We are trying to figure out what we are going to be when we grow up. My kids are little yet, well, 4,2, and one in the oven. I've been looking to homeschool for a while.
I like the idea of year round homeschooling. Since my oldest is really into learning... I've been focused on finding something that we both would like.
For Reading and Writing I really like the Wanda Sanseri method of teaching.
It is called: Spell to Write and Read. I was debating between that and The Writing Road to Reading and Thinking. Both methods teach students to read by memorizing the sounds of the letters 70/71 phonemes depending who you talk to. and you do for pre-K one to two letters at the time, and for K 5 letters/day, then you move fast into spelling rules. They want no cute pictures with the letters so the kids don't memorize the apple instead of all the sounds that the "a" makes.
For Math, I really like Math in Focus or any version of Singapore math and Math-U-See. I hear so many good things about Math-U-See in the homeschooling community, but I have not been able to get my hands on some of their curriculum yet, just their blocks. However you can see the full spectrum of the Math and all the books and all their pages for the Math in Focus. The latter is a curriculum that is way to expensive for me... I like that it has more manipulatives than just the blocks of MUS.
Now, to that conclusion I came after a few years or researching! I am soooo slow... or maybe indecisive (however you spell that).
My kids birthdays are AFTER September, so they would not be eligible to enter Kindergarten with their friends...kind of odd age. that is one reason I decided to start School in January instead, when my oldest would be 5 for a few months... and do year around school.
For Art, Science, Music, History, and all those things that I need to do for my kids, I have no idea....
Any input in those areas would be appreciated.
God bless you!
MrsQ
