erica471 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 First Language Lessons (FLL) - We both love this program. I always give my dd the choice of which subject to being with and she usually picks this. She is getting such a firm grasp of grammar. I love this curriculum so much! I do have to say that this is the only grammar curriculum we have tried but I don't feel any need to even look at another program. Writing With Ease (WWE) - Another hit! The dictations can be challenging for dd sometimes, but I like to think its because her brain is working so hard.:lol: We are soon to begin WWE3. Math-U-See (MUS) - I hate the name, but love the curriculum. We tried so many math programs (Saxon, Singapore, MCP) and this was the one that finally stuck. We may switch to something else when she gets to higher level maths, but for now, we aren't going anywhere els. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3byzaz Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 CLE Math, LA & Reading Meaningful Composition Explode the Code Biblioplan - but Mystery of History even more BJU Life Science for my oldest and God's Design for Science Basically, everything we have used this year... We also loved Weaver for 5 years, but I am glad that I switched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applesing Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 My Father's World RightStart Math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 SL Science WWE BJU English!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryanne Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I love Latin for Children. I bought the whole set: DVD/CDs, Lesson book, Answer key, Activity Book and Reader. Using the DVD it is very easy for me to teach and the whole thing seems like it was written specifically for my ds. He loves "How the West was Unus" on the DVD and the puzzles in the Activity books, and he loves anything history related so he likes the Reader. While listenting to the chant CD he marches around the kitchen and acts out the words, and then randomly throughout the day he also goes around chanting the chants from the CD just to make noise:001_smile:. The only way this program could be better suited for my ds is if there were a little more space for answers on the workbook pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Singapore Math MCT grammar Teaching Company DVDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) . Edited July 12, 2022 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skissugar Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Favorites Math U See IEW's SWI courses Apologia Story of the World 1-4 All About Spelling Anything put out by Drive Thru History! Things I have reviewed and will be using next year (or the year after lol) that I personally am in love with and hope my kids will be too Literary Lessons from LOTR LLATL Lightning Literature Notgrass history series analytical grammar Edited April 15, 2010 by skissugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-hat Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Apologia elementary science WWE R&S English Explode the Code Megawords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 For us it was Christian Light.. it really fit our family well Apologia Science... love it. I don't love Saxon but I like it ,so I guess that counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadzwife Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 almost everything that was on the hate thread---i love! :tongue_smilie: i always want to know WHY someone loves or hates something. now thats telling me something there! it could have just been that was the year they had to take care of their feeble in laws, the dad was outta work for 3 months and there were 3 kids under 6 in the house to boot...nuttin really gonna work well that yr! or it was the law of 3s---to teach a kid to read, u have 2 try 3 diff phonic programs and by thetime u get to the 3rd, his brain clicks in and he reads, voila. wasnt the program being great nor the others being bad...the kid just needed time to get there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 almost everything that was on the hate thread---i love! :tongue_smilie: :iagree: that's how I felt :lol: after awhile I started thinking there was something really wrong with me for liking things that others loathed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 almost everything that was on the hate thread---i love! :tongue_smilie: Yep, one person's bliss is another's torture! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryanne Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Another one we loved was Apologia Astronomy. We spent a semester doing it when ds was in 2nd grade. He's been interested in Astronomy since he was about 4 and at that time it was probably the only book on Astronomy written on a level he could understand that contained information he didn't already know. We orally answered the comprehension questions but did not "notebook". We also did most of the experiments and projects; they were really great and we had a lot of fun. The other Apologia elementary science books have just been too much information on topics we weren't that interested in, but Astronomy was the right thing at the right time for us. We're doing Botany right now and it's good, too, but we're not as interested in plants as we are Astronomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinswife Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Spelling Power SOTW A Beka Phonics (K4-2nd) Apologia Botany Although, DD8 would argue the SOTW part. She really dislikes the narrating part on this even though she loves to narrate for Botany and WWE! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 This is always so tough for me because I have such different children all who started homeschooling at different stages so while I love some things I used with my youngest, I never used them with my other kids - so would they work universally? I have no idea. But the few I adore.. Life of Fred math - working for both my decent in math oldest and my gifted in math middle dd Omnibus - We are so enjoying this approach. The thoughts and discussions it spawns are just wonderful. Classical Writing - using 3 different levels right now - and am very pleased with the outcome I'm seeing in high school Phonics Road - this is one I adore and is absolutely perfect for my youngest. But I never used it with my older 2 and she's very different from them so while it's a favorite, I don't have multi-children experience with it. VP history - history can be as much or as little as you want. I love the memory work and the cards. We are now using the self-paced course with the youngest. I have used them differently with each child but the framework works with so many different kinds of kids. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Anybody notice there aren't many science programs on this list? I love science and I still can't find anything worthy of a 'we love this' list. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Singapore Maths with IP and CWP SOTW Themes to Remember There are other curricula we like or find satisfactory, but these are the few we truly love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootyTooty Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Anybody notice there aren't many science programs on this list? I love science and I still can't find anything worthy of a 'we love this' list. Heather I finally gave up and started to piece together my own based suggestions of posters I really like. It would have been nice to find a program that had the balance (hands on and lots of books) I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterbyMommy Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Peak With BooksSOTW Young Discoverers Series BFSU Let's Read and Find Out Science series Tanglewood Curriculum (the framework for my curriculum planning) If Tanglewood's website ever gets taken down, I'm going to cry :blushing::sad: I was not familiar with Tanglewood Curriculum. Thank you for mentioning it. It looks wonderful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 And oh my goodness how could I forget... I'm between kids using it right now so it wasn't forefront in my mind...... I love Analytical Grammar!!!! (and JAG) Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 What is FIAR? I know its five in a row, but what is five in a row? ) Five in A Row basically consists of several manuals giving guidelines for week long unit studies based on WONDERFUL picture book classics. Ideally, you read the story five days in a row and each day discuss a related topic for one subject. (Ie: read it, then learn a little about the geography where it took place on Monday, then on Tuesday re-read it and discuss some language arts topics relevant to the writing such as vocab, etc). It is intended for ages 4-8, but has a preschool and a "beyond" segment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) SL CLE Math R&S Math WWE Hands on Equations MFW K IEW Poetry Memorization Edited April 16, 2010 by LisaTheresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenNJ Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Lightning Literature 7th grade. Lightning Lit 8th grade Combo of Art of Argument and Fallacy Detective ALEKS Math Story Grammar (writing work) Grammar for Middle School Students (also writing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeach Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 :drool5: this thread is just adding to my already extensive Amazon wishlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterbyMommy Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 :drool5: this thread is just adding to my already extensive Amazon wishlist. Isn't it a useful, and addicting, feature? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reya Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Full Recall software for drilling vocabulary--it's AWESOME and very adaptive RightStart Math! Singapore Math IMACS math Cambridge Latin 1000 Good Books list I think that's it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Webster's Speller MCT My whiteboard (OK, whiteboards, I do have a lot...) I like everything else we're using below. Edited April 16, 2010 by ElizabethB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 1. Queen's Language Lessons 2. Books- just reading and reading and reading- I love Sonlight and Lifetime Books and Gifts. I buy from Sonlight every year to make up for using their catalog as a library list. I've had success with lots of things and my kids have enjoyed different things but there is nothing that compares to just reading on the couch together- nothing!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Here goes: MCTLA TOG History Odyssey (qualifier: Middle Ages Level Two) Singapore Math Dr. Daves (Science - RFWP) Keepers of the Flame (RFWP) T.A.C.K.L.E. Thursdays (RFWP) Spelling - Phonetic Zoo (We all love this) CLAA Grammar (please no tomatoes) And just 'our thing'........we love read alouds. Not having tv, we search the library for great read alouds. Right now, we are doing The Hobbit. We do 'twaddle' (infrequently), but mostly I select works that perhaps the twins are not ready to read on their own but it would be great for them to hear and perhaps dd11 is already juggling two other books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC in KS Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 DH and I have even been tempted to get some of the high school books for ourselves. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangato3 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Some that we love: World in Ancient Times series (Oxford U. Press) CPO Science REAL Science Odyssey IEW (after resisting it for years!) Artistic Pursuits Challenge Math & Primary Challenge Math (as a supplement) History of US Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I had to put my vote in for FIAR... excellent we have done BFIAR and FIAR volumes 1 &2 and are finishing up FIAR volume 3 and I just don't ever want it to end... neither do my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldGirl Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Spell to Write and Read. Wish I had used it for my 1st gen'ers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TundraAcademy Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Math Mammoth SOTW WTM History Odyssey Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Five in a Row Sonlight Primary Language Lessons Intermediate Language Lessons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 almost everything that was on the hate thread---i love! :tongue_smilie: :iagree: So much of the hate I just ADORE!!! Wont give up! Then to see it over, and over, and over just broke my heart!!!! :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Anybody notice there aren't many science programs on this list? I love science and I still can't find anything worthy of a 'we love this' list. Heather I absolutely LOVE Apologia Science:001_wub:! Young Explorers series and the higher levels!!!!! (I know there are both alot who like this and alot who hate this but I LOVE it!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) Love: ETC Zaner Bloser Handwriting Phonics Pathways RS4K The Elements by McHenry The Story of Science Oak Meadow (too early to give a solid answer- I have never used a full year- BUT I believe that I am finally ready to love this program) I'm in love with it right now...:lol: Artistic Pursuits LLATL Blue for K, and Red for first/second FIAR LOF Cuisenaire rods- tanagrams--*(okay, not actually curricula but YKWIM) ;) Singapore Pre-K math CSMP SL Booklists AO Booklists Believe I am going to love: Lightning Literature MCT Grammar Love/ hate: IEW TT SL and SL LA I am sure there is more...:o Edited April 17, 2010 by lovemykids * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhabelly Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Minimus Latin Latin for Children Latin Prep (I adore this curriculum!!) - for middle schoolers & up Story of the World (and especially the Activity Guides) Michael Clay Thompson - "Town" books. "Call me Fishmeal......" Life of Fred Right Start Math Singapore Math (but only after you run out of Right Start stuff!!) "The Elements" and "Carbon Chemistry" by McHenry Real Science 4 Kids - Physics Level 1, Chemistry Level 1 Growing with Grammar Artistic Pursuits Music Ace Deluxe (does this count as curriculum? :lol:) I'm sure there is more. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 CLE math, reading, LA; A Child's History of Art, SOTW, Teaching Company, Ambleside Online (used as a book list) Not curricula: R&S Poems for Memorization, Thorton Burgess ____ Book for Children series, CLP nature readers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubulibee Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Winter Promise Moving with Math (it took a while to figure out, but once I did, it's great) MFW K Draw Write Now Time Travelers from Homeschool in the Woods Journey Through Learning Lapbooks and Unit Studies Rosetta Stone Easy Grammar Mead Handwriting resources you can buy in Walmart or Staples, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom_Abear Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 SOTW - We are having so much fun this year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofAJ Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 STOW and Apologia Botany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainforest mama Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 JAG Lively Latin Singapore PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrijo Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 4th, 2nd and K: MUS - love all 3 levels - dd had major issues with math until this year Total Language Plus (TLP) - Not so much Pippi but Shiloh! Sing Spell Read Write Explode the Code/Beyond the Code lapbooking I really wanted to love Beautiful Feet but didn't really work well with my boys - looking at MOH for next year - any feedback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 SOTW (we'll be starting 4 next year) Modern History through Canadian Eyes WWE (we used 1-3) MCT (we're using Town level) Spelling Power Marilyn Burns Teaching Arithmetic series by Math Solutions Publications Latin for Children GEMS Guides TOPS learning systems some AIMS guides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Seeing many are putting this. Wondering what it stands for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Seeing many are putting this. Wondering what it stands for? Story of the World published by Peace Hill Press (Provider of these wonderful forums):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest home4ed Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 We have loved using Mystery of History this year and Beutiful Feet Guides World History through Science and American History. I really like Notgrass American History last year for my 9th grader. Soon to be down to 2 at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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