After trial and errror, we made some changes in our homeschooling. Some things worked for us and some things didn't. We are concentrating more on the basics (Reading, Writing and Math). We will still be covering science, social studies and Art but not daily. I am still using thematic units but as much. I only relate then theme units with some subjects such as Reading, Math and Art.

Matthew is taking an active interest observing us when we homeschool. We likes to see and look through his board books. I have been reading to him daily and he enjoys it. It helps that I got more books through Paperbackswap.com

Here are the changes we are making:

For writing,
I am holding off using Handwriting Without tears until January and instead use some of our Kumon workbooks to help Michael with his penmanship. He is doing well with these books.

Reading: We are going back to using the Bob Books and reading lists. We tried the Five in a row and Michael did not like it. I think when he is older he would but for now I am sticking with what we started with in the summer and go by his reading level. I am still using Pocket Charts for Reading but I am going to start using it for Science and Math too. Michael likes using Pocket Charts.

Math:
I am holding off on using Math U See until next Fall. My older sister gave me her set and I need to order the student workbooks. For now we are going to continue with Math file folder games and the basics for his grade level.