I got tagged about homeschooling resources by Joni a while back... I really loved reading all of your responses to this one, so I have decided to do this one, although I may be the last blogger in the universe to complete it, LOL!
- ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED: There are so many, I can’t choose just one! Two books that I read when I was first investigating homeschooling that stick out to me as great are The Homeschool Journey by Michael and Susan Card, and So You’re Thinking of Homeschooling by Lisa Whelchel… both are wonderful and turned me on to the vision of homeschooling!
- ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT: Homeschoolblogger. Hands down, you all are the best resource I have, above the literally hundreds of materials and books I have found! The information and encouragement I have found here is beyond compare… but the best thing is that before HSB I often wished I could be a fly on the wall of another homeschooling family… and now I get to do that every day!
- ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BOUGHT: It’s a tie between Singapore Math 1a&1B, and Miquon Math. It was my first year homeschooling, and there was no teacher manual for the Singapore… and I felt like a complete idiot because I didn’t know what they were getting at in the lessons or how to teach it. Miquon I didn’t like for similar reasons, but mostly because I truly, even after playing with them for a full year, never truly got how the rods really help you to do math.
- ONE RESOURCE YOU ENJOYED LAST YEAR: Sonlight Core, we loved the books!
- ONE RESOURCE YOU WILL BE USING THIS YEAR: Math-U-See, which probably seems kind of funny since we didn’t like Miqoun. But, the only similarity between the two is that they use manipulatives. MUS is so well laid out, planned and visual… and I GET IT! In the Intro DVD to MUS, Steve Demme makes a joke that you want kids to really get it, otherwise it will not be Math-U-See, it will be Math-U-Almost-Saw, and we joke that the Miqoun was our “Math-U-Almost-Saw” program!
- ONE RESOURCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY: A piano and piano/music theory curriculum.
- ONE RESOURCE YOU WISH EXISTED: A science program that is a lot of fun and interesting but is as easy to integrate and do as the rest of our curriculum. I find that science labs are just a pain because of getting all the stuff out and the mess… I even have a box containing most of what I need and I still can’t get it together.
I have seen this tag all over the place, so I am not going to tag anyone on the chance that they have already done the tag. If you have not, please do it. This one was so great to read what people wrote, and I hope that at least someone out there has made it through mine and found something in it helpful!
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Sep. 13, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Thanks for participating! I loved seeing your answers. You're not a slacker! =) I was going to "tag" you one night in your comments, and not just on my blog, but that was the night you asked for prayer for your sister. I just thought that was way too important to mention this tag in your comments section. Still praying for her. Hope all is going better.
Thanks for your prayers as well. DD is much better this morning. No fever and no motrin yet. She's eating and drinking well, which is a praise. I'm calling my dr. this morning. Please pray for our wisdom and dd's health.
Sweet Blessings,
Joni
PS I know you love Sonlight. A friend in my sidebar also does. If you visit me, be sure to click on davidandkatie. She'd probably love to have you as a resource as well. Sonlight's a bit too hard for us yet (preschool, you know).