What was your AL's favorite open and go curriculum?

[Sarah0000]

And what if you excluded core math programs, then what would it be (I'm expecting a lot of BA answers)?

[Dmmetler]

Surprisingly, History for Common Entrance (Galore Park). DD has gone through all three of the key stage 3 books this year and really enjoyed them. Although O think a big part of it was illustrating history with snakes....

[lisabees]

DD12 - Maxwell's Writing in English.

 

She just told me her favorite thing in school is watching Brian Cox videos.  She did a leap as she told me!

[Jackie]

My daughter states that Ellen McHenry's The Elements is her favorite thing to use so far. I'd say it's not *quite* open and go, but pretty close.

 

She confirms that my guess of MCT's Island Level is also very high on the list. This took some scheduling on my part, but was otherwise open and go.

 

(No matter how much I love Beast, I don't think it will ever make the top of her list.)

Edited January 29, 2016 by Jackie

[lewelma]

MCT Caesar's English!

[EKS]

MCT Island and Town levels.  Biggest hit ever.

[Dmmetler]

MCT was a favorite here, too :). It wasn't quite open and go, but close.

[lisabees]

My kids like(d) Caesar's English, but not the other elements of the program.  I did, though!

[Gil]

Excluding math then the favorite open and go curriculum that we use are nonfiction books. Just open the book and read.

[MamaSprout]

Don't throw tomatoes at me. My dd likes MP's literature stuff. We pick and choose titles, and grade advance it. But she likes the extra side bits of info in the guides. It's thoughtful, adds to the reading, and gets done quickly.

 

We like CAP's writing and Rhetoric first five levels (well, except 4, we skipped it).

 

Ellen McHenry Mapping the World mapping part. Pop in the DVD and go (unless she's misplaced it.)

 

K12 Human Odyssey- read and discuss. I occasional pull a writing topic out of the student pages.

 

Minimus was a favorite, but that was a supplement.

 

Derek Owens Physical Science.

Edited February 2, 2016 by elladarcy

[lewelma]

Getting Started with Latin was very open and go. DS loved it.

[Eagle]

MCT, Beast Academy, Keyboarding Without Tears

[Baile]

Looks like I need to take another look at MCT!

 

My oldest enjoyed Sonlight when he was little, and Lively Latin and Writing Tales have been hits this year with my 7yo. 

[Embassy]

Lol, MCT did not work for us.  

 

But Excavating English was a hit.  But mostly, my children's favorite things are home-designed unit studies.

[Runningmom80]

MCT. I consider it open and go because we just pick what we want to read that day. He started the practice books after we finished whatever book one was for that level.

 

He actually loved Evan Moore daily science and daily geography the most, but outpaced them by second grade.

[regentrude]

None. We have never met any scripted curriculum my kids liked - even highly lauded options contained far too much busywork.

(AoPS is the stellar exception)

[MamaSprout]

Based on what regentrude said, I should mention the ones I suggested are open and go for us, in the way we used them... Not necessarily the way they were written.

 

MCT was not a hit here really either.

Edited February 7, 2016 by elladarcy

[mathnerd]

None. We have never met any scripted curriculum my kids liked - even highly lauded options contained far too much busywork.

(AoPS is the stellar exception)

I have to agree with this. I find myself cobbling stuff together to make a curriculum that would fit and then, before I know it, I am tweaking it again.

 

Notable exceptions: Beast Academy was the most exciting and favorite open and go curriculum so far, followed by AOPS (no funny cartoons in AOPS, so it is not our #1 favorite curriculum, we still like math better when there are cute beasts involved!). We also had luck with Getting Started with Latin and Getting Started with Spanish books.

Edited February 4, 2016 by mathnerd

[Aurelia]

DD has liked the Galore Park books. We have used both the "junior" books and the SYRWTL (now X subject For Common Entrance) series. 

[eternalsummer]

DD10 liked GSWL, both liked the TOPScience kits, though you do have to assemble some materials.

[Black-eyed Suzan]

Our favorites are math (BA and LOF and Miquon), but the Logic books from Prufrock Press (Logic Safari, Logic Liftoff, Logic Countdown, etc.) have been hits as well. One child loves MCT and one does not. Both children like board games, which are definitely open and go. :)

[scbusf]

BA is a huge hit with my oldest, my next kid, not so much!  I have the entire Island level of MCT, but we haven't done much of it.  I need to pull it back out and keep at it.

[MamaSprout]

Logic of English Essentials. Got language arts done with minimal fuss.