Mom-ninja. Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 08/09 Winners: FLL 1/2 RightStart Math SOTW audio cds D'Nealian handwriting Losers: ETC- ds retained nothing Head Sprout- same problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twogirlsmommy Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Winners: SOTW Vol. 2 WWE 2 FLL 3 Reason for Spelling Reason for Handwriting Singapore Math Lapbooking Okay: My Pals are Here Science (I really liked it, DD didn't so much) Losers: Wordly Wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheitz Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Winners: SOTW 1 Life Of Fred: Fractions and Decimals and Percents Thinkwell Pre-Algebra CyberED Earth Science A History of US FLL 1/2 RightStart Math B K12 Phonics 2nd year Mark Kistler Art online subscription Losers: Powerglide Elementary Spanish Explode the Code online subscription Noelle DS 7 DS 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I wasn't going to post anything, but I bothered to go through all 16 pages (??!!) so WHY NOT? I too am getting pretty good at picking curriculum. I am also pretty good at finding stuff used... :) All of these are MY opinions, my children might say otherwise... Winners: Dr. Art's Guide to Science The Way Life Works Michael Clay Thompson's L.A. (especially Caesar's English) bits of Bravewriter Singapore Key to... Any math lit. (i.e. Theoni Pappas, Murderous Maths etc) Dead Famous Series Picture the Renaissance by Jackdaw AAS seems to be going well so far Secular Homeschooling Magazine GP Junior history 1-3 Classic Literature graphic novels Losers: Spellwell GP SYRWL History 1 Anything teaching cursive Looking forward to: More MCT History at our House Joy Hakim's science series Getting around to Minimus Finally starting Rosetta Stone Italian LofF fractions/ decimals I have many wonderful things on my shelves waiting for me to get off my butt and use them.... hopefully..... I know I am forgetting many things..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato4girls Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 This was our first year so it was a lot of trial and error... Likes: Rod and Staff just about all of it, except the Literature I am not even a "textbooky" person but I love them Teaching Textbooks 7 Dislikes: Rod and Staff Math 2 Saxon Math 2 Teaching Textbooks- yeah I know it is a like also, I am torn on this one Latina Christiana Pathway Readers 6 & 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Winners: Dr. Art's Guide to Science The Way Life Works Michael Clay Thompson's L.A. (especially Caesar's English) bits of Bravewriter Singapore Key to... Any math lit. (i.e. Theoni Pappas, Murderous Maths etc) Dead Famous Series Picture the Renaissance by Jackdaw AAS seems to be going well so far Secular Homeschooling Magazine GP Junior history 1-3 Classic Literature graphic novels Dang, maybe we should compare notes. I wrote out a huge response to this thread and it went poof, so here goes (w/o the helpful links - too much trouble): Winners: Biology: Exploring the Way Life Works (Hoagland, textbook version, not popular press) Digital Frog (their entire set of DVDs - used for labs) English: IEW TWSS (kiddo does SO well with Andrew's format) Analytical Grammar High School supplements Mathematics: Systematic Mathematics (love all of his stuff) Math U See (doing Geometry, it's alright, but I wish SM had geo) Language: Goethe Institute E-learn (yes, it's "just" Auralog software, and it is expensive, but having a real, live, native speaking tutor contact him constantly has made it worth it) Losers: TRISMS, Expansion of Civilization (we did a modified History Makers for 7th-8th and it was great; this year, though, seemed too much like "a mile wide and an inch deep". Not the best route for kiddo). Looking into: MODG European History w/ supplements. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My oldest loved LfC A and TruthQuest AHYS series the best. DD2 declated Apologia Zoology 2 as her favorite. Truly all of the curriculum went very well this year. No losers really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chontaveal Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 WinnersGWG Singapore Math Losers We had a lot of those this year Singapore Science My Pals are Here Truthquest AHYS ( made it through it though) Wordly Wise I have seen a few people who didn't like wordly wise. I plan on using this for the first time with my 6th grader. What don't you like about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Well, we had a good year...not many losers. Even the losers were winners in years past for at least one of my other children. Winners Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Get A Grip by TOPS Science Story Book of Science Queen's Language Lessons For The Elementary Child Favorite Poems Old and New Long List of Childhood of Famous Americans Singapore Primary Math Mathematics Their Way Workjobs ll, Number Activities The Reading Lesson Explode The Code, books A,B & C Mystery of History l Handwriting Without Tears The Melendy Family books So many books from the library we couldn't keep track.... Losers Reading Reflex (previous winner w/different child RightStart Math A (previous winner) Singapore EarlyBird Math Edited July 3, 2009 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grimby Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 You can find several very thorough lists of homeschool abbreviations on this forum on the first page. I was having the same issue and found the stickies with all that useful info. I even printed one out to reference and make notes as I'm currently curriculum shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 WINNERS: Saxon 6/5, 5/4, MUS Zeta PL, LCI, LCII SOTW II CW, but we're kind of dragging with it Spelling Workout CC Losers WRTR Harvey's Grammar (both bought b/c they were suggestions in CW) Science-still trying to get through Janice Van Cleeve's series Worldy Wise (I think I bought too difficult of a level, but ds just didn't like it) VIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) 4th grade Winners: *Singapore math (including CWP) *FLL 4 *SOTW *HWT *Brain Maths *Spanish for Children (We started this only recently, and dh is a native speaker.) *Science that I pulled together from various sources *Piano lessons *Fencing *Homeschool group courses (drama, computers, and entrepreneurship) Okay: *Spelling Workout (I think it's a good curriculum, but it's boring to ds. I want to finish all levels, though.) *The Complete Book of Maps & Geography (Ds finds it boring.) *Wordly Wise (We'll be using something different next year.) Losers: *GWG 4 (Ds hated it! I think it was too much review for him and not enough parent involvement and discussion.) *Writing Strands (We gave this up pretty quickly. It just wasn't our style.) Edited July 8, 2009 by JudyJudyJudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Real science for kids is gravitas press not pandia press. And often abb. RS4K, rather than R.E.A.L. , although the latter is trying to move to Real or REAL Science Odyssey, to pair with the name History Odyssey, one would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Minimus Secundus What didn't you like about Minimus Secundus. Did you like the first book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Winners: Phonics/Reading Pathway--kiddo loved the pyramids SWR--like working a puzzle. Kiddo would squeal "I put a THREE there!" Or when sounding out a word, I could prompt "the third sound of A" and he'd pull it right out. Singapore Math (1A&B): flexible. Just as much repetition as you want. Math card games E.B White and the various renditions of Homer by M.P. Osborne, Sutcliff and Coolidge: these were our most productive read-alouds for discussion of vocabulary, informal logic, literary technique (e.g. metaphor), and sheer hours of cuddle time. Henry and Mudge R.E.A.L. Sci level 1 bio. No hands-on flops. Kiddo loved growing a frog and a butterfly SOTW Vox Music Masters. Katie and the Impressionists, etc. What Makes a Degas a Degas etc. Kids symphony series in Seattle. Kiddo loved to dress in a suit for this. Field trips. David Attenborough (Life of Birds, Life in the Undergrowth, etc). Eh: Plaid Phonics. K and A were fine last year, but it got bogged down this year. ETC: fine through pre and books 1 and 2 last year, and then went too slow SOTW workbook: neither of us like hands on "projects" for history...too much like busy-work. Liked the extra reading lists. Artistic Pursuits. The materials are good, the projects sometimes over a 6 year old's head. Will pick up again this year. Loser: Worldly wise: bored us both Miquon: liked the idea; kiddo does math in head and finds manipulatives slow and frustrating. Newly started early favorites: GWG Rookie Read Alouds on various science subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 What didn't you like about Minimus Secundus. Did you like the first book?Wow... this is an old thread. :) We both liked Minimus, but Secundus left her frustrated because she wasn't getting enough of the big picture. I thought it was its whole-to-parts nature, but she thrived with The Learnables, and now with Cambridge Latin, so there was more going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 for ds5 winners: FLL SOTW I Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia - sparked a lot of independent study of animals Choosing Your Way Through the Ancient Past - a choose your own adventure book for history, great supplement to SOTW pottery class - apparently he's pretty good! OK: Spelling Workout losers: Saxon I - way too slow Also, several people said Real Science 4 Kids chemistry was a loser for them - why? I have looked at this curriculum as possibility for next year (not the upcoming year, we are doing earth science first) and it looked interesting at first glance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyinAr Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Winners for us were: 8th Sonlight 100 Apologia Physical Science Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra IEW 1st Abeka Phonics/language 1 the great outdoors Losers: 8th none here, finally have this learner figured out 1st Winter Promise American Story 1 (skips around too much, bored my son to tears, literally) Kelly Dd 13 Ds 7 Dd 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaS Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 DD6 loved anything put in front of her. She thought it was great that she was in real school instead of pre-school! We used the Abeka curriculum. DD8 Winners: Abeka Arithmetic 2 Critical Thinking: Reading, Thinking and Reasoning Skills B Abeka Health, Safety and Manners 2 Usborne - What's the Earth made of? and Finding out about Mountains. Abeka Our America 2 Okay: Spelling Workout B - too easy and she has problems with spelling Losers: Abeka Language 2 - The amount of writing overwhelmed her. Overall it's a good book. It will work for us if we modify the busywork. Writing with Phonics 2 - again so much writing she was overwhelmed. A good year in which we all learned. I guess that makes it successful! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion18 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Definite Loser: Real Science 4 Kids Chem Pre-Level & Physics Level 1 - Most experiments did not work as stated. Great Text...Too much prep to make things work. Winner: SOTW 1 & 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion18 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Oh Yeah Also a winner MCP Plaid Phonics Explode the Code Apologia Zoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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