[mamacat]

He also sounds like he may be a nonwriter in which case diagramming sentences would be like torture and hard for him to do.I kept writing to a minimum for my non writer and would make sure he got how to do it but wouldnt make him do more than 1 or 2.Lots of narration and would just check off what he told me verbally. I did not school year round but it sounds like you also had some interruptions like the late start and moving this year.Are you using a writing intensive curric? He may do better with another kind. My non writer is now a YA and can type things all day long but still has a hard time with writing. Working with them the way I described actually took less time than trying to grade papers later and discovering they hadnt gotten the concept. I would take some kind of summer break or just work on things a couple days a week.

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I know you are a mom of many but it might do you all some good to take a break and do some fun learning things if you can and just pick up where you left of. I dont year round homeschool time wise but like idea of working on levels rather than grades and at a level that is right for each subject? That way they progress and dont feel frustrated and defeated.I used www.allinonehomeschool some for the younger one. It is very possible and encouraged to work at childs true level for each subject with that program