Aquinas Academy Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 and then you did? This just happend to me. I was sure that the Faith and Life textbooks were dull and that I would never, ever use them with my kids. A friend recently sent me a bunch of books she was done using, including Faith and Life 3. I had a look at it and was so impressed. Now I can't wait to start using the series! Maybe I need to re-evaluate some of the other curricula I thought I wouldn't like. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I had sworn I'd never use Saxon because of the "drill and kill". My oldest DD loves it, who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 That happened to me with IEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 MCT because I had KISS which was free and awesome and all the MCT fans irritated me :tongue_smilie:. But then I went through a tough year where I needed open and go curriculum and ordered MCT grammar and poetry and now I'm in love. I STILL love KISS and am grateful I used it because it revolutionized how I think about grammar but I need the ease of MCT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 and then you did?This just happend to me. I was sure that the Faith and Life textbooks were dull and that I would never, ever use them with my kids. A friend recently sent me a bunch of books she was done using, including Faith and Life 3. I had a look at it and was so impressed. Now I can't wait to start using the series! Maybe I need to re-evaluate some of the other curricula I thought I wouldn't like. :) I think the Faith and Life was updated because I started using it a few years ago and seasoned homeschool mom was surprised I thought it was good and she looked at my book and said it was different than the last time she looked at it. My oldest is in 4 and it's not my favorite anymore, but I love 1-3! Of course 4 just has a lot more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 We love Faith and Life, but this year, we used them online through My Catholic Faith Delivered. My middle two absolutely LOVED doing it this way, since there are quizzes and games and things that go along with each chapter. My kids use Faith and Life, and then we switch to the Didache series for 8th and up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I STILL love KISS and am grateful I used it because it revolutionized how I think about grammar What is KISS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 KISS Grammar - it's a free grammar curriculum. I've been meaning to look at it for a while now; Ambleside Online recommends it and it's supposed to be really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 That happened to me with IEW. I'm afraid of this. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I think the Faith and Life was updated because I started using it a few years ago and seasoned homeschool mom was surprised I thought it was good and she looked at my book and said it was different than the last time she looked at it. My oldest is in 4 and it's not my favorite anymore, but I love 1-3! Of course 4 just has a lot more details. We like Faith and Life! I've read that it has been updated to include additional Scriptural references. I particularly liked the 4th grade book. I like MCT because I feel it inspires a true love of learning in my kids. My younger loves to snuggle up with it. He laughs at the stories. He quotes examples at weird times of day. I thought the lack of scheduling would bother me, but I just have a feel for about how many pages is in an average day, and I skim ahead to look for a natural break point, and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I think the Faith and Life was updated because I started using it a few years ago and seasoned homeschool mom was surprised I thought it was good and she looked at my book and said it was different than the last time she looked at it. My oldest is in 4 and it's not my favorite anymore, but I love 1-3! Of course 4 just has a lot more details. I wondered why so many people liked F&L. I used it when I was younger & HATED it. I vowed to myself I would never use it with my kids. .... And I'm sticking with that ... for now! On the OP, it hasn't happened yet, but I've only been homeschooling for five years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 That happened to me with IEW. Me, too!! I said I'd never use it, it was too expensive and too hard to understand but now I know it was worth it (for us) and it's not hard to understand at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 The first two times I tried to read SOTW, just to myself, I hated it. I didn't have a kid who was ready for it yet, and I just wasn't ready to like history being anything other than cut and dried because that is how I was taught history. Now I love SOTW and it is working very well for DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) I'm not planning to use Phonics Road but who knows. Edited May 10, 2011 by crazyforlatin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I think the Faith and Life was updated because I started using it a few years ago and seasoned homeschool mom was surprised I thought it was good and she looked at my book and said it was different than the last time she looked at it. Ahh, maybe that's why my opinion changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Not with homeschooling curricula (yet!), but I did when I was teaching music. I taught at a private Christian school, and I was free to come up with my own curricula, use what they had, or both. When I first looked at the curricula, I turned my recently-graduated-from-college nose up at it--it was old, and it looked it (and many of the recordings sounded it, too!). As the next couple of years went by, I began using it here and there and realized most of it was actually pretty good. Even if it did need to be updated! I learned my lesson about being a curriculum snob AND about not reinventing the wheel when it was sitting right there in my classroom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yep.. :glare: Mamma warned me! :lol: She always said never say never because God will show you different. I didn't listen. I said I could never marry the man I married & I'd never use boxed curriculum. I've been married for 12 years to that "never gonna marry him" guy {and when he found out I thought that he fell off his chair in shock haha} & have purchased a boxed curriculum we are completely ecstatic about using! Mamma Was right.. I really should just make that a bumper sticker though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 We love Faith and Life, but this year, we used them online through My Catholic Faith Delivered. My middle two absolutely LOVED doing it this way, since there are quizzes and games and things that go along with each chapter. My kids use Faith and Life, and then we switch to the Didache series for 8th and up. :) Does a family require a student license or a group license? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 MCT, because I had taken a look at just the 3 elementary grammar books without any of the other components and was very underwhelmed. It wasn't until I ordered the full "town" level that I realized that the bulk of the grammar instruction was actually in the "writing" book (which I had not previewed). I still have a love/hate relationship with MCT but I was wrong in my initial impressions of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosy Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I was firmly committed to Saxon for math, until I found out that all 4 of my kids hated it. :P I also hated Love & Logic until my oldest got to be about 4 or 5, now it's probably my favorite parenting philosophy. The only curriculum I've sworn I would never use is A Beka (we used it in the preschool where I taught before having kids), and I have no immediate plans to go back on that promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 MCT because I had KISS which was free and awesome and all the MCT fans irritated me :tongue_smilie:.LOL! When something has a bunch of fans I avoid it as much as I can. I did that with AAS and ended up using it and I did that with HOD and ended up using it. HOD was all wrong... too religious, written by a teacher, talked about way too much... etc. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Hedgehog Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I swore I wouldn't use anything waldorf or waldorf inspired. Now we're using Oak Meadow and we'll probably even use parts of ALGF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calandalsmom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I was pretty sure I wouldnt spend the cash for rosetta stone and did when they lowered the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I swore I would never do traditional school-at-home. Next year we are using a lot of BJU. Sonlight is correct about me when they say "the way you wish you'd been taught"...but my kids, not so much. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 R&S English. I thought it would be "too religious". I got over it. :D A reading program. But my son LOVES CLE Reading. I see the value in it; he's learning a great deal, loving to write down full sentence answers, and enjoys the stories. He's even learning a character lesson or two. ;) We're sticking with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Very much so! Homeschooling has taught me so much about myself and my children. I thought I'd never teach spelling, but I do! I thought we'd only use real books, and no readers, but we NEEDED readers during the learning to read process. I thought I'd never use a textbook for anything, but now we do use one for English. I also thought - no way workbooks, but our Latin is pretty much like a workbook! So funny :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirch Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 R&S English. I thought it would be "too religious". I got over it. :D :iagree: The name was a huge turn off for me. I too got over it.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I did not want workbooks. I wanted tons of living books and Asian style math. My kids didn't, lol and can't get enough CLE workbooks.:confused: they work though so we're sticking with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison in KY Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Yep, Rod and Staff English. I once read an article on discipline on a website that sells R & S...big turn off for me. Now I'm a happy user. Ok, slightly off subject, but I also said I'd never watch or have my kids watch Barney the Dinosaur....then I had kids :lol: Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ok, slightly off subject, but I also said I'd never watch or have my kids watch Barney the Dinosaur....then I had kids :lol: I've stayed strong on this one!!!! :lol: I haven't homeschooled long enough to have anything that I said I'd never use but ended up using, I don't think. Well, I did say that my son didn't need a program like AAS so I was going to go the cheap workbook route for spelling. Then a couple weeks into homeschooling, after trying 2 cheap spelling programs, I broke down and ordered AAS. Great decision for us! So that's the closest thing, though I hadn't really said we'd never use it... I had initially picked it out, then changed my mind last minute and ordered the 2 cheaper spelling books. I should have gone with my gut! Oh, I just thought of another one... When I first looked at handwriting samples, I wasn't going to use italics. I didn't like them. What are we using now? GDI. :D And I even got the adult book for me and am LOVING the change in my handwriting that is taking place. Plus after seeing cursive italics in action (I posted a sample on another thread of a thank you note a high school boy sent me - with *beautiful* handwriting), I'm even more into GDI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebody2k Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 TOG - going to a co-op meeting today to verify my new choice, but am pretty sure we are using it next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 HOD--it looked way too textbook-y in the lower levels (and that was all they had at the time). I went to their site to look for read-aloud ideas and took a 2nd look at their whole program. We're using Beyond and it's not at all textbook-y. :D I was also a big fan of unschooling/child-led learning and I'm so far from that now. :lol: I keep saying I'll never use TOG, but it looks more appealing every year. :lol: I'm convinced we'll be using it by the time my oldest is in Jr. High. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I refuse to even look at TOG. Which is funny, because I love to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I'm going to use Apologia science in the fall, and I just was not going to use is because of the Christian content, but that's what I like about it now.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 LOL, I don't know about swearing I'd never use it, but I thought I'd never use Easy Grammar or Math-U-See, and both have turned out to be good fits here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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