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I am wondering what math programs out there can be used with standard manipulatives (pattern blocks, unifix cubes, color tiles, etc.) I have ALL this stuff already and my son loves working with his hands, but I am wondering if there is...

I was curious how much formal handwriting is necessary. I noticed many curriculums go up to around 6th grade. Is that really necessary? I was only planning on doing it 1-3. Is that going to be enough? I don't remember doing it...

We are starting K this year and doing a very relaxed play-based math. I'm trying to decide whether I need to buy color tiles or not. We've got pattern blocks and unifix cubes already. I keep reading about how color tiles are such a...

Does anyone know of a good website where I can print off some extra practice for my soon-to-be kindergartener? We aren't doing a complete math curriculum, but I am just looking for some extra practice on things he and I work on...

I'm just curious how much handwriting we actually need to have planned for kindergarten. Do I really need an entire curriculum/workbook for it or can we just make sure we're at least doing a little bit of writing each day? My son knows...

Thank you for the thoughts and encouragement to just move on, everyone. About the hour and a half....that was an estimation and that may or may not happen. I obviously won't know how well he can sit and work on something with me...

Anybody have advice to share on how to deal with this? We are going to home-school our son this year (kindergarten) and it just so happens I have a sister who is a kindergarten teacher in a public school. From the moment I told her...

Quote: Originally Posted by dubatatamama I think your plan sounds great and in fact it sounds very much like our plan for K!! We are focusing on the 3R's and our weekly co-op takes care of Social Studies as we usually...

Thank you, everyone, for the thoughts!

If I decide to homeschool my kindergartener (young....will be 5 in august), is it ok if we kind of wing it through our first year as I get the hang of everything? Do you think we really need formal curriculum? We have been working on...