So seems that I have taken a very EXTENDED hiatus...but with that being said only here on this site. This year we are 4 weeks into our new school year and it has been the best school year yet, hands down! After much contemplation and fighting the "idea of not "really" doing school" if you use a box set or online program, we choose at the end of last year to try Alpha Omega Publications this year. For my three big kids ( grade 7, 9 & 11) we are using Monarch, and we love it! I managed to score a great deal on ASUS Chromebooks this summer in anticipation of our new avenue, and they kids are really enjoying this type of school. Monarch is a online program, that covers 5 subjects to include Math, History, Language Arts, Science, and a Bible Class. We choose to add on a few elective for them, with Family Consumer Science (aka Home Ec), American Lit, Spanish 1, Introduction to Coding, College Prep, and Art. This is has been such great gift to our school, the program self grades, except for written problems. Those are the responsibility of the teacher, however they give great teacher keys to aid the grading process. The kids like that they can see what their weighted grade is, and it helps to motivate them to see how their daily works really influences their overall grade. The content is vast, and it is a common occurance for someone to come share with me something that they have learned that blows their mind! So overall so far, we are really happy with Monarch as a curriculum for content, as well as the portablity that is provides with all the material being online. We move often, and this coming year will be yet another move for the Gears, this affords us the ability to move school with us with the utmost ease!
Keep posted, soon I will share what I am doing for my 4th and preschooler this year!!
