I actually give tracing paper to all ages and let the tutors decide whether to use it or not. I would say that ages 6+ can easily use it. Trivium tables or paper maps in shop tickets will work great for tracing. My tutors often use painters tape to tape the tracing paper to the map or table. Again, the older the student, the less necessary that is. I love the trivium tables because they are much easier to transport.

@@brendahowell5946 the CC bookstore

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You cannot pay for a partial year, but you can certainly drop out if it isn't working for you. It would be best to stick it out for the entire year before making a determination but certainly you can do what you want.

@@emilythehomeschooler thank you 😊

I really like Fix it Grammar. We only do level ONE and it might take us two years to complete. I do it while doing Essentials, usually starting year 2. It's just added practice identifying what words are doing in a sentence AND its dictionary skills! Love it!

yes, you can only get them from CC's bookstore.

For sure! Happens all the time. Yes they would both start Essentials. You can read TO your struggling reader and write for them as well (with them dictating to you). Reading ability does not have to hamper success in Essentials- you can help them as much as they need it!

I do. The Essentials curriculum does include spelling, and some use it. It's not done in class at all so is just an optional part to use at home. I have used that, All About Spelling, and most recently, IEW's Phonetic Zoo spelling program.

When they do the sentence are you using a notebook for that to write it down in?

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Thank you so much

Most definitely. It is a key part of being successful with the program. Each community owns a set of those DVDs and holds group viewings so you don’t have to own your own set if you don’t want to. Contact your director or essentials tutors to learn more about that.

@@emilythehomeschooler Thank you very much for your guidance. I appreciate you.

1) yes, most people with students age 9-11 do both Foundations and Essentials at the same time. That’s the intention of how to do CC at those ages. I have had that scenario in my family for the last 5 years. It’s great! 2) you should follow me on Instagram @emilythehomeschooler. I show my school room and all kinds of things and share about homeschooling with CC a lot. So glad my video was helpful! Hopefully you found my Essentials videos as well.

@@emilythehomeschooler I so appreciate you helping all of us.

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you are so welcome!!

When studying, I always do everything out of order. When it comes to any official proof, I let the kid choose what subjects we do in what order. Then I ask from week 1- week 24, in order.

Thank you so much for the response, and the helpful videos!

you're so welcome! @@kristyskidmore5543

Oh wow. What high praise! Thank you so much for your kind words!

I would NEVER fail a kid for that. If you are still practicing, you can certainly correct her, but in an actual proof, no way. Push back on that if your proofer wants to fail her for something like that. Ultimately it will be up to the director but it just doesn't make sense if it doesn't alter the meaning.

Yeah, unfortunately there was a typo in the foundations guide that I never caught. I used their numbers and their sum. Glad so many of you are catching it though!

you will find answers to this that run the gamut. The best thing to do is visit a local community and start asking people there what they do. The short answer is, for a 2nd grader, at home you're using a math curriculum of your own choice and a language arts curriculum of your choice. That in addition to the memory work they learn at CC IS enough! You will find many people who add a lot to that, or at a minimum struggle to believe that's "enough". But it is. CC builds into a full curriculum but not until 7th grade.

Awe you’re so welcome!

I created it. You can download it from this folder- drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-TA2ijFAWeaDsORLG_ijDlLyZhzMmxIi

I honestly have no idea! It's all gone and it had been around for 5 years. My guess is it was a Walmart brand. However, I have stopped loading the top of those boxes- things would inevitably fall out. So this year I bought them additional pencil boxes to hold the things that used to be in the top.

Pretty simple- wipe tables, removing any marker/crayon/pencil marks. Sweep/vacuum floors so that no crumbs or trash are visible. Make sure trash is in a can. Room reset to his facility prefers it.

@@emilythehomeschooler oh I think this was in reference to returning the tutor bins ☺️

🤣🤣 oooops!!! I tell them to wash the erasers (laundry), throw out all blunt crayons, too short pencils, crappy markers, pencils with no eraser, etc. I ask them to wipe the maps down so they look as perfect as possible (Magic Eraser works best for this). Empty box to get rid of crumbs and dirt and find things that actually belong to you.

@@emilythehomeschooler would you be able to put the tutor supply bin checklist in your google drive? 😁

So glad!!

I am so glad to hear that!!!!

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