Homeschool Chat Part III

[polkadotsuitcase]

Ok, so i've been reading through the first homeschool thread (lots of reading to do, i'm very excited) And i've seen Rainbow Resource mentioned a lot. Well i just clicked on a link to check it out and

The Rainbow Resource catalog should come with a warning label! I took that bad boy to "flip through" while I waited for the guys at football practice, and I felt like a kid going through the Christmas Wish Book. By the time I got home, half the book was dog-eared with stuff I wanted to get!

 

[polkadotsuitcase]

Think of the uppercase letter as the parent and the lowercase as the child. The lower case "d" faces his Dad and the lower case "b" does not. I hope that makes sense. I struggled with this for a long time and that little mind picture helped me.

This is adorable!

Kind of a thread drift, but this reminded me about a word to teach about the waxing/waning moon. I believe "o" or even "oo" was in the middle of the word, and on either side was a letter that represented the half-moon stage prior -- either the left half or the right...not explaining this very well, but is it ringing any bells for anyone? It's supposed to help you remember, if you look in the sky and see a half moon, if it's becoming full or if it is becoming a new moon. (And you can tell how well it worked, because I can't remember a single thing, lol.) Anyone?

 

[3princesses+aprince]

nicolepa, it's Rainbowresource.com and then on the left hand side you can click on any subject. Go to phonics and it will give you some different choices. I looked through them to find one that had my dd's grade level and you can view a sample page or two as well. Most of the phonic's books were very cheap, the one i'm ordering was around $8. I spoke with my friend at work who is a special education teacher and she told me getting a phonics book for my daughter was the best thing to do. Too many schools are doing away with phonics and kids need that. I know my daughters have never had phonics in the PS.

NHWX, Oh, that one's great too. Well, out of all of these great ideas, one of them is bound to stick for her. She'll appreciate it. Thanks

polkadotsuitcase, I know it should. Just going through the website was like And I only skimmed through. I know i'll take the catalog to work and find quite a few things I want/need.

 

[Dopeygirl]

Joining in as well. We're almost finished with week #7 of our year. Somehow we totally forgot to do any work yesterday though. I'm not at all sure how that happened! We were able to mostly catch up today.

Rainbow Resource rocks. Just placed my third order this school year. I need them to be a local store, though, shipping gets ridiculous!!

Next week we're starting a big unit study on Hawai'i. I'm pretty excited, I've put together a lot of fun things including several field trips. Should be a fun couple weeks.

 

[Denine]

We had so much fun at Williamsburg for HS days! Back to reality come Monday.
I know WDW has HS days and that is wonderful, but Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown are great if you are studying American history.

 

[minniefan65]

Our PBS station shows Word World. DS8 is a late reader (speech issues prevented him from correctly correlating sounds and letters) and he really likes the show. When he can't the difference between b & d he starts singing the song.

 

[antree]

We just received our K12 curriculum, my DS 8 is so excited to start this year. I hope he stays excited. I know we are starting late this year, I was undecided what to use this year. Now if I can only figure out the website. We start tomorrow the 2oth, hope I figure it out before then.

 

[Nicolepa]

We just received our K12 curriculum, my DS 8 is so excited to start this year. I hope he stays excited. I know we are starting late this year, I was undecided what to use this year. Now if I can only figure out the website. We start tomorrow the 2oth, hope I figure it out before then.

Are you independent or thru a Virtual Academy? They made "improvements" this year for the VA's and it has made navigating much more difficult IMO. Let me know if you need help!

 

[antree]

Are you independent or thru a Virtual Academy? They made "improvements" this year for the VA's and it has made navigating much more difficult IMO. Let me know if you need help!

Hi Nicolepa, I am independent. They told me to sign on the night before we start, but that's it. I don't know what to do I signed on, but then what. LOL. My sons name is there The daily planning, weekly planning and lesson planning, all that stuff is there and its all blank. Do I fill it in? and if so how? It doesn't let me do anything. I'm just so confused. Now if tomorrow he has online work to do, how will I know where it is or when to do it? I didn't realize it was so confusing. Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Nicolepa]

Hi Nicolepa, I am independent. They told me to sign on the night before we start, but that's it. I don't know what to do I signed on, but then what. LOL. My sons name is there The daily planning, weekly planning and lesson planning, all that stuff is there and its all blank. Do I fill it in? and if so how? It doesn't let me do anything. I'm just so confused. Now if tomorrow he has online work to do, how will I know where it is or when to do it? I didn't realize it was so confusing. Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks for any help you can give.

No, you shouldn't have to fill anything it. If you look at the weekly plan and it's blank, it sounds to me like they haven't uploaded his classes yet. You should be seeing a list of his classes. Once the classes are uploaded it will tell you what to do each day.

If you go into Schedule Setup do you see your classes there?

 

[antree]

No, In the Schedule Setup there are no courses. When I click on schedule set up, it took me to the calendar for days off, then I continued and it took me to weekly schedule for the year and there is nothing there. I didn't accept schedule yet, because there is nothing there.

 

[Nicolepa]

No, In the Schedule Setup there are no courses. When I click on schedule set up, it took me to the calendar for days off, then I continued and it took me to weekly schedule for the year and there is nothing there. I didn't accept schedule yet, because there is nothing there.

If there is nothing when you look at Schedule setup then your courses have not been loaded yet. If your start date was set to be tomorrow my guess is they will be uploaded tonight, but I've never been independent so I don't knnow for sure. If there is nothing in the morning then you will need to give K12 a call and see what's going on.

Sorry I can't be more help!

 

[antree]

If there is nothing when you look at Schedule setup then your courses have not been loaded yet. If your start date was set to be tomorrow my guess is they will be uploaded tonight, but I've never been independent so I don't knnow for sure. If there is nothing in the morning then you will need to give K12 a call and see what's going on.

Sorry I can't be more help!

That's what I thought maybe it will be there in the morning. I'll wait and see tomorrow. In the meantime I am going through the books to see what we are doing. You did help.

Thank You.

 

[NHWX]

If I remember right, and it's been a couple of years, that you're not supposed to do *all* the activities on some of those long sections. Mastery is the key here.

NHWX

 

[Nicolepa]

That's what I thought maybe it will be there in the morning. I'll wait and see tomorrow. In the meantime I am going through the books to see what we are doing. You did help.

Thank You.

Are you doing 3rd grade?

If so LA, Literature and Math are all able to be done offline. If your lessons aren't there in the morning, you can always start on those.

 

[antree]

Are you doing 3rd grade?

If so LA, Literature and Math are all able to be done offline. If your lessons aren't there in the morning, you can always start on those.

Yes we are doing, Math, Science and LA. Thanks for the info.

Maria

 

[visitingapril09]

This is my first post on this thread!! I have a very important question and I hope you don't mind me popping over to ask this. I have a special needs son who is also very medically fragile. In our system he would start high school next year (grade 8), he is currently 12. I am wondering if anyone here home schools special needs kids and, if any of those, began later in their childs schooling. Andrew is currently in a public school and has been since preschool. I am starting to investigate this as an option and am looking for other peoples experiences.

 

[robinsegg]

This is my first post on this thread!! I have a very important question and I hope you don't mind me popping over to ask this. I have a special needs son who is also very medically fragile. In our system he would start high school next year (grade 8), he is currently 12. I am wondering if anyone here home schools special needs kids and, if any of those, began later in their childs schooling. Andrew is currently in a public school and has been since preschool. I am starting to investigate this as an option and am looking for other peoples experiences.

Hi!
A lady in our homeschool group graduated her special needs child a few years ago, though I think she started out hsing. There are several moms in our group who have started later (8th grade +). I'm not certain about your specific situation, though.

It also has a lot to do with the legal situation in your area. You might want to take a look at www.hslda.org to give you an idea of what the laws are in your state.

Without more info on what his academic needs are, it's kinda hard to give you much more info.

Welcome!
Rachel

 

[visitingapril09]

Hi!
A lady in our homeschool group graduated her special needs child a few years ago, though I think she started out hsing. There are several moms in our group who have started later (8th grade +). I'm not certain about your specific situation, though.

It also has a lot to do with the legal situation in your area. You might want to take a look at www.hslda.org to give you an idea of what the laws are in your state.

Without more info on what his academic needs are, it's kinda hard to give you much more info.

Welcome!
Rachel

Racel, thanks for your response. Andrew is 12 but educationally he is about 4 and always will be. Our provincial laws give me the ability to teach at home and, apparently, we have very leniant laws. I don't know what to compare it to though. My largest fear is that Andrew will be placed in the special needs classroom and basically baby sat when he gets to highschool. There is no real way to adapt high school curriculum to him. He needs to be taught at a preschool level and based on his abscence to retain concepts, I want to focus more on life skills and character issues as well........it is a hard decision to make. He is like a 4 year old educationally but he is very social and incredibly engaging and chatty etc.

 

[robinsegg]

Racel, thanks for your response. Andrew is 12 but educationally he is about 4 and always will be. Our provincial laws give me the ability to teach at home and, apparently, we have very leniant laws. I don't know what to compare it to though. My largest fear is that Andrew will be placed in the special needs classroom and basically baby sat when he gets to highschool. There is no real way to adapt high school curriculum to him. He needs to be taught at a preschool level and based on his abscence to retain concepts, I want to focus more on life skills and character issues as well........it is a hard decision to make. He is like a 4 year old educationally but he is very social and incredibly engaging and chatty etc.

It sounds like homeschooling may be just exactly the right choice for you, then
I'd recommend you look at www.letteroftheweek.com for a beginning to your curriculum. It's a free site that offers lots of ideas for teaching preschoolers. It centers around a letter of the alphabet each week, but it essentially a set of unit studies, with each week recommending everything from books to snacks, including science, social science, physical education, math, etc.

I certainly wish you well!