Hi! We are getting ready to start Y1 and I don't know where to place my 7yo daughter. We've spent the first 2 years of H.S. on just reading & math so she is a very advanced reader and has great comprehension. An example of her reading, she's read Alice in Wonderland (unabridged) aloud to me, and today she read the Boxcar Children book 1 TWICE in under 4 hours. I looked at some of the LG books and they look too easy for her. She enjoys being challenged and if something is too hard or she doesn't understand, she lets me and we adjust accordingly. Any suggestions?

I think you may wish to find a balance between the two levels. Some weeks the UG level has a huge volume of reading that needs to be done so in those weeks, you may wish to read aloud to her. Also, there maybe some issues raised in UG books that you might find too much for her (one little girl I know was just horrified by the idea of mummies).

I pick and chose from the LG and UG for my 7 yr. old who sounds like the same type of reading level. I try to hold back some of the UG items so that we can do those in 4 years again. I also get extra books from the library on the topic we are covering and between that and the numerous hands-on projects, mapping, and such, he keeps plenty busy.

Thanks! We borrowed some of the LG and the UG books from the library (primary and alternate) and she did the LG books for two weeks today on her own. I think we're going to do a bit of both. The LG books are really easy for her but they help give her a more in-depth understanding of what we're studying. I didn't realize until today how many activities there are, so were going to fill in the extra time with lots of activities. She's very excited!

Hi! I have a daughter who was 7 and reading like yours when we started TOG yr1 2 years ago. Here's a run down on what a few weeks looked like.

wk1: UG A Place in the Sun, LG Time traveler alt.res, UG Usborne Ancient World
wk2: library zekmet : The stone carver,national geographic video: Secrets of the Pharaohs,continue wk1books
Wk3: LG Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays, The Picture BIBlE, continue wk 1 books
Wk4: LG:A is for Adam,UG In couldn't Just Happen:,UG The True Story of Noah's Ark, UG Usborne Ancient World, UG LIfe in Ancient Mesopotamia
Wk5: Gilgamesh series was too intense/scary. We did a picture study on The Tower of Babel from The RH book The Story of Painting, Worked on water cycle and other water science.

To satisfy her book appetite we did a lot of library loan, using book lists from veritas press, sonlight, ambelsideonline. Expanded her reading to biographies, and some non-fiction. I had to really watch the content as we moved into the junior fiction. I would scan a book and then let my daughter know if it was one I had not read. She would bring it to my attention if the children in the book were not acting the way we are working on in our family.

Time wise: It was wonderful to have time to do the saltdough maps, make airdry egyptian bead necklaces, and plan a passover meal. We did almost no worksheets. Discussed one/ two major history concepts per week from the overview pages.

Hindsight: I would like to have started using Institute for Excellence in Writing Material at this time outlining short paragraphs.

Keep up the wonderful communication as you see what fits for your daughter.