I never saw CK-12 before, it looks great for Math and Science. I am waiting for the prealgebra to download now so I can look through it and see how it will fit. There are so many topics! Thank you for sharing it!

I had been looking at MEP and was going to go with it, when I started outlining my lesson plans, I got nervous because the measurements and some terms are different since we are in the US and this is from the UK. I'm sure I can change it up, it just intimidated me!

This looks like it would be really good for my younger one. Thank you!

This is the second time I have heard this advice, so I am thinking making my own was a bad idea! I think I was just hoping to spend some time filling in gaps and seeing where they're at, but I think I have a pretty good handle on that since I was pretty involved in their public school education. I am looking at all the other posts and recommendations, and I am sure I will find something that works. I wasn't really thinking I could just invent my own curriculum, but more pull from free online resources and put it together myself. But it will save me a lot of time and stress if it is already outlined and in order for me and I can just pull to supplement here and there.

I was planning to just make my own curriculum, but now I am getting scared to do it that way. So I've been looking for used curriculum, but I'm afraid to buy anything, since our budget is almost non existent, and have it not work well. So I thought I'd get some advice here.... I have two kids. My first one is almost 11, entering 6th grade, but ready for prealgebra, at least. He catches on quickly and loves math. I'm afraid he has some small gaps since this is our first year homeschooling-but he will be able to fill the gaps quickly with just a quick lesson from me. He will thrive on almost any math curriculum I think. My younger one is 10. She is still working on those basic multiplication/division facts, and even some addition is not as quick as it "should" be. She is still using her fingers for things like 7+5, but mostly when it's up higher like 27+5. I would like to solidify those skills, but also want to push her along because she is capable, she just wasn't thriving in public school. They used a spiral curriculum and I think that was part of the problem, I think she really needs a mastery program rather than spiral. If I choose to buy something for my oldest, ideally I would be able to hang on to it and use it in a couple years with my youngest. We were going to use Khan Academy, but now I am just afraid that is more of a supplement than to actually use it as a primary curriculum or guide for math. Any ideas or suggestions? I am open to any tips, I have found a lot of used resources online, so if there is a curriculum I really want, I am willing to search for it and wait a bit to get it. I'm just not sure what I want to be looking for.

This is our first year homeschooling, my kids are 10 and almost 11, going into 5th and 6th grades. I am planning to use SOTW with lots of add ons for them. History is one subject we will do together since they are so close in age. I have been worrying that we are starting things late to stay on the 4 year cycle for my oldest. Is it crazy to try to do the 4 years in 3 years so that when he starts high school he will start at ancients again and do a really in depth study that year (and I'm guessing if we stay together this means DD will be in 8th working ancients for the second time)? I am thinking we can keep a light workload over the summer to include history a couple times a week, and we can move along in SOTW kind of quickly for most chapters. What are your thoughts?

Aimee, you're too good to me :) definitely keep me in mind when she is finished with it!

I was looking at this one and have it on my Amazon wishlist! Thanks for the mini review, good to know!!

Hi everyone, I am looking for a way to teach the Bible to my kids, they are 10 and 11 and haven't had much exposure yet (while I grew up in the church, they have not, but I want to give them at least some basics). So they are older, but need to start at the beginning, if that makes sense. We are Catholic and on the less than high income side, so frugal ideas are helpful! But any ideas are helpful and I will see what we can do to find used curriculum. Thanks!