I recently received an email from a fellow homeschooler and I thought I'd share her question and my answer here in case anyone else who stumbles upon my blog has similar questions. :)
QUESTION:
I know you are a busy mom but I have a question for you! I read your blog every so often but haven't done so in awhile. My question is, have you ever used Sonlight for your curriculum. You see, I too, have a boy with ADD and I'm hoping this curriculum will be a right "fit" for us. Did he enjoy "Considering God's Creation"? I've looked into that one but still not sure what to do for Science next year, still praying about it. I have three boys ages 9 (10 in July), 6, and 4.
Thank you!
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ANSWER:
I have not tried Sonlight for a few reasons. I just don't think it would fit my family. I've heard of many people who really like it, though. So, I can't help you with that. We have used Considering God's Creation for two years now and plan to finish it up this next school year. We love it. My boys love it. There isn't a lot of teacher prep, it's hands on, and they really learn with it. If there is a topic that my children are especially interested in, we just slow down and dig deeper. For example, last year we studied the animal kingdom and my children were really interested in birds. We used the lessons in CGC as a starting place and then checked out lots of library books on various types of birds, went to our local zoo and brought notebooks as we walked through all the different bird avaries. They STILL talk about how much fun that was and they really soaked that information in.
On my sidebar, you can click on "Homeschool Highlights" and scroll down to see some of the things we did with our bird unit last year. Or here are a few quick links:
Hmmmmmmm.... I know I posted about the Bird Books that each of my children made last year, but I can't seem to find it on my blog. If I find it, I will edit this. To make a long explanation short, what I did was use the lessons in Considering God's Creation as a starting place and then everyday we would read out of books that we had checked out from the library and I'd have my children make a notebook page. Sometimes it was a picture of their favorite bird. Sometimes they labeled the parts of the bird. Sometimes they told a story about a bird. They would write something new they learned about birds, etc. I saved all of their notebook pages they made and at the end of the month, we took them to Staples and had them comb-bound. So, each of my children had created their own bird book. It was a great way to combine many aspects of schooling (writing, grammar, science, etc).
FOUND THEM! :) Here are the links:
Another suggestion, I don't know if you've heard of it or not, but I found a helpful book titled, "How to Get Your Child Off the Refrigerator and Onto Learning." It deals with homeschooling ADD/ADHD children. It has lots of great, helpful ideas. :)
Anyway, hopefully that is helpful. :)
Blessings to you!
~ Lisa
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