http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com Homeschool Curriculum Reviews and Products from a Christian wife and mother of five. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, my 12 year old daughter took her first test yesterday with Saxon 8/7 homeschool math curriculum.  I think she did pretty well, all things considered.  She got a C+.  Now, she has never actually done homeschool testing until this year, so she is getting used to that, too.  For ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/21/saxon-87-homeschool-math-curriculum-test-1/ One of the toughest things about our homeschool has got to be dealing with homeschooling with preschoolers.  I love my children dearly, but sometimes you just want to have the preschoolers out of the whole picture for part of the day; that part of the day when you are homeschooling ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/19/homeschooling-with-preschoolers/ Here is my review on week 3 of My Father's World - Rome to The Reformation home school curriculum, and how it is working for us.  We love homeschooling! Memory Work - We actually aren't going to try to memorize any of the memory work in RTR; but I do plan ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/18/my-father%e2%80%99s-world-homeschool-curriculum-%e2%80%93-rome-to-the-reformation-week-3/ The Story of The World homeschool history curriculum is, in my opinion, absolutely wonderful.  It tells history in a story-book format that is easy to understand for a variety of ages.  Although I have only read Volume 1 of 4, I am very excited that the homeschool curriculum we use, ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/17/the-story-of-the-world-review/ We've been using Singapore Math in our homeschool since 2001, and I am definitely pleased with the results.  Two of our five children have used it with great results, so I am optimistic that my other three children will do fine with it as well.We've used the Singapore Math Primary ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/16/33/ Let me first say that you don't have to supplement My Father's World.  Their home school curriculum is definitely complete in itself.  However, this year I decided to add the Activity Books 1 & 2 from The Story of The World.  Activity Book 1, chapters 1-25, can go with My ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/14/supplementing-my-fathers-world-with-story-of-the-world-activity-book-1/ Last week went great!  We are really loving Augustus Caesar's World alot.  The stories are so fun to read!  I got all choked up reading about Julius Caesar's death!  My 4th grader was kinda grossed out by it.  She said, "Did that really happen?"  I think it scared her a ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/13/my-fathers-world-rome-to-reformation-week-2/ I only used Tapestry of Grace for a couple of months, and the problem I had was that it wasn't an "open and go" curriculum. There are many teacher's notes to read each week. There were just too many choices to make, too, at least for me. It is not ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/12/tapestry-of-grace-curriculum/ Another curriculum that I considered using is Ambleside Online.  It is a free (many of the books are online, and the schedule is free online.This curriculum uses some wonderful classic literature, is not as burdensome as it looks (so I'm told), and has many free resources for you to use ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/11/ambleside-online-%e2%80%93-complete-curriculum-%e2%80%93-and-free/ Another great curriculum out there is Winter Promise.  Whew!  I almost purchased this one a couple of times.  It looks so fun and exciting!  You can get a free catalog at their website by emailing them. The big reason that I backed out of using Winter Promise is that it looked like ... http://homeschoolwithtracey.today.com/2008/10/10/winter-promise-curriculum/