My son is 8 and we started in Singapore 1A, too. I started there because I thought it would give both of us a chance to get a handle on how Singapore math works. I'm glad I did, even though, at first he thought I was crazy for giving him such "kiddie" math. He did seventeen lessons the first day! Ho...

Amy, We add in extra read-alouds around here, too. After we finished Squanto, we read Naya Nuki, Girl Who Ran. It was on the book basket list and we thought it was excellent. It was about a young Shoshoni girl who was kidnapped from her tribe, but she manages to escape and travel hundreds of miles b...

I bought wooden letters of his name for him to paint.

Denise