Jay3fer Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 By "shelf," I mean shelf, hard drive, etc. And in this thread, I don't mean stuff you've bought that is inappropriate or wrong for your kids. I mean, specifically, curriculum you've BOUGHT and LIKE, but which it's looking like you MAY never get to, no matter how great the concept! (I was inspired by this thread) I'll go first - Beautiful Feet Teaching Character Through Literature - just haven't gotten to it... Confessions of a Homeschooler's Expedition Earth curriculum. Several pricey math workbooks. :-( Probably more that I'm not thinking of at the moment. What's sitting on your proverbial "shelf"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I think it is called "Homeschool PE"...I bought it, I like it, I just may never get around to using it :tongue_smilie:...I wonder if I will ever use the "Prima Latina" I bought as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Don't even get me started! :-) I've got stuff here for the grandkids and they are not even born yet. And I collect stuff I might want to tutor with. And as for my own self-education...well...yeh...I'm a hoarder. I don't hoard anything but books, but I have a problem when it comes to books. A serious problem. Just looking at my books makes me happy though. And I like to study sitting on the floor, surrounded by them in piles. Phonics is my worst problem in hoarding what I really don't need. Yeh, my spelling needs some serious attention...but...I have...like...so many curricula, I don't even know how many I have :-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLady Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 For me it's- Galloping the Globe Five In A Row I love them both,have had them forever, but have yet to use. Worse, I also KNOW my boys would love them,too. Don't even get me started on ny ambitions to lapbook. Never did that either. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Uh, anything science related. I mean to get to it, but I am a)afraid of blowing up the house and b) we never seen to have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Well, I shouldn't say *NEVER* get to, b/c we do get to them a good bit, BUT, I really wish we got to them REGULARLY... Expedition Earth REAL Science Odyssey World's Greatest Artists Even though I have them scheduled alongside everything else, they still seem to get 'missed' more often than I would like. My fear is that the same thing will happen with SOTW when we start it in July :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Jacob's Ladder comprehension BFSU (might use this next year) SotW1 and activity book (might start this next year as well), stuff related to Ancients Atelier art Rightstart B (we used for a couple months, but taking a break) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Latin For Children Artistic Pursuits (used it w/another child, loved it and can't seem to get it going this year) I'm definitely shorter on time this year than any other. Too much running around and not enough being home learning or relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Lap books! I am a wee bit obsessed and will hoard any that I come across. We will neve have time to fit them all in, I fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Wordly Wise vocab curriculum. I picked up the K level and really liked it but just never found time to fit it in. Plus my dd was reading at a young age and she is constantly asking for the definitions of words when I am reading aloud so I just put this workbook to the side for now. Maybe I'll be able to incorporate it with one of my other daughters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillehei Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Artistic Pursuits, Critical Thinking, TT Workbooks (only need the disks), The Body Book (but am planning to use that after human anatomy and physiology is completed as a review). So much money sitting on my shelves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have an art loving son, but we never seem to get to "How Great Thou Art". We do, however, do lots of projects in history (Homeschool in the Woods - Time Travelers are fantastic!). At least we are being creative while we study history! I also purchased a typing adventure program (I can't even think of the name of it!!). Unfortunately, we haven't touched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A math game lapbook Experiments for science....we do the chapters and discuss, watch videos, but have yet to do one experiment this year. We did several last year and loved them. Drawing with Children. We did it once and I have not pulled it out since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCamper Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Drawing with Children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A bunch of logic books for DS- Stepping Stones, First Time Analogies, Lollipop Logic, etc. DD used to eat these up when she was the same age, but he only seems to like math puzzles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Oh my, I have way too many to list....but, from this year.... Latina Christiana A biology program I downloaded...and printed......twice.... 2 levels of sentence composing ...elementary and middle school. Beautiful Feet Hx of Classical Music Not to mention a host of reading books etc. Oh well.....que cera Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 How to Teach Art to Children Drawing with Children Artistic Pursuits See a pattern? :tongue_smilie: It's funny--sitting on the table beside me is Drawing with Children. I just pulled it out this morning. So help me, my poor kiddos are going to get some formal art if it kills me!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Uh, anything science related. I mean to get to it, but I am a)afraid of blowing up the house and b) we never seen to have time. Here too. I currently own 6 different science programs, and we just never manage to get to them (or we start them and don't finish them!). I just bought another one too :lol: I think we'll manage to do this one though--it's geared to DD6, but DD9 is enjoying it so far and we should be able to ramp it up to her level easily with the included pages for older learners and upper level reading. (Famous last words, of course...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Right Start Math and Latin for Children. My 5th grader hates the LFC book. It's doesn't make sense to her. She wants me to pick a different program and learn it over the summer. I love Wordly Wise and it has really helped my kids know a lot of new words. I hear them using their vocabulary words in daily life and I see it in their writing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 My 5th grader hates the LFC book. It's doesn't make sense to her. She wants me to pick a different program and learn it over the summer. I don't blame her. It barely makes sense to me too! But it seems to be working for DD9, so we plug away *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 MP's States and Capitals. I have a workbook for each girl, but by the time we finish daily work everyone's fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Five in a Row for me too. I bought it for now 16yo. We rowed a few books. Same thing with the next kid. This year I realized that the youngest (soon to be ten) was getting too old. I recently sold many of the books we didn't absolutely love and sent the manuals to The Book Samaritan. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Artisitic Pursits here too! We are a science-oriented family w/out a shred of artistic ability. The extent of my art is the craft activities in SOTW AG. But we have two artistically gifted children so we are currently outsourcing it! I'm still trying to figure out where it came from. I was certainly not from dh or I. FIAR was another bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I bought a lot of stuff over the years that I never managed to get to with my older son. When the younger one got into logic stage and I finally realized that I needed to use what I had rather than continuing to buy more, I started going through the stuff and using it. There's too much to detail here, LOL! This year, he has done a set of video tapes about world religions that came with lesson plans; he has read through Bible Prophecy for Blockheads (which my older son did use a little); and he's currently working through a Prayer of Jabez Journal for youth (remember when that was popular?) I'm using up various workbooks on geography and science that I've had around for years, mostly unused. Im using a bunch of science kits for the last time (some for the first time, even though they've been in my house forever).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Don't even get me started! :-) I've got stuff here for the grandkids and they are not even born yet. And I collect stuff I might want to tutor with. And as for my own self-education...well...yeh...I'm a hoarder. I don't hoard anything but books, but I have a problem when it comes to books. A serious problem. Just looking at my books makes me happy though. And I like to study sitting on the floor, surrounded by them in piles. :lol::lol::lol:This is totally me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkid Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have almost all the "What Your __ Grader Needs to Know" books, thinking I'll use them as supplements for exposure to things like more art history and idioms, but we never get around to it. We hardly ever get to Spanish either. Ho, hum. Another thing that reminds me I'm not doing all I want to do. But it's nice to see I'm not the only one. We just need to focus on the basics and be happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Various art curricula here also, although I'm working towards change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Atelier Art 3 NEW (and 4 used) I wanted to buy Meeting the Masters, but dh insisted on Atelier Art. It is very expensive and it is sitting on the shelf staring at me every. single. day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have almost all the "What Your __ Grader Needs to Know" books, thinking I'll use them as supplements for exposure to things like more art history and idioms, but we never get around to it. I like being able to get these Core Knowledge books out of the library. They're useful to glance at, but I can see why you never get to them. Wanted to suggest a painless way to learn idioms together, using these FREE bookmarks on CurrClick. We love them! There are at least 12 sets, with 5 sayings in a set, and one "review" bookmark. I just print off a set and paste them to these nameplates so they look cool, but I have also just printed them on cardstock or regular paper, glued to cereal-box cardboard. :-))) It's weird; I rarely consider "wasted" curriculum to be a total waste. Each time I buy something that turns out to stink, I learn so many valuable things: about us, about hype, about following the crowd, about reading reviews... they're definitely educational, at least for me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnick in nc Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Drawing with Children Mind Benders (DS can almost read well enough to do on own) Various geography resources (hoping to begin that this week, though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkid Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's weird; I rarely consider "wasted" curriculum to be a total waste. Each time I buy something that turns out to stink, I learn so many valuable things: about us, about hype, about following the crowd, about reading reviews... they're definitely educational, at least for me. :lol: Thank you for this. Totally true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Speaking of Currclick, I've downloaded a bunch of stuff free over time from them that I have never gotten around to using. Funnix, also. I download and forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Not something I bought, but I did spend loads of time on it and we're not using it. I read The Core and wanted to make a list of events for the kids to memorize. I spent countless hours putting together a list of timeline events and history sentences to memorize for Ancient history. We did it for a couple of weeks before the kids decided they hated it, and I didn't want to force it, so it sits in a notebook. I also have a bit of an issue with buying reference books. They're always on deep discount or I'll see them at charity shops, and they're so cheap that I just can't pass them up. I have so many children's encyclopedias and other reference books, and really they don't get used all that much. But I just can't stop myself when I see one that's a really good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachingTwins Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Artistic Pursuits. We liked it pretty well, but haven't got past the third lesson. I focus on the basics, and never seem to get to art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Meet the Masters BFSU Galore Park Junior Science 2 a science kit on magnetism GrammarLand half the stuff I've ever downloaded from Currclick a boatload of classic radio shows I bought on a special deal I have SOTW on the shelf but didn't plan to use it this year. Maybe next year. Or maybe CHOW, which I also already have... Thanks for the reminder, I went through some of the stuff and saw the lapbook I downloaded for colonial America. Maybe We'll actually get to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Latin (we always do great for about 3 weeks and then slowly fade away) Spanish (see above) Artistic Pursuits Composer Study Note: Latin and Spanish are no longer even in my siggy b/c I feel like a big fat LIAR listing them although they are technically part of our curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Montessori puzzle maps (I guess they're "inappropriate" given the toddler, though I'm not sure we'd get around to them anyway) How Great Thou Art Peterson Directed Handwriting several series of vintage readers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Come sit by me vol 1 & 2. They are like a Canadian version of FIAR. They are great, but once I got sonlight I have not used them. Mission Monde 1&2 (french curric) LC1, with extra suppl programs Hey Andrew, teach me some greek 1&2 Yeah the foreign language peice had to be dropped right around the time my curric for them actually arrived. I have bought math and science books in advance so they will get used but have not yet. Also have 3 out of 4 SOTW books and activity guides but we are not using them right now in fact 2 of them I have never cracked the spine on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 By "shelf," I mean shelf, hard drive, etc. And in this thread, I don't mean stuff you've bought that is inappropriate or wrong for your kids. I mean, specifically, curriculum you've BOUGHT and LIKE, but which it's looking like you MAY never get to, no matter how great the concept! (I was inspired by this thread) I'll go first - Beautiful Feet Teaching Character Through Literature - just haven't gotten to it... Confessions of a Homeschooler's Expedition Earth curriculum. Several pricey math workbooks. :-( Probably more that I'm not thinking of at the moment. What's sitting on your proverbial "shelf"? I did not find the Character study guide, am i missing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I did not find the Character study guide, am i missing it? Not Jay3fer, but here's a link: Beautiful Feet Character unit HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Writing with Ease. Sigh ,, Wanted to use it with my 3rd daughter this year but plans fell through on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 More than I want to admit! Expedition Earth Living Memory BFSU Philosophy For Kids Milestones in Science kit Japanese Math (only one of my kids does this regularly) Wordly Wise Drawing With Children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Not Jay3fer, but here's a link: Beautiful Feet Character unit HTH. THANKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Artistic PUrsuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 This is a bit of an older thread, but I just had to say how I'm glad I'm not the only one that acquires more curric. than I use.... Unused: VanCleave's Science Around the Year Alphaphonics Write...from the Beginning a couple of Literature pockets books I would say I'm getting better about it, but we're only in Kindergarten! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 LOF---we used the fractions book and enjoyed it. But for some reason we can't get to the Pre-algebra ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Rosetta Stone Anything art related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Writing Strands (I want to like it but I seriously just find something else to do when I think about it---we are random about doing that). All those Kids Can books...I made gorgeous lesson plans connecting folktales to multicultural arts and crafts connected with geography etc for this year---um no. Waldorf stuff--nature tables, Earthways, recorder--nuh uh. Drawing With Children (and I have an artsy kid) I have this Scholastic book that has all this mini math books to print out and assemble and keep in a notebook and there's activities involved with each story---just not happening. Family Math And this just kills me---Wordly Wise. My ds asked to do it last year and it was his favorite---this year--I think we've done 4 lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansamy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 History Revealed and RS Spanish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie_ranae Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Simply Charlotte Mason Business Math...thanks for the reminder :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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