Yea. We just couldn’t get a good rhythm with it. My husband loves science so I think the layout just annoyed him. Granted, it was our 1st year homeschooling so we were all just getting into a grove and found we needed something with less prep time for him. He likes the that the TGTB has the PDF version so he can plan while having downtime at work during his breaks.

We used RS4Kids elementary edition last year for my kids. We made it through the chemistry books then switched. We did not find it user friendly at all. All 3 books are needed to teach each lesson. Even the experiment directions were in the student and teacher manual. My husband is in charge of teaching science so he needed something more open and go. We switched to TGTB and supplement with books from the library. I’m still not sold on TGTB but it seems to be working out so far.

We did CLE last year and my kids got super board with it after awhile. We started Beowulf’s grammar by Guest Hollow and so far it’s been a hit. It’s more hands on project with cutting and glueing and work sheets. The teachers book also has extra little tips on how to bring up the concepts in everyday life.

If you library gives you access to Hoopla it’s on there. I’m not sure which version it is tho.

I love this! I’m going to show it to my husband and tell him to get busy. 😆

We just switched from MM to CLE. I thought MM would be a good fit as it’s pretty aligned with what my kids were doing in the public school. We did the whole workbook for 4A so I can say we gave it a good trial. It was not a good fit for my children in the end. The busy pages even started to drive me up the wall. My main issue was the child was shown on the 1st page how to work the concept. There was a small section where the problems were worked the same way as the example. After that the concept was the same but the problems looked completely different. There is a strong focus on mental math and the word problems really made them think which I liked. I did not want to give up on this program as I invested in the PDFs through 7th grade, but live and learn 🙂 We are half way through book 2 of CLE now and so far so good. Even my non-mathy kid isn’t complaining about math everyday anymore. I have been supplementing with MM word problems as I don’t find the ones in CLE challenging enough for my kids. I would suggest just ordering 1 workbook and trying it out. Some kids just love it and I really wish it would have worked for us.

Hello everyone, I have a 10 year old lefty who really struggles with cursive. This is our 1st year homeschooling so he learned cursive in public school and they practiced it daily for 2 years. I feel like I have tried everything under the sun to get him to do it painlessly. Left handed books, every type of pen or pencil, trying copywork of something his really into, researching with him why cursive is important, watching videos on tips for lefties, etc... I only require it once a day now. He still will complain and make a 5 minute exercise turn into 35 minutes or longer. This has been going on for months. Is there ever a point where I should just throw in the towel on something like this and come back to it later?

Thank you so much for your response. i was looking directly on the California Achievement Test website and couldn’t find what I needed so thank you so much! I did buy it today to use for a 4th grader. We tried it on Firefox as that is my preferred browser. I used and IPad mini 4 with the latest update and everything worked seamlessly. We did not do the timed option as that was a big concern for my kids as they felt they never had enough time when being tested in the public schools. It would have caused unwanted stress. The test doesn’t look to have any typing at this age but we do use a Bluetooth keyboard when needed.

Hello! I’m thinking of having my kids take the California Achievement Test for my own records this year. The question I have is we only have iPads and not a personal computer. Does anyone know if the online test will work with an iPad or if I should just order the paper version just to be safe. TIA!