rjperez1 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Is there any curriculm out there that writes the student assignments directly to the students? I have a 4th grader and 5th grader who I would like to have working more independently, so that I can teach three younger kids to read, etc. Any suggestions? Unit studies? Individual subjects? I have considered having them follow the schedule for Sonlight or HOD independently, a bit. Has anyone done this? Success? Failure? I also saw the curriculum Trail Guide to Learnning- Paths of... Anyone used this? Liked it? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 How about online classes? Veritas Press has some excellent online options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemy9kids Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I'm looking for the same thing next year......anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Math Mammoth or Teaching Textbooks for math. Oak Meadow starting with grade 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Christian Light Education teaches to the student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Although I've accomplished almost the same thing by writing detailed assignment sheets for each kid and picking curriculum carefully. They know that if they get stuck and I'm busy, they should move on to another subject. I mark on some subjects that they have to show me their work before they can cross it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I used Sonlight Core 5 in an independent fashion with a very mature 5th-grader. Of course, I still had to check up on what she was doing and help her schedule, but she did the reading, research, and projects on her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 We used A.C.E. Paces with huge success. Cheap and self-directed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinderSafari Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Science - Apologia, talks directly to the student Math - Saxon as long as you include the Saxon Teacher CDs (or DIVE, but I prefer Saxon Teacher because they have the option to click on ANY problem throughout the whole book and they will explain it to you step by step) Language Arts - Writing Strands (but you'd have to find something else as well, that's just part of our lessons.) and actually I usually read this. History - Story of the World would probably be possible, we just like to read it together and I ask the questions from the workbook (5 minutes) and assign a project once or twice a week. Foreign Language - Rosetta Stone As you can probably guess, I tend to favor pretty independent curriculum. :) We have 5 kids at five levels, and the ones we do together (Writing Strands and Story of the World) can be geared to a wide variety of ages at the same time and then assignments can be the same, just different expectations for the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 and found it doesn't fit our needs, but I thought I'd bookmark it as a reference for someone else. It's called Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculum. Someone else on the boards referenced this site as a great resource for free information. I don't know if his curriculum is what you're looking for, but it might be worth checking into just in case. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Christian Light Education. It has been a real blessing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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