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What curriculum do you use? We use mainly Abeka for my daughter who is going into 7th *ack* *ack* *choke* *cough* grade this year ;^(

For my son who is in 3rd grade we use Math-U-See, English for the Thoughtful Child, some Bob Jones stuff for history, and I forget what my wife uses for science for Josh, but it's not Abeka.

For our kindergartener, soon to be 1st grader, we use Abeka.

-Kevin

We're using the Sonlight program for our 6-year-old. Rebecca is starting 1st grade stuff this coming year. We've got a challenge cuz she's already reading 4th grade and doing 2d grade math. My wife just went to a curriculum fair in Fredericksburg, she got some good deals there. She'll start "theboy" (just turned 4 years) next year too...he's already reading simple 3 and 4 letter words...my wife has done a great job...I had nothing to do with it...

We use the Alpha Omega lifepacs for Language Arts and Math and the AO Switched on Schoolhouse for History/Geography and Science. We use Abeka Health Safety and Manners, but I don't make Matthew do any paperwork for that, I just read it to him and we discuss it.

But if I find something I like, like a poster or something on the internet, I just integrate that into what we are doing. I have a huge poster of the food pyramid stapled to my kitchen wall and a cleanliness/hygiene poster in the bathroom, at 3-6 year old eye level. So I use the lifepacs as a sort of guide to what I need to be expounding on.

Besides that, we do a monumental amount of reading. We are involved in 2 summer reading programs. Reading is the key, my friend...as I'm sure you know. Reading is the key.