It is that time of year..the time to look at your curriculum and decide if it is achieving the results you wish for and IF you are happy with it.
I am not happy with mine. My kids...might not be either. It has been very worksheety (not a word, but completely understandable by those in the home education world), which means "BORING" or at least in our house.
It is hard to find something new. If you have experienced it, it is difficult to fork out the money and know it will be exactly what you have been dreaming of.
I have made a few decisions. I do believe we will use Math U See for my 4 yo, 6yo and 8 yo. I will be utilizing Saxon math for my 12yo but this may roll into Math U See also. We will use XtraMath online for a change up and refresher.
I think we will stay away from any formal English/Comp curriculum and stick to reading good classics and copy work.
I am considering Apologia for science, but not sure yet.
History, I don't know. We may just use living readings for History.
I want to incorporate unit studies and lapbooks and some fun stuff, but we will have to see where it all takes us as we move into the summer and out of my spring college semester.
I need to be more diligent in planning for them as I will be taking a full college load again this fall and next spring, so there will not be any time for "I will just plan next week, tomorrow".
So, what is your homeschooling year next year going to be? What have you used that you love? What have you used that you prefer never to use again? Would love to hear ideas. It seems every year I hear of something new that I had never heard of before, but that people have been using for years.
