dragons in the flower bed Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 visual arts: Artistic Pursuits Jr High Book 1 (he's into art and good at it) Latin: Lingua Latina Greek: Elementary Greek music: Pianimals math: Math Mammoth composition: Writing With Ease science: Make Electronics (again, he's been tagging along with an older brother, so he's ready) memory work: poetry and speeches chosen by the kids from Living Memory history: SOTW 4 literature: a list of modern juvenile fiction + Teaching the Classics He bikes a lot (daily, in lieu of being driven around town in a minivan) but he hates to get outside and move his body. Am I missing anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Logic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncstraub Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Grammar? Spelling? Phonics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Grammar? Spelling? Phonics? Ah. We cover grammar through Latin, Greek, and in the context of composition. I should have realized y'all would see that as a gap. He's a natural speller (weirdly good visual memory) and definitely doesn't need phonics because he's a sturdy reader and speller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Logic? Do you think it's important to do logic with a pre-logic stage kid? I have in the past. I'm just not convinced it is important anymore. They get there when they get there, you know? And once they are there, they're REALLY there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Geography? I also like to add a little civics, government, and state history, though they are certainly not first priority. Computer skills (Word, Paint, typing, abcya.com) are good to think about, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I think your list looks good! I don't think logic is necessary at this age. If you do the mapping in SOTW you'll hit geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I'm not saying it's a gap, but I'm interested in your perspective because I am beginning to suspect a gap in my fifth grader. What do you do about reading comprehension/vocabulary? Is that all covered during the discussion/narration phase of history, literature and Latin? I have (gasp) been looking at boxed curriculum of the likes of Lifepac Language Arts, BJU Reading/Workbook, CLE Reading/Workbook series and the stuff is OH, SO NOT MY CUPPA. I must admit though, that I would like to see Joshua communicate more strongly in response to his reading. Narration is not his strong suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 It looks great to me! I wouldn't worry about logic. In our experience, math and languages were the best prep for formal logic study. I could go either way on English grammar - I preferred the kids to know their grammar cold by the time they reached a concept in Latin, but I don't think introducing grammar by way of Latin is a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 I'm not saying it's a gap, but I'm interested in your perspective because I am beginning to suspect a gap in my fifth grader. What do you do about reading comprehension/vocabulary? Is that all covered during the discussion/narration phase of history, literature and Latin? We talk about what we read. Yes. I guess that's the extent of it. I wish I could say I have a formal method of dealing with reading comprehension, but I don't. I do go over "Deconstructing Penguins" and IEW's literary analysis program once in a while to keep those methods of discussion fresh in my mind. In WWE, kids are writing single sentence summaries of each paragraph. That's worth a whole page of reading comprehension questions. I never could have gotten my sons to do that without the very gradual step-by-step leading that SWB provided. Somehow I didn't see this before I answered your comment on my blog. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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