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Ah, I have had read aloud time take up most of our school day before. I make my daughter read it herself if she wants more than what is scheduled.
I was thinking that moving the read aloud to a different time might help? Also maybe you could move art time to the last thing for the day.

Real Science 4 Kids has all of their books in full as an online preview. They are fun to read and if you choose to do the experiments they are enjoyable. They only cover 10 weeks or so per book, so it wouldn't be too much to add. There is also eequalsmcq which is very easy to implement and the biolo...

http://www.heartofdakota.com/board3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6440 This thread will probably help you. There is a lot of information there about studied dictation. Every dyslexic child is different. There are also different reasons for dyslexia. The CM/HOD method may work for you. There is quite a bit of ...

I have found that the older DD gets the more I have to stick to a schedule with her. In K and 1st grade she just soaked it up. DS 3 is generally happy in the morning and wanting more of my attention later.

I would work with the oldest first.

I was married in '94 too. I figured the incognito posting wasn't on purpose.

Thank you Annaz. Very helpful! I will print that out. I actually thought I must have scheduled it wrong because it should take longer than that. I am thinking we need the timer because flying by the seat of my pants is no longer working. It worked well for 1st grade, not so much for 2nd. I plan to d...

I would love to see some 2010 schedules posted!

Thank you Annaz. :D Okay, I have a specific schedule, but I need to know generally if I have the right times for breaks... help me out here. So far most of our day is breaks and we do very little schooling. :lol: 55 min school, 5 min break, 35 min school, 30 min break, 60 min school, 10 min break fo...

Well I don't think $75 is a bad price for all that is included, but I am thankful that the guides are more affordable.

Thanks Carrie! That is helpful! I copied a Bigger schedule from this forum and filled in Phonics Road and Math Mammoth. My books are already here (wow that was fast!). We have never been consistent with history, science, etc. I think HOD will help us with that. I am so thankful for your All In One s...

Oh! Well thank you so much!

I am having a hard time deciding between Preparing and another curriculum. I am also considering combining the two. What I would like is a break down of how much time is spent in certain time periods... for example, out of the 36 weeks, 12 weeks in Ancients, 12 weeks in Middle Ages, 12 weeks in Earl...

I have ordered the books to get us through the first 12 weeks!

Thanks for the pep talk!

This summer we have been trying to keep up with school and we are doing vision therapy, Phonics Road and Math Mammoth. This barely gets done 4 days per week if I am being generous with my reporting. :oops: So we are to start HOD Bigger in September. That is history, science, read alouds and writing ...