FairProspects Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ds' faves: Ellen McHenry anything Ed Zacarro anything Aims Edu- a whole bunch but the best, he says, is Amazing Circle Critical Thinking Company -The Mindbenders with jokes/riddles. AoPS Martin Gardner Heart of Math which we had to stop because the math was beyond him, but he loved the style and ideas. I need to follow up on Prof Ed Burger. Not loving MCT Island at the moment but perhaps we haven't hit on Mud yet. Oh good! I have that one in our lineup. I doubt you have hit Mud yet - he is in Sentence Island and you will know!! Ours: Zacarro SOTW - esp. the projects & additional books Sentence Island Beast Academy (Well, a love/hate relationship here. Geometry & Algebra = fun, computation = horror) Hands on Equations Intellego Astronomy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukmuk Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Oh good! I have that one in our lineup. I doubt you have hit Mud yet - he is in Sentence Island and you will know!! :001_smile: *rubbing hands in glee* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) OK, the 'curriculum' we've had the most fun with is my name picture. An ancient yellow campervan that we spent 6 years 'studying': Australian History, Geography, Science (especially geology, flora, fauna, geography), Bushcraft, map-reading, etc etc etc. We also shared stories, maths puzzles and heaps of learnin' in her. We've got in and taken off whenever we could, from overnight to 6 weeks around the Western 1/2 of Australia in 2012. 14,500km in 6 weeks, just the two of us! It died after we got back from that trip, :crying: but it managed to get us home first. RIP Saffron our Toyota Campervan. (Edited to correct year) Edited January 16, 2013 by Pod's mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) double post Edited January 16, 2013 by Pod's mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Here are my dds favorites: Sonlight + extra read-alouds Miquon (the first 4 books - after that it gets harder and they get grumpy!) Beast Academy Our Math Videos Rosetta Stone Typing Instructor for Kids MCT Island level (especially Sentence Island and Music of the Hemispheres) Bravewriter (especially Tea and Poetry, Keen Observation, and the Communication Game) Story of the World Audio CDs Audio books from the library or librivox.org Art for Kids - Drawing Educational iPad apps Gym, Music, and Art class at the local PS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastTNmom Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Love this thread...learning about many I've not heard of before! Last year we really enjoyed GuestHollow's Otter's Human Body Science (it's FREE too!) We started out with Apologia's Human Anatomy but it was too much for a 2nd grader, IMO. http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/science_human_body.html FIAR for K-1st. Can't wait to start with my DD this coming year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Love this thread...learning about many I've not heard of before! Last year we really enjoyed GuestHollow's Otter's Human Body Science (it's FREE too!) We started out with Apologia's Human Anatomy but it was too much for a 2nd grader, IMO. http://www.guestholl...human_body.html FIAR for K-1st. Can't wait to start with my DD this coming year! OMG!! I forgot I had this! Thanks so much. We are doing the human body too this year. THANKS!!! I am loving this thread!! I will add that CM Pet Store Math (under her business math) has been a huge hit. Also, adding Project Passport Middle Ages to our SOTW 2 has been fun. And...Human Body Detectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Right Start math and card games. Oak Meadow Kindy...all of the kids have enjoyed the stories and crafts. Not a curriculum, but the Aliens vs. Presidents, Stack the States, and Stack the Countries ipad apps have been very popular here too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Household Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Sassafras Science! www.sassafrasscience.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie131 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Thanks so much for all the ideas! I am going to use many of them next year :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QTMom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 We are having a blast with science with A Reason For Science curriculum and The Young Scientist Club membership. We also are getting the Little Passport subscriptions for the USA state study and the world study. We are doing more art projects. We switched to Teaching Textbooks and my kids look forward to doing math! MFW Adventures has also been a lot of fun this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Five in a Row - beautiful and fun with younger kids Singapore Math - my kids adore math time now MCT Grammar Island & Sentence Island - my dd actually includes thanks for this program in her prayers Song School Latin (with the DVDs) - they can't wait to find out what happens to Simeon each week! Tin Man Press Waker Uppers Shakespeare study units (created for them by their Dad) Reading great books together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Tea time (with or without poetry) Grammar Land (with the free worksheets) ETC--for some reason my DC love these books Apologia Zoo 2--they are having a blast with the ocean diorama project! Little House books--I try to read at least one aloud each year...along with an E.B. White book Geopuzzles RS Math Games board games sewing with felt (tons of free patterns online) Draw Squad nature walks with nature journals unstructured playtime at the park field trips of all sorts --I really need to schedule these more often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 KONOS was the best homeschooling time for us. I have two more kids coming along now and I have been really thinking of going back to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishmommy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Five in a Row hands down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Well, I have others that I'd consider "favorites" for other reasons, but the most FUN ones at our house: Most fun for me as the mom/teacher -- FIAR and MFW Adventures Most fun for oldest dd -- FIAR and MFW Rome to Reformation Most fun for dd #2 -- Apologia science (she loves science) and I'm going to guess MFW AHL as well (for 9th gr.) which she just started last week. She's LOVING it. Most fun for dd #3 -- FIAR, MFW Adventures, and the Poetry, Bible, Science, and Art from HOD Bigger. (She hated the history part of Bigger.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Ellen j McHenry's materials Ellen McHenry's Chemistry and life of fred elementry and SOTW ancients and medevil come to mind. ETA my youngest LOVED RS Math B last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjgrubbs Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The very best/fun things that we have ever done in our homeschooling are the history kits from Hands and Hearts. ht tp://www.handsnhearts.com/ These look really neat! Did you simply add them along with the time period you were studying? Do a project a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Jean Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 No curriculum. A library card. When I was my brokest and sickest, I'd just go to the library, grab some stuff that looked good, and just use it. It was easy, fun, and it worked as well as most of the hard and boring and expensive and teacher-intensive alternatives, that I'd switch back to when the crisis passed. I agree! I went through breast cancer and treatment and still managed to homeschool through it all. It wasn't easy but we made it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 GEMS science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybell Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Another vote for Ellen McHenry materials Tops Science Time Traveler's Unit lapbooks by Homeschool in the Woods Atelier Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 MCT. We have used Level 1 and are working with Level 2 now. We all love it. Also we have liked the literature selections he uses. My son has also had a lot of fun with Beast Academy and Problemoids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 No curriculum. A library card. When I was my brokest and sickest, I'd just go to the library, grab some stuff that looked good, and just use it. It was easy, fun, and it worked as well as most of the hard and boring and expensive and teacher-intensive alternatives, that I'd switch back to when the crisis passed. I agree SO MUCH my head is shaking up and down! The years we werei library rats were our best years. We are sort of here now by choice and not by necessity as in the past. We use the library for books and enrichment! They have some cool programs! Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 NOEO Chemistry 1 and Sonlight Science! Beast Academy Challenging Word Problems Basher Books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 My oldest ds was a living-a-learning-lifestyle kind of kid, so his library card was probably his favorite thing. :-) As far as curriculum, there were several things over the years that he really liked. Sister Wendy's videos- she was nicknamed the chipmunk lady MUS videos- Steve Demme was called walrus man IEW TWSS- Andrew Pudewa was ferret man Foundations of Western Civilization from Great Courses with Thomas F.X. Noble whose nickname escapes us Can you tell he was an audio-visual learner? He also liked Winston Grammar. And, the books from Sonlight's old Eastern Hemisphere were life changing, as he would say was the discovery of Manga, Hayao Miyazaki films, fan fiction, and any and all folklore having to do with dragons. Do these last ones count as school? He seems to think so. My second ds basically disliked everything, but his ninth grade year with WinterPromise Sea & Sky was his favorite. The little man also dislikes school, but math and music are the least hated. He likes his private mandolin lesson the best, but that isn't a curriculum. He was fine with Saxon and Hands On Equations. Another vote for MUS- like his oldest brother he also really likes Steve Demme and the nickname walrus man lives on! Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne115 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 My daughter has absolutely loved: Atelier Art Noeo Science - especially Chemistry MCT - Island Level Song School Latin Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 My oldest ds was a living-a-learning-lifestyle kind of kid, so his library card was probably his favorite thing. :-) As far as curriculum, there were several things over the years that he really liked. Sister Wendy's videos- she was nicknamed the chipmunk lady MUS videos- Steve Demme was called walrus man IEW TWSS- Andrew Pudewa was ferret man Foundations of Western Civilization from Great Courses with Thomas F.X. Noble whose nickname escapes us Can you tell he was an audio-visual learner? He also liked Winston Grammar. And, the books from Sonlight's old Eastern Hemisphere were life changing, as he would say was the discovery of Manga, Hayao Miyazaki films, fan fiction, and any and all folklore having to do with dragons. Do these last ones count as school? He seems to think so. My second ds basically disliked everything, but his ninth grade year with WinterPromise Sea & Sky was his favorite. The little man also dislikes school, but math and music are the least hated. He likes his private mandolin lesson the best, but that isn't a curriculum. He was fine with Saxon and Hands On Equations. Another vote for MUS- like his oldest brother he also really likes Steve Demme and the nickname walrus man lives on! Mandy DS calls the HOE man "Beanie Boy". We had the most fun in 5th grade using a Christian Science International science text as a spine with heavy supplementation. Simple seems best for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfordlr Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I totally remember watching Sister Wendy! Thanks for planting the seed ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ds is starting computer programming this month, mad libs, experiments, and science kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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