mo2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Who would've thought? All this time I've spent trying NOT to re-create public school at home, and turns out the girl would prefer to just do a workbook and get it over with. So, what are your favorite *secular* workbooks/workbook-based curricula? :bigear: Any subject! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Lol - Autumn has spent so much time in brick and mortar school that she sincerely prefers textbooks and worktexts. We have promoted this January and completely rearranged our homeschooling method to switch back to textbooks and workbooks/worktexts. I can't advise on secular workbooks, although we have used several wonderful secular TEXTbooks. We are using primarily Seton this school year, and those aren't secular :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 My kids love the Evan-Moor workbooks. Ds's favorite right now is probably the "Read and Understand Science" series. You can get them through Amazon, or you can access most of them through teacherfilebox.com (paid subscription, but you can get a discount through the HSBC.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 My son loves workbooks and textbooks. Crazy child. We really enjoy MCP's Maps, Charts and Graphs for geography. DS also enjoys Evan-Moor workbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I am not sure how old your dc is but my 6 y/o dd is absolutely loving the Mary Pecci series of Super Seat work. They are not color or anything, but go figure, my kid who isn't "big" on school begs for these. Both of my girls actually really like ETC also. I think they like the independence of these workbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 My oldest DD is like this, too- go figure! I loathed workbooks growing up, feeling like they were nothing but "busywork". However, my mom thinks that it probably wasn't the format so much as the assigned work being too easy. Some of the workbooks DD has liked: EPS' The Paragraph Book series (writing, some applied grammar & mechanics) Evan-Moor Daily Paragraph Editing series (proofreading to find grammar, spelling, and mechanics errors) Scholastic's No Boring Practice, Please! series (spelling, grammar, mechanics, etc.) Mindware's Multiplication Mosaics, Division Designs, etc. series Curriculum Associates Focus On reading comprehension series (this is going OOP so it may be hard to find) logic puzzles from Critical Thinking Press, Prufrock Press, and Mindware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 My oldest DD is like this, too- go figure! I loathed workbooks growing up, feeling like they were nothing but "busywork". However, my mom thinks that it probably wasn't the format so much as the assigned work being too easy. Some of the workbooks DD has liked: EPS' The Paragraph Book series (writing, some applied grammar & mechanics) Evan-Moor Daily Paragraph Editing series (proofreading to find grammar, spelling, and mechanics errors) Scholastic's No Boring Practice, Please! series (spelling, grammar, mechanics, etc.) Mindware's Multiplication Mosaics, Division Designs, etc. series Curriculum Associates Focus On reading comprehension series (this is going OOP so it may be hard to find) logic puzzles from Critical Thinking Press, Prufrock Press, and Mindware Great list, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Bmom Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 DS loves workbooks. We are doing ETC, Liberty Math K, Lollipop Logic, and D'Nealian K right now. DD yeah, not so much. She is anti workbook to the point that if she sees Rod and Staff ABout 3, she starts to cry and then hides under her bed. I am moving her over to a CM style (winter promise) starting in two weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Winning with Writing, Math Mammoth, and The Complete Book of United States History. I add supplemental books to the history to flesh it out, but if your child is the "get 'er done" type, it's solid for 3rd-4th grade. We haven't started it just yet, but The Complete Book of Maps and Geography looks promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Winning with Writing, Math Mammoth, and The Complete Book of United States History. I add supplemental books to the history to flesh it out, but if your child is the "get 'er done" type, it's solid for 3rd-4th grade. We haven't started it just yet, but The Complete Book of Maps and Geography looks promising. We're using the Complete Book of Maps and Geography right now (4th grade). She likes it, and it is solid. The beginning was pretty easy, but it's getting more challenging as we go along. I haven't looked at the history ones yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I second the recommendation of TeacherFileBox, which is 30% off right now at Homeschool Buyers' Co-op. If she likes workbooks, this site is the ultimate! You can log on to TeacherFileBox and then most (not all!) of the ePages at the Evan-Moor site are printable as well. I don't know how old your dd is, but for my dd6, we are using Evan-Moor Daily Word Problems (math), A Word a Day (Grade 3, she hated the Grade 1 words), Beginning Geography, Daily Science and more. These are VERY school-at-home feeling, and I like to balance them with other non-schooly programs. My dd likes workbooks also, but I force her to do the other stuff as well - like SOTW reading/narration etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Several of my kids have enjoyed these workbooks: http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/details.cfm?series=1631M The Story of the USA http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/details.cfm?series=1495M The Story of Western Civilization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SophiaH Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 My dd is enjoying Apples & Pears and The Star-Spangled States book and workbook, as well as MP's First Form Latin. She also liked (and wishes she was still doing) the Didax Editing books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 My kids really enjoy ETC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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