Thanks, I'll look into that! Yeah, the heavy set up time is difficult with a 3 year old and a 6 year old, which is why I've been flip flopping around curriculums. This is how I've approached Science so far. We love to do nature walks, we get all kinds of nature/animal/planet/plant books from the library, they have their own garden, we do little experiments, etc. Then when they have an interest in something, we get a book, watch a documentary, etc. I didn't know if that was enough for 1st grade or not. I would love to continue doing those things as I think it's been making their enjoyment for science really blossom as it's about discovery and exploration.

I have everything ready to go for this year's courses, except in science. We've been studying a large range of science prior to this year (the human body, what each organ does, planets, moons, growing plants - all over the place!) but this year I want an official curriculum. What are your favorites?

I'm looking for a good calculus 1 curriculum. It doesn't matter if it's computerized or in books, it just needs to be very thorough. Can anyone help me out?

She's not really enjoying reading, and she's still only in the beginning of the Bob books (she can read the first three). I can't tell if she's just memorizing those books or not. She knows how to sound out the words, but she's very reluctant to do it. I think she's just bored with the way they are. I want to get her a formal program because even though I know she knows how to do the basics of sounding things out and putting them together, she just isn't motivated enough to do it and sort of waits for me to help her through. I want her more excited about reading. There's a lot that I've been teaching her that she really loves to do, but so far this isn't one of them.

I'm trying to put together a solid curriculum, mix of kindergarten and first grade, for my soon to be 5 year old. She already knows a lot of what she needs for kindergarten, so I want to add some challenging programs as well. I taught her how to read with some of the BOB books, but she gets really bored of those books really quickly, so I'm looking for a fun, engaging reading curriculum. She's only so so with writing - she doesn't like to copy. What are good writing curriculums for this age? Lastly, I haven't done too much on math with her yet, just very basics. I want to emphasize it this year, so I'm looking for a really fun and thorough program for that as well. Not looking for computer programs, mostly out of books. This is my first year doing a real curriculum so I'm a bit lost at what programs are best and there's so many different kinds, so I'd love opinions on what worked best for you!