• Jun. 11, 2009 - For Linda Regarding Time4Learning;-)
Time4Learning As A Core Curriculum
I have a dear cyber friend who the Lord has had me cross paths with many times. Her name is Linda and she is the mom of many blessings. She posted a question on a blog post I wrote the other day about using Time4Learning. So I"ve made her questions bold and made my responses Pink 
I just signed up my daughter for Time4Learning for the summer. She is really enjoying it.
Praise the Lord! We LOVE it!
Would love to hear how you schedule it and use it as your main curriculum. I am actually interested in using it for her 4th grade year but still not sure.
I will tell you how we use it, but there is a thread going on over at the Time4Learning forum right now that might give you lots of different idea's. (Big Smile)
My main goal is that each child do a minimum of one activity per subject. If the activity is simple and they fly through it, I will add another. They have done as many as four activities in a day depending on the subject. I am not a scheduler so we just do the lesson that we left off on. The program is set up to check the lessons completed so that you will know exactly where to start.
For the past two years I only did the resource sheets if they were struggling to grasp a concept, but as they get in the older grades I've found them to be very useful and I'm using them more and more.
We are going to be keeping a 1 1/2 inch notebook per child this year. They print off their quizzes, tests and resource sheets and keep them in their binder. I have found that It's good to sit with my younger children when learning phonics or new concepts, but I let the older children work independently and call me if they need help. I check their backpack and if they've passed they can move on, if not I have them repeat the lesson and I sit down with them. I don't like some of the material covered in the social studies and science and so we've used Heart Of Dakota for that, but this year we are going to try doing just time4learning as it's my oldest sons senior year and I want to devote more time to him this year. (He wants to plug into speech and debate) We'll see how I feel after we get going. (smile)
Do you use a writing curriculum? I see that math, Language Arts, Science & Social Studies are included.
I LOVE Time4WRITING. Brandon had an awesome teaching named Leslie. They get weekly assignments and are turned in and corrected. The teacher then sends them back to the student to fix and re-submit. It was so nice not having to be the one to be the teacher in that area. His writing really improved.
This would free me up a lot. It would save on paper trails and me having to correct her work.
Amen! It's a solid curriculum. In all the years we've homeschooled the boys have NEVER done as well in math as they have since we joined Time4Learning. It definitely will make you have to stop as they get into the older grades and do the lesson before your child to understand. (smile) |
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