I have decided to switch up our homeschooling for the 2009-2010 school year. 

I do like most of what we have been using, but my husband & I feel like the children need more academics.

Elementary

We have decided to use a program from Heart of Dakota.  Here is why:  I like that it has the lessons layed out for each day is #1.  I also like that there is alot of Bible incorporated.  They suggests singapore math but allows me to stick with my math of choice, which is Rod & Staff.  It uses several different books that I will have to buy but I have checked the library & they have all but 1 of the regular reading books.  I also like that it tells you that say if you are to read about Thomas Jefferson that you can either use their suggestion or your own reader about him &  the program still works fine.

I downloaded a week lesson plan on their site & her plans seem similar to the ones I try to write for us.  I have found that with the children getting older & having different things on my plate that not having to take alot of time to plan would really help me out alot.

Highschool

We are going to try Switched on Schoolhouse by Alpha Omega.  My highschooler also has a full plate with helping out with the farm & his martial arts classes.  I think that the SOS will help to let him learn and yet get things done in a more timely manner.  I also think this will benefit me as a mother of a teenager.  I'm not telling him what to do so he can't think I'm giving him too much work.  He can see what a typical 10th grader is doing & just do it.

So that is our plan.  I am going to spend a bit more than I normall do, but I am praying that it will be worth it.  I am also going to hopefully sell some things to help the cost.

I don't know if anyone reads this, but if you do and have used either of the above, I'd love to hear from you.

Posted by proverbsmama

Hi, thanks for visiting my blog.

You mentioned SOS. I have talked to one or two people who have used it and they didn't care for it because it was too picky about the answers. What we, as moms, would consider a correct answer, the computer would not accept as correct. That was frustrating to them. I haven't used it because of that very reason.

I will be posting on Monday the plan I hope to use for my dd for high school. Feel free to stop by and take a look. :-)

Posted by ElCloud

I am so sorry! I just realized I had some private messages here, and yours was one. To learn more about joining the Crew, you can go to Heidi's Crew blog and read the rest of the announcement.

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HomeschoolCrew/671725/

I"m so sorry. THe deadline for applications is April 30 ... I hope you have time to finish the reviews and apply. :)

April