O.k. so It's been some time since I last wrote and after quite a bit more researching and praying and actually trying out another curriculum (A2 to be exact) I went with the Literature based Curriculum Sonlight instead, I bought Core K with K -1 readers, Science K for Ayden & Ailey and Core 5, LA 5, Science 3 for Alora, I'll break it down further on another post....Now please understand I still recommend A2 however I found that I am a "box checker" I need to physically see what I need to do and need it planned out for me, A2 does not provide this, I felt as if I were in a vast ocean on a little raft...That being said it was and is a great resource for supplementing Sonlight with older ,vintage, unabridged books.
So far we are in week three in Sonlight..It has been alot of fun but also a lot of work, I really wanted more of a hands off approach but the more hands off I got the got the guiltier I felt, I realized you can't have your cake and eat it too. But I definitely Love Sonlight it was so worth the money!
Alora's Artwork
Degas reproduction
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Our Curriculum....
After Many late nights, racking my brain going back and forth.....I think I've finally realized I'm a "curriculum junkie". There are so many amazing programs it's difficult to choose or there just isn't enough time in the day. So after all my research of all the different philosophy's out there this is how it has broken down for my family.
I began knowing that I wanted to stay with "Trivium" of classical methodology.."Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric" however the compilation of Classical curriculum available from sources such as http://www.veritaspress.com/ ,or http://www.logosschool.com/ or http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/ are expensive when you have to buy for 3 children and every item is teacher lead.... not an easy thing to do with multiple grades.....So then I looked into http://www.sonlight.com/ it looked as though it would be rigorous and bonus I could teach multiple children with one course but it would need alot of tweaking to be made Classical and again alot of preparation on my part everyday....And again I started looking around and found christian based workbooks from ACE and LIFEPAC they sounded great self teaching and bible based,but the more I looked at it it was soooo dumbed down.....
So Now I was looking for self teaching curriculum and of course I find it ..But to my surprise, It is not watered down and its far above the levels of current schools (our old private school as well) and is easily adaptable to the classical timeline....So we use http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/ as our base added in some A2 and RC which basically teaches only "math, reading and writing" History and Science are lumped into reading..but it is not revisionist views and NOT politically correct Hogwash............I'm following RC's timeline view for Math and Science which ends with Calculus between 14 and 16... before moving on to college Physics..We also are following http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/ reading list for future enrollment into the Great books High School..........all of this is ......by the way is self teaching..... which you can learn more about at http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/ or http://www.accelerated-achievement.com/ be aware that if you purchase either one of those there is no set course of study which is why I use OFE as a baseline....And now you know my experience at finding our curriculum hopefully it will help you! Well ...off to read a book!
I began knowing that I wanted to stay with "Trivium" of classical methodology.."Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric" however the compilation of Classical curriculum available from sources such as http://www.veritaspress.com/ ,or http://www.logosschool.com/ or http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/ are expensive when you have to buy for 3 children and every item is teacher lead.... not an easy thing to do with multiple grades.....So then I looked into http://www.sonlight.com/ it looked as though it would be rigorous and bonus I could teach multiple children with one course but it would need alot of tweaking to be made Classical and again alot of preparation on my part everyday....And again I started looking around and found christian based workbooks from ACE and LIFEPAC they sounded great self teaching and bible based,but the more I looked at it it was soooo dumbed down.....
So Now I was looking for self teaching curriculum and of course I find it ..But to my surprise, It is not watered down and its far above the levels of current schools (our old private school as well) and is easily adaptable to the classical timeline....So we use http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/ as our base added in some A2 and RC which basically teaches only "math, reading and writing" History and Science are lumped into reading..but it is not revisionist views and NOT politically correct Hogwash............I'm following RC's timeline view for Math and Science which ends with Calculus between 14 and 16... before moving on to college Physics..We also are following http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/ reading list for future enrollment into the Great books High School..........all of this is ......by the way is self teaching..... which you can learn more about at http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/ or http://www.accelerated-achievement.com/ be aware that if you purchase either one of those there is no set course of study which is why I use OFE as a baseline....And now you know my experience at finding our curriculum hopefully it will help you! Well ...off to read a book!
The Beginning..
This is how Home schooling started for us...Our children attended VCCS in Phoenix AZ. We loved this school we thought we would be there forever......However there was a little nag in my brain..I ignored it...When we found out my husband would be getting a promotion. We looked in to free charter schools..This would not work..They wanted to skip her to 5th or 6th grade ....an 8 year old does not belong in a 5th or 6th grade class..Again my little nag surfaced..and is now yelling at me!!! The only logical choice for our children to continue to receive a Classical Education is to you guessed it...HOME SCHOOL!! And as for my nag.....The Lord sure is persistent when he knows what's best for us!
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