Homeschool Curriculum?

Question

Can someone give a list of cirriculm that you use? I have noticed that some people use different cirriculm for each subject, if that's you, please help. I am homeschooling my 9th grader and 4th grader. Thanks alot!!!

Answer 1

i am 16.
and i use AOP [ Alpha Omega Publications]
its the best thing since sliced cheese!!
u go at your own pace and u learn so much, ive been home schooled for a year now and i learned plenty more then my private school used to teach me. Its Christian based, altho u may not b a Christian it does teach u the right morals. There are plenty of electives dat ur kids can choose from. and all the books are easy and fun to do, and u`ll have an easy time jus teachin ur kids.

umm.. ive got the website.

www.AOP.com


goodluck!


Camy

Answer 2

I am 17 and i have been homeschooled since i was 12. My mom has kinda switched our curriculum around many times until we find one that works just right. For science, I think the BEST curriculum we've used is Apologia. It may look boring at first glance, (there aren't' that many pictures and it is pretty much a lot of reading but there are a lot of experiments), but I have learned so much more in science than I have with any other curriculum. I have used the biology, chemistry, and advanced biology books, and they are very well-written and easy to understand. For younger grades, you can choose from zoology 1, zoology 2, botany, and astronomy. The books are written like the teacher is actually sitting there talking to you. Plus, it is specifically designed for homeschoolers so there are not experiments that require a lot of special items or equipment (when you get into high school you will most likely need a microscope if you choose to do some experiments) but most experiments require household items.

Answer 3

Our first year I pulled stuff out of various work books I bought from the teachers supply and taught reading with Hooked on Phonics. This worked really well for my son, but was a lot of work for me. There were times I would put an hour into getting a full lesson ready and he would get it in 5 minutes and be ready to move on. But for him, being able to just move on without a certain number of pages or questions to do in a day, just subjects to master, worked amazingly well.

Last year we used ABEKA fully, that was not for us. Too many worksheets and repetivieness.

We use Switched on Schoolhouse this year. We started off planning to use it for everything excep handwriting, but after a few months I realized some of it doesn't work for us. The History/Social Studies was all about farms, all kinds of farms, in depth detail about farms, for all but the last month of the year. My son could have cared less and I didn't feel like it was nessesary information, so we quit that and we are just reading biographies and historical stories right now until I find something I like. We also stopped using it for spelling because it would assign a list and then give you the test 2 days later, it gave him no help in learning the spelling and no real time for me to work with him, so we will skip those lessons starting next week and we will do spelling. In math I only make him do the first 8 (instead of 30) and as long as I see he understands it we move on. There is always review in later assignments.

So next year we are going with a Classical Curriculum. I bought the book A Well Trained Mind and I think it will work better for us, especially once I am working with my younger child too (he's 2 now). Here is a link to 2 web pages that talks more about it.
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/index_saved.html
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/

I have a friend that has 6 kids and she swears by it because all the kids are learning the same History, literature, and science, just on a little bit different level and this encourages the older kids to work with the younger. Plus it really gets back to cementing the basics of learning

Hope this helps

Answer 4

I was homeschooled for a while. We used different curriculum. Rod & Staff had good math books, that seemed to discribe how to do each problem better then other books. (keep in mind that i was homeschooled about 7 years ago) Like for example: When i cook i have to have a picture. So pictures help me learn. And i am a hands on person, if i do it once, then i can do it again.

They make video classes. I liked the English classes. But the videos on math didn't help me.

It was hit and miss. If we liked something, Mom bought it. If it didn't work, we didn't get it.

Here in Lubbock Texas they have a book fair. They sell used homeschool books. Used is the way to go. Ebay is an idea, but the shipping might too high.

Good luck! Your a wonderful mother for wanting spending that much time with your children to help them learn.

Answer 5

Saxon Math is a widely liked Math program that goes through high school level math such as calculus. We use it with our 6th grader and love it.

We opt for a boxed curriculum for the rest of the subjects. We use Calvert School which provides a day by day manual and a collection of texts. They do have Calvert Math, but it is horrible. There are tons of answers in the answer key, they don't show work to explain how they get to answers, and they do not constantly practice previously learned math concepts.

Answer 6

Sonlight for history, geography and literature. Singapore and Horizons math, with my own stuff mixed in. Sequential Spelling, but I don't love it - doesn't teach the rules of spelling enough for me. Spelling Power was better about that, but my ds found it painfully dull. A small-production program for writing. For science, we do an unschooling/child-led approach. Dh and I are both scientists so the kids get a lot of that in daily life. Besides, science before high school or college is all about learning how to think and formulate questions. You may not be so concerned about handwriting (I hs my 3rd and 4th graders), but we use Seton Press.

Answer 7

A Beka, Saxon, Apologia

Answer 8

Saxon for math
Writing Strands for composition
Easy Grammar
The History of US (10 volumes)
Science from the world around
Lots of trips to see and interact with the real world.
Konos on occasion for inspiration with projects if we stall.
Italics for penmanship