lisabelle Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I know some of us have already started and some of us have not. This is my first year homeschooling and I've carefully thought about what I want to accomplish and bought my materials and am waiting excitedly/nervously for our first day of school on Sept. 7. The materials I am *most* excited about using are History Odyssey, Level 2 Ancients. What are you all most excited about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Story of the World 1: Ancients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Mom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Story of the World 1: Ancients :iagree: I have all of this wonderful 'crafty' stuff just begging to be used! We picked up all of our extra books from the library a couple of days ago and my boys have been thumbing through them. They are just as excited about it as I am. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Dare I say it? MCT. We did Grammar Town last spring and took a brief look at Building Poems and Caesar's English. I know that those will be great, but I'm really looking forward to Paragraph Town. I really want to focus on writing this year and I think this will help us write well, rather than just writing mechanically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila in OK Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Mystery of History vol. 1. We started this week and so far, we are loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Trisms :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Logos Latin I Life of Fred: Fractions Life of Fred: Algebra II Life of Fred: Statistics Edited August 18, 2010 by Karenciavo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfinlady Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Story of the World Volume 1. DD9 is loving it. She says her favorite subjects are history and math. :) (Calvert is our math.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 HOD--Beyond: We just started this a few weeks ago and everyone loves it! It's the perfect amount of school for us. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma H Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Dynamic Literacy - Elements 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 We had so much fun with MCT last year that I can't wait to move forward this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcarolinamom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Dave Ramsey's Personal Finance for high schoolers, & a Culinary Arts elective I designed with 2 of Alton Brown's cookbooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 It's a toss up between Galloping the Globe and Elemental Intro to Science! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturelovinmama Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 All About Spelling! Love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Tapestry of Grace Math Mammoth is a close second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Oak Meadow 1 with my oldest. I've practically memorized the Syllabus. It's going to be so much fun this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L. Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Character Quality Language Arts - but my dd is most excited about Apologia. We both are also eager to use the WP-CATW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Oak Meadow. I love, love, love Oak Meadow. For many years, I was trying to create a homeschool experience through books, curriculum and stuff I wrote myself when Oak Meadow had already done it for me. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling Hannah Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 This is my second year homeschooling. Used Seton last year. I'm more excited this year following most of Susan and Jessie Wise's info from their book TWTM. Especially SOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 For dd - probably the Art of Problem Solving books. For ds - Spelling Workout. I know that sounds weird, but after it being necessary to do AAS with dd, I'm looking forward to easier spelling sooo much. Is that awful? :tongue_smilie: For both - not really "curriculum," but we're doing a lot more memory work. My kids are going to be part of that small percentage of the population that knows stuff like the Supreme Court justices. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyans Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Logos Latin ILife of Fred: Fractions Life of Fred: Algebra II Life of Fred: Statistics :iagree: WISHED the Life of Fred series existed when I was in Junior High..I would have loved it and maybe would have actually enjoyed math. Looking foward to my son reading life of Fred:Fractions this year . Also looking foward to Tapestry Of Grace YR 1 with both kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBoulden Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I am about to start reading "A Dog Called Kitty" to my five year old... I'm really excited about it because my mom read this book to me as a kid. Does that count? :D No really, I should say Story of the World Book 1... and the activity book and all the read-alouds that go with the ancients. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Story of the World Vol. 4 with AG. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm excited about getting started with Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory with my youngest AND using a Sonlight core with my oldest. I am so ready to study American History after THREE years of World History. We are going to plan some special field trips to go along with our studies, too. I'm also adding some material to cover Alabama state history. We are going to visit forts and battlefields, etc. I'm really looking forward to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin's Song Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 WTM 1st grade science recs. The kids are going to love the life-sized bodies we're making from the My Body book. I remember having fun with that in elementary school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Continuing with SOTW 1 and REAL Science Life. Looking forward to teaching my daughter more grammar and writing skills and seeing her writing improve (she writes non-stop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Mom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 So, Ali, what are you specifically using for writing for your oldest? Thanks. Dare I say it? MCT. We did Grammar Town last spring and took a brief look at Building Poems and Caesar's English. I know that those will be great, but I'm really looking forward to Paragraph Town. I really want to focus on writing this year and I think this will help us write well, rather than just writing mechanically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Heart of Dakota, Bigger: So glad that I have an affordable plan to get my reluctant reader gradually introduced to more reading and school work. Phonics Road: Not exciting really, but so happy that all of our LA is covered and I have no worries. I am also thinking of buying Winterpromise K LA because it is the only thing getting me excited about teaching DS to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Oak Meadow 1 with my oldest. I've practically memorized the Syllabus. It's going to be so much fun this year! Oak Meadow. I love, love, love Oak Meadow. For many years, I was trying to create a homeschool experience through books, curriculum and stuff I wrote myself when Oak Meadow had already done it for me. :001_smile: Me too! I adore Oak Meadow! I used Oak Meadow 4 with my daughter last year and can't wait to do Oak Meadow 5 with her this year, in addition to starting Oak Meadow K with my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmama Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 a Culinary Arts elective I designed with 2 of Alton Brown's cookbooks Southcarolinamom, I've wanted to do that also! I learn so much from Alton Brown. I've also thought a serious bread baking book like "Bread Alone" or "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" would be a great addition to that study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnette in WA Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm excited to use Words Are Wonderful, books 1 and 4 for my 3rd and 6th graders, History Odyssey, Middle Ages, Levels 1, 2, and 3 for my 3rd, 6th, and 10th graders and, hoping to have some fun doing "nature study" with the 3rd and 6th graders, using My Side of the Mountain, Fun with Nature, More Fun with Nature, The Private Eye, and TOPS Animal Survival (we'll see how that goes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Everything in my signature!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasmommy Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Dave Ramsey's Personal Finance for high schoolers, & a Culinary Arts elective I designed with 2 of Alton Brown's cookbooks Which two of his cookbooks are you using? One of DD's passions is cooking, I hadn't even thought of doing something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RecumbentHeart Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Most? MEP Reception. We started some weeks ago and I'm actually inspired by my enjoyment of the process rather than being mostly inspired by simply looking forward to the goal... if that makes sense. It feels more like quality time with DS than it does school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm looking forward to everything, but especially Oak Meadow 1 and starting some more formal work with ds. MEP Reception and Montessori Read and Write are such a good fit for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I am loving Five in a Row so much, and am so excited about what we're going to do next (and next! and next!), that it's probably illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Write Shop Sonlight Core 6 Rainbow Science R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy in ME Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Oak Meadow 8 Civics and English. I have read through everything and I just love it. I hope ds does too. He helped make this choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Time Travelers from Homeschool in the Woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Mystery of History vol. 1. We started this week and so far, we are loving it! I was going to say Mystery of History as well! Today my kids took a break mid-lesson to mummify each other :D. (Yeah, they do more serious work too, but it was fun to do something light-hearted today! Wait, does that mean we're kinda sick if we look at mummification as light-hearted?!!) All About Spelling Sonlight Core 6 readers & readalouds are a big hit so far too. MUS prealgebra is going great too. Wait, that's more than one... Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Singapore-we love it! SOTW-ditto. Excited to try Singapore's Early Bird Start Up Science with my younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 SOTW Volume 1 Elemental Science Intro to Science A lot of us have SOTW, maybe we should check in with each other once in a while? I would love to hear how others projects and progress are going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckymama Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Mystery of History vol 3 Elemental Science - Chemistry Doorposts Character training books: Polished Cornerstones and Plants Grown Up Ordinary Parents Guide (again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 McRuffy Phonics K. This looks like it will be fun for my Lance. He's my last K student and I wanted something colorful with cutting and pasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 So, Ali, what are you specifically using for writing for your oldest? Thanks. I am using Paragraph Town for writing instruction. I hope to have dd complete a short writing assignment 4-5 days each week. This will include Paragraph Town, WTM-style history outline once a week, Biblioplan writing prompts periodically, occasional book reports, math problem of the week, whatever writing assignments are in R&S grammar which we will also do, etc. Most will be short assignments; my goal is frequent writing that is executed well, but my guess is that the length of most will be a page (8x10.5 wide rule paper) or less. We'll also be working on typing this year so that next year we can focus on essays and longer writings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skueppers Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm excited about continuing with MEP year one, and about Einsterns Schwester 1, a first-grade German reading program. It's intended for self-paced use in German schools, so I feel good about it for homeschooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Heart of Dakota: Creation to Christ. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Time Travelers from Homeschool in the Woods I saw you mention this on your blog. I looks like fun. Have you used one of their CDs before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I saw you mention this on your blog. I looks like fun. Have you used one of their CDs before? No, I haven't, so I am really excited to see how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm really looking forward to Math Mammoth! I'm having to be patient though, because we are buying the full light blue set through the Homebuyers Co-op, so we won't get it until next month. But I love what I've seen and heard about it and I love getting a full, reusable elementary math curriculum for under $100. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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