journey00 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Writing With Ease (WWE)....what other curriculum is similar for any subject? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hake Grammar Writing with Skill Analytical Grammar Sadlier Vocabulary Human Odyssey (History) Story of the World All About Spelling Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading First Language Lessons Art of Problem Solving Breaking the Spanish Barrier I'm sure there are others, but those came to mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiMi 4under3 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Getting Started with Latin Hake Saxon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhappyjoyjoy Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Saxon Math Shurley Grammar All About Spelling Various Memoria Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Logic of English Math in Focus English Lesson Through Literature I think "open and go" sometimes depends on the way you use a program, though. I see SOTW listed above and while I love it I don't feel like I can open the book and go. But that's because of the way I'm using it (making copies from the activity guide, finding supplemental books at the library, gathering supplies for projects, ect). I could just simply read the darn book, of course, but to ME that's not SOTW. Singapore Primary is also "open and go" for some families. But because Asian math is foreign to me it took a lot of prep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Logic of English Math in Focus English Lesson Through Literature I think "open and go" sometimes depends on the way you use a program, though. I see SOTW listed above and while I love it I don't feel like I can open the book and go. But that's because of the way I'm using it (making copies from the activity guide, finding supplemental books at the library, gathering supplies for projects, ect). I could just simply read the darn book, of course, but to ME that's not SOTW. Singapore Primary is also "open and go" for some families. But because Asian math is foreign to me it took a lot of prep. I listed SOTW, and yes, we used it differently. :) We didn't do the projects because we're not a project/crafty family. I also rarely needed to make copies. My daughter read hundreds of extra history books during her SOTW years, but I don't really see that as connected to the program. I guess if I absolutely had to track down certain books to be read at a certain chapter it would feel less open and go. Finding supplemental books is just a part of our homeschool that I do for many subjects regardless of the core. :) For us Story of the World wasn't about projects - it was about hours upon hours snuggled together reading, then years of Lily sneaking off to read the books herself. It was about the moments in the sunshine and fresh air on the front porch as she took her first shaky steps into the world of academic writing as she did written narrations... It was night after night in the hushed quiet as we all fell asleep listening to Jim Weiss tell us the Story of the World... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Saxon math, WWE, WWS, R+S English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathie in VA Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Singapore math with the HIG Classical Writing w the workbooks How to Teach Spelling w the workbooks I've also used RnS English, RnS Spelling n both were open go too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamindy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I listed SOTW, and yes, we used it differently. :) We didn't do the projects because we're not a project/crafty family. I also rarely needed to make copies. My daughter read hundreds of extra history books during her SOTW years, but I don't really see that as connected to the program. I guess if I absolutely had to track down certain books to be read at a certain chapter it would feel less open and go. Finding supplemental books is just a part of our homeschool that I do for many subjects regardless of the core. :) For us Story of the World wasn't about projects - is was about hours upon hours snuggled together reading, then years of Lily sneaking off to read the books herself. It was about the moments in the sunshine and fresh air on the front porch as she took her first shaky steps into the world of academic writing as she did written narrations... It was night after night in the hushed quiet as we all fell asleep listening to Jim Weiss tell us the Story of the World... I would love to know how to make SOTW more open-and-go for us. Perhaps I get too worried about having the right books available for extra reading.... Would you mind telling me *very specifically* which reading you're referring to? Just the actual Story of the World book, or any of the extra reading? Also, I have a lot of little kids, so in order for us to all benefit, I try to have a picture book for littles, coloring pages, etc. I will say that I took the time to print up coloring pages and maps (along with generic notebooking pages for narrations) and had them spiral bound ahead of time. This has helped cut down prep time immensely!! A curriculum that hasn't been mentioned is Reading Lessons Through Literature. It is a very much open-and-go spelling for my girls and reading for son. And now that I've gotten the hang of asian math, we LOVE singapore math. Just love it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventuresinHomeschooling Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Elemental Science is fairly open and go. Some of your more traditional curriculum is open and go such as A Beka, Horizons, Christian Liberty Press, Rod and Staff, etc. For phonics, Sing, Spell, Read and Write is fairly open and go, but it does have several components, such as readers, games, etc. Classical Academic Press has several open and go products, including Bible, foreign language and writing. We have also been using Apologia/Summit' elementary Bible Who is God? that has been open and go for us too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I find Math Mammoth open and go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcara Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 New Fix-it Grammar! LOVE this program!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 CLE math new Fix-It Grammar (agree with arcara) Visualizing World Geography (buy it used; not worth the money new) Trail Guides to Learning (but we dropped it for various reasons; excellent though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 A lot of what we use is open and go, and much is already listed-- Bible study guide for all ages, WWE, CAP W&R, FLL, AAS, R&S spelling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Right Start Math All About Spelling Mr. Q Science All the Memoria Press materials we've tried SOTW was not open & go the first time around because I did the projects in the AG and History Pockets with oldest DD. This time around DS is reading the textbook & doing the tests only. That is totally open & go. He's older that his sister was and frankly, once doing the crafts is plenty for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I would love to know how to make SOTW more open-and-go for us. Perhaps I get too worried about having the right books available for extra reading.... Would you mind telling me *very specifically* which reading you're referring to? Just the actual Story of the World book, or any of the extra reading? Also, I have a lot of little kids, so in order for us to all benefit, I try to have a picture book for littles, coloring pages, etc. I will say that I took the time to print up coloring pages and maps (along with generic notebooking pages for narrations) and had them spiral bound ahead of time. This has helped cut down prep time immensely!! A curriculum that hasn't been mentioned is Reading Lessons Through Literature. It is a very much open-and-go spelling for my girls and reading for son. And now that I've gotten the hang of asian math, we LOVE singapore math. Just love it. :) In the post I was referring mainly to The Story of the World, which we read together. We read some of the extra books together and others she read on her own. In the beginning I tried to find as many of the suggested books as possible. When I realized our library didn't have most of them, I ordered several. I quickly realized I didn't always like the suggested books, but that's OK. After all, they are just suggestions. :) I began to use them as a starting point to find books that would be a better fit for my daughter. I quit worrying so much about finding the right books and just focused on making sure she had a steady supply of good enough books. ;) I eventually became much better at knowing which books would be good fits. I don't have lots of littles, so it's a very different situation. Our focus was reading, writing, and mapwork; the book and activity guide were open and go for that. Ordering extra books is something I am always doing anyway. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 New Fix-it Grammar! LOVE this program!! Us too! This is definitely one of my favorites this year and my two sons are liking it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 All About Spelling Beast Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyhwkmama Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nancy Larson Science-completely open and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nancy Larson Science Saxon Math Right Start Math Logic of English (Foundations and Essentials) New Fix-It Grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 CLE (we used math, but pretty much all of it, I think) FLL Easy Grammar/Daily Grams Getting Started with Latin Galore Park, except the science experiments Apples & Pears/Dancing Bears Treasured Conversations CAP Writing & Rhetoric Key to... books Phonetic Zoo (we don't use the audio files) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Math Mammoth Explode the Code Sequential Spelling First Language Lessons CAP W&R Fable Lollipop Logic series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Mom Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 For Math, we've been using Math in Focus, which someone already mentioned above, but I wanted to add that we discovered you can access samples of the ENTIRE curriculum online on the houghton mifflin harcourt site and keep your access for a YEAR. I just bring up the workbooks on my laptop and put a plastic report cover over my screen and my boys can do all their math right there on the computer. Scott Foresman Reading Street is also somewhat open and go the way we use it. Again, you can access samples online on the Pearson website and see the whole curriculum. For an all-inclusive grade specific curriculum, "Journeys" is very "open and go", or in our case, we access the samples online and it's very "scroll down and go" ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just wanted to add that Trail Guides to Learning, which is very open and go, covers every subject except math and can be used with multiple ages at the same time. If you have kids with no learning challenges, prep is about 30 minutes on a weekend for the whole next week unless you need to buy a few items for a science experiment. Information is built up incrementally and reviewed in a spiral format so nothing is forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 ENGLISH Classics for Young Readers (we use these for Guided Reading) Christian Liberty Nature Readers (Guided Reading) McGuffey's Eclectic Readers (Guided Reading) Writing with Ease CAP Fable First Language Lessons (grammar only) Oral Language Exercises (we open to the bookmark & do a few per week) All About Spelling (some prep) All About Homophones Phonetic Zoo (it's open & go now that I've done the set up ;) ) English from the Roots Up (cards only) What Your ____ Grader Needs to Know (we read & discuss the sections on Idioms & Sayings) MATH Horizons Math (tiny bit of prep) Kumon workbooks Math fact cards in a small box (per student) LANGUAGES Prima Latina Latina Christiana I Ecoutez, Parlez! (CDs & workbooks) Memoria Press Greek Alphabet workbook (zero prep) BIBLE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & SCIENCE Essential Bible 100 Challenge (we open our Bibles and read the assignment) Junior Bible Quiz Fact-Pack (pull out the cards & memorize) What the Bible Is All About Handbook for Kids (they read their weekly assignment) Our own History Bookshelves (choose a topic, select resources, read, write a report) Story of the World CDs & books (on the shelves, well-used but not assigned [yet]) Draw-Write-Now books for History Pictures (the girls draw pictures related to History & file these in their binders) Evan-Moor Beginning Geography (really too easy, but the girls do this entirely on their own) Memoria Press States & Capitals Review workbook Our own Science Bookshelves & materials (same system as History) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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