DeaconsGarden Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just spent 3 days reading through the thread about the WORST curriculum. Now I'd like to hear everyone's favorite! Ours: Italic Handwriting 100 EZ Lessons Leading Little Ones to God The Peacemaker for Kids AAS Apologia (Elementary Science) Astronomy Apologia (High School) Anatomy, Chemistry and Biology Life of Fred (Algebra II) Still need to find the perfect Math program, but who isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Tapestry of Grace Heart of Dakota and my #1 pick......... :party: Christian Light Math :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Saxon Math 5/4 and up. Rod & Staff English My Book House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Life of Fred MCT AAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Singapore math MCT LA progra AAS Elemental Science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 At this point I like everything we're doing but wish we'd found Life of Fred earlier. It has really made dd like math more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Singapore Math - we started with Saxon and DS hated it with a passion, once we switched to SM, it was like magic - the kid loves, loves, loves math! All About Spelling - I would have started it earlier had I known how well it helped DS with reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy5 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Apologia Science: Astronomy -- LOVE THIS!!! This has been the highlight of our year! I just discovered Math Mammoth and that has really helped with math (using as a supplement to Singapore for our 1st grader). Edited January 30, 2012 by mommy5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CLE Math! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallorie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CLE Math. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Just read the worst curriculum thread. The same things on that thread are/will be on this thread! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Singapore math, Std. Ed. with HIGs (totally different program without the HIG- I was missing out on so much!) Luckily it only took me one semester to figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CLE Math, BJU English, and Handwriting without Tears (both print and cursive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CLE Math and SOTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris's girl Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 TT math! I wish I had listened when my friends raved about it 4 years ago. I just tried it last year and have been thrilled with the change in my ODD since starting it back again in the fall. My second DD cannot wait to get her hands on the program, and I see no need to do anything else with my subsequent children. Truthfully, I'm still looking for much of anything else we love. *I* loved Sonlight, but it was too much reading for 2 of my kids. I'd like to give it another go now that everyone is older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Singapore Rod and Staff English My First Chinese Reader Athenaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Math Mammoth Classic Worktexts (for reading) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnointedHsMom Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Heart of Dakota, All About Spelling, and All About Reading. Wish these were around or I'd known about them when my older son started Kindergarten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miracleone Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CLE math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The same things on that thread are/will be on this thread! :lol: :lol: This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw this thread. One person's favorite is another person's dud. Some of my fav's... SOTW - but I can't say I wish I'd found it earlier because I started using it when oldest was 6yo AG - so much better than R&S imho Apologia Elementary Science - using this one from the beginning too R&S Spelling - just as good as SW, but soooo much cheaper WWE - wish this was available when my older boys were young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Teaching Textbooks Ambleside Online In our house much has to do with attitude. Oldest dd tends to balk at anything remotely resembling academics. Younger dd laps up anything I put in front of her . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm putting this in the wish I'd found earlier pile, however, it was actually good in this instance to use something else first: Singapore Math (Standards Edition HIG, TB, WB, IP, CWP) Wish I'd found earlier: KISS Grammar Glad I started with for DS1: Math Mammoth (while I like Singapore better, MM was best for accelerating that first year of homeschooling - didn't break the bank!) Writing With Ease Story of the World Glad I started with for DS2: Singapore Essential Math K combined with Cuisenaire Rods Webster's Speller I See Sam readers (these are soooooo much better than Bob books!) Glad I used, though I'm not using it now: All About Spelling (provided me with teacher training, and the first few levels were good for DS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 My all time favorite science for the grade 4-6 group Apologia Elementary Science Also for this grade range, Wordsmith Apprentice for writing. For math, not a curriculum really but making a math journal using Maximum Math as a guide has made the difference in dd being a math hater to a math lover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lots of boys Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Our fav's are: -TT -AAS -SOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 NOEO Science ZB handwriting Struggling Reader (I bought this at a convention and felt really guilty later. The guilt finally made me start using it and I have never looked back. It is the single best way for our family to teach phonics and sight words...although you don't have to buy the sight words games.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I wish we'd had AAR for my oldest. I am loving that program! I also love MM, which we use as a supplement/extra practice with Jump Math That being said, this isn't the first time I've had a "favorite" and lost interest. I have a wandering eye...I stray often when it comes to curriculum. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 HWOT 100EZ lessons AAS WWE FLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 TT AAR Bob Jones Math (I used the 4th grade last year and loved it. I just couldn't continue because of the time involved and dvds for everyone is too $$$) Things that I did find earlier but just didn't stick with :tongue_smilie: HOD (although I do think at the time I wasn't ready to continue with a progam like this) MUS AAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Life of Fred. Of course, I couldn't have found it earlier because the younger levels were just published. If they had already excisted that's what I would have used as my main math program in the early years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Miquon Life of Fred living math books Red Herring Mysteries Loyola's Book of Saints Kingfisher Encyclopedia of History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm not sure it's my absolute favorite, but the one thing I wish I would have found earlier is Apples and Pears. It has helped my son's handwriting and spelling sooooooo much! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I Wish I had found The Well Trained Mind when my oldest was little. It just wasn't on my radar at that time. Also wish I had used Explode The Code in a more systematic fashion. My son loved them when he got his hands on one, but I didn't use it as our phonics "spine." Also--and this is a biggie--I wish we had discovered ScienceWorks earlier. I've had more struggle finding the right science than any other subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilka Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Khan Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Things I wish I'd used earlier (assuming they were available and I had the budget to purchase them): AAS Math Mammoth MCT Mr. Q Science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 AAS HWT MM SOTW and the Baldwin Children's Project free online at http://www.mainlesson.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I wish I had found The Writing Road to Reading earlier. A couple of things I like now, that I actually DID purchase and abandon earlier because they didn't work for us are Math Mammoth and AAS. We use them now and it's a far better fit. Things I love that came along at just the right time: Galore Park Junior English, Teach Me Joy cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 sotw Miquon Mr Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Currently using, but wished I had started earlier: MM SOTW MCT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathy_overman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 We have fallen in love with: CLE Math - it is so easy to implement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Wizards Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 MM SOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 my #1 pick......... :party: Christian Light Math :thumbup: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Christian Light Math and LA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyjoh62080 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 HEART OF DAKOTA :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschooling Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Definitely HEART OF DAKOTA!!! :D:tongue_smilie::D:001_smile: Math Mammoth We Choose Virtues Reading Eggs (b/c it keeps my 5yo sooooo occupied while I school the others and he's learning a lot while having fun) We LOVE Developing the Early Learner and I so wish I'd found them for my oldest two! I'm also really enjoying Right Start A for my 5yo even if we don't do it consistently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wish I'd found earlier: Recipe for Reading/Touchphonics Miquon Apologia Elementary Loved from the start: SOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 We generally try to avoid switching curricula. The one change that we made that we wish we made earlier was switching from History Odyssey to Story of the World Activity Guide, which we did a couple of months into our second year. SotWAG had more things you could do right out of the book without scrambling to find other resources. We still supplement with a pile of library books, but now the history sessions have more activities and structured Q&A around them. If we're still homeschooling when she reaches 5th grade, we'll probably check out HO again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwena Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 AAS Heart of Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) It isn't "wish I found it earlier" as my first grader is my oldest. I am SO glad I found Phonics Road. It has made me a competent and knowledgeable L/A teacher and the progress my child has made has been amazing. I'm so sticking with PR and Singapore as they are both solid, fine programs that help the student achieve. Edited January 30, 2012 by drexel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm very embarrassed to admit this one. I was put off everything "Well Trained Mind" for a few years because I didn't like the title. "They're children, not dogs" I said more than once. Of course FLL and WWE are the 2 that I wish I'd looked at and used sooner and OPGTR has been a big success too.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm4him Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 AAS/AAR Activities for the AL Abacus (as a supplement) FLL WWE LNST Things I wish I'd stuck with: Saxon Math and R & S Math CC stm4him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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