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  • Re: secular curriculum

    Hello Andrea, I don't personally have any experience with Teaching Textbooks, but I can certainly give you information about Saxon Algebra 1. We have it for sale in our store along with a new product, Saxon Teacher. Saxon Teacher uses actual problems (learning things does not) from the Algebra 1...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by mllock on 07-09-2008
  • Re: Language Arts Please!!!

    I too am new at homeschooling. We are starting in the fall of 2008, and even though I am VERY excited I am also ver nervous! My 11 yr old uses Saxon Math in school right now and we thought about staying with that too. I am still in research mode!! I like this Open Court that you were talking about,where...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by believer on 02-28-2008
  • Language Arts Please!!!

    I am new to homeschooling. We are going to start in the fall. Right now is just to hectic. I have been researching irriculums and we have decided that we want to use an ecclectic program. When we were in Michigan, the kids were in a charter school that used Saxon math and Open Court for Lanuage Arts...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by tigris on 02-27-2008
  • Re: Summer Vacation and School Breaks?

    Hi there, Welcome! I'm a homeschool mom and an editor at this site. Below is a summer Quick Tip from our Break Time newsletter, from last summer! How “Schooly” is Your Summer? We all do “summer” differently. But when it’s time for shorts and picnics, most of us want to slow the pace of school, yet...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by vvagt on 02-21-2008
  • Re: This Algebra, Trig, Geometry stuf is over my head!

    This is my first year homeschooling my 5 children ...the saxon math was not working as the kids were not jumping into it..... a quick prayer and some research brought me to math-u-see -switched and instantly all 5 were doing the math on their own. They don't work at the grade level they start with...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by TracyRed on 01-19-2008
  • Re: This Algebra, Trig, Geometry stuf is over my head!

    Dear Dave and Marie, Welcome to the adventure! I admire you. This will be an exciting time for you and your family. Algebra is an incremental subject. That means you can't jump around from topic to topic like you can in science or other subjects. It would be best to settle on a program and stick...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by christinefieldhsi on 01-09-2008
  • Re: This Algebra, Trig, Geometry stuf is over my head!

    In our family we use Saxon books for math. In addition, we have purchase the DIVE CDs that are available. They are very good in that the kids can watch a "whiteboard" presentation and listen to a lecture that explains every lesson in the book. My kids are ages 7, 10, and 13. The 13 yo is doing...
    Posted to Finding Curriculum (Forum) by ACE on 01-09-2008
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