Friday, March 8, 2013

Curriculum

I never realized how much homeschool curriculum is out there. Talk about overwhelming. When we first started homeschooling we were using a program called time 4 learning. It is a computer based program so most of the work was online and then we would need library books to complete the lesson. Most of the time the library wouldn't have the library books I needed so I felt the program was really lacking for what I wanted for the kids. So then starts the massive search of all the programs and what we want to use. Considering we were already half way through the year I didn't feel good about buying a whole curriculum so I started looking at Florida virtual school. This is the curriculum we are using right now and let's just say we will not be using it again. It is a very complete program but I hate having to follow another persons schedule and I would honesty like to do school all year long and be able to take breaks as needed through out the year.  So once again I have to start the search of curriculums. Thank goodness we have the internet and I  can do tons of research and see many reviews of all the programs.  there is a homeschool convention in April that I am going to so I can check out all the curriculum.  I am really leaning towards one called My Fathers World but we will see how I feel after the convention.