Dina in Oklahoma Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 We have found some real keepers since returning to homeschooling~ Rod and Staff Math Writing Tales II Atelier Art All About Spelling Kay Aurthur Bible Study Series Prima Latina Lyrical Science RS4K Audio Memory CDs History Revealed CDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Efficient: The Phonics Road Phonics, spelling, reading, vocabulary, etymology, roots, suffixes, prefixes, literature, grammar, writing and all done in the best way in less time. The book Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties Helped us more than the evaluation with the therapist. Writing With Ease literature, comprehension, writing, narration, spelling and grammar through dictation. I don't need both Writing With Ease and The Phonics Road, but Writing With Ease exposes us to so much literature and covers so much ground, that if someone is not using Phonics Road then I hope that they are at least using Writing With Ease... if you have either PR and math or phonics, math and WWE then you are good in the early years. Edited February 8, 2011 by Lovedtodeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 For us- Phonics Road and Tapestry of Grace. Exactamundo! I couldn't have said it better myself. :D Singapore Math keeps us all happy, too and produces some little math whizzes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Definitely Apologia science and Tapestry of Grace, hands down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Heart of Dakota - hands down, no contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Stuff I keep going back to, for over a decade, after trying other things and realizing I shouldn't have switched: The KJV Bible as the main reading/lit book biographies instead of fiction Saxon math DVDs are often more efficient than books scientific literacy and extra math instead of high school science hardcopy encyclopedias are a must 1st edition Machen for Greek Henle for Latin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwena Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Heart of Dakota - hands down, no contest. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Chalkdust Math :001_wub: for my oldest. She doesnt really like it (but its math so what do you expect?) but she is doing SOOOOO GOOOOOOD with it. She is really understanding the math concepts now! Life of Fred :001_wub: supplementing dd's math Apologia Science :001_wub: ESPECIALLY the elementary books Mystery of History :001_wub: just love it! So does dd Survival Math :001_wub: in my opinion that is a must do curriculum for every student, whether it public school, private school, charter school or homeschool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 scientific literacy How do you achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Science Matters is a cheap paperback that will get you started. Also Google "scientific literacy". Just because a student CAN do certain material, doesn't mean he SHOULD. If a student doesn't know the basic science he interacts with every day, why focus on the theories and non applicable things because they are labeled as "rigorous"? Why spend lots of money and time completing a science text when studies show that the best indicator of success in college science is good reading and math skills. There are articles at the Robinson Curriculum site on science that are worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel7123 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 This year our absolute favorites have been: RightStart A Artistic Pursuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Webster's Speller. A huge success for all my remedial students and much better than a normal phonics program for my own children. Especially helpful for my apraxic student, students with other speech difficulties, and my remedial ESL students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RecumbentHeart Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Subbing so I can find this later. I'm enjoying trying out many new things that I hope will turn out to be long term favorites but so far, out of the things I do have longer experience with, MEP Reception Yr has been the best for us (and the only one that hasn't been retired to the shelf). I have high hopes for Webster's Speller, Professor B and Living Books Curriculum but need much more time to tell. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfeusse Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Nancy Larson Science MUS ETC SOTW Daily Geography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ours: Explode the Code Christian Light Education Math Math U See Heart of Dakota Apologia's Who is God series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterbyMommy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 RS and CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxanneB Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 For me (4th year of homeschooling), my favorites have been Lively Latin, Easy Grammar, and Story of the World. ALL awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBG580 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlychan Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I can't believe more people don't love Saxon (only 1 other person from my count). This is one of the only programs we have used since my 6th grader began homeschooling (at K). We love LHTH and letter of the week for pre-k. I am loving Rod and Staff reading and english, but we just started last year. We have also used SOTW every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Stuff I keep going back to, for over a decade, after trying other things and realizing I shouldn't have switched: The KJV Bible as the main reading/lit book biographies instead of fiction Saxon math DVDs are often more efficient than books scientific literacy and extra math instead of high school science hardcopy encyclopedias are a must 1st edition Machen for Greek Henle for Latin My first post was things that I have returned to over and over for more than a decade, but my favorites for this year are: Bedell curriculum. I have learned SO much just from reading the lessons for the younger students and sometimes looking up the research topics for the older students. The author is SO nice when I e-mail him with questions! Bedell moves through the Bible in an unsteady Chronological order, while SOW moves in a steadier canonical order. Bedell kind of stalls out in Genesis for almost a year, so I interupted SOW Genesis to jump ahead to SOW Psalms to fill in with, and I have a nice mesh again. Picture Storybooks for Adults. I am accumulating a ton of different curricula that teach every subject under the sun with picture storybooks and I just LOVE them. Picture storybooks are NOT just for little kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma H Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 MFW, Phonics Road and Math Mammoth are the best I have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Story of the World series with activity guides Math-u-See IEW Student Writing Intensive and Continuation Courses have taken the stress out of teaching writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Over the years I've picked some real losers, some real winners and some that should have been great but didn't work for dd. The winners are: FLL MUS CW SOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaissezFaire Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I am going to have to agree with others and say Tapestry of Grace. We began using it this year and this has by far been our very best year since we began homeschooling 8 years ago. We have learned more in this year than we learned in several years previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachmejoy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Teach me Joy preschool Curriculum - teachmejoy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachmejoy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 For older grades, I LOVE Winter Promise!! Mammoth Math Spelling Power - AWESOME! Apologia Exploring Creation Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Elemental Science Story of the World Sonlight All About Spelling Song School Latin Saxon Math Math Mammoth Way to many to just list one. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 For older grades, I LOVE Winter Promise!! I would love details as to why... and do you think the MOH books can be left out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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