This is really my favorite time a year. The used curriculum sales start next week for us here in my spot of the world. Homeschooling has its pros and cons but picking out and buying the curriculum is a big pro for me. I actually have lots of fun. There are so many choices and I get a real kick from looking at books that are at a great price and go with our school stuff. Plus, don't let me forget the fact that I get to sell the stuff we don't want or need any more.
This year we used First Language Lessons by Jessie Bauer, the folks from A Well-Trained Mind. This is a great book for first and second grade grammar. It follows a Charlotte Mason approach-incorporating poetry, dictation, memorization, and covering the grammar they need to know in an effective way that steers away from the fill in the blank approach. Our 7yr. old has done great with it.
We also used Language Arts Through Literature ( the Yellow Book) and Primary Language Lessons for 3rd grade. If I could only show you my son's composition book! The yellow book was easy but it covered the things that perhaps were not quite settle in his mind. The Primary Language Lessons is basicly a drill book
which rounded out the easyness of LLATL. Both these books follow a Charlote Mason approach incorporating nature study, dictation, art, memorization, and copy work to teach grammar.
So what will I use for 2nd and 4th?
The 2nd half of First Language Lessons for 2nd grade.
LLATL Orange and we'll finish the second half of Primary Language Lessons for 4th grade.
I already have these handy in my bookshelf, so what am I going to the book sales for? To get all the other things I might get that we'll enjoy. Things like Adventures in Odyssey sets, educational games, maybe some math, some interesting Bible books I saw recently, Christian Light Readers, Story Hour vol 2-5 cd sets, non-fiction living books...... I could go on.
Maybe next time I'll tell you why I won't have to hunt for my core curriculum.
Linda
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