessori Grammar Boxes, Schoolhouse Rock Grammar, Sentence Family by St. Michael School, Language Smarts by Critical Thinking Company, Super Duper Inc. Fun Decks or Grammar Games, Grammar Tales by Scholastic Composition: Copywork. I like excerpts from WWE 1 and 2. Typing. We liked Spongebob typing. Hamburger Poster about paragraph structure. Don't force formal composition at this age. Literature: Mosdos Press is a very colorful lit book. Make the literary discussion hands on using fun shaped notepads and classic accents from the teacher store. Or use cute books like The Plot Chickens (can't remember author), or Look at this Book by Loreen Leedy, etc. Reading: Illustrated Classics, graphic novels, grade-level books. I require a certain amount of reading a day (like 15 minutes or 30 minutes, depends on child's age) from a selection of grade-level books. No further discussion on those books, just enjoyment. HTH!

Oh, anywhere from 5 - 15 or 20 minutes a day, I suppose. My dd needs short lessons, and it hasn't really been a problem with this curriculum.

Love the Usborne Beginners Books! We have Castles, and Elizabeth I. I think we have one on Knights. They have a bunch. I would own them all if I could. Did not care for Usborne Living Long Ago. Do like Usborne Time Travelers.

We do language arts in a rotation. We do grammar every day for a week, then composition every day the following week, then literature every day the week after that. Then back to grammar again, and the rotation continues. (We do spelling every day (one spelling list per week, test on Friday).) For All Things Fun and Fascinating, we take our time. There are only 24 lessons in the whole book, so we'll do a lesson or two during our composition week.

Does she like graphic novels? My dd got a graphic novel version of The Wind in the Willows and liked it so much that she read it again right away. It's a thick graphic novel, but there are a lot of thinner ones, many for classic stories like Robin Hood and such. Big Nate is similar to Wimpy Kid. So is Herbert's Wormhole. Garfield books are extremely popular at our house as well. We probably have 50 of them. Hey, she's reading... Oops! Just noticed the thing about No Talking Animals. I guess that knocks out Garfield and Wind in the Willows.

Horrible Histories are fun! horriblebooks.com Math manipulatives are fun! learningresources.com The Sentence Family is fun! St. Michael School. Grammar Tales and Punctuation Tales are fun! Scholastic.com Science Wiz kits are fun! Ooh, and graphic novels! Capstone Press. chestercomix.com. Not sure what exactly you're looking for or how old your dd is. HTH!

I like Minimus for Latin. If you have no Latin background (neither do I), be sure to always buy the audio cds and the teacher guides, no matter what Latin program you choose. I also just got a curriculum called Learning Latin Through Mythology, and it looks really fun! If you ds is a more traditional learner, these might not be for him. My dd is right-brained, visual spatial so needs pictures and stories for learning. These are right up her alley.

I am a lefty, so is my mom, so is my daughter. Any cursive curriculum should be fine as long as you are flexible with it. I started my dd with A Beka, but switched to HWT because it seemed like a better fit. My dd liked how they didn't have the loops on the lower case h, k, and p, for instance. The loops on those were hard for her. After awhile, we switched to A Reason for Handwriting, because I don't like how HWT makes connections between letters. If I had to do it over again, I would either start with RFH or do New American Cursive (Memoria Press) or Cheerful Cursive, but mainly because I like the looks of the cursive. I personally do not slant my cursive. It's pretty straight up and down. I don't backslant it, but I don't necessarily slant it like righties do. My mother does slant it like a right. My dd writes cursive straight up and down. Just be flexible with a lefty.

Vocabulary Cartoons. (I forget who the author is.) Escapades with Garfield Vocabulary for Middle School. Word of the Week by Learning Resources.

Christian Liberty Press has some pretty inexpensive kits for grade levels. They are also having a sale right now.

Vocabulary Cartoons? Or Escapades with Garfield: Vocabulary for Middle School? SOTW 2 is the Middle Ages! You can do super-fun things with that! Get the Activity guide and do some of the fun reading and hands on activities! I like Mosdos Press for Literature. For fun grammar, how about reading Grammar-Land by Nesbitt?

Not that I am aware of. A Beka's 3rd grade history book *could* be titled Famous Men of US History. It's a compilation of short biographies of famous men in American history. It's interesting reading. For world history, I can't think of any in exactly that same format.

Vocabulary from Classical Roots 5. Word Roots from Critical Thinking Company. Words on the Vine. Super Duper Inc. has a kit of colorful illustrated flashcards called Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems. Many spelling curriculums also teach roots.

Okay, I am totally saving all of your ideas because they are FABULOUS. The patch program sounds Fantastic! And I love the scrapbook idea! I am keeping this link. Great job!!!!

Hmm. Well, I'm stumped. What about something like Time 4 Learning or elearningk12?

Character Eduation: Get picture books (scholastic has tons) on various character traits that you want her to work on. Snuggle together on the couch, and you read aloud to her while she looks at the pages you are reading. Do not discuss further unless she brings it up. Read many, many picture books on specific character traits and also on manners. Lots of cute one out there. Latin: Try Minimus. It has cartoons. Get the audio cd and teacher manual. We usually follow along and then take turns reading it aloud in latin. Then we try to translate. Sometimes we translate together, sometimes she does it all. Out loud. No written work. History: Read graphic novels and picture books and full-color heavily illustrated only. If she likes to draw or craft and is willing, have her draw a picture of something related to the history read that day, and then you write a caption for her picture on the board (or a piece of paper), and she can copy it onto her picture somewhere. If you include the year, you can hang it up around the room to make a timeline. Literature: Mosdos Press. You read aloud to her while she watches the pages (they're colorful) or if she's willing, she can read to herself. Only do the questions aloud or not at all. We make a folder together for each story, using fun shaped notepads and Classic Accents from the teacher store. I do all the writing. Have a visual representation for every term you teach. For conflict, have a red flag with the word "conflict" on it. For setting, a globe notepad and a clock notepad are good. Label them. Pencil notepad is good for author. Etc. Science: Max Axiom comic books. Science Wiz kits (and their accompanying books) are great! Grammar: Ugh. Hard topic for right brainers. Super Duper Inc. makes colorful fun decks on different parts of speech and other grammar issues. The Sentence Family from St. Michael School is wonderful, but won't take very long. Grammar Tales and Parts of Speech Tales and Punctuation Tales by Scholastic. Also, diagramming seems helpful with right-brainers. Try going through Mary Daly's First Whole Book of Diagrams together. Copywork is great for right-brainers that are willing. Don't make it too long. Typing: Get a fun kids typing program. We like Spongebob Typing (says its for 1st - 3rd graders, but I disagree). You may have to help her advance through levels once she's learned the letters, because being too slow can hold her back and that will come in time. No need to frustrate. You just advance her yourself to the next level if she's already learned the fingering for a particular level and just isn't fast enough. Right brainers are unique thinkers, but cannot necessarily produce work in a left-brained fashion. If she cries or hates it, she's telling you it doesn't work for her. It is not a laziness issue. Honestly. It's contrary to how she learns, and she doesn't know how to communicate that, so she looks lazy. She's not. Math: I know after Singapore Math, Discovering Mathematics (by singapore) seems to be full-color. I have my eye on that for when my dd is ready. I'm not sure what else to recommend though, as I haven't gotten there yet. Maybe Teaching Textbooks? Best of luck! You're doing great!

I recommend reading some of Dianne Craft's suggestions on right brain learners. Also, there is a great forum called homeschoolingcreatively on yahoo that might be helpful. My suggestion for your dd is to make everything visual. When you read aloud (to dd and ds if you like), make sure you are reading from a highly illustrated full color book. Graphic novels from Capstone Press are great. They have history and science ones. Do NOT make your dd "discuss" what she reads. I made this mistake with my dd, who is right-brained, visual spatial. You do not want to make reading a drudgery. I have a shelf of books that my dd make select from to read for a certain amount of time every day. I do not ask her any questions about them or try to have book discussions. I am encouraging her exploration of books she might not read. If she hates them, she does not have to continue them. Have lots of picture books and comic books (there are tons of educational ones out now... they are usually called graphic novels now). If your dd hates to write (like many right-brainers), then do not require much of it. Do most of your stuff aloud and allow typing for anything which must be written. Except for handwriting practice. Have really short cursive practice every day. It helps make connections between her left and right brain in a way printing does not. I will check your other post and make specific curriculum suggestions in a minute. Hope this helps!

We like Minimus here. Colorful cartoons, cute story line.

I believe you are *technically* supposed to catch the mistakes your dc is making while he is doing them (If I am rememebering the instructions correctly). Of course, who wants to be hovered over and corrected constantly while they are writing? My suggestion, though, would be to make him correct his errors. Right after he finishes, you check his work, circle his errors, and make him correct them. Unless you have some compelling reason for not doing this? I know my dc hates to make errors, and hates to have to correct them, so tries extra-hard to be right the first time. I also encourage my dc to check her work for errors before giving it to me. I would continue on with WWE. Sounds like it's working well, really, overall.