Kfamily Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) I am not keeping up well with dd5 because it seems like just when I think I have her levels sorted out-she changes them! Dd 5 is fairly accelerated in all areas but especially in reading. I don't want to do too much but usually I can't even seem to get close to that. I have recently added spelling to help tie up her phonics practice which I'm convinced she does not need. Next year in 1st I will add Song School Latin and probably copywork. She already does handwriting and math daily. We are doing a geography/literature study as we go "around the world" which she enjoys but feels like busy work about half the time. We do keep it light. We will add history in first as well. Science has been rather low key as well. I just feel badly about this. Last night she said she couldn't wait for 1st grade so that she could do more things. I do spend a lot of time with dd11 -although I do bounce back and forth between them. For those of you with accelerated K/1st students what did you use or do to challenge them? Especially in language arts? Edited February 10, 2009 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 For language arts, she might enjoy dictating stories for you to write down, and then she can copy as much as she feels up to, and then illustrate it and make it into a book. Lapbooking has been great for my little guy, he insists on writing everything himself and there are a lot of little books to fill in and drawings to make. It involves research, reading, writing, and drawing so it can be challenging. Evan-Moor has some cute forms for making little books and he likes that also. Memorizing simple nursery rhymes and poems is another thing she might find enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingUnderGrace Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 For those of you with accelerated K/1st students what did you use or do to challenge them? Especially in language arts? Read to them from the best books out there...just listening, and then having to narrate back from unabridged classic literature challenges and stretches the mind more than what we realize. Copywork from the same type of books hones phonics, spelling, handwriting, and grammar. Using for instance, IMO, a spelling workbook, where the child is learning to spell bland, average words is no where near as challenging, or mind filling then copywork from books with langauge such as that found in Pilgrims Progress, Robin Hood, or Parables from Nature. :001_smile: Just my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Those are all very good ideas. I have had memory work on my mind. She is very self motivated and determined. I thought we were still working on the Lord's Prayer but she proved to me last night she already knows it. So, yes I will add memory work and the lapbooks sound good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 I think you may be on to something. I just posted on the Accelerated Board on how do I know how far to take this. She reads already very consistently about 5th grade. So maybe this would be would I need to do. I keep taking baby steps no wonder I'm not keeping up-she's still taking leaps. I think I will focus on that aspect. We do read to her bigger books (like Prince Caspian and Linnets and Valerians) but I should do more of that. I will add oral narration and some copywork from books like you suggested. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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amsunshine Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I've just started having my dd 5.5 do a poetry notebook. I purchased an elementary notebook that has pages that are properly lined with a large space at the top for drawing pictures. She's started memorizing short poems by C. Rosetti and R.L. Stevenson -- I have her copy the poem and then draw a picture of what the poem is about. She loves it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Her big sister already keeps a nice copybook so she would really like this. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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