Has anyone used A2 or A-squared curriculum at www.hstreasures.com? It's sort of like the Robinson Curriculum found at www.robinsoncurriculum.com. As many of you know, I've used Amblesideonline.com, and I liked it, but ...

Well, I caught up on some reading about and from Charlotte Mason, and I really do like her philosophies. I found I wasn't implementing them correctly with my kids when the Amblesideonline experiment failed. I wasn't requiring the narration. I was just requiring the reading. These lessons were sort of wasted. The kids, I'm sure, felt there was no purpose to those readings, and the books were tough! I also had the impression that Charlotte wanted nothing more than 15 minute lessons in every subject. This, I found, wasn't true. She worked out of a workbook for math, and that would often take 30 minutes. I feel strongly about stretching my kids' attention spans and taking some real time on some subjects. So that was a relief to me. I don't have to abandon my CM leanings.

I like the Robinson's perspective in that there is a heavy emphasis on self-teaching and scientific reasoning without abandoning faith. However, A2 professes a better quality product, more texts, just 1 cd, and a much better price tag.

The only drawback I have heard from those who have tried it is their reluctance to print out books or read on the PC. I have no problem printing out books. We did it extensively with Amblesideonline. I like it because I don't have to go searching for the books I'm gonna use. They are cheaper than purchasing (about $3 per book). They can be written in, spilled on, taken anywhere, and each child can have their own copy.

So, I'm looking for anyone who has had experience with either Robinson or A2 to get some more feedback. I'd especially like to hear from someone who didn't like it for any reason other than printing out the books.

Thanks in advance!

Posted by Devonbunny

just wanted to pop by and say hi, and announce my return to homeschoolblogger :-)

Love and blessings
Jules x (UK)

Posted by camyden

I used A2 last year and it was great. I highly recommend it. Printing out the books is not a problem if you convert them all to pdf format. That way you can print a certain number of pages at a time. I use a more ecclectic approach to our homeschooling this year. Not only using A2 but supplementing with more hands on lessons.

Camyden
www.thefrugalhomeschool.blogspot.com

Posted by jinyeah3

I am curious, what did you end up using and how did you like it? I am also looking into Robinson's Curriculum.

Thank, Jenette.