5 Days of Homeschool Encouragement: Take a Look Tuesday

Welcome back! I am glad you have joined us again today, while we take a look at--

Step 3: Choosing curriculum 

If you have been following our homeschool journey over much of the past 20+ years, you will know that we began our journey using Five in a Row, and enjoyed using these products for most of our journey.

Five in a Row consists basically of three levels: Before Five in a Row, Five in a Row, and Beyond Five in a Row. There is also one unit of Above and Beyond Five in a Row. These are literature-based unit studies, using quality children's books. They provide a gentle, natural learning environment, which is something I appreciate tremendously.

Before Five in a Row "opens up the world of learning through great books and creative play, and builds the solid foundation needed for more formal education to come."

Five in a Row "is designed to teach children the joy of learning while exposing them to the vast world of information that’s so important in building a solid educational foundation to prepare them for a life of learning."

Beyond Five in a Row builds on the foundation of loving learning and the joy of discovery while upholding academic excellence and encouraging critical thinking and developing character growth in interpersonal relationships.

We have made some wonderful friends in the Five in a Row community, through the forums, and on Facebook.

We have also used Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett, especially the Download and Go unit studies.

More recently I came across Simply Charlotte Mason, when even SJ was past the early-learning age. Take a look at the preschool planning guide, especially. We have used a couple of the History Studies; and I really like the looks of the Enrichment Studies, and am intrigued by the Individual Studies...and wish they had high school levels available, since I still have one high schooler left.

As far as math goes, I think my favorite curriculum is Math U See. I wish I had used it from the beginning with all of my children. As it is, SJ is the one who has benefited the most from it.

For language arts, I highly recommend the Primary Arts of Language reading and writing package, from Institute for Excellence in Writing.

Another excellent choice for reading and spelling would be All About Learning.

If you are interested in hands-on history products, be sure to check out Home School in the Woods!

I think all of these resources would work fairly well with the delayed FORMAL academics approach.

For my Seventh-day Adventist friends, remember that the Adventurers and Pathfinders coursework is an excellent hands-on educational resource.

I hope you'll come back tomorrow!

Here you may meet a few more of the great bloggers who are joining in on this blog hop:

Christine @ Christine Howard
Christy @ The Simple Homemaker
Dawn @ Schoolin' Swag
Debra @ Footprints in the Butter
Diana @ Homeschool Review
Felicia @ Homeschool 4 Life
Jacquelin @ A Stable Beginning
Jeniffer @ Thou Shall Not Whine
Jennifer @ A Glimpse of Our Life

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