Yes, they are all mine!

I am so glad to finally have that done!  We spent a little more money that we had planned but we were able to get several items I will be able to use for the younger ones as they progress as well.  The most expensive item was Ms. Firecracker's math.  I really wanted to get a program for learning style and Horizons seem to fit it well.  I have math for Short Man already and I ordered LIFEPAC math for Ms. Serious.  I ordered Apologia's Exploring Creation through Botany and EC through Astronomy as well.  Other subjects we are covering are reading, language arts, history, geography (http://www.achildsgeography.com/volume-one/) , social studies, home economics, health, writing, foreign language and handwriting.  For 07-08 I will have 4 of them homeschooling.  The other two are just too young.  I mostly piece my curriculums together with books, workbooks, videos and such we are interested in.  These 2 math curriculums are the first time I have ever bought a full set in the 6+ years I have been homeschooling.  I am mostly an eclectic homeschooler but I find it so vital for math to have a very solid foundation and I am taking steps with the math curriculums to have that. 

On a side note- how much do you spend on curriculum?  I know people who spend a couple hundred per child and I know people who spend a couple hundred on everything for everybody (depending on family size).  I am hoping to attend a used curriculum fair and check out what they have.  I am worried about items being out of print and I won't be able to get workbooks.  This year I spent about $325 for 4 kids.  Most of the items I bought can be used for the younger children as they grow so that will save me money next year and on.  When the stores put out the school supplies and there is the no tax weekend I will go purchase those items.  I usually can get a whole year's+ supplies for about $30.  I buy about 10-15 twenty-four count crayon packs.  For some strange reason 2 year olds and 4 year olds go through them like crazy!  LOL

I am off for now.  Until later!

All for His glory

Thursday, April 12, 2007 - Curriculum

Posted by Keeblur
We started Dallas (our oldest) off with Horizons math long long ago and he really enjoyed it. He's very good at math and I think that curriculum may have had something to do with it. I used Ann Ward's Learning at Home K (I think that's what its called) and the kids did well with it. I started using Rod and Staff, but times got really tight and so I made up our own flash cards and we read books we owned and read library books. I purchase our stuff used (if possible) and have tried almost everything. We've gone back to Rod and Staff for math, science, and english. I bought all of it used except for Cody's math, one math teacher's manual, and his english. Its hard to know exactly how much I've spent if you're wanting to know a per year type of thing. I spent approx. $105 on the used stuff (english grades 4&6, math grades 4&6, science grades 4,5,6,7-8,9-10, and teacher's manuals for 4th grade math - which is one book, both manuals for 6th grade math, and one manual for 5th grade math). I purchased from Rod and Staff what I wrote about above and it cost around $45. Since Rod and Staff only goes to 8th grade in some subjects and 10th in others, I'm not going to have a whole lot more to purchase from them. I figure it will cost about $100-150 more to get them all the way through. We use books we own for history and reading and I have The Usborne Science Encyclopedia for when the kids are done with the other science. I also have a few Bob Jones upper math books that I'm holding onto just in case we need them later. Sorry for this being so long. Basically, for us its a make-do attitude. Hope this helps.
Vicki

Thursday, April 12, 2007 - <i>Untitled Comment</i>

Posted by Kitty
I am about to sit down and redo our entire curriculum. I am just not having a good time with the one I am using, thanks for the link. Also wanted to thank you for the advice on marking the eggs that my hen is sitting on. But I have another ?, how do you get under her to mark the eggs without her pecking you? If I even got close to her she would start to swell up and peck me. Maybe cuz she is still young perhaps, what do you think?
Kitty

I am pm'ing you!
~Rhen

Edited by Rhen on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 03:37