My almost 5 year old will be starting kindergarten next year. We've already started 100EL and will probably finished before we even begin the official school year. What do we do after that? Thanks for all your help! I am completely new to all this and am so grateful for all that I have been learning on this board.

I couldn't possibly say thank you enough!

Sweet! I love the look of those Evan Moore Geography books! Those are definitely going on my list! I've done just a little bit of searching for geography and hadn't come up with something I was crazy about. My rockstar son loves putting together our map puzzels and I know he'll love these books. Thanks again!

OK, I'm officially going to have to check out Five in a Row now. I've heard so many great things...

So sorry...what is SL and SWR? I'm still learning all the acronyms. There should be a key somewhere! Thanks, Leslie

Thank you all so much for responding. Wow. I am very encouraged by your answers. Congrats to all your smart kiddos and family and their acceptance into these amazing schools. Very encouraged. Thank you.

Thank you so much for posting this thread. I was just about to ask the same question. All the info and suggestions were so helpful!

Thanks! I didn't even see that board!

I forgot to mention! Although I plan to keep things simple for a while, I might also be interested in teaching Spanish, geography, and Bible. My son LOVES to learn, so I plan on adding in some unit studies as well as some fun science experiments (possibly from Magnets to Mudpies?) in there as well. And (my goodness, this is getting crazy long), I've also thought about buying CDs from Classical Conversations to learn skip counting, etc.

Next year, we will begin homeschooling for the first time with our soon-to-be kindergardener. We are uber excited. I've been researching curriculum for what feels like years. I've got a good idea of what we'll use, but I still feel like there may be some *gems* out there (or some holes in my list) that I am missing. What is the piece of curriculum that you can't (or couldn't) live with out in Kindergarden? Here's what we're considering: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Ez (already 1/4 way through) Explode the Code (for phonics) Handwriting Without Tears (not sold on this completely) Singapore Math Artistic Pursuits & Meet the Masters (art is very impt to me) Any other gems out there I'm missing? (I understand there are many out there who would suggest just playing together, journaling about nature, etc, but this post is a specific request about curriculum info.)

Next year, I will begin homeschooling my kindergardener for the first time. Although our families are very supportive (at least to our faces!), they do have some questions. One question in particular that my mom has asked me several times is, "Where do all these homeschool kids go to college?" Have any of you graduated homeschooled kids and sent them off to college? If so, and you don't mind sharing, I'd love to hear about it!

Hello all! This is my first post on WTM, so please excuse any thread mishaps. I am curious of your opinion of online learning versus workbook learning for subjects such as math and spanish. My son will be starting kindergarden next year. There are a couple of curriculums that we are researching (such as Explode the Code or Elementary Spanish) that offer the option of learning online. I am a huge fan of WTM. My understanding (albeit a poor one) is that it is better to learn from the written word, but I was wondering if there is a place for learning via computer in the classical method. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!