I lurk here a fair bit but haven't been posting so I thought I'd re-intro myself.

I HS'd my 10yo daughter for two years through a public charter when we were in CA. (After K-2 in a private school.) We had classroom-type textbooks for 3rd grade (from the charter) and Calvert (my choice) for 4th and didn't care for either approach. We enrolled her in public school for 5th but decided to return to home-education after the first semester.

We decided to try AZVA and we got K12. That's not working for us either. It's making us miserable, actually.

So we've decided to withdraw and go independent. I love researching materials, etc. so I'm doing that now. Of course it's overwhelming as always but very fun! :D For the first time I can't really spend a lot, so I am going to try and work with what I have (I have tons of stuff we haven't used yet) and add some supplemental things as well.

My son is still in all-day public K because he loves it, but I want to homeschool him again for first grade. I homeschooled him at home for pre-K and he's a very easy student (my dd is more of a challenge).

There's a great enrichment center near where we will be moving where the kids can take all sorts of really neat classes--anywhere from 2 half days a week to three full days a week, so I am looking forward to trying that as well next year!

That's our current story, LOL!

Hope you find just what you need this year!

We're just "offically" starting out with K this year. We've done some pre-K work though.

Thanks!

How exciting for you to be officially starting! :D

I thought you were Michele with one L in California...now I see AZ!!

Thanks for the intro!

I'm Nanci :)
Izzi is 10 and in 5th grade in a charter Montessori school. Griff is 7 and in 1st grade there too. Even though they go at their own pace and level, the school has been too easy for her and she cringes at the thought of trying something that she might have to work at. PLUS, I canNOT stand the snotty girls in her class and want to avoid the drama as much as possible.

We are moving to Maui in June and I am so happy about homeschooling them!! I hs'd Izzi for K and used FIAR.

We are going to use:

Izzi: 6th grade

Winterpromise-Quest for Ancients I
Will maybe use their LA
IEW for writing
Learning Lang thru Literature
Word roots software
Saxon with DIVE cd
Rosetta stone French
Mavis Beacon typing
Noeoscience-chemistry

Griff: 2nd grade

Winterpromise-American Story I
Will use their LA for sure
Evan Moore-write a super sentence
LLTL
Not sure on math...someone make a decision for me!!!!
ASL
Noeoscience-chemistry


I will be new to all this!! Thanks for the intro!!

I thought you were Michele with one L in California...now I see AZ!!

Thanks for the intro!

I'm Nanci :)
Izzi is 10 and in 5th grade in a charter Montessori school. Griff is 7 and in 1st grade there too. Even though they go at their own pace and level, the school has been too easy for her and she cringes at the thought of trying something that she might have to work at. PLUS, I canNOT stand the snotty girls in her class and want to avoid the drama as much as possible.

We are moving to Maui in June and I am so happy about homeschooling them!! I hs'd Izzi for K and used FIAR.

We are going to use:

Izzi: 6th grade

Winterpromise-Quest for Ancients I
Will maybe use their LA
IEW for writing
Learning Lang thru Literature
Word roots software
Saxon with DIVE cd
Rosetta stone French
Mavis Beacon typing
Noeoscience-chemistry

Griff: 2nd grade

Winterpromise-American Story I
Will use their LA for sure
Evan Moore-write a super sentence
LLTL
Not sure on math...someone make a decision for me!!!!
ASL
Noeoscience-chemistry


I will be new to all this!! Thanks for the intro!!

Maui--wow, I am envious! :D I feel like Arizona is a paradise sometimes compared to CA but Maui is the real deal! LOL!

Thanks for sharing what you're going to do--I have to look into some of those things. I'm leaning torward BYFIAR as kind of a base to build on (hoping it gets her into enjoying books) for my 10yo but need to look at things to add.