If you are on the Sister's forum, you can read my little nervous breakdown of the past two days over Morgan's schooling. Long story short, we will no longer be doing k12, public school is looking like a bad choice, and right now, we can't afford the awesome private school in town.

According to XT, Morgan seems to be a kinesthetic learner. Her description TOTALLY makes sense to me. Morgan LOVES learning, but HATES busy work. Other than just finding things that interest him, what can I do to tailor a curriculum to his needs? XT gave me some ideas, but I do best if I have LOTS of options. ;)

So throw 'em at me! :)

I can recommend Miquon Math with the Cuisenaire rods. It's very hands-on, and my son thinks it's like a puzzle book, not a "school" book.

Does he like to draw? We do a lot of reading outloud, and then Justin will immediately run to draw pictures of whatever I've read about. We are basically unschoolers with a bit of Charlotte Mason thrown in, and I try to read Caldecott fiction, classics, and non-fiction. That's what he enjoys, too.

Reading non-fiction and then going on an applicable field trip (that he knows about in advance) gives him something to look forward to, and might inspire him to soak up as much knowledge as possible, since he'll be seeing it all/interacting with it in person soon enough. Or following up a field trip with reading. Or both. :)

Brainstorm with him about what he's interested in, and make a list of possible history/geography/science/etc topics. We've been doing an on and off "unit study" of sorts on knights and castles for nearly a year now! We learned a lot about them last year, then planned a trip to Germany, so the interest was rekindled. We went to Germany, visited castles and other medieval buildings/cathedrals, and then came home and learned even more. We're looking forward to visiting a Medieval Faire next month. Now Justin is starting an interest with pirates and vikings. I'm hoping this will be another long-term unit of study, but it's really up to him.

Good luck! And have fun! :)

We love, love, love MUS. The blocks are great and the boys all love playing with them (sort of like legos).

For reading I know alot of people love "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons". That just didn't click with us so we started using "Ordinary Parents Guide to teaching reading" and we love it.

I think Handwriting with Tears is great also because they use the wooden pieces to make the letters and then use a small chalk board and finally write on paper.

Here are some of Cathy Duffy's picks for multisensory/hands on from "100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum"

Phonics Happy Phonics, Sing, Spell, Read and Write

Math Math U See, Moving with Math, Progress in Mathematics

LA Create a Story Game, Winston Grammar

History Mystery of History, Story of the World, Ultimate Geo and Timeline Guide

Science Aims Education Foundation, Backyard Scientist Series, Great Scientific Adventures, Janic VanCleave Science Books, Living Learning Books

I haven't used these but they were here highest ratings for that category and all of these fall in her 100 best picks for homeschooling. If you get a chance to pick up her book it is excellent about learning styles and teaching styles.

HTH

We use Homeschool Curriculum For Gifted and Creative Children (http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com) and RightStart Mathematics by Activities for Learning, Inc. (http://www.rightstartmath.com). We have the same issue with busy work and worksheets.
I am looking into www.abecedarian.com for reading for my girls. It is also very multisensory.

My ds learns so much better when he is active! One thing that has worked really well for us is number jumping. I get a bunch of sheets of paper and write numbers on each one and he had to jump to the answer after I gave him a problem.

Another one is throwing a ball back and forth ~ I give him a problem and he has to figure out the answer and then throw the ball back to me. He really likes doing that for counting by 2's 5's 10's ~ we just take turns saying whatever number comes next.

The number hopping idea is great for spelling too. Write out some letters on different sheets of paper and have him hop on the letters to spell whatever words you call out.

Also it used to drive me crazy when I was reading and he'd be playing with cars or action figures or jumping from couch to couch, but actually he seems to remember so much more when he is able to move while I am reading. He loves being read to and has a great memory, as long as he isn't being made to sit still!

Some of our work like handwriting and reading out loud just need to be sitting down activities, but it seems that as long as I let him get out some of his energy during other parts of our hs'ing day, he is sooo much more cooperative.

We use [url=http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com]Homeschool Curriculum For Gifted and Creative Children[/url.

:ditto: We use this for LA, Social Studies and Science
MUS for math.
Discoveries in Music (Calvert)
Lots of Art, drawing pics of what she just read
Lots of games, too!