Mrs. A Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 ...but I am itching to try something different. Maybe OPGTR, PP, or Funnix. We'll see. Any suggestions for this mama who has trouble making decisions? :lol: we tried OPGTR and the alphabet poem was very helpful, but after that DS was totally unresponsive. Now we are using Alpha-Phonics and I LOVE it. It's simple and has the child reading short words right from the first lesson. I plan to use it with my other dc as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwin Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 We did some stuff starting in January but we really slacked off a few months into it... I guess we are officially kindergarten in the fall :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootyTooty Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My youngest starts K in August. We are doing Five in a Row along with Essential Math from Singapore and some light phonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehommel Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 my ds will be 6 in October. This will be his K year due to school age cut off in our district. We did a bit of pre school last year and he LOVED it. I'm looking forward to this year. He's such a joy to teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennismomkelly Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My middle DS officially starts kindergarten in August. Even though I've been homeschooling my oldest for a couple of years, everyone seems so surprised when I tell them that I'll also be homeschooling his younger brother for K. I sometimes wonder what other people are thinking! :001_huh: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My dd turned 5 in December, but she's my only one in public school. She will be going to K in August and attending a self-contained K-2 class. My hope is that she can come home the next year to do k again (she's still learning colors, animals, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekarl2 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My daughter is 5.5. She'll start K this year and I'm super excited about it! Two days a week will be spent at a homeschool enrichment program in our area. There she'll do science, humanities, Spanish, and art. At home we'll be doing Right Start B and McRuffy Phonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My youngest will officially be a kindergartener this year. He'll be 6 in January. It's my 11th year of homeschooling though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My oldest will officially start Kindergarten on August 22. We sorta did K last year, but never anything very formal. We also took time off when baby girl was born. If he were in PS, he'd be starting K this fall, so I'm just calling it K even though he does some 1st grade work. Technically, I don't have to report him or record hours until next year, so this is my practice year to make sure we can do school consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooketopia Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My second daughter starts K this year. She'll turn 5 in August. We started our school week this week. I did preschool with her last year, so she's pretty used to the idea of school, only now she has to do all three subjects (Math, Phonics & Handwriting) every day instead of twice a week. She's adjusting well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitascool Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 We're not new to homeschooling. I'll be teaching 6th, 4th, 1st/2nd with the boys and K with my dd. My dd4 began doing K work back in Mar. We took off for summer (mommy) break and will start up again the last week of Aug. This fall we'll be working hard on penmanship and the development of her pincer muscles. She's my one child I have to limit schooling with. She would do seat & computer work all day if I let her. We purchased Starfall's kindergarten curriculum for the fun stuff, Phonics Pathways/Phonics Reader, and Math U See. She did SM Early Bird series last year. We have a hodgepog of art and music materials she'll use with her brothers. We won't be doing any science, social studies or history, just because I won't have time with one doing Jr.high and Mr. tandem boy (my 9yo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I have an official Kinder boy this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I have a Kinder boy who will be 6 at the end of September. I also have two older kids so it should be a full year this year. Each year has its challenges! (And blessings!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyjas Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 We'll be starting year 2 of our 2 year Kindergarten with my soon to be 4 year old and my 5 year old. Well, we don't ever really stop for summer, so I guess we're just continuing. My 5 year old will be moving on to some 1st grade curriculum, but I decided against starting all of her 1st grade stuff until she's reading more fluently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llindseymomoffour Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 My daughter will be starting K this fall. She won't be 5 until Feb., but loves learning. I really didn't want to start her yet but she keeps begging me. LOL Anyway, I was just going to do a pre-K curriculum for her but after looking over some, realized she knew all of that. So we will start the K curriculum and see how she does. I'm not going to push her or anything just take our time with it and have fun.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I have 10th and 8th grade boys too but this will be our youngest first official year in Kindergarten. I feel like I'm completely starting over and have never done this before. Much like how I felt when I brought him home from the hospital. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakarimom5 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I am starting my DD in kindy this year. I'm very excited about teaching her to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest starbuck22 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi, I am new to the forum and new to homeschooling. I have DS who will be five in August. We have been doing R&S this summer and he is about to finish the Counting With Numbers book. So, I guess we have kind of been doing kindy since early June. I'm leaning towards HOD or maybe MFW for our "official" kindy start probably after labor day. We also have DD who will be 3 in October and will be following along where she can and a noob due in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 My I-assume-he's-last son starts kindergarten this fall. Even though he's our eighth, each child is so different that there are always, always new challenges! This little guy has graduated out of speech therapy but still has expressive and receptive language delays, so still plenty to be nervous about, and learn how to teach to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyoflearning Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 This will be our first "real" homeschool year with DD (4) who will be 5 in August. We are calling it K. We've been doing stuff for the past year and have been working on HOD, math, and handwriting since last March. I really wanted to take a picture of her "1st day of K" but we've been doing some things through the summer, so not sure when to do that. We will probably start more consistently again the last week of August. She reads well and does simple Math. She is doing mostly 1st grade and some K work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rieshy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Child number 6 starts K this year. I'm a little in shock but am starting to get excited. This is Not our first year, but I plan on it being one of our best. Our newest kindergartener has A Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorder. I am so thankful that we home school because there is no way he could have attended a traditional school. It's nice that home school was already "normal" for our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2koh Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I will be doing K with DS this year. We are starting August 1 and this will be my second time through MFW K. He's 4.5 but is begging for school! Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracieT Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 My boys will be 5 and 6 in October and we're starting Kindergarten with both of them. (we're just going to see how it goes with the younger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I am starting Kindy with my 6 year old... and my 4 1/2 year old will start preschool. We are planning to "officially" start in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odonata Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 My second child turns 5 in a few weeks, so she barely makes the cutoff for mandatory K. Shes already been doing "school" for awhile though, because she demanded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessamonk Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My DS1 turned five in June. We are technically delaying kindergarten (Virginia requires registration or an official delay if the child is five by August something--the delay is only optional to those who are not six by September 30), but we will work on a few subjects. It will be more official than last year, but I'm sort of in line with the "start school at age six" crowd, so I'm not feeling too much pressure. But I am excited to do a bit more than last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 We're doing K4 this year. DS turns 5 in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My older turned five in April. We'll start K in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnointedHsMom Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Our younger boy is starting K this year. We've homeschooled before but I've not done anything formal with the K boy before. I can't wait! It's going to be so fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoife Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My oldest DS will be starting K this year. I am just getting his stuff ready and will begin the planning portion soon :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 starting to get nervous. LOL the 7 days at my folks turned into 105+ temps and i spent all my time juggling 2 boys and the dog and not getting to devote time to planning like i, uh, planned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 we start tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! uh someone tell me it is gonna be ok??? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbaeimers Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 This is my first year homeschooling although DD1 is 6 and will be in first grade. DD2 is 4 and will be doing pre-school. DD3 will just be watching (almost 2). And yes, we are starting TOMORROW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carolinashore Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is our first year with HS - my son will be in kindergarten. I'm waiting to start when the PSs start. I didn't make the final decision to HS until 2 or 3 weeks ago, so I'm still getting myself organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoife Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 We start Tomorrow! :hurray: Yikes LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Nope, but yes this is our first official year, I've got kids just before and just past kdg and i taught ps kdg for 7 years so i've gotta post something!! I've got a 1st grader this year (an older due to the age cutoff, she just turned 7) and my littler 3 1/2 year old is wanting to do school, but not quite preschool age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I posted before that I have a dd who will be official K age this year, but she is generally doing 1st work so I'm going to post about my other dd who is actually doing K work this year :tongue_smilie:. The Drama is (we started already) using MFW K, Singapore Essentials K (on book B), and HWoT K for a core. We also have an assortment of extras for fun that we do when we feel like it: ASL, Spanish, ETC online, Happy Phonics, Lollipop Logic, and I will be starting Miquon soon. She also takes gymnastics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 We start Tomorrow!:hurray: Yikes LOL Your avatar looks like dyed wool for spinning and always makes me drool a little, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 congrats everyone who is starting tomorrow :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoife Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Your avatar looks like dyed wool for spinning and always makes me drool a little, LOL. it is dyed wool for spinning :tongue_smilie: I used to have a shop but since the new LO I closed up and am hoarding it LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom_of_bree Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We are starting the 8th. I'm so excited and nervous! I am so afraid I won't be able to keep up with everything:blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LillyMama Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We're starting here. I actually have two kids, not twins, starting K this week. My son turned 6 two weeks ago and my daughter will by 5 in November. It should be interesting, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mamajse Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We're starting K with our oldest, who is 5 turning 6 this winter. This is our first year of 'official' homeschooling. I'm trying to find a healthy balance between the curriculum stuff we're working on, and the importance of being only 5 and having plenty of time to play and imagine. SWB's advice of Kindergarten work requiring only an hour or so each day is providing a helpful check! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 this is so exciting:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschooltoone Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We're starting K with our youngest, who is 4.5 turning 5 this November. He's so excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEB333 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 We are starting K with our oldest who turns 5 this month. This will be our first year of homeschooling. Are any of you planning to read SOTW this early? Wendy DS-Almost 5, DS-3, DS-7 mos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilacii Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Newbie in Kinder, present! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 We have two K'ers starting this year and this will be our first year of official homeschooling. One of my sons will be 6 at the end of September and the other will be 6 in mid-November. We are planning to start around the same time the kids go back to school here, which is around 8/19. I'm excited and a little nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Are any of you planning to read SOTW this early? I believe some are and hopefully they will respond. I have gone back and forth about it, as we are doing a mix of K and 1st. For now, we are not going to be doing it but we may add it later, maybe in Jan., depending on how everything goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I've already started K with the last of the pack. *sigh* This is it. The last of them. *sniff*. I've only got 12 years left. Maybe this last time I'll get it all right? :001_huh:;):lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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