MercyA Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 A family in my area will be homeschooling their relatives' children for a few months. They are not homeschoolers themselves. They are in need of math and language arts curriculums for 6th and 8th grade. I haven't reached those ages in my homeschool, and I have no idea what to recommend. I imagine that a very simple, open and go curriculum would be best. It needs to be inexpensive or something that is very readily available used. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Bean Tripod School Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Will the children continue to be homeschooled, or go back to public school? If going back to PS, it might be easiest to see if the local PS has textbooks that can be borrowed (this varies by state, but ours allows homeschoolers access to PS materials). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 As far as I know, they will continue to be homeschooled. Christian or secular materials would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Wouldn't they have the books they're currently using to bring with them? I'd probably use Khan Academy for math and the upper grades of whatever English books I planned to use. I had a spare 8th/9th grader in my home for a couple months earlier this year. I rummaged my own shelves and found plenty to keep him working, but I also have two homeschooled teens in the house. For math I put him in Lial's BCM to fix arithmetic holes. English was just reading good literature and discussing it. Science was DVDs and living books on the same general topics his class was covering, and for history I put him about where it sounded like he should be in a world history textbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Wouldn't they have the books they're currently using to bring with them? That's what I thought, but apparently they are part of a program in their area which provides the language arts and math books. Because they will not be starting school with the program, they are not able to get the books. They're coming from another state. They'll be bringing books for all their other subjects with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Someone in my co-op offered to give them the teacher's manual and student books for MCP mathematics level F (6th grade). Is anyone familiar with the program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I've used MCP before. Frankly I'd use Khan Academy first. Its free. Whoever is doing the homeschooling should make their own account and add the kids as their students. They can choose a generic 6th or 8th grade track, or a specific course for prealg +. (prealg, alg 1, geo, etc) This account could then be turned over to the parents and keep their math fluid until they're ready to put them through the placement test for whatever math they'll use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Maybe CLE. They would need to take the placement tests. The workbooks are written to the student. They could start with just a few to see if it was a good fit. Very little monetary investment that way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Maybe CLE. They would need to take the placement tests. The workbooks are written to the student. They could start with just a few to see if it was a good fit. Very little monetary investment that way. I've used CLE math and LA, but only with teacher's manuals. Do you think they could do without them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I've used CLE math and LA, but only with teacher's manuals. Do you think they could do without them? Actually, yes, I think they could IF they give the placement tests and go by that for proper placement. Honestly, I only refer to the TMs now when we run into snags. Actually, Khan Academy and you tube videos can work well for filling in holes if a TM isn't available but the kids are struggling a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 CLE, and no, you don't need the TMs. I would get the answer keys, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Rod and Staff and Saxon are very easy to implement, and solid programs, as well. Rod and Staff books are quite cheap on the used book market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 CLE. And I totally agree - answer keyd but no tm needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I like Galore Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemom Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 What about taking the Saxon Placement tests and then have the kids sign up to do the appropriate math through the Virtual Homeschool Group as AYOP. The family could find some cheap, used 1st edition textbooks for extra practice if the online program is not enough problems. I believe they have LA classes as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 My kids are too young but I quite like the CK12 sixth grade maths books that are free (i got mine from the amazon kindle store) there are higher grade ones but i haven't looked. They also have a website which has workbooks for some subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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