We started school this past Monday. The school year is set to end June 30, 2010 in Homeschool Tracker. We are starting a 4 day school week for the first time this year. That’s the reason for the long school year. The date will be adjusted next year, as necessary. That will leave Fridays open to work at our church’s outreach center. Of course, any work not completed during the school week becomes Friday Homework.
We use lots of different publishers for our curriculum. We use A Beka, Rod and Staff, Saxon the most. We find and use whatever books are needed to help our kids learn.
For math we use Rod & Staff for 1st thru 6th grades. If you have a child with attention issues, this is a great math curriculum to use. The most the lessons have are a simple line drawing and a Bible verse. No color pictures to draw their attention away from the math problems. 🙂
We then switch over to Saxon Math 8/7, Algebra 1/2, etc. We have had 4 kids now make the transition from Rod and Staff 6 to Saxon 8/7. They haven’t had any problems with the transition.
Our oldest is now 23, so we have been homeschooling for 18 years now. Over the course of those school years, I have used lots of different record keeping systems. For the last 2 years, I’ve been using Homeschool Tracker. I really like it the best. We used another computer program before that, and Homeschool Tracker is much more user friendly, especially for multiple students. (No, I don’t paid to say that, I am not part of their referral program, I really like it!)
Homeschooling for 18 years!! Wow!! So, you were homeschooling before it became popular! 😉 I'm a second-generation homeschooler myself. The opportunities, support, and curriculum choices just boggle my mind now.
I know where to come when I need reviews. You've probably heard of or used almost everything out there by now!
Thanks for sharing!