Thursday, June 21, 2007

Homeschooler Curriculum

We have recently begun using some curriculum from Abeka Book and AOP (links in our references section) with our 5 year-old, 14 year-old, and 16 year-old.

With the 5 year-old we are using some Kindergarten and Kindergarten prep materials from Abeka. So far, the materials are a big help. I spend time each morning before leaving for work with our 5 year-old and work through 3-5 pages of activities. The activities include lots of coloring and maze work and line tracing. We are waiting on some curriculum from Abeka related to manuscript writing and will let you know how that works.

For our 14 year-old we ordered some Pre-Algebra curriculum to work on over the summer to further prepare her for Algebra in the Fall. Our daughter is not a big math fan so we'll let you know how the materials work for her.

For our 14 year-old and 16 year-old we are looking toward college. We recently bought a college planner software package from AOP and will let you know how that works (pros, cons, etc.). Feel free to respond with questions or responses and we'll address those in the interim.

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