What Homeschool Curricula do you use?

[Tanikit]

Last year when I was working halfdays I used Sonlight P3/4 with my daughter as the stories were great and it was an easy curriculum to do part time. This year I am not working as I am on maternity leave and my daughter is not going to school at all due to the drop in family finances. She is now 3.5 years old and I am using anything I can get my hands on - we are thinking of buying Hands on Homeschooling for 4 year olds as it is a cheaper curriculum and would give me somthing more formal to follow. At the moment I do reading and maths with her and do some science and biology and Bible education. Mostly it is just reading to her and telling her things and then do some activities or worksheets.

As far as puzzles go my daughter started with peg puzzles at about 18 months old and this is where I would start with any child who has never done puzzles no matter their age, then we moved to 6 and 8 piece puzzles and so on upwards. She does 48 piece puzzles now and has made attempts at puzzles up to 100 pieces though needs a fair amount of help with them - rather just start at teh beginning and see what your child can handle and move up as she is ready. The better quality the puzzles are at the beginning (ie wooden and pieces that fit together well) the more easily your child will manage and the more confidence they will have - rathr spend more on abetter quality puzzle at the beginning than buy loads of puzzles that are hard to fit together and cause frustration. At 2.5 my daughter was also doing the early stages of Brainy Blocks.

[Raising Ethan]

There is a combination of different methods and curriculum I've been using with Ethan. Mostly anything that is interesting and is a few minutes in duration. We love  a few things among each method from  Charlotte Mason, Montessori, Doman, etc. Books I often refer back to & use are "The Well Trained Mind" by S. Bauer, "Complete Resource Book for Preschoolers" by P. Schiller, "What Your KG Needs to Know" by E.D. Hirsch, Montessori books, and a few others.

Math:

- Hands on math games, mostly homemade

- Mathematical Reasoning (not yet ordered for future use?)

- Jones Genius Math (not yet used)


Ethan makes tons of things with "HouseHold Items" by K. Ross

Core Curriculum:

- Tweedlewink

- Building Thinking Skills Primary (Grades: K-1st)

- BrainQuest WK BK, Making the Grade by D. Van Beek & other Wk Bk's (not yet started for future use)

- Lot's of reading from various books & phonics from Flechcards (Daddude) & YCCR Dvd's.

Writing: Printed worksheets, D'Nealian & montessori inspired writing.

Music:

- Music classes & Live/taped clips of performances

- Themes to Remember by Majorie Persons (for future use)

- Music Ace Deluxe (not started yet)

Art: "Drawing with Children" by M. Brookes, "Discovering Great Artists" by M. Kohl, and ideas from different books.

Geography: Expedition Earth by confessionsofahomeschooler.com, various books, youtube, online websites.

Natural learning happens throughout the day and we only do "academics" 30 min. a day. My motto is make it short, fun, and simple!

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