Posts by Mongoose

OR- Not too bad. You just send in one letter per kid when you start homeschooling them. Then you test them in grades 3,5,8,and 10 but in most counties you hold onto the scores yourself. There are no portfolios or check ups. There...

Well, we school from Jan-Nov, so we are not starting much new this fall. We will continue with GTG, Speedy Spanish Primer, A reason for Handwriting K and move on to A, and Childsize Masterpieces in Art. We will probably have...

US or Standards edition- which do you prefer and why? I prefer the Standards edition, but I really only compared the 2 in the K level. I liked the graphics more in the Standards which helped with some of the problems. Sometimes DD...

My DD started some K level work at 3yo at her request. She asked for a workbook at costco, I got her the preK level one and she told me it was too easy. So I went back and picked up the K level one, she loved it but then she wanted...

We do use Singapore, and love it, but I agree with your statement about where it starts with big/little etc. Which edition/level were you looking at? I have found the older edition to be very easy and not worth it. The new standards...

Quote: Originally Posted by ReadingMama How are the words chosen for the word lists in Spelling Power? Spelling Power is a large manual for all grades that is full of lists. So you do a placement test and...

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We have finished our two week journey through Japan. We are using Galloping the Globe. We made Japanese paper dolls, a flag, a map, watched a you tube of the Snow Monkeys, read a ton of Japanese stories, and tomorrow my parents are...

I have not started yet, but I plan on using Tapestry of Grace. It is classical mixed with unit study. It looks great and you can teach children of different levels together. It is Christain; not sure if that would interest you....

I am using the standards edition as well. We are in the K level though. I saw a huge difference between the K level of the US edition and the K level of the standards edition. The Standards one is so much better. I didnt compair the...