Free Indeed Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Just wondering if in highschool most of you use a pre planned pre packaged material such as Sonlight, MFW, HOD, and/ or TOG or if you piece together your own plan? We've done mostly our own thing, but looking longingly at HOD. â˜ºï¸ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 The older my kids get the less they fit in tidy average boxes. In my whopping two years of high school experience (rounded) from nearly finishing 10th grade with DS and 9th grade with DD, we highly prefer piecing our own stuff together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I have never used a prepackaged curriculum. I make my own plans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savermom Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I piece my own together. I haven't found a prepackaged curriculum where I liked most of it. I prefer to pick and choose from this and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 We did our own thing, it has worked well for ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephinsocal Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I cobble things together myself, with lots of help from this board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Our first year of homeschooling (grades 1 and 2), I managed a whopping 3 weeks of following Sonlight. At that point the manuals went out the window, and from then on for the next 12 years, it was all "do it yourself". ;) My "excuse" ;): I am a chronic tweaker, and DS#2 has mild LDs, and the combo just made it impossible to follow (or want to follow :tongue_smilie: ) someone else's plan... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 My oldest does a full online high school because that's what works best for him after we did our own thing before high school. I'm still doing our own thing for my middle son because that's what works best for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I have never, ever in my 20 years of homeschooling been able to follow someone else's plan. I have often wished I could! Life would be so much simpler, but no we design a mix of outside classes and our own thing to come up with the proper amount of credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 A pre-planned, packaged curriculum would be the wrong fit for dd :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 We do our own thing for some subjects and outsource other subjects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 There is literally nothing in my life that follows anyone's plan. I've never been a follower. Homeschooling is no different. Even when we bought curricula to use, we adjusted it to fit our needs - usually using the curricula as a spine or basic reading, then going deeper as my guys (or I) wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I do my own thing. I use the best tools I can find for the job, and there is no prepackaged plan that would even come close to fitting my choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 2 in high school, we do our own thing and always have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Just wondering if in highschool most of you use a pre planned pre packaged material such as Sonlight, MFW, HOD, and/ or TOG or if you piece together your own plan? We've done mostly our own thing, but looking longingly at HOD. â˜ºï¸ I think we all follow our own plans, which may include Sonlight or TOG or MFW, or it may include a variety of resources such as a Beautiful Feet Books study guide plus something else for science plus something else for English skills, and so on. We all have something in our minds (and maybe also our hearts), and we research and ponder and compare, and then choose that which most closely fits our plans. If you are looking longingly at HOD, why are you waiting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 We use lots of things that are pre-packaged, but not one "box". We use whatever fits best in each subject. Some of that has been cobbled together by me, sometimes it is an outside class and sometimes it is a prepackaged curriculum. Each subject and each child has been different here. Ds rarely fits in a box. He didn't learn well in ps (his grades were good, but it was a bad fit). He was the exception that drove teachers crazy and is the reason we started homeschooling in the first place. Dd thrives on boxes. She excelled in ps too. She is the child that most curriculum is written for. I had to force myself to accept that doing something different wasn't best for her and give into boxes. :ack2: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 If you are looking longingly at HOD, why are you waiting? For a few reasons actually, first it's a big hunk of money. Second, I already have quite a bit of curricula I love, I just have to put it together into a daily plan. I love the looks of HOD- the notebooking pages, daily assignments already written out for me, etc..but not sure I am ready to give up the freedom that comes with that. I have always planned and did our own thing- just having a grass is greener on the other side moment as the catalogs pour in. So I thought I would ask if when in high school you still planned yourself or if you let someone else do that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pronghorn Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I was the child that always, when given a list of essay topics, had to ask for approval for my own self-invented topic. And my daughter is farther out of the box than I am. We forge our own path through homeschooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I've never used curriculum for an entire grade level all from one publisher. The main thing I used to plan out dd's high school credits were our state requirements and requirements to enter colleges she could have wanted to attend. I did use a lot of regular curriculum because I wanted tests, grades, and good descriptions and lists of books used if I needed them for college admissions. I didn't want most of her grades to be my opinion. I wanted hard-fast, objective grades which would back up what I put on the transcript. I also let her give quite a bit of input on the curricula choices. I would do the research and present options for her to consider. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 For a few reasons actually, first it's a big hunk of money. Second, I already have quite a bit of curricula I love, I just have to put it together into a daily plan. I love the looks of HOD- the notebooking pages, daily assignments already written out for me, etc..but not sure I am ready to give up the freedom that comes with that. I have always planned and did our own thing- just having a grass is greener on the other side moment as the catalogs pour in. So I thought I would ask if when in high school you still planned yourself or if you let someone else do that for you. If I were using something like HOD (which I wouldn't), I wouldn't think of it as a choice between my planning and someone else planning. The reason I wouldn't do HOD is that there is no flexibility, besides which it feels like classroom-based-school-at-home. I wouldn't like it for any age, for that matter. I also wouldn't buy a box of books from a single publisher or single source that looked Just Like School (all ABeka, all BJUP, CLASS, et al). I could do KONOS; I could do Beautiful Feet Books. If you already have a bunch of stuff you love, then that's what you should do. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 … So I thought I would ask if when in high school you still planned yourself or if you let someone else do that for you. Like mom31257, the main planning we did for high school was planning of credits by looking at required credits for state high school graduation and college admission, and doing a loose blend to make sure we covered the *kinds* of credits needed for any post-high school options. *How* we accomplished those credits varied, depending on each student. For us, that looked like: - some home-grown courses - some textbooks - some DVD programs - a live-streaming online course - some outside-the-home activities that counted towards credit - some dual enrollment And if they had been a bit more widely available at the time DSs were going through high school, we also probably would have done a few online courses, too. JMO, but even more at the high school level than at the elementary or middle school level, there is NO all-in-one box curriculum such that ALL of the subjects are going to be the best match for the student. If anything, now with so very MANY options to choose from, high school really IS the time to "mix 'n' match" so that, each year, each subject will absolutely be the best fit for the individual student's needs and interests. :) You may find it works best for your family to outsource a few courses each year to reduce the planning / grading / teaching load on you. Lots of options there: - a single class at the local public/private/charter high school - homeschool co-op - tutor (live or via Skype) - online class or tutorials - MOOC (mass open online course), live streaming course, podcast, etc. - dual enrollment at the local community college or university Some people either can't or don't want to do the administrative aspects of high school planning, and if you find that is your situation, you might want to look into an umbrella or cover school or accredited organization such as Kolbe, America Correspondence School, Clonara, Keystone, etc. Happy high school planning! :) Warmest regards, Lori D. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 An exception for this thread, but I've outsourced history, lit, and foreign languages for high school. Those areas aren't areas of strength for me, and I have arrangements in place that have made it affordable for us. Mine like those subjects done in a class too. I'm fine handing the rest by either using someone else's lesson plans or coming up with my own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I do my own thing from a variety of resources. I wish one pre-packaged thing fit for either of mine because my life would be easier but it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I actually found myself moving the opposite direction the older they got. We started with boxed curriculum, and their needs as they progressed no longer fit any boxed curriculum. Plus, we have outsourced many things as they progressed beyond my ability (or desire) to teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Also, in my head, TOG, HOD, Sonlight, and the others are not in the category of following someone else's plan. That category consists exclusively of enrolling the dc in something like ABeka Academy, or BJUP's Academy of Home Education, or Laurel Springs, or CLASS--any place where I sign up the children and we get a box of books of the school's choice, which must be completed on the school's timeline, in the manner that the school wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootyTooty Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I've only managed to follow one person's plans. And they weren't even plans just things that worked for her and her kids. LoriD has been my go to source for curriculum ideas for over a decade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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