Blessings From Home

What Curriculum?

I have been sitting here trying to figure out what I should continue to use for my son's curriculum. Now what I've been using is a mixture of Old fashioned education and whatever I can pull off the internet for free and so far, here's what I do and don't like about it.

Likes:

1. It's FREE! That ofcourse is the best part.

2. It's readily available on the web or to be printed out.

3. It's Bible-based and instills Godly values in every aspect.

4. It teaches Godly values instead of worldly values

5. And did I mention...it's FREE!

Dislikes:

1. Although the curriculum itself is free, It is taking an enormous amount of paper and ink to print out all of the curriculum. But even with that, it's still a lot cheaper than going out and buying all that we would need.

2. I'm not too fond of the math and science used. The math is CIMT and it's a good program, but is a little hard to explain at times and it uses metric measurement and pounds instead of dollars. And the science is just kind of boring.

3. Right now, we have no extra curricular. There are some things I would like to add, such as music and art that I haven't found a free online program I like.

So with all that said, my plan for now is to go and check out the Christian bookstore in the city and see what they have and price what I find. And maybe come do a search for things I like online for a cheaper price. I would like to go ahead and purchase the McGuffey Second Eclectic Reader, and possibly the spelling book. I am also going to look for some more hands on type things to work with.

The main thing is I don't want to spend a lot of money, I can't. So I will just continue to use what I have already found and add to it as I have the money for. One thing I will be saving for is a new printer. Preferably a laser printer. They run around 200 dollars for the cheaper ones, so it may take a while. So I guess that's my plan for now. Thanks for letting me work through this. Sometimes it's easier to make sense of it after you get it all written down.

Blessings,

Sara

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{ 02:44, Friday, September 7, 2007 } { Posted by Kitty }

I found a teacher's supply store right in my home town that had sooo many things. Every type of workbook for every subject. From preK to 12th grade. It is fabulous. You might want to check into that .
Also I use this site for my son, edhelper.com. It too has everything you need. And the issure about the printer, I have it too. I can not afford the ink, so what I do is copy the problems or work down in a notebook or make him do it and he works it out that way. It's almost like hes copying for the black board, LOL.
Kitty

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{ 05:03, Friday, September 7, 2007 } { Posted by countrydreamn }

try enchantedlearning.com you can use it for free, or give a 20.00 donation and then you can print stuff out without the headers and stuff on the pages.

Blessings,
Debi

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{ 11:19, Saturday, September 8, 2007 } { Posted by HandsNHearts }

Definitely sign up for the OFE email group and ask questions. You might check out AmblesideOnline as well.

There are several other groups that will help you find great, often free, resources for things such as music and art. Ambleside has several ideas. The OFE group can lead you to some online things like piano lessons, etc.

Deanna