Homeschooling

Question: What Homeschool Curriculum do you use for the primary grades and why?

2nd grader can read already
Kindergartner doesn't read yet

We are using the CA state adopted stuff now along with MathUSee.

I am interested in SonLight for history and reading, but am open to anything worthy of our time.

Answer: We use "The Well-Trained Mind" as our framework because the outline it gives seems very academically sound, going into subjects in an orderly fashion but in great depth--rather than skimming only along the surface of subjects.

We use their plan with a lot of library books for science since the science textbooks I've seen for the elementary levels have very little information in them and are boring. The library's nonfiction section has lots of science books that go into more depth and are more interesting. And the kids are learning so much from them.

For grammar, we've been using First Language Lessons, which gives a solid grounding in grammar. The lessons don't take a lot of time and don't involve a lot of busy work.

For math, we're using Saxon Math. A lot of homeschoolers love it. We switched to it when I realized that the kids weren't able to progress as they should because they didn't have a firm foundation in the basic math facts. I like also that Saxon Math doesn't let them forget lessons they studied a few weeks ago, as it keeps throwing review problems in.

For social studies, we have, in the past, gone through "The Story of the World" for world history which my kids loved so much that we went through it faster than recommended--and I plan to re-use that series again next year; this time using the activity books with the stories, too. This year we did American history and state history using a variety of books from the library. We started with "The History of US" by Joy Hakim which a lot of homeschoolers like, but it has so many volumes in the series and they get into way too much detail for elementary students, so we quit using it and went to a hodge podge of library books instead.

We've also used the library a lot for books on art and music. (We read about a number of composers and artists as well as learning some art techniques.)

For reading, we read. Lots and lots of books.

You might want to check out http://www.homeschoolreviews.com to see what others think of a wide variety of curriculum to help you make your choices. Good luck.

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