Brand new, excited, questions!
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:53 pm
Hello! Not only am I brand new to this board, but I am brand new to homeschooling. It's something we've had on our hearts for a while but never acted on. This March, however, we made a major move across the country and it was enough to shake up our routines and help us to re-evaluate what we really want for our kids. We now know it is time to begin our homeschool journey. I learned about HOD from a friend and immediately knew it would fit our family. Not wanting to wait, I ordered and started LHTH with my 3 1/2 year old daugther. We are all loving it!! My 5 1/2 year old kindergartener and my 16 month old love it too. I wish I could get a picture of us all in the living room, me flat on my belly with three kids "riding" whatever animal I'm pretending to be for the fingerplay!
My main question has to do with my 5 year old daughter (will be 6 in June). She is currently in public school for kindergarten and she has an IEP through which she receives speech therapy, occupational therapy and social work services. Because of her special needs, her skills are a bit scattered, which leads me to wonder which guide to choose for 1st grade. DD has an amazing memory and taught herself to read before she ever received any phonics instruction. She can read anything she picks up. Her tolerance for reading lengthy sections is limited, however. She also blurs all her words together when reading aloud, unless I specifically help her to slow down and enunciate. She is not mature enough to really delve into literature at this point, but basic phonics instruction is way too easy. She can also write all letters and independently spell most age-appropriate words. She loves to write little stories too. Her handwriting, hoewver, is very hard to read and all her words run together in one long string. Her stories also don't usually make much sense. As for math, I looked at the Singapore placement page and they don't provide placement tests for the Kindergarten math, so I can't tell where DD belongs. So....do any of you have any wisdom to share as to what HOD guide she belongs in? My younger daugher will be 4 in September and I want to involve her too, whether in the same program or a different one. I guess we'll still be working through LHTH at that point. For the record, my younger DD is advanced and will most likely be ready for phonics instruction soon.
Thanks so much for any help you can provide. We are SO excited to begin this journey and I am particularly thrilled to have found HOD at the outset. Yay!
Blessings,
Erica
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My main question has to do with my 5 year old daughter (will be 6 in June). She is currently in public school for kindergarten and she has an IEP through which she receives speech therapy, occupational therapy and social work services. Because of her special needs, her skills are a bit scattered, which leads me to wonder which guide to choose for 1st grade. DD has an amazing memory and taught herself to read before she ever received any phonics instruction. She can read anything she picks up. Her tolerance for reading lengthy sections is limited, however. She also blurs all her words together when reading aloud, unless I specifically help her to slow down and enunciate. She is not mature enough to really delve into literature at this point, but basic phonics instruction is way too easy. She can also write all letters and independently spell most age-appropriate words. She loves to write little stories too. Her handwriting, hoewver, is very hard to read and all her words run together in one long string. Her stories also don't usually make much sense. As for math, I looked at the Singapore placement page and they don't provide placement tests for the Kindergarten math, so I can't tell where DD belongs. So....do any of you have any wisdom to share as to what HOD guide she belongs in? My younger daugher will be 4 in September and I want to involve her too, whether in the same program or a different one. I guess we'll still be working through LHTH at that point. For the record, my younger DD is advanced and will most likely be ready for phonics instruction soon.
Thanks so much for any help you can provide. We are SO excited to begin this journey and I am particularly thrilled to have found HOD at the outset. Yay!
Blessings,
Erica