Curriculum Poll

Cathhsmom · #1 Mar 13, '09, 3:07 pm

What do you use for curriculum? I use Seton, but was curious to see what everyone else uses. I have never done a poll. So, hopefully, this will work.

911mom · #2 Mar 13, '09, 10:55 pm

I have used a variety of curriculum from protestant to K-12 which is a secular program. I like the idea of Seton but I'm considering using Abeka's (protestant) Streaming Internet next year. Of course I would omit their Bible Study program. Then again. It might not be bad to utilize it and show the difference between the Catholic and Protestant interpretations.

kristacecilia · #3 Mar 14, '09, 4:48 am

Right now we're using a lot of Catholic Heritage Curricula's Little Folks stuff because they are very gentle in their approach but still cover the basics. Both my kiddos have shown a sincere interest in academics early but I don't want to overwhelm them with complex lessons designed for 6 or 7 year olds. CHC does a good job providing materials that are appropriate.

Next year I think my almost 5 year old will be ready for more challenging work, so I am going to switch over to MODG 1st grade/2nd grade for him and let my 3 year old do MODG kindergarten with CHC's Little Stories for Little Folks, handwriting (if he seems ready, I found my older DS was not physically ready for handwriting until recently), and a few other things from CHC.

Right now he's sitting through his brother's lessons and begging to "do school", too. He does a few little things but quickly gets bored with coloring or doing legos instead of "school". So we're working on how to read with CHC's LSLF, the shapes and sounds of letters, counting, etc. He LIKES that sort of stuff, but so do I and so does my oldest, so I guess it's no surprise.

If any other people have little ones who are dying to learn, I highly recommend CHC's kindergarten program.

GilChrist77 · #4 Mar 14, '09, 9:23 am

We don't use a specific curriculum because when my mom started 20 years ago there really wasn't any set curriculum's out there. So my mom kind of made her own. It seems to have worked thought.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Katholish · #5 Mar 15, '09, 1:51 pm

Huge Seton fan.

Nat2 · #6 Mar 15, '09, 6:41 pm

Mother of Divine Grace!!! Lot of reading, but it has really worked for me!!

Voradin · #7 Mar 20, '09, 11:00 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cathhsmom

What do you use for curriculum? I use Seton, but was curious to see what everyone else uses. I have never done a poll. So, hopefully, this will work.

Seton seems very popular now a days.

I myself was raised by my parents own curriculum;
It worked well. I'm a senior so...

On a factual note,
I did attend private school for 6 months before there were internal complications.

Joyful_1 · #8 Mar 22, '09, 4:01 pm

We do Sonlight. It's a Protestant company, but the study guides are very open-minded. We actually got three Catholic books from them which have been very instrumental to our conversion: Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating, Catholic and Christian by Alan Shrek, and Evangelical is Not Enough by Thomas Howard. I don't know why they carry those books,but they do.

The year we were converting, the Bible program included the Westminister Shorter Catechism for my curriculum and we did it. It was a good experience for me because I was able to answer the questions like this: "The book says ______ about Communion. I say ______(opposing view) because ________" It was actually a good experience, but my mom isn't making my brother do it this year. We use the Didiche series for Religion now.

leonie · #9 Mar 23, '09, 1:56 pm

My two ninth graders are enrolled with Seton, but for the younger kids, we use a variety of materials.

Loren 1of6 · #10 Apr 14, '09, 12:30 pm

I just joined the group and it looks like I was just in time to vote in this poll.

I started homeschooling with Five in a Row (Protestant). As the kids got older, someone pointed me toward Mater Amabilis, a Catholic Charlotte Mason style curriculum. My oldest is now in high school and I think it's time to enroll in something with more accountability. Over all, we do a little bit from a lot of sources.

Mamselle Duroc · #11 Apr 21, '09, 8:56 pm

I showed up too late to vote, but... we're a cross of eclectic and unschooling. When mama first started homeschooling us we did Seton, but it just didn't work for us... we did Kolbe for a little while, but by the time mama got to kid #7 she had decided that we worked a whole lot better if we just took an idea here and an idea there, and figured out the right approach for each individual kid.

With all those years of watching mama and sitting in on the discussions she had with her homeschooling friends, I feel pretty confident about it, and if I have my own children I'll probably do the eclectic/unschooling approach. I already have ideas about a self-made curriculum.