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  1. :iagree: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/images/smilies/iagree.gif I whole heartedly agree with this!
  2. Either you are nuts or your about to be!! There is no way you can evaluate all the available curriculum available to you! One portion may be a complete fit while another will leave everyone frustrated. My advise is step back...take a look at what your state requirements are...then make a list of what your personal family ideals are and go from there. Those questions will help narrow the field considerably!
  3. :bigear: Interested in hearing what ideas you get. I just looked at that program and .... WOW ... that is expensive!
  4. IDK, just wanted to say that we used to watch Liberty's Kids with our now 12 yr old! He was super excited when we found out the whole series was available from Netflix. Now we can share it with our 7 yr old too ;) Also, you can search out PBS documentaries which we have loved watching.
  5. How exciting! I have been teaching my 1st grader some USA geography. I love this idea to expand our horizons! I just signed her up. Thank you! )
  6. We used SOS last year with our then 5th grader. We pulled him out of PS mid year and I really needed a complete curriculum. I absolutely LOVED the program. However, DS did not like that it was completely computer based. I ended up spending a lot of time and money printing out all the lessons. But I am very impressed with the program. It just was not a good fit for us. And this year for both kids we have taken more of an electric approach. Playing to their strengths while helping their weaknesses.
  7. On the MOH website they show 3 atlases. Which of these are needed with MOH I? Absolutely necessary or really awesome to have necessary? Thanks! ;)
  8. We are using Growing with Grammar for our 1st grader. Love it!
  9. Wow. Relax! It seems that some kids have a natural ability for writing while with others you will be lucky to get them to write a book report. Case in point, my DD age 7 loves to write. Anything, anywhere, anytime. One of her favorite things to do is use up all the printer paper writing "books". And then there is my DS age 12. I have long ago accepted that he will not be winning any Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. And that is OK! This year he is working through the Jump In curriculum so at least he is exposed to different writing styles and has some experience with them. But in all honesty I am happy that he can address an envelope and write a simple thank you!
  10. Personally I love Jump In. This was our first year of full time HS with our 6th grader too. He hated, hated, hated the thought of writing ANYTHING when he came out of the public school system. He bulked at the idea of this workbook too until he took a look at it. Now he has really developed an appreciation of different writing styles. Since each type of paper is broken down into skills he can relax and see the different the parts instead of being overwhelmed with the idea of "I've got to write this". http://www.apologia.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=34
  11. What are your favorite magazine subscriptions for your kids? We have Highlights, ZooBooks and Boys Life. I personally loved National Geographic as a kid. I just heard about OWL. So what others are out there? If it helps DS is 12 and DD is 7.
  12. I have my kids use "Keys for Kids". They are daily Bible readings. They are published by the same people that put out those "Daily Bread" books. http://www.cbhministries.org/kfk/home.php And we have used a couple of these books for what we call Character Studies: http://www.christianbook.com/choosing-self-control-kaye-freeman/9780970306944/pd/306976?item_code=WW&netp_id=440715&event=ESRCN&view=details
  13. Thank you for this thread! I have often thought about doing this with my kids but had no clue where to start. Thanks again!
  14. We are using "Growing with Grammar" with our first grader. LOVE IT! I have her read the instructions to me, we discuss it and then she is off to work. It isn't unusual for her to get caught up and work through 2-3 lessons a day. With my sixth grader, since this was his first full year of HSing I found him a great book called "The Adventures of Grammar Girl and Genius Boy". It is set up like a comic book with questions at the end of chapters. I wasn't sure where to start with him so this was a fun easy way to review concepts and introduce others so I can judge what type of program he will benefit from next year. http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/ http://www.grammarnation.com/index.html
  15. My DD is using Singapore 1a and 1b too. She was flying through the books and concepts. I was a little worried about her hitting the multiplication so early too. So what I did was get the Singapore Intensive Practice books. They have additional problems, more like a review, of the things she has learned in the other books. She will still end up finishing all the 1 books before the end of the "year" but we will not start the 2s until the Fall. HTH! Paula
  16. I am using Jump In: A workbook for reluctant and eager writers. http://www.apologia.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=34 My DS is 12 and has really developed a love of writing since we started this. Each type of paper is broken down into skills so by the time you get to the writing part most of your steps are done.
  17. Have you taken a look at Apologia's Exploring Creation through Astronomy? http://www.apologia.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
  18. http://www.unitstudy.com/ We are going to be using a few of these over the summer.
  19. http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/MOHVOL2Linked.pdf Is this what you were looking for?
  20. You might want to check out the Life of Fred books. My DS is loving that the information in presented in a straightforward yet fun manner. http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html
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