RainbowSprinkles Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 We are currently in our third year of homeschooling and I must say after trying a ton of different things, I feel like I'm finally getting a feel for what I want and what works for my dc. I'm also excited that I won't be spending as much on curriculum as I have in previous years. I'm beyond happy about that! I already bought history for next year. I'm just debating on whether to buy the history literature or not. Our library is not the greatest... I also bought a couple of things for Language Arts already. Anyway, just glad this is finally starting to work out for me and no one IRL is really gonna care, so I thought I'd share here! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This thread is pointless unless you tell us what you bought for history :lol:, but seriously, what did you buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 How fun! I've started buying for next year too and am enjoying looking over the new books. It's like late Christmas here! :) I really like being able to see where we are headed and figuring out what skills we need to work on now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadsandLilysMom Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Me too! I spent so much time agonizing over my selections for our first year of homeschool. It looks like this year will be a breeze to plan compared to last year. I just downloaded BFSU volume 1 and ordered First Language Lessons which I may start next month with my oldest. She is almost done with her Veritas Press 1st grade phonics and reading fluently so I think she is ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowSprinkles Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 This thread is pointless unless you tell us what you bought for history :lol:, but seriously, what did you buy? VP self-paced history :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oraetstudia Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I haven't started buying for next year, but I have started thinking about it. And what have you bought? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 VP self-paced history :) Fantastic!! Now what did you get for grammar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 VP self-paced history :) I drool over VP self-paced history :tongue_smilie:. Somebody NEEDS to come up with a Catholic friendly (or secular) version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Fantastic!! Now what did you get for grammar? YES! Just tell us everything you got! :D I'm green with envy...no shopping for me anytime soon. :001_unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've started ordering, too. DD will be coming home in the fall, so I'm even more excited than usual. DH doesn't understand why the buying frenzy happens in January and February, but I know you guys get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowSprinkles Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 YES! Just tell us everything you got! :D I'm green with envy...no shopping for me anytime soon. :001_unsure: Ok... :) I also got Winning with Writing and Soaring with Spelling. That's all for now! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 YES! Just tell us everything you got! :D I'm green with envy...no shopping for me anytime soon. :001_unsure: me either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've already gotten history and literature too. It is fun isn't it!! I buy things gradually as I find them used or as it is convenient to order them. It makes it feel like I'm spending less. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've already gotten history and literature too. It is fun isn't it!! I buy things gradually as I find them used or as it is convenient to order them. It makes it feel like I'm spending less. :lol: OK, what did you get for history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVampireLvr Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've been buying too... not much... just books for our home library from the thrift store... DS1 would look at books all day if I let him, and now that he's gained confidence in his reading, as soon as he's allowed some free time he'll go to town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I haven't started buying for next year, but I have started thinking about it. I'm excited about my choices for next year, although I am totally unsure about language arts... should I go the WWE/FLL/WWS route, or IEW themed writing, or Brave Writer/Brave Writer Lifestyle? Or even maybe keep using Igniting Your Writing for ds and then I only have dd to figure out? :confused: Everything else is pretty well nailed down, and I'm buying less than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Would I be ostracized if I said I bought next year's history, uh, two years ago? I originally bought it (CHOW) to compare with SOTW, went with SOTW, dropped it, and now am planning to use CHOW with the Calvert stuff. I think. Maybe. If I don't change my mind before then. I love shopping for curricula, but I wish I had more funds to do it with. I just had to buy a whole bunch over Christmas because Ariel had a mental leap and the stuff we were using wasn't challenging anymore. New math level, English, composition, spelling, geography, science, handwriting...the only things that didn't change were history and Spanish and both of those were just started about 3 months ago. My wallet hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I'm getting everything together to order in about a month or so. My shopping carts are all full! I piece together some SL stuff, so I've been getting those books from Paperback Swap for a while, but it has dried up now, and the last few books I'll have to get. I'm getting one big order in about a month, and then I'll have to do it slowly this year, a little every 2 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Well I actually started buying for next year last year, but I only have a few things I bought used last spring. I can't wait for my tax return so I can buy the bulk of our curriculum though.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I usually am buying 1.5-2 years in advance. So I have had almost all of next years curric (with a few exceptions) since last spring, Currently all I am buying is fun supplements for this term, and those last few exceptions. I should be done next year's shopping by Mar 1, the main thing I still need to buy is Sonlight P4/5 for my dd. I was undecided if I wanted her to do MP K or Sonlight P4/5 but decided to hold off on K for another year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningmama Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 :D How fun! I love to buy school stuff, but am not looking forward to it this year because at the moment, I have NO idea of what direction to take my kiddos next. I usually buy in May and know I have time, but have a feeling that it may be a bit difficult this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Kiddos Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 DH doesn't understand why the buying frenzy happens in January and February, but I know you guys get it! This is probably a stupid question but I don't understand this either. Is it better to purchase things in Jan or Feb? Sales? Could someone explain it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Well, frankly, I am so tired of the materials we are using this year that I get all excited for next year.:D You know, the winter slump. Also, however, I like to plan my purchases now and buy by March or so so I can spend the last few months before summer break doing the bulk of the planning, copying, organizing and filing. Then I can enjoy the break too. Plus, if I get something in March and see that it is not going to work for whatever reason, I have plenty of time to return it and figure out what to replace it with. It is just a tad strange this year though, since we are finally hitting our groove and most things we are using are great, so I'm just buying the next level. Lucky for me (The Everplanner) the Logic stage looms eerily on the horizon, instilling heart stopping fear and frenzied research... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This thread is pointless unless you tell us what you bought for history :lol:, but seriously, what did you buy? :iagree: LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) This is probably a stupid question but I don't understand this either. Is it better to purchase things in Jan or Feb? Sales? Could someone explain it to me. Well, for ME, I buy my core in February/March. It gives me oodles of time to prepare without being under the gun and if I choose to preread the books, I can ... in leisure. Then... In summer, I buy the other stuff; math, reading, english...that' boring junk. I don't usually have any preparing for that, plus it divides my expenses throughout the year. And...I don't buy anything at the convention then unless it's a game or something frivoulous!:D Sometimes, some companies are overwhelmed in spring and summer and this avoids that for the most part. .......buy by March or so so I can spend the last few months before summer break doing the bulk of the planning, copying, organizing and filing. Then I can enjoy the break too. Plus, if I get something in March and see that it is not going to work for whatever reason, I have plenty of time to return it and figure out what to replace it with. Yep...that too. Edited January 13, 2012 by alilac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 OK, what did you get for history? My kids will be 8th & 10th grade next year. We're going to use America: A Narrative History as a spine, then I've got a schedule for Historical Fiction to correlate. Older will be using Excellence in Lit (American History) and younger LL8. I have all my science for dd, but it was ds's last year, so there I didn't get to buy anything new. They'll both be continuing with their foreign languages and math, so nothing exciting there. The only big decision I'm still working on is Chemistry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I start buying most of my curriculum in Feb. because that is when we get our tax return. Tax season is pretty much the only time when we have extra money.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This is probably a stupid question but I don't understand this either. Is it better to purchase things in Jan or Feb? Sales? Could someone explain it to me. For me it is all based on my funding allotments (Alberta homeschoolers get money to buy curriculum). I use my second term allotment to buy for the following fall, and then the fall allotment to buy for the 2nd term etc. As far as I know the core I want is not changing this spring so there is no benefit in waiting until after April to get it, so while I still have the money I will get it. Also the 2 main curriculum fairs I attend (1 used, 1 at convention) are in March and April. I like to get all I can at the March one used and then just have odds and ends to find at convention. If I wasn't trying to stay ahead of the game when it comes to funding (and also avoiding backorders during peak times) and wanting to be done before convention I would wait until Summer. The last 2 times I have placed huge orders with my favorite homeschool store during peak times I have had to wait nearly 6 months for some of my backorders (now I do sometiimes chose things that are not very common), by ordering as far in advance as I do, I have managed to always get everything in when I needed it even with such a long delay. It takes all the stress out of waiting for curriculum to know that I have 6-9 months before it is needed for it to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamrachelle Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I finished ordering everything we need for school next year a couple of weeks ago. Everything is starting to arrive this week and I have to say that I am so glad that I ordered early and will have time to pre-read and make lesson plans for the year before summer. FWIW, I ordered the VP self-paced history for my two DC as well. We read a lot for pleasure but I did go ahead an order the literature selections from Veritas just to round out our history lessons a bit. I'm thinking that it will really enrich our studies next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I've picked up a few things, and some of it I have had sitting on a shelf or in my computer for a year or more because we veered off the path for history. I think after 6 years of this I'm finally finding what the kids like, and what I enjoy using to teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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