Name: Spreading the Feast Gathering
Start: 2025-07-11T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-07-12T23:59:59-05:00
Location: LaGrange, KY

Tagged: curriculum, subjects, term

This topic has 11 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 4 months ago by Tristan.

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January 10, 2021 at 7:07 am
Alysee123
Participant
Love
All About Spelling Level 1
Singapore Math
CTC Math
Hate
WriteShop.
*We switched to Brave Writer Jot it Down/Partnership Writing.
January 10, 2021 at 8:29 am
HollyS
Participant
Oh no—we’re starting Write Shop tomorrow! 😊 Maybe we’ll have a better experience. 😂 I feel like we’re not using a lot of actual curriculum this year—we’re sort of hodgepodging things together from a lot of different sources.
Love: SCM Enrichment (Of course), Flip Flop Spanish, Delightful Reading, Apologia’s Health and Nutrition, Masterbook’s Simply K
Hate: Masterbook’s Worldview’s in Conflict and Great Christian Classics—I think Great Christian Classics would be great for an interested, advanced reader.
January 10, 2021 at 9:48 am
Alysee123
Participant
I think we hated WriteShop this year because my bigger girls are really improving with writing. One is more of a natural but the second one getting the hang of it. Also, the script last year helped me but this year it seemed like a hindrance. Oh and also, because our life/schedule is always changing, it’s hard to get it all in.
January 10, 2021 at 10:58 am
Singing2Hymn
Participant
My school-aged kids are in 3rd, 1st, and K and we have jumped around a lot this year with curriculum.
LOVED: Mathematical Reasoning (Critical Thinking Co.)
– Mind Benders (Critical Thinking Co.)
– TGATB cursive
– Laying Down the Rails
– SCM Resources (scripture memory system, various enrichment items)

LIKED: Life of Fred (Extraneous info is sometimes distracting)
– TGATB Language Arts (what we decided to stick with)
– LLATL Yellow & Blue Book (we don’t like that it’s 180 days)
– Spelling Wisdom/ULW (my kids just don’t understand the quotes)
– MFW Adventures in US History (great if you aren’t someone who feels oppressed by and all-in-one schedule)

MEH– A Reason for Handwriting (kids are starting to get bored)
– Foreign Languages 4 Kids (kids have hit a wall with understanding so it’s really just become screen time)

DISLIKED: Sassafras Science (way too wordy and not much actual science)
– LLATL Red (lessons were too long and had too many components)

January 10, 2021 at 12:01 pm
CrystalN
Participant
This has been a wonky year. My oldest chose to do his work away from the family so I certainly hate that, but overall it has worked out well.
LOVE (I see a pattern here)
SCM Genesis/Egypt
SCMs Enrichment Studies – Composer, Artist, Poet
SCM Geography
SCM Spelling Wisdom/ULW
MathUSee
Getting Started with Latin
Grammar for the Well Trained Mind (shocking but true)
DSs Apologetics Class using Understanding the Faith by Summit Ministries
DDs Physical Science Class
HATED
DS’s English Class (pulling him out 2nd semester)
Writing with Skill (hate, hate, hate)
VideoText Algebra (wanted to love but didn’t)
Getting the Job Done:
Notgrass Exploring America
Easy Grammar

January 10, 2021 at 3:05 pm
Ruralmama
Participant
Kids here are 4th, 2nd + littles. We’ve flopped around a fair amount, hopefully we’ve settled into a few things…
Loved (or at least loved that it’s working:)
–RightStart (3+ year weve used. We’re in levels C and E, and starting bits from A for preK this year. It’s not perfect, but nothing is, and I can easily tweak it because its not workbook driven. )
–Apples and Pears spelling for both older kids (We’re finishing up A and will start B in a month or so. 1 needs it, the other tags along to save time, but sometime I’m going to transition her to dictation. I am thinking of going all summer….my struggling speller is learning to spell….but my fingers are still crossed;)
Masterbooks physical science for 2nd grade because my daughter finally likes science. She never really liked all our great living books?? But loves to do this with me…thats my goal for elementary.
Answers in genesis earth and space science for 4th grader. Weve learned alot and enjoyed it and now we watch the night sky together. He slept outside 2 nights this fall watching for falling stars.
SCM picture, poetry, Bible verses. Great together time!
Rod and Staff english. We just started this after Christmas so its soon to tell, but its covering what I want, making my kids write more, and not as tedious as Abeka. Also its “more” than MFW language lessons and doesnt include the picture study that we already do.
Meh….
SCM early modern/ modern. Were slogging through it still! We will be ready to start modern next week. 4th grader likes it 2nd grader does not…..somehow it doesnt feel quite right, but neither did Americas Story, or Our star spangled story…..not sure where to go here. I’m thinking of splitting us up next year…
Songschool spanish daughter loves it son really dislikes it, and I think the songs are annoying, but it’s getting done unlike my handed down powerglide jr or miss mason spanish… I may just use it next year for dd and let ds try Greek like he wants to.

January 11, 2021 at 8:15 am
MissusLeata
Participant
My kids are 7,9,11 and 13.
I’ve loved:
Life of Fred
My own made up Poetry program 🙂
Fix It Grammar
IEW (at a co-op)
Sequential Spelling
I’ve started teaching “Spanish for Children” at a local private school and am loving it so much I might add it next year to our homeschool.

Meh
R&S Math (we started with this and changed)
Climbing to Good English
Our Mother Tongue
Apologia Science (at the Co-op)
Writing Strands (I wanted to love this and like the approach, but my son is not enjoying it!)

January 11, 2021 at 4:55 pm
Becky
Participant
kids are 14 & 16
still getting into a schedule of Morning time: enjoying daily Bible passage reading all together( our focus currently is Psalm 46 until memorized or when we reach the end of the month). Hymn study(our choice), SCM Picture study, SCM composer study. Added Shakespeare, son doesnt care for it (but neither did his two older brothers) we’ll see how it goes. I won’t insist. Daughter loving it.
14 yr old LOVES: winston grammar, Biblioplan history/geography/bible, Pentime (they work in teaching Calligraphy), ACE Science (Earth), Hey, Andrew Greek,
Tolerating ACE math
16 yr old LOVES to do the least amount as possible to get on with real life learning experiences such as Aviation, government topics, Audio Sound technician(runs the sound at our church learning from his Dad), photography in nature…..etc
He’s liking Biblioplan Early American history/Geography. He follows the schedule for reading from the companion and answers just the weekly essay questions and does the weekly map work.
He likes Power Basics Government.
January 12, 2021 at 12:33 pm
ErinD
Participant
Mine are 16, 14, 12 and 7.
Likes (not sure my kids ever love anything):
Agriscience from CLE
Survey of Astronomy from Master Books
Python courses from Udemy
Easy Grammar
Apologia Swimming Creatures
Learning Language Arts Through Literature Yellow
God’s Design – Our Universe
Mystery of History Volume 1
Handwriting without Tears Cursive

Dislikes:
R&S English 2
High school math courses from our province
Bible Quest high school course (son disliked it, I thought it was good)
The World’s Story 1: Ancient Times
Canada My Country
January 12, 2021 at 12:51 pm
2Corin57
Participant
Likes (per my son):
SCM Spelling Wisdom & Using Language Well
Math Antics
Life of Fred
Anything by Horrible History (books or videos)
Dislikes:
Apologia Science
CLE Language Arts
CLE Math
The Story of Canada by George Brown
January 21, 2021 at 6:59 am
IngPil27
Participant
We made a few changes last year.
Love:
SCM Spelling Wisdom and Using Language Well
Math U See (Life of Fred for entertainment)
SCM Outdoor Secrets for science (even the older one likes it)
Speaking Spanish from Cherrydale
FIAR for little one and again the older still enjoys
AAR
CHC Picture Study
Weeding out:
Life of Fred – love the stories, but kiddos need a different approach
RC History – not a fan of the layout. Looking into Story of Civilization
Adding in:
SCM Laying Down the Rails, picture study, poetry, music, bird study
January 21, 2021 at 7:38 pm
Tristan
Participant
Ooo, fun post! I’ve got 9 kids still at home this year, with kids at every level.
LOVED:
– The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts
– The Good and the Beautiful Science (7th grade and under kids)
– The Good and the Beautiful History
– Lots of reading aloud and independent reading.
– Math U See (kids grade 4 and up).
– TGTB Math (kids in 2nd and 3rd).

LIKED, but not loved:
– John Tiner science books with extra question booklets from Memoria Press (high schoolers like it ok, but sometimes they feel like they aren’t retaining enough).