Homemaker Chronicles

I have never been a huge fan of buying boxed curriculum for home schooling.  The number one reason is because of the cost involved.  The ones I have checked out can be upwards of $500!  Who the heck can afford THAT if you are surviving on one income?

The number two reason is because I knew that my kids wouldn’t be doing everything that comes with the complete curriculum.  I have too much on my hands to go through eight subjects with three separate grades and tend to the toddlers as well.  That’s just asking for stress.

What I opted for instead was piecing together our curriculum one book at a time.  I began using Saxon math books and I love that math. The kids seem to really do well in it too. Caleb skipped fourth grade math and is doing fifth grade with Regan. He is a little slower at it than she is, but Saxon is so gradual in nature that he is able to pick up on the concepts easily. Plus, the fifth grade books begin self-teaching…which I’m all about. Sometimes I do have to go back and do some damage control, but overall they understand it and do a good job.

So there’s my plug for Saxon math!  If you’re looking for a great math book that introduces new concepts slowly and logically they really are excellent.  I’m even learning a lot, again…twenty years later.

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Check out this old Chinese proverb that I made up:  If your husband is not on board with cloth diapering, you will be changing lots of diapers- all by yourself.

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You know how I told you forever ago that I’m writing a book?  Well, I am.  It’s just going to take the rest of my life!  No really, writing a book is one of those projects that is quite time consuming and requires lots of silence.  Frankly, I don’t have either of those.

My husband, Todd, is trying to get his business off the ground (requiring my help of course) while we live with my parents and that just doesn’t lend itself to lots of free book-writing moments.  I plan on picking back up the proverbial pen this summer when the kids are finished with school.

Until then, this is my book and I couldn’t ask for a better audience than you all!  Now leave me a comment…

just kidding!

~Angie

Homemaker Chronicles