This is the year we want to try to home school Sawyer. I need some feed back and help to determine what curriculum to use. He is 6 years old and would chronologically be in 1st grade in the 2011-2012 school year.
MATH???
He can count to 20. (or higher if you give him the 30, 40, 50, etc) In other words, he understands that 21 comes after 20. 31 after 30. He recognizes numbers to 20. He can count items to 10ish.
1. Numicon??? Like it? Not? What level should I start with?
2. Math U See???? Like it? Not?
3. ????? What other things have you tried? What worked? What did not?
READING????
We've used index cards and taught him sight words. Via this method he can read Dick and Jane. How do I piggy back on this? Or not? Is there something you would recommend? How has it worked for your child?
WRITING???
We will continue using an O.T. who is working with him on Writing Without Tears. His fine motor skills are one of his weakest areas.
Any other things that you are doing that are working well? What do you do about speech? Anything specific?
Come On Over
17 years ago
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We started homeschooling our oldest last year - she is technically in kindergarten but doing 1st grade work right now. Here is what we have used and are currently using:
Math:
Critical Thinking Co.'s Mathematical Reasoning Workbooks - http://www.criticalthinking.com
*We did two of these workbooks, and finished up the second one in December - great material!
Math-U-See - we wanted to transition to Math-U-See and we just started it last week. We both love it so far!
Reading:
Rocket Phonics - it's been fantastic and I highly recommend this curriculum. . .it's fun for both of us, and our daughter is reading at a second/third grade level now. It incorporates games to help the kids learn. http://www.rocketphonics.com
Writing:
Zaner-Bloser Workbooks: we just completed K and 1st grade levels; now we have transitioned to a copy workbook and I can't remember who published it.
Good luck with homeschooling! We love it!
Cindy
http://adopttaiwan.wordpress.com
Hi Jan,
We used Math-U-See when Annie and Rebecca were little and I liked it a lot--but it is also different now. I liked that it was simple and used manipulatives.
We still go to public school for speech therapy. We are "entitled" to in our state. That gives us something to practice on. The hardest part for speech for us (2 of our kids have needed speech therapy and our 2 non native English speakers also suffer from our "problem")our family tends to 'understand' each other--so we don't strive for clear speech. That is something I feel the need to work on now. I think as they kids read better I will have them do more reading aloud and diction and memorization(with correct pronunciation).
UNIT STUDIES is the best thing about home schooling in my book. I know from your blog you already do this with Judson. Maybe let each kids choose one subject in Science or History and you can send a month, week, year. . .? on that. I think Sawyer will learn so much this way.
My sister homeschooled her special needs son for about 10 years (till grade 6) He does not read much yet--but his teachers were really impressed with his vocabulary and the breadth of information he knows.
I'm excited you are moving in this direction because I think you are a 'natural' at it! Plus, I think you've been homeschooling him all along :-)
Blessings, Debbie
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