As far as not getting the level too low, you have to aim too high and go as slow as your son needs! �Those U.S. Middle school text books are great for that. � Seriously, a lot of thought has gone into those things to make the information accessible. �see
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3ABiology%20-%20Study%20and%20teaching%20(Middle%20school)&page=1
yum,yum!
Buy the cheap ones that are 5 years out of date!
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Good idea. �Those early learning programs don't even last long enough. :p
Hooked on phonics pre-k, 1st, and kindergarten -down
Reading eggs and Singapore 1B to go. �Well, mammoth math multiplication and a whiteboard, Draw Write Now and Handwriting Without Tears Cursive. �A couple of critical reading first grade workbooks. �I read the passages and read him the questions. �The Usborne Internet Linked dictionary of World History, �Just the fraction lesson from calculus by and for kids, so far. �
I just keep a running list of lessons and work on one for a week-ish, or so, and then back onto another one for a while. �Really less than half an hour a day. �And nothing for the last 3 months of my recent pregnancy. ��
�I'll only sit with him through one lesson, other than that he's got free reign of the Internet on a kid-safe browser (kidzui is free with firefox) and reading eggs is one of his bookmarks. �Some phrases that sum it up for me are "creating a knowledge bank",& "kids work on one skill for a while, then put it on a back burner- it's still in there waiting for them to add to it.". Which totally takes the stress, expectations, and the time-frame completely out of the picture. �I just feed the beast (who here coined that phrase?). �
Also my guy is at that stage where he can almost read, but not good enough to read yet. �I seem to vaguely remember my own childhood, at a stage just barely past that when I could read but not fluently enough to enjoy it; I really enjoyed book and tapes. �I don't remember what, I just remember it was on a fisher-price record player with 45rpm little records with big holes in the middle. �So I just got the boy (scary) Shrek w/cd. �Which he has been wearing out, working out his own tracking and fluency, I'm sure.
One thing I trained him to do is play with stuff with many pieces, like magnetic mighty mind, or perfection, or operation by bringing them out at the dinner table while I'm cooking, showing an interest but really cultivating the habit of collecting, counting, checking and putting away all the pieces when you're done. �There's a time-limit built in with a reason to pick up the pieces.�
