lotsofpumpkins Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) I have been going to the OFE site on and off for a few years now, but never get past printing more than one book before I decide not to use OFE (mainly because my goal at the time was keeping the children combined). I'm trying to get them working more independently now. Programs like the Robinson Curriculum are great for this, but I don't want to pay for Robinson when most of the books are available online for free. Just wondering- if you use OFE (we'd use it for everything except Bible and the 3R's), do you like the book selections? Can you save the books on a CD and have them printed at Staples (or somewhere like that), or does that cost even more than just doing it yourself? I get my ink super cheap on ebay, so I don't think printing would cost too terribly much; it's just a hassle since I have to flip the stack over to do the backs of the pages, and pray that the printer doesn't pull two pages through at once and mess everything up! I'm mainly considering this for my rising 3rd grader. It looks like she could do either the 2nd grade or 3rd grade books from OFE, depending on whether I want her to do American history or Ancients. Edited May 9, 2010 by lotsofpumpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzf242 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 I also considered OFE, but when I saw the booklists for Ambleside Online, I liked them much more. Perhaps you could combine your favorites from OFE/Robinson (and AO if you like it). I bought a cheap laser printer ($25.) and put the selections in a 3-ring binder. I print consecutively on 1 side, and then flip upside down (so each opposing page will be upside down). That way, dd can read halfway through, then flip the binder upside down and read the rest. And if my printer skips a page every now and then, it doesn' matter. :) I have printed about 2 years' worth of material on the original cartridge, but I will have to refill it for next year. Take care. Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) I also considered OFE, but when I saw the booklists for Ambleside Online, I liked them much more. Perhaps you could combine your favorites from OFE/Robinson (and AO if you like it). I bought a cheap laser printer ($25.) and put the selections in a 3-ring binder. I print consecutively on 1 side, and then flip upside down (so each opposing page will be upside down). That way, dd can read halfway through, then flip the binder upside down and read the rest. And if my printer skips a page every now and then, it doesn' matter. :) I have printed about 2 years' worth of material on the original cartridge, but I will have to refill it for next year. Take care. Suzanne Where did you find a laser printer for only $25??? I love the idea of flipping upside down. That would take all of the stress out of 2-sided printing for me. :) Edited May 9, 2010 by lotsofpumpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzf242 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Where did you find a laser printer for only $25??? I bought mine from a guy my brother works with, who was also selling them on ebay at that time (don't know if he still is or not). But I just found this one, similar to mine on ebay for a little more money: http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-LASERJET-2100-SERIES-PRINTER-TESTED-4-MB-30-DAY-/220599926365?cmd=ViewItem&pt=COMP_Printers&hash=item335cc7be5d Take care! Suzanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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