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I bought the LA and Math 300. I won't be using it until next year, but I'm wondering what the strengths and weaknesses are so that I know what (or if :001_smile:) I need to supplement. Thinking about adding WWE, but not sure if it is needed. Any thoughts on CLE welcome. I would love to hear what people that have used it think.

I bought the LA and Math 300. I won't be using it until next year, but I'm wondering what the strengths and weaknesses are so that I know what (or if :001_smile:) I need to supplement. Thinking about adding WWE, but not sure if it is needed. Any thoughts on CLE welcome. I would love to hear what people that have used it think.

I'll be the oddball here :) I have a teenager (16) and I'm am amazed at how many of his friends will come over, walk in the kitchen or wherever I am, and talk to me while looking at their phones reading texts. No eye contact! Sometimes there will be pauses mid sentence as they read and I stand and wait for them to finish their thought. I'm not a fan of the social networking sites either. I'm sure they may be just fine for some, but I have seen an awful lot of teens with awful pictures and foul language on their sites. When we want to know the type of person our son is hanging out with we look them up on these sites. It is amazing what you see and learn. Those are my observations:)

Also, is MOH to young for an 8th ds? I'm wondering if it would be if we used all four books.

I feel sooooo lost. I found these boards and they are wonderful -full of great information. The problem is I have looked and read and researched curriculum and done it all over again! Still I don't feel like I have a clue!!! And I'm not new!!!! Which makes it worse! Problem is we have used K12 (as independent hs's) for the past three years. All the work is done for you. Has anyone here used K12 or is using it now? Any thoughts on the curriculum? Are you happy you are now doing something else? Anyone know how it compares to CLE?

First, thank you to all who shared how you make your schedule! It was very helpful. I'm finding it more difficult than I thought to move out of my comfort zone- that is using K12 Independent. I have never used any other curriculum and have followed K12 religiously. I have several reasons to consider a change. One is I have a few years under my belt and what to try to branch out a bit. Not sure why. Another is I really dislike the science. I don't love the math either, but again I don't know any other curriculum so the problem could just be that we don't love math. Third is that my oldest is in 7th grade. We could use K12 for 7 and 8, but once you get to the high school level the cost is just outrageous. It's expensive enough right now. So I was thinking of moving away from it now, but it isn't absolutely necessary. My problem is that we do love the LA and History. I don't know if I can put something together that is as well done as K12. I would like to try MOH, but I'm not sure if it is a strong program. I know it will be different, but is it as well done and as strong as K12. Especially since it is a four year cycle and will take my 7th to 11th grade. My favorite piece of the LA is the Literature portion. But you can't piece it out. I guess my question is do you all think I can put together a curriculum that is as strong as k12? And if so, what do you recommend? This is what I have ordered so far... 3rd dd CLE math Math Mammoth Apologia Astronomy 7th ds LoF fractions ( way too easy I'm going to save it for my dd) Apologia GS

I don't have an answer, but I'm curious about the Algebra 1 also. :bigear: My son just finished K12 PreAlgebra A.

Does anyone actually purchase the online option? Is it worth the cost? We currently use K12. If we continue my son will start the Human Odyssey next year. We use it as an independent so I know what you mean about the cost. The online option is nice as a planning tool. It tells you what materials you will need and what you need to do for the lesson. It provides additional information (not every lesson) and an assessment for each lesson. It will also provide an online unit review and an online unit assessment. It does help cement the material. That being said it is very expensive.

But I have to ask... Coming from a planned curriculum (K12) I have never had to plan anything (the plan is online and very well laid out to parent and child.) I will really miss that, and honestly I may stay with it for that reason. We use it as an independent homeschooler. I started looking for a different science curriculum a couple months ago. We weren't happy with K12 and I found Apologia after looking online a bit. Well.... that opened Pandoras box and now I'm looking at changing everything! What I can't figure out is, how to plan the year. Am I completely off base in thinking that you can buy curriculum for xyz subjects and pick them up everyday and do the next lesson? Do you have to write out a M-F plan? Am I going to be totally shocked if I go it alone this year? Thanks!!! ETA - my kids will be PreK, 3, and 8

My son is just finishing up a unit on negative numbers in prealgebra and what I found helped him is to make a list of the integer rules.

Anyone use these together? Would it be overkill? I thought I was sold on Math U See, but after reading reviews I'm wondering if it is going to be a good fit for us. Math is my kids (8th and 4th) least favorite subject, but they do well in it which led me to look at Singapore. Does Singapore have a good teacher guide and answer key? I don't want to be totally on my own with 8th grade math.

My kids too! We started our first garden last year and to be honest it was a flop. We were able to harvest a few things, but not much. This year my kids are showing a ton of interest. I did some online research to learn about gardening. From there we decided to start our own seeds indoors. This was a ton of fun for the kids. And they have learned a lot! We used an Usborne book we had that showed a diagram of a seed, the root, shoot etc. The kids actually got to then see this in real life. Especially when we had to thin the plants and they could see the root when we pulled them out. We also went to the library for a few books we have yet to read. I definitely think you can incorporate a ton of hands on science with a garden. Especially if you do it year after year and build their (and your) knowledge base as they grow.

First, I want to send you (((hugs)))) the teen years are HARD!! We started to struggle with computer issues around 13 with my now 16 yo. We have a no myspace or facebook rule in our house and he set them up anyway. There is an enormous pressure on the kids today. All of their friends are on these sites and they want to fit in. I think 13 is a particularly susceptible age for it because they are not actively playing like they were just a year or so ago and they are not yet old enough to be mobile. So, if let alone, they sit on the computer. Now, at 16, he is rarely on the computer. I also wanted to comment on the k12 suggestion someone else had. We have used that for several years as an independent. I'm wondering if your homeschool group is against the public school version of k12? If so you could try it as an independent. There is the option to have a lot of accountability from your dd with k12 without you being the one telling her what to do. The planning tool will do that for you and she will visually see what needs to be done every day. You can check her work and sit in on the subjects that you feel she needs more direction on. For my 13 yo that is Math and Grammar. You may want to use something else for science unless you don't mind it being secular.

I have used a planned curriculum for 3 yrs. and am considering putting my own together for next year. I keep really getting hung up on the language arts. Math, science, history and foreign language seem to be more a pick one and go with it kind of thing. Language arts on the other hand has spelling, handwriting, grammar, literature, vocabulary, reading comprehension and composition. Yikes! Do you buy something for each one? Is there a good program that packages that together and does the planning? We have that with our current curriculum, the problem is it doesn't use copy work and dictation which is something I would like to include. If I continue with our current LA program is there something I could use for the copy work and dictation? Thanks!!!

Unfortunately I can't be of much help because I am in the same boat with my current math curriculum. I'm having the same names floating in my head as well. Can't wait to see what others have to recommend. I have, however, gone ahead and ordered Life of Fred for my 13 yo. I can't remember how old you said your kids were, but LOF starts with Fractions. Good luck!

After spending a LOT of time here over the last few weeks I have decided I need HELP!!! Quick background - We are finishing up our 3rd year of homeschooling. I have 4 kids and am homeschooling 3 of them. We have used K12 Independent from the start. I went with K12 becuase my SIL used it, it was all I had ever seen and it was all planned out for me. I had a lot of fear the first couple years and a little one so I wanted the structure. Now, going on year 4, I feel I am ready to break away a bit. Trouble is I don't know how to begin! I have discovered this year that there are things I love about K12 and things I don't. Math has been very difficult for us with K12. Specifically with my 13yr old. Language arts has been good and also history. Science is the only place I have conviction right now- we are definately giving up K12 and going with Apologia. School with my 8yr old has been a STRUGGLE. I'm not sure if this a curriculum issue or something else. We have relaxed since spring break, dove into some books and projects and she has done AWESOME. This has me wondering about my approach. I'm thinking she may do well with a Charlotte Mason type approach. I feel we need change - I just have so much fear! How do you know you are covering all your bases? Is it better to stick with the same curriculum and try to tailor it to your child so there aren't gaps? Language arts for example - I love the look of WWE and SWB approach to writing through highschool, but it looks like WWE only goes to grade 4. Then what? How do you follow through if it stops there. Also, I'm wondering if this is a grass is greener on the other side issue. I don't know because K12 is all we've ever done. Sorry this has been so long winded!!!