AngelBee
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I've graduated 2 boys. With my tutoring students I get to start K over and over and over again. What an awesome experience this has been for me!
#1 cater to YOU not the student. TWEAK for the student but don't overhaul. I am a minimalist in all areas of my life and was trying to teach with materials that were too...just too everything. They didn't fit ME and even if they matched the student, the student wasn't able to reap the benefits when I wasn't teaching them well.
#2 I have been gradually putting together a 6 year curriculum that I'll stretch over 9 years (K-8) for students that need it, or on the other hand compact into 4 years if a student is capable of moving quickly. But it helped me to create a 6 level complete package that fits MY teaching style and then tweak as needed.
Really think about who you are as a PERSON. Forget which books impressed you the most. Often we are most impressed by authors who are completely unlike ourselves. What 3 adjectives describe YOU.
I could tell me all about me, and what works for me, but unless you are a minimalist, then none of it will be helpful.
Great advice!
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I use the DE/print version.
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I really like the looks of TOG - especially as the kids get older.
I think the big thing that I have to get over is doing anything as written. I am going to change how I do HOD - doing things as we want to do them and not necessarily as written, and adding to it - more art and more books, including more science books. Thanks for the links - I'll peruse them for book ideas!
I was considering getting the book Honey for a Child's heart from the MFW 1st program to add richness to more of our read alouds and to guide my choices in read alouds - is that useful do you think?
Can you talk to me more about MFW 1st reading? what we are doing now is mainly phonics pathways, which is not super thrilling but is working. I went to that after going through most of AAR 1 because she is having difficulty with fluent reading and that frustrates her and is keeping me from moving her forward with more phonics and I had heard that PP is really good at building fluency.
Where do you find your used curriculum deals?
(and where do you find the energy to take care of 8 children with number 9 on the way? I was so worn out with my pregnancy for number 3 I'm scared to have anymore!!)
PM me your address. I have an extra copy of "Honey for a Child's Heart" :)
I am actually due with baby 8 AND 9! :lol: It has been interesting. :p
I am not sure why they like MFW 1st so much. It is phonics...more of kind of a review, for first 38 days I believe. Then it adds in a Bible reader they read from. There are worksheets daily (quick ones), copywork once a week from Scripture, and it is all kind of scripted for you. I actually have the first edition purchased cheap off Ebay. I have heard the 2nd edition is even better. :)
I am a part of sale groups for MFW and HOD on yahoo and facebook (LOVE the FB ones)
I also check ebay periodically. I have gotten GREAT deals on sets of Sonlight books, TOG booksets, and HOD/MFW sets.
Honestly.....as the kids grow, it gets easier and easier. Not because I make them help more or anything....the dynamic just changes. I thought after TWO I was done. :D God showed me a different plan. :wub:
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she will start official K at the end of summer, she recently turned 5.
I've just recently started looking at the draw write now books. thanks for the suggestion!
For the record, I am a curriculum whore. :o
I am currently using HOD, MFW, and TOG. Yes you read that right. :lol:
I also have soon to be 9 children.....so that is part of it.
I LOVE TOG!!! That said, it is NOT a full program like MFW or HOD. It is humanities only (a TON of it) but no science, math, and very little language arts. You will be adding in. It is our main curriculum as a family and my older ones are in an online co-op using TOG.
I am currently using Beyond for 2nd grader (we are behind), LHFHG for a Ker, and MFW 1st for both (reading mostly as I have not found a reading curriculum that has given results like MFW 1st)
I will be using MFW k in a couple weeks with dd just turned 4.
So......if I haven't lost you....my plan looks like this:
2-3years HOD LHTH
3-4 years MFW K
4-5 years HOD LHFHG
5-6 years (Kindergarten) MWF 1st
6-7 years Beyond (1st grade)
7-8 years Bigger (2nd; slowed down if needed)
8-9 MFW ECC
9-10 years HOD Preparing
Then they go full time into TOG. During previous years, they do history and literature readings from TOG and whatever they would like project wise from TOG. Very lite and interest led.
May sound like a TON, but it s working better than anything we have done yet. They all have a bit of their own projects and some shared.
I also have NO problem skipping any history or things they don't like in HOD and MFW.
For you....I would suggest STICKING WITH IT. I add MUS Alpha to LHFHG. I also add science videos and extra books (that you own or from library) to flesh out more from the topics. If dd loves listening to books, I would add selections from the following:
http://www.amblesideonline.org/00.shtml
http://www.sonlight.com/TMSP.html
http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool-curriculum.html?core=P
http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/0kindergarten.htm
MFW K will NOT solve the issue, as I believe it to be lighter than HOD LHFHG.
I can answer any questions that you may have. As you see, I have a bit of experience with the different curriculums and tweaking things to make it work. :D
Also for those of you in shock...........most of this has been purchased used. :) I got MFW K for 25.00 :p I am a HUGE discount shopper and really try to make it stretch.
If I have to spend money on any of it, it is for TOG. That is our program we are using through 12th grade.
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I am due with twins in july. I feel u! Hug I have 7 others....6 who r still homeschooling.
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I use HOD and we are using MFW ECC for the inbetween year. :)
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How is it going? :)
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This is what we are doing. Many of the BFIAR and FIAR books are free on youtube being read by someone. :) I plan on using printables online to go with them and getting SL books from library.
I use HOD as a guide and skip whatever we don't like.
I've used all three. I didn't like BFIAR. That was a long time ago, and I don't remember it really well, but I got rid of it pretty quickly. I have always looked longingly at the other FIAR books, but everytime I held them in my hands, I knew they weren't right for me. Lots of ideas, but for some reason, I could never piece that one together.
I have a like/dislike with HOD LHTH. I had a real problem with some of the dramatic play activities. I tried it with my son and sold it. I bought it again with my daughter. I was better at modifying and not feeling like I had to do everything with her, so it worked much better for her.
My favorite of your three was Sonlight! I used both 3/4 and 4/5.
If it were me, I would do Sonlight 3/4 - I would only read to a child that was that age. Next year, at 3.5/4, I would do LHTH and read the choices from Sonlight 4/5. (In fact, that's what I did with my daughter. :) )
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What Colton has been/will be using:
TONS of sensory and Montessori activities off of pinterest.
Www.starfall.com
The Letter Factory DVD...LOVE this!!!
Www.educationunboxed.com and free play with c rods
Pattern blocks
Puzzles
Coloring
Play dough
HOD LHTH guide
AO 0 booklist
FIAR and BFIAR book list
Videos from Discovery Streaming
Lots of time helping around house
Lots of time outside
Random youtube videos
Dance lessons
Most of this is free or extremely inexpensive :)
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Math you could use Khans Academy.
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I am using ECC for year in between :)
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Awesome! Though I am on sotw 4 :p
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And you can't use the worksheets without the text!
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Its a joke to ask someone not to use the same order you do for a chronological history program! Lol
Look at SOTW...there are tons of timeline people, review cards, lapbooks, etc and I have NEVER heard a word of SWB throwing copywrite around. Moms offer these things FREE. Now if charging....I can see them questioning but free for all to use.....just seems like sour business. Like they feel the only way they can make money is by closing out anything mamas make.
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We should all write to them.
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I am seriously thinking of contacting them. The goofed up my plans before when they took down the notebookings pages which had NOTHING from their lessons except names of places, people, events....pretty generic.
Now this....just so dumb!
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I stopped trying. Scared to load anything as it is unusable. :(
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This makes mee want to throw my MOH out. I seriously can not stand when companies micro manage the people using their programs. I guess they forget if we are not happy, they make no money.
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Hanging to see worksheets once they reposted. Sorry you had to take them down. Hug
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I have worked the entire time we have homeschooled. If it is a priority, you find a way to make it work.
I know your intent was not to be rude, but being she is a new homeschooler...I do not believe this is the person to be asking these questions to. It will shake her confidence and make her second guess.
I have homeschooled for many, many years. Feel free to pm me with questions about work and homeschool.
I don't want to be rude but I've been wanting to ask a working-from-home full time with children there for a while. How can you possibly give adequate attention to a job and children at the same time? If you are being paid to work shouldn't you be working not looking after your kids? I can see it working if you employed someone to come in a few hours while you worked but heaps of people seem to juggle both full time.
Maybe my children are particularly demanding but I know I couldn't do it without short hanging one or both.
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Taking notes...
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So overwhelmed...large family, new baby, wanting to make changes?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Hug.
I have a similar spread...ds 8th, dd 6th, ds 3rd, dd1st, dd preK4, ds2 yrs old and newborn twins coming in July. Still thinking thru how this will work. :::dizzy:::