New to homeschooling, need some advise........

[scuba_steve1]

[Redhead]

First, congratulations on your upcoming little one! How exciting!

Second, I'd like to thank you and your family for your military service. Our military men and women and their families are the best!

Now - as to your curriculum decisions. A lot of history and science can be found for free on the Internet if all you're wanting to do is simply keep him in the habit of learning it. As for language studies (grammar & reading), there are a lot of things you could do here, but some of your choices will depend on if you want Christian curriculum or secular and how well-versed y'all are with grammar.

You might check with your son's school for reading list suggestions to have him prepared for next year and then grab those books from the library. If you're comfortable with grammar, you could simply purchase a student grammar workbook. If you're not, you might be better off finding a grammar textbook and have your son do exercises on a sheet of paper.

I used to teach English at a Christian school and liked ABeka's grammar workbooks. They did a good job of explaining the material and provided plenty of exercises to practice with.

It might help some to know exactly what your son struggles with in terms of math and English. You could also ask for suggestions on materials from his school since you are trying to prepare him to return in the sixth grade.

[scuba_steve1]

[scuba_steve1]

[Redhead]

[Redhead]

[StellarStory]

One year I caught our son homework stuffing papers in his desk at school.

Therefore, I had him do all those papers AND a summer workbook called Bridging from Second to Third Grade or whatever grade he was in at the time.

The workbook was about $20.00 at a Parent Teacher Store. It covered both math and English.

A site like this might help as well:

http://www.syvum.com/english/kids/level1.html

Good luck!

Stellar