Since it is January, I thought it would be a good time to give an update on how things are going with our homeschool this year. I posted about our seventh grade and fifth grade homeschool curriculum choices at the beginning of the year. Anybody who knows me, knows that I am not loyal to any certain curriculum and I have no problem changing what is not working. So, what did we keep and what did we switch this year?
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Seventh Grade
We have changed NOTHING for seventh grade! This is a big deal because we normally make at least little changes. Carter is doing well with all of his subjects and is enjoying working mostly independently. We will probably change a few things up next year for eighth grade, but right now the plan is to finish the year with what we started. Here is a quick recap of what we’re using for seventh grade.
Sonlight History/Bible/Literature F
Sonlight Language Arts
Sonlight Science
Various Tech/Computer Classes
Fifth Grade
We made a lot of changes for fifth grade. I quickly realized that the Sonlight curriculum I got for Peyton was just a really bad fit for him. This is one of those decisions I made where I should have known better. I knew it probably wouldn’t be a good fit for him, but I like literature rich curriculum and wanted the convenience of getting the box full of books and having it all planned out for me. It only took a few weeks for me to realize my mistake, and I am thankful for Sonlight’s VERY generous return policy.
I ended up switching Peyton to mostly Master Books Curriculum. He was already using a few Master Books subjects so I filled in what we didn’t have. Master Books is about the farthest thing from a literature rich curriculum you can get, but it is a good fit for Peyton and I fill in with good books as needed. The best part is that Master Books was about a quarter of the price of Sonlight. Here is our updated fifth grade curriculum.
Math Lessons for a Living Education
Language Lessons for a Living Education
Various Resources and Tech Classes for Science
Mom Selected Books for Literature (Mostly from Beautiful Feet Books)
Things are going well and I feel like this has been a very productive homeschooling year. I always tell people not to be married to a curriculum. If something isn’t working, don’t be afraid to make changes, even part way through the year. As long as your kids are learning, it’s okay to change course as needed.
