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Hi everyone,

i am new to this forum and have only been homeschooling 6 months :)

 

Can anybody give me advice on what i am thinking of doing this year, and anything that needs adding.

 

Thank you for looking:D

 

Maths - mep manipulatives and family maths - 5 times a week

 

English - phonic pathway, jolly phonics, websters, 100 ez lesson, bob books, blend phonics, poetry and literature not sure on handwriting as have spent a fortune so far so anything free??? - 5 times week

 

Science - ourselves, sound, light, material, plants, forces and experiments - 3 times a week

 

History - story of the world 1 - 2 times a week

 

Geography - Earthquake, volcanoe, countries, water cycle, houses - 1 time a week

 

Spanish - flip flop 1 - 1 time a week plus daily flashcard practice

 

Latin - latins not so tough - 1 time a week plus daily flashcard practice

 

Art - portraits, colour mixing, investigate materials, artists - 1 time a week

 

Music - recorder, explore sound, duration, pulse, rhythm, pitch, instruments, symbols, lots of music cds - 1 time a week + music in car etc

 

Design - moving pictures, sewing, cooking, building a sandpit - 1 time a week

 

Bible - harvest festival, christmas, new year, easter, generic belonging and beliefs, bible stories and prayers - 2 lessons a week plus daily prayer

 

ICT - KS1a and games - 2 times a week

 

PE - trampolining, swimming, sport group and play in the garden - 3 lesson week plus daily exercise

 

PSHE - cheerfulness, nutrition, kindness, bullying, helpfulness, feelings - 1 time a week

 

and keepers at home - not sure yet as only just got???

 

it seems alot now i write it down

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Hi everyone,

i am new to this forum and have only been homeschooling 6 months :)

 

Can anybody give me advice on what i am thinking of doing this year, and anything that needs adding.

 

Thank you for looking:D

 

English - phonic pathway, jolly phonics, websters, 100 ez lesson, bob books, blend phonics, poetry and literature not sure on handwriting as have spent a fortune so far so anything free??? - 5 times week

 

History - story of the world 1 - 2 times a week

 

Geography - Earthquake, volcanoe, countries, water cycle, houses - 1 time a week

 

Spanish - flip flop 1 - 1 time a week plus daily flashcard practice

 

Latin - latins not so tough - 1 time a week plus daily flashcard practice

 

 

it seems alot now i write it down

 

Here are my suggestions:

1. Pick one phonics program out of what you have, plus Bob books. Unless your dc has LDs, that should be enough. Just make sure you are reading out loud to them.

 

2. You could incorporate geography as part of your history studies. I don't know if you purchased the SOTW 1 Activity Guide, but it has mapwork for the student.

 

3. Don't start a foreign language until your dc are reading well in English. And then only start one, folding in the other at some later date.

 

These suggestions are based on my assumption that your dc is/are pretty young still--an assumption based on all the phonics progams you have listed. So, YMMV.

 

I like what you have planned for science, art, and music. Are you using a particular curricula or resource, or have you pieced your own studies together?

 

Best wishes,

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thanks lana,

 

we have tried so many different phonic programmes, as she kept struggling and one programme leads to another, and then i have back up when she throws her toys out:banghead:

 

we started spanish a few years ago, and we go to spain 1-2 a year and my parents are moving there in a few years! and the latin programme looke like it will help her english, but i am a bit unsure still :confused:

 

i got a rough guide from the national curriculum, so just expanded and took out the rubbish! iyswim ;)

 

but i am waiting for my copy of well trained mind to arrive so i can alter it were ever needed.

 

thanks again for looking :001_smile:

 

ps if you cant tell i love all the smiles!!!!

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You do have a lot planned, which is fine. Some parents and kids do well with that kind of thing, but some don't.

 

So, don't be afraid to tweak things as you go along, dropping or adding in things to adjust the work load to meet both the needs of your dd and your own needs. Look at what you have planned, and decide what is priority, so that if life gets hairy, you can drop back to just those basics until things smooth out again.

 

Yours truly,

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I am in the U.S., but woke up and couldn't sleep. :glare:

 

thanks lana,

 

we have tried so many different phonic programmes, as she kept struggling and one programme leads to another, and then i have back up when she throws her toys out:banghead:

 

 

That may just be developmental. There was recently a thread about this...hmmm, let me see if I can find it, and I'll come back and post the link.

 

we started spanish a few years ago, and we go to spain 1-2 a year and my parents are moving there in a few years! and the latin programme looke like it will help her english, but i am a bit unsure still :confused:

 

Ah...by all means, then definitely go with Spanish! When I first posted, I didn't realize you weren't from the U.S. (although Spanish is increasingly important here, that's for sure!), and considering that second and third languages are more the norm where you are, assuming you are in the UK, it sounds like a good idea.

 

I still think you can wait on Latin until she is reading English fairly well.

 

i got a rough guide from the national curriculum, so just expanded and took out the rubbish! iyswim ;)

 

thanks again for looking :001_smile:

 

ps if you cant tell i love all the smiles!!!!

 

I love smilies, too. :tongue_smilie: Especially that one.

 

Like I said, hopefully someone from your neck of the woods will chime in, someone who is more familiar with the national curriculum and how to implement (or not implement) it in the home school.

 

Yours,

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momof7's post on reading readiness

 

 

I started teaching my 3rd child phonics when he was around 5 or 6. It was slow going, and he stuggled, although he did really like Bob books and did well with those.

 

Finally, a couple of months after he turned 8, he just took off, and jumped from struggling 1st grade level to 3rd grade level in just a month or two. He was reading things that we hadn't even covered in the phonics books at that time. For him, it really was just a matter of brain maturation.

 

Okay, now I'll stop hogging this thread.

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thank you, that is great, yeah i am in the uk, luckily over here there are no rules on what you have to teach, but so far we have done subjects for 10-15 minutes, because otherwise one of the younger two will start :lol:. i must say i dont particularly like the national curriculum over here which is why i have just picked good bits, luckily for me my mil is doing art with her as i am awful at it, and my dh is doing design with her, were a sporty family and dd1 now wants to compete in trampolining at the olympics, we dont plan on spending anymore than 2 hours a day on study, which leaves the rest of the day to "socialise" and do sport :)

 

i dont have a clue what time it is for you at the moment, but were at lunch time now so its feeding time at the zoo here :lol:

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It sounds like you have a really good plan. Please don't stress if you don't finish everything. Like a pp said, you can always drop something if it's not working and wait a year or two before reintroducing it.

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thanks lana,

 

we have tried so many different phonic programmes, as she kept struggling and one programme leads to another, and then i have back up when she throws her toys out:banghead:

 

Your dd is *very* young to have tried "so many" different phonics programs. ITA that you need to pick *one* and stick with it. My vote, of the materials you already have, would be Phonics Pathways. The others you mention are good, but they all teach a little differently. And I'm thinking you may have started too early, also. I'm thinking you should lay off phonics for a few weeks and focus on other things, read through your Phonics Pathways materials to be sure you know what to do, and then start again, slowly.

 

Many people like Handwriting Without Tears.

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thank you all i went to the donna young website and have printed a load of stuff off for her, and she is so excited but said it looks too easy! so i have told her it is good practice ;)

 

we are starting blending today in the phonics pathway as the vowels have finally sunk in :thumbup1:

 

trust me this sounds pathetic but after all the problems that were caused from her short time in school i am happy to be were we are :001_smile:

 

we have decided after everyones great advise to put latin on the back burner till later in the year or next year and just concentrate on spanish, what better way to teach her than to go there, dh will not be impressed another holiday is needed ;) any excuse for me to go there :001_smile:

sorry to ramble on thanks everyone for all the great advise

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