When they get it done, video tape it - and don't first go on a long trip where the kids stop practicing and then come back and make them work to have it (nearly) perfectly memorized again so that you can record it for posterity. Do it before the vacation! Great idea Sarah! And, you have no idea how ...

My 8, 8 and 11 year old boys did it. On the first day one of my 8 year old boys cried because he felt that he would never be able to memorize the first 2 verses. He was the first one to complete the whole thing at the end of the year. We took it in chunks a few verses at at time. They had index card...

As part of Exploration to the 1800's my boys (11, 8 and 8) have been memorizing the book of James. The first day one of my 8 year old boys was in tears - sure that it was impossible to do. As of today (we are on week 11 of school) my two younger boys have at least 23 out of the first 27 verses memor...

Yeah, that area problem is a tough one, Kaleb just completed day 43 today, so we aren't quite as far along in the book as are you, so we haven't been forced to solve this one yet. I can tell that we need to figure out the area of the whole rectangle and than each of the unshaded triangles and then a...

singapore 6a problem #22 on page 88 of the text, #37 on page 90, and # 40 on page 91 anyone out there able to help us with singapore 6a problem #22 on page 88 of the text, #37 on page 90, and # 40 on page 91...we'll keep trying on this end and hope to hear from someone soon! My son is in 6a right n...

Ooh, ooh, ooh! We figured out, while I awaited responses I decided we needed to take one more go at it! After I asked him to explain to me how he arrived at his other answers I figured out how we needed to work it. for the girls 60 = 80% of the original number, so 60/80 = 1% of the original number ....

Your tip worked, he successfully got the correct answer (after me prodding him to recount the side of 1 of the triangles half a dozen times! )

Thank you, we'll try this one again today with your suggestions and see how it goes!
Math is not a strong point for me, so I am trying to be extra diligent to help my boys have strong math skills!

Sarah

Thanks! We are about to finish up 5b and I was just planning on using the test to make sure we don't have any holes we need to go back over. We are on week 21 of RTR and he is in 5th grade, so we are a bit ahead of where we "need" to be in terms if math, so I don't want to move on to 6a immediately ...

Is Singapore 6a/6b considered Pre-algebra? No, Singapore Primary series doesn't include all of the traditional pre-algebra topics such as negative numbers, square roots, absolute value, and exponents. Those are in the next levels of Singapore math. MFW recommends Saxon 8/7 as a transition between S...

I am thinking of using MFW, but have some concerns about their 5 year cycle. I have never wanted to introduce ancient history to my children until they are older. I don't want to expose them at young ages to the false gods, human sacrifice, etc. that goes along with that period of history. Also, I ...

My boys who are 6 1/2 right now did First last year and are doing CTG With big brother this year. They are very good readers as well - one just finished Charlotte's Web and the other one is reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle. They both are able to do the CTG Old Testament reading with assistance o...

One of my 6 year old boys has pencil grip issues and my other 6 year old boy has naturally had a correct grip since he was 18 months old (using crayons). For my son who has grip issues we use a pencil grip - the kind that has the ergonomic grip with an indentation for the thumb, and a groove for the...

Last year I spent hours filing 3 sets of student sheets into sheet protectors in their notebooks, then when they come up in a lesson we'd pull it out, complete it and replace it. This year I put all the sheets in an upright file box. At the beginning of the week I pull out all the sheets we need for...

They get me too. When we read Nate Sante last year my (then) 8 year old son and I just cuddled on the couch and cried together while reading the end. He didn't want to go on because it was too scary, sad, but I felt it was so important for him to hear how it all played out in the end.

Thank you ladies. My thinking was: If the "Littles" were not the little brothers but the "Onlies" would I be doing ADV or CTG - I don't want to short change my kids educationally because they aren't the first born. But I can see where I can serve all of them better if I'm not spreading myself so thi...

Have you thought of having a slightly early lunch and then just start school afterwards? You could use morning for leisure wake up, devotional time, chores etc. Eat lunch, clean up and then pull all the school stuff out and keep it out until you are done.

Sarah

Ok, I am way ahead of myself, but my dh just gave me the thumbs up for HS the kiddos next school year. I am going to do ECC with 8th grade supplement, spelling power, cursive first (recommended by a friend), writing strands 3&4(dd10, ds13), ds13 will also be doing Saxon algebra and Apologia Biology...

I live in Ohio (near Cleveland) and I wholeheartedly agree with you that getting as much quality education hours as possible is good and right. However, 900 hours is about how long kids in brick and mortar schools get. BUT - this includes LOTS of down time - time waiting in line, time spent walking ...

My daughter attended public school last year for kindergarten, she had an excellent teacher and by the end of the year she was reading simple books by herself. One of their goals was to learn 220 sight words which she did rather easily, words like made, funny, warm, done, find, soon, better, only, ...

This morning we started day 28 with a new proverb - A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control Proverbs 29:11. I read it to my boys (both 5) and then had them each read it aloud. I was quizzing them on what a fool is and what a wise man is and Gabriel piped up - ...

We are doing ECC (and first grade) and I usually use the laptop to pull up the bible selections on the ESV bible's website. I discovered that they have a listen feature that will read the selection for you. I believe that biblegateway.com has this same feature. I prefer the ESV speaker though, b/c h...

Tammie, Thank you! - I have to add that the whole time I was reading your post I Was thinking why is she so stuck on it being a "spaceman" - in fact it seems like all the posts are about making whatever I use into a spaceman .....then it struck me - DUH! a Space - Man - to make a space *smacks foreh...

Another way to help them figure out the (<) (>) symbols is to tell them that the little symbol is a mouth, a fish or Pac-Man (if your child knows who that is) and the mouth wants to eat the larger number/bigger group of objects.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who found the instructions long and wordy! Thanks for the advice - I guess we'll just dive in with assessments and roll with it.