Anytime have recommendations for homeschooling materials?
Am I remembering correctly that nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n has recommended Acellus?
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Thats the one he uses for the grandkids.
Haven't heard him talk about accelus for a while. I looked into it and found it to be run by a real piece of work, not my cup of tea. We still are using a mix of khan academy and ron paul curriculum. There is no "set it and forget it" imo, you need to stay involved no matter how they market it.
We use Acellus. It's fine.
The key to really good homeschooling is to get your kids into writing up documentation of whatever they are doing as items for their portfolio.
It can be something as mundane as a tale of their video game accomplishments or build instructions for their bike ramp.
We use easy peasy for our kids, most of it is free unless you want to buy the workbooks, but you can print out the worksheets for free if you want to, but the workbooks are cheaper than buying ink cartridges
Accellus is all online which I don’t like. We homeschool to tailor the experience to our own kids, and the other side of the computer doesn’t know them. Billings is also a bit of an odd duck, and a bit culty, but I’ve heard it doesn’t show in his curriculum.
We’re using My Father’s World as the framework but it doesn’t have its own math.
MFW is in a 3 year topical rotation, with different but related activities for all grades so you get your younger kids on rotation with the older, and then they’re all learning the same events and subjects but at their own grade level.
It has a specific slant to it, but so does everything. It’s slightly denominational, but I can’t figure out which. Science is young earth based, especially in their extra-curriculars but they also have darwinian evolution as required reading. Leaves it up to you to go ahead and decide.
We use the Mennonite’s Christian Light math. It’s just math. The grades flow well. We cross out a lot of review, because the review remains too pedantic for too long if you’re kid already gets it. If your kid has trouble in math, the level of review is about right.
I don't have kids, but a grandchild is on the way so I've that battle coming up.
I'll be looking into "the trivium" by The academic agent as an addition when the time comes. I think mix and match the best you can to fit your children's needs and learning styles will be the best approach.
Good luck 👍🏻