Have you used Oak Meadow Fourth Grade?

[pehp]

I would love to hear from anyone who has.  My primary questions are:

 

1. the usual--what did you think/did you like it?

2. how 'independent' is it? I read that the instructions are written for the child starting in 4th grade, but does it still require a lot of parent involvement?  One reason I have steered away from OM in the younger years is because I perceive it to be very teacher-intensive. 

 

That's all I have time for now, but I wanted to at least float the question.

 

Thanks!

[pehp]

Bumping this *just in case* Someone Out There has. Thanks!

[Chelli]

I haven't used fourth grade, but I did purchase the fifth grade history/English book for use with my oldest. The fifth grade book is very independent. In fact, the entire thing is written to the child. It has a weekly planner calendar for the student to fill in their assignments for the week in all subjects to make sure they plan their time wisely. We are doing this part together and then when she had her independent work time, she goes to her room and does her Oak Meadow history and any other independent work she has like math worksheets, writing assignment, etc. My daughter is loving it because of all the projects, crafts, creative writing. I do check in with her daily to make sure she finished her work or if she struggled with anything. So far, so good.

[Guest]

Yes, I have but years ago. It is written to the child but you will need to keep abreast of what they are doing to supply materials. The guides I see now have all been rewritten so I'm not sure how different it is from...a while ago. It is not the sort of thing you can hand to a child and expect them to do it all alone. We enjoyed it but thought some was too difficult/a waste of time {build a settler's/Indian village. umm, why?}  and the science was weak {shapes in nature?}. But your kiddo might LOVE that sort of thing. It is still rather open-ended so you will need to add a lot to it to flesh it out. This was true FOR US for all the grades we tried {K-6th, but 6th was ok as a stand-alone}. YMMV.

Edited January 15, 2016 by Paradox5

[pehp]

Thanks, this is helpful! I would probably skip building the village.  I am a project-o-phobe, though my son loves stuff like that.....

 

I am still pondering this.  I feel the need to have some sort of backbone that we can use as we do our branching out and reading, particularly as my son gets older (we are pretty informal schoolers here).  

[Peaceful Isle]

I am using and love oak Meadow math 4. I am using it along with MUS delta, but it could be a wonderful stand alone math. We just love MUS here too, so my son gets both. Lol

[Antsmom]

I used OM for grades 4, 5 and 6 and used Saxon for the math.  This year I moved my son to Connection Academy Public School Online and he has straight A's, but its causing him too much anxiety so we may go back to the way it used to be for grade 8 and high school.

 

It is parent intensive, but great for use with ADHD kids because of all the interesting projects and writing assignments.  He just flies with this program idk what it is!!!!

[pehp]

Thanks! I have decided against it for fourth grade, but may hold onto it for later grades!