So far my experience has been great. Once I understood that it was a “guide” and not a “you must follow what we’ve put in the boxes or you can’t use this guide” then our home school, became “our” home school.
You’re probably looking for a more practical explanation of exactly what I did and continue to do, so here goes:
I went subject by subject down the curriculum guide for each of my boys. I made decisions for them based on the guide, but not we’re necessarily using everything listed for the resources. I made decisions based on what we already had available, what I could find at the library and what I thought we could handle for our first year completely CM. I have added weekly to our schedule the subjects listed that I thought should/could wait until we became more comfortable with this style of schooling.
It has all been a blessing.
I’m certain that we do not do everything the same as everyone else on this forum (nor would we want to) but this forum has been an invaluable source to me for our home school. Based on the Curriculum Guide’s suggestions I clicked on each tag for the subjects that I may have not been clear on and by just reading the discussions I could figure out what it would look like CM style:)
I will admit that I was highly intimidated by the guide at first, but then figured out it was simply a guide and my friend and that I am not a slave to it. Now that we are moving into our 5th week tomorrow of nothing but CM style approaches I am ever so grateful for the guide. It is incredibly flexible and doable.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: It’s a guide that you can lean on for a while then venture off when you gain confidence. What’s so wonderful about this site is that the guide is free and you don’t have to sign your life away just to be able to reap the benefits. You don’t have to purchase their products (although I do) just to utilize the guide either, and that’s a blessings all in itself.
Okay, I think I’m rambling. HTH
