Hey there! Can I ask what part of So Cal? We are in the Palm Springs area. Looks like our little ones are the same age :)

Thanks!

If I may hijack the thread (sorry ysrael!) with a related question- Why textbooks and workbooks? It is possible I am too wrapped up in my school days when textbooks work could be copied onto another page and done but maybe these textbooks have a different use? Sorry for such an ignorant question.

Thanks for the replies! Amber~ you are right in having my hands full with twins. That's another reason I am looking to take nibbles instead of bitting off more than I can chew. Keri~ I am in awe you managed to write your own 1st grade science curric! I would love to take a peak. Bill~ I will look into that Singapore math suggestion. As for MEP I am already shaking in the knees from your description! "Mathy" I am not and if one or more of my kids are I am considering passing them on to someone who isn't going to hold them back like I am afraid I will.

I guess it would be helpful if I read through that thread first (didn't know there was one). Just ignore me! :)

This thread seems a bit old but you can add us to the ranks! We're LDS in Southern California. :D

We're in the Palm Springs area of So Cal :)

First off I am a newbie (so be gentle ;)) so hello to everyone! A friend sent me TWTM about 3 years ago and I fell in love. I did "shop around" for other curriculum ideas and view our supposed style (yet to be really established) as eclectic. Anywho after these few years of reading TWTM and thinking on our family's curriculum the time has come for my oldest to start first grade and I am feeling overwhelmed and lost. I don't want to do too much and I don't want to do too little. Besides that I'm not sure what I want to do with regards to Math and Science. Here are my thoughts so far for first grade. Please let me know what you think! (please keep in mind we are on a tight budget) History: SOTW1 w/AG Story books to go along with The Ancients (Aesop's Fabels, Greek/Roman/Egyptian myths for kids, etc) LA: First Language Lessons Explore the Code The Ordinary Parent's Guide To Teaching Reading *continued from use now* Math: ??? Science: ???- I would like to find something about the human body and basic nature study. Nothing too complex. Litterature: We do a lot of reading together (me and all of the kiddos). This year on our list of books is: The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Heidi, etc and any books we didn't get to from this year's wish list (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass to name two)

I found this thread beneficial so I am bumping it in case anyone had a similar inquiry! Simple- treat it like any other activity going along with any other myth. :D