Posts by Shirada

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I have requested 4 of the books from the library and fingers crossed she won't turn up her nose at them She is actually resistant to almost everything I suggest and really does not want to do...

Thanks for the suggestion, I will take a look at Family Math. I have tried encouraging her to do some kind of poll about something she is interested in, but she is always so negative. What is math art? I actually know the Living Math...

LilyGrace, that is encouraging, because I have ordered MUS and in a lower level for that very reason, (Gamma). I am hoping that once it arrives that things will improve. I am not convinced however because just now we were making...

I have a similar question to this asked by darcytrue but regarding my 9DD. http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1137097 We are new to HSing, (2 weeks) and she was in PS K-3. She was out of school for 3 months and we did...

I was wondering the same thing and was hoping someone who has experience with the WWE curriulum could advise me. I took a look at some free lessons downloads of level 3 at the Well-Trained Mind website and they may be too simple for my...

Annapooh, thanks for the lapbook links. They are exactly the kind of thing my 7 year old dd will enjoy for this racoon project she was wanting to start tomorrow. I was looking at the template pages. How exactly does the lapbook work? ...

I found large maps last month in the dollar section of Target. Try checking your local store. There were other cool homeschooly workbooks too.

: I am finding this thread very helpful. OP, you may want to check out the last couple of posts on the following thread: http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1129186

Thanks so much everyone for your words of support. I truly appreciate them. Lillian, I have actually read all those books you suggested and more besides and looked at many of those links, (especially your wonderful website). I...

Hi everyone, We are new to HS, (2nd and 4th grader). We joined a local charter and met with our EF today for the first time. I don't know what I was thinking, but I was hoping for more support and guidance. She gave us the...