Guest CountryMom27 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 My oldest is 7 and in second grade. He loves school, and we are very happy with his teacher, but he doesn't get the chance much to reach beyond the "average" instruction, even with only 16 in his class. I challenge him by "talking" math to him and printing out puzzles (like Ken-Ken) for him, and by urging him to read harder books (even though they aren't in his classroom - ugh!). He's loving Spiderwick Chronicles now, and I think we're going to give him the first Harry Potter for Christmas. He love fantasy -especially Star Wars - any books at 4+/5th grade to recommend (no girly characters)? Also how do I encourage his writing development? He has so much potential; I wish he went to my school where I could just do workbook after workbook until I was bored. He seems a bit stifled in his ability to move forward. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 My 4th grader is a great writer. She's liking Classical Compositions. www.classicalcomposition.com Also, I'm going to buy Wordsmith Apprentice this spring. http://www.writeshop.com/store/proddetail.php?prod=0020 SWB is supposed to be coming out with a creative writing curriculum soon! (will be first one to buy it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 So much of good writing follows from reading excellent literature. He's young, so I would put my focus there. This philosophy is consistent with classical education. Choose reading from this list: http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html. I found that when my dc were young, we had to begin these books by reading aloud so that they could grasp the difficult language. Our journey with this approach includes my 16 yo dd just having finished War and Peace, simply because she enjoyed it. A love of fine literature is one of the greatest gifts you can give your dc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 So much of good writing follows from reading excellent literature. He's young, so I would put my focus there. This philosophy is consistent with classical education. Choose reading from this list: http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html. I found that when my dc were young, we had to begin these books by reading aloud so that they could grasp the difficult language. Our journey with this approach includes my 16 yo dd just having finished War and Peace, simply because she enjoyed it. A love of fine literature is one of the greatest gifts you can give your dc. :iagree: We have a couple of read-alouds going at all times. I really think they've learned more from that than anything else. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Is he old enough (in your opinion, with your family rules) to hang out on a writing forum for kids? My kids LOVE to spend time on the NaNoWriMo forums. (NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month, which is November!!) My 3 girls are all writing novels this month and there are helpful materials on the site. The forums are invaluable to them for getting feedback on characters, plot, etc. This would be for creative writing, of course. http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/educators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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