I also used MUS & switched to Singapore. Your daughter will probably love the short yet effective lessons. Each lesson covers a new topic or goes further in-depth on the subject being covered. Then every few lessons they will have a review that will cover the things they learned previously. I find i...

I am using one hanging Pendaflex type folder per week. Within each folder I have 3 color coded file folders, one for me and one for each child (we each have our own "color" for all of our school items...notebooks, etc.) . I sorted our items by week and put them in each child's folder (or mine). I go...

Check for Melinda Boring (headsupnow)'s homeschool workshops on Helping the Distractible Child Agreeing with Crystal on HeadsUpNow. I have the 2 CDs on Helping the Distractible Child. They are very helpful. She also presents it with humor so you realize you're not the only one dealing with a child ...

i am an air force wife too! we are at nellis and live on base so the environment is VERY controlled. Stephanie, my dh set up a booth at an air show in Nellis for 3 or 4 years in a row. We loved the people there (and the Thunderbirds! :) ). Nature study would be a bit more challening there, especial...

Ok, here's another option. LOL We used plain paper, then ended up attaching it to a "science fair board". Not sure what you call those. We used it for our home school group's science fair and the skelton just barely fit if you put him on there just right. Then we put the extra smaller pieces that so...

Michelle, I would encourage you to watch the 3 hour on-line seminar at www dys-add dot com. It has fantastic information on dyslexia. After watching it, you will probably know whether or not your son is dyslexic. You can also call or e-mail Susan Barton with your questions at no charge after watchin...

Agreeing with Julie that book basket is an enrichment and not required. You will love the core books that come with the program. We have a fairly small library and lots of inter-library loans don't work for us as well. I purchase many book basket books at used home school group book sales, on paperb...

I have been going back and forth between using MFW next year. I really wish people could see the book basket option before purchasing to help see exactly how rich the MFW programs can be. I know you cannot give me exact titles...but does the bookbasket include lots of chapter books? And what other ...

are dyslexics consistent in the letters that they reverse or words they jumble? My 2 were consistent in letters they reversed (no more reversals after Level 2 of Barton!! - or if there is an infrequent reversal they catch themselves). However, the words they jumble are not consistent. It could be a...

I ordered this recently because we will be starting ECC in July. It looks like it will be a lot of fun, and the recipes have been simplified a bit. It does have some interesting info about the different countries. I'm looking forward to using it next year.

Glenna

I feel your pain. :-) Maybe you could choose ONE moving activity per day to do along with flash cards...i.e. today you can jump on the trampoline while you tell me the answers...today you can do jumping jacks while you give me the answers, etc. We switched to math copywork, which worked for one, and...

Hugs to you Tracy!! I too understand what it's like to teach kids with LDs. I wanted to let you know about Reading for Blind & Dyslexic. If you provide documentation of dyslexia you can become a member & get audio books. They have a huge selection of recorded books including many textbooks. I know t...

We are doing MFW 1st grade this year with my 6.5yo. He is a huge reader - he LOVES to read. I can't keep up with him as far as screening books. He's read the E.B. White books and loved them, the Mouse and the Motorcycle, etc. He recently started reading the Magic Treehouse books, which we were a li...

We discovered in Nov. that both of our boys are dyslexic. I was like you...relieved to know that that was the problem, but overwhelmed by how to help them. Since then I've done tons of research & reading. dys-add dot com is an excellent website with lots of info on dyslexia. There is a 3 hour semina...

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:26 pm We use our dining room for a school room. We have the top of the wall (above the chair rail) covered in cork board. I love it!! You can buy it in rolls (those little squares get really expensive). I forgot to add that we have our MFW map on the cork board wall and I...

I also wanted to add that the planner pages from his grace works dot com are awesome for organizing. They have pages called Beautiful Life Management System that are a simplified version of FlyLady in paper form. I have used their other planner pages for years (and do FlyLady)and recently got these....

My boys LOVE the Henty books on CD. Jim Weiss does many of them in an abridged form that is more appropriate for younger ones. Jim Hodges does the unabridged versions. We have some of both. We are blessed to have both of these men at our book fairs in the Dallas area. I make a list of all the Henty ...

I am strongly leaning toward MFW for next year and have a question. My DS (8) has ADHD. Has anyone on here used MFW with an ADHD child? Any suggestions? Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:39 pm I think MFW is great for an ADHD child (or just boys with lots of energy :)because the items chosen make the less...

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:38 pm Another thing that might help is to be sure she has bits of protein throughout the day...some type of healthy protein with breakfast (egg, a tablespoon of peanut butter, a smoothie with fruit & protein powder, etc.) plus a mid morning snack with some type of protein...

I have an "undiagnosed" ADHDer - for some kids when you home school them you just know. :) We have chosen to treat this with supplements and dietary changes. The difference has been huge!! I agree with timers and short breaks to provide some physical activity. Another thing that can make a big diffe...

LOL Kelly. My 11 yo is your 7 yo. :) Is there something that is really important to him to be able to do that you could use as motivation? For mine, we started karate this year. I told my dawdler that if he doesn't have his school done before we have to leave he will sit with me & finish it before h...

How much did you laminate for 1st and K? I am going to laminate the K cards so they last, but is there anything else everyone has laminated also? Do you just go to office depot or somewhere like that to laminate? I don't know if you have a Mardel in your area, but they offer laminating for .25 per ...

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you doing 7th grade & sharing your struggles & successes. We'll be there next year, and it's hard not to be anxious about it. I'm printing out all these helpful tips & putting them in a file for next year. Hugs to you all, and thanks for going before us. :) Gle...

I have 2 doing EFTRU at the same time. We do our words on notebook paper instead of cards (just personal preference). Yes, it's the same as what is in the book. I had mine laminated (we can laminate for .25/ft. at Mardel). - The cards give me an extra copy to work with so they can both be copying at...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:49 am There are a few book basket suggestions in RTR for books on nutrition. One was a cookbook called Healthy Kids (I think). We checked it out at the library & liked it so I bought it on Amazon. It is also mentioned some in The Body Book. For us, conversations concernin...