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VisitorinWaiting -> KINDERGARTEN (7/30/2008 11:17:47 PM)

Some of you may remember my thread here a few months ago about hubby only wanting to use Abeka and not look into anything else. Well, I gave in on that, seeing what I had seen of Abeka, I liked it, and it wasn't a major issue to argue about anyway...SO... Long story short, financial problems have really set us back this year. Most of them, if not all of them, being the fault of another (a Jackson Hewitt worker, a credit card company, etc, etc). So, we do not and doesn't look like we will have the money to buy Abeka curriculum new like he wanted to do. Tonight, while we were both sitting down, I looked at him and said, "I have an idea. Since we are not able to buy curriculum right now, and probably won't be able to when we need to start school to have our number of days in, what about going to the bookstore?" He knew what I was talking about...we have a used homeschooling bookstore nearby. He just gave me a look like, "Hmm, sounds workable." I said, "We may be able to get the whole Abeka curriculum for much less than what we'd pay for it new...and it's JUST Kindergarten." (He uses this line with me all the time and it bothers me so much. I used to teach K in ps and I know that it's not just fun and play like it used to be when we were in school. Although I do agree with him that it shouldn't be that much on a five year old.) I went on to say, "And, if we can't find all Abeka stuff, we can at least find SOMETHING for each subject we need to teach so that we have something to turn in at the end of the year saying that we did teach these subjects."
Knock me over with a feather...HE AGREED WITH ME!!!
So, I was just wondering....what kind of Kindergarten curriculum did you use? I know that most of you probably didn't because I know a lot of you are not the curriculum type (which is great with me, but not so much with hubby). This will help me when I'm at the store to spot things that I at least recognize the name of... AND iiiifff you happen to have any that you aren't using anymore, you can pm me. :)



cynthia -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 1:23:27 AM)

Okay, I am one of those who did not use curriculum for kindergarten, but if I were forced to, I would use:
Learning Language Arts Through Literature (reading and all language arts, including penmanship), Math-U-See, Christian Liberty Press (for history and science). That's all you would need to have a good start with it all laid out for you in a workable fashion and with materials that your child is likely to not feel stressed with.

I believe Learning Language Arts Through Literature teaches reading, but I started with the second grade program, so I'm not positive on that one. If not, then I'd go with "How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons."



joannepir -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 7:36:21 AM)

I don't think I used any curriculum for kindergarten either. I taught the letters by finding books at the library to reinforce them. For example a nature book that had pictures "A" for "apple," "B" for "bear" etc. Then I made my own phonic cards and read, read, read. We bought handwriting without tears for my son because he didn't hold the pencil properly. It was wonderful. Other than that, we just found books at the library about science and history.
Oh, I almost forgot - to reinforce his reading, we bought "BOB books" and old "Dick and Jane" readers.



zoebob -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 7:38:20 AM)

I didn't use a curriculum for K either. I used DLTK's activities for learning to write and recognize the letters and then Hooked on Phonics after he knew his letters. I really don't remember what else I used. I think I did have a K science book. I think I used some DLTK sheets for learning his numbers like the letters.



his_chosen -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 1:06:07 PM)

We didn't use curriculum for kindergarten either! HOWEVER I have a boat load of kindergarten/1st grade stuff that I will GIVE you. Let me know what sort of things you think you might need. I have boxes of stuff in my dining room that I really need to get rid of! We are leaving for vacation on Sunday, so it may have to wait until we get back.



Shelly72 -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 3:31:51 PM)

Hi there. In regards to your question about Kindergarten curriculum, we used MFW (My Father's World) and LOVED it! It really is wonderful and gentle and you get to read lots of great books and the science is really fun. My daughter was ahead in reading so I just supplemented. The writing portion was right on for her. It is not very expensive. I can't wait to do K-MFW with my second daughter! :)



shadowspring -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 7:05:39 PM)

I used a curriculum for kindergarten. And we loved it!

K-5 New Beginnings or some such from BJUPress. I still remember the readers, the stick puppets, the activities, the "spelling" in our pudding...it was a lot of fun.



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 7:29:46 PM)

I emailed the lady at the used bookstore. She said that she didn't have a lot for K...probably because most people don't use a curriculum for K...:) BUT she said that she did have one thing...and she thinks it would be perfect for me. Just wanted to see if any of you had heard of it. It's called Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills K. She says that it covers Reading, Phonics, Math, Citizenship (social studies).

She has it there for $5...but she only has one. She said that if she sold it before I came in that I could probably get it at a bookstore for about double that price.

Thanks for all of your ideas. I will be making a list.

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We didn't use curriculum for kindergarten either! HOWEVER I have a boat load of kindergarten/1st grade stuff that I will GIVE you. Let me know what sort of things you think you might need. I have boxes of stuff in my dining room that I really need to get rid of! We are leaving for vacation on Sunday, so it may have to wait until we get back.


Anything math, science, social studies. I think we pretty much have phonics/reading covered. If we don't use it now, we probably will later, and if not us, we have family with the same aged children, so someone could use it for sure.



sweetsusie -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 11:05:01 PM)

I pulled together my own "curriculum" for K. I used "Sing, Spell, Read and Write" for phonics and learning to write. We liked it a lot, and it is a 2 year program. Maybe you could just get some of the Abeka products for K, and not all of them, and just supplement with the library. There are so many things you can do with what you find at the local library. And, you may be surprised to find actual curriculum available at the library. Ours has quite a bit of stuff for teaching at home. If not, do a search and request to get it in from another library on a inter-library loan for free.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (7/31/2008 11:49:04 PM)

I'd go to the library and get Five In A Row or Beyond Five In A Row--it's comprehensive, fun and cheap.



macokjc -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/1/2008 7:02:28 PM)

You really could do all of the above. We used BJU press and my children enjoyed it. Our homeschool group uses some of the 5 in a row and I really did not care for that. It's all just personal preference. However, when I think of buying curriculum and whether or not it's worth it; it reminds me of a mastercard commercial: "Having all the work done for you - priceless."



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/1/2008 7:29:24 PM)

I have decided 99% on going with the "curriculum" book that I can get SOO CHEAP at the used homeschooling bookstore nearby...and then supplementing where I need to. It doesn't include science, but I am required to have proof that I taught that subject to my 5 year old, so we will probably do lapbooks for science. I think that will be fun, will be something he can keep and use in the future... However, I still have a list of your suggestions and will look into those as soon as I get to the bookstore as well... Thanks so much!



Homegrownkids -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/1/2008 7:38:12 PM)

I use Bob Jones Math and Sing, Spell, Read & Write for the L.Arts/phonics program. BUT... I have heard of some people finding everything they need right on the internet. Places like Starfall.com ( think that is what it is called) and different places for Math. Maybe you could even do a word search for Kindergarden and see what comes up.

For Science at that age, we just read outloud to them. You can probably find a cheap Science book on ebay. We used the Christian Liberty Press Nature Readers.



Karaboo2 -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/1/2008 11:31:09 PM)

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ORIGINAL: VisitorinWaiting
It's called Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills K. She says that it covers Reading, Phonics, Math, Citizenship (social studies).
She has it there for $5...but she only has one. She said that if she sold it before I came in that I could probably get it at a bookstore for about double that price.


It's at Sam's Club (at least, the one closest to us) for $5.99 ... there is that one, plus ones for Pre-K, and grades 1-4 ... all for less than $7. It's a decent primer, and it would definitely give your hubby a chance to see that your child is "doing school". And yes, supplement with a bunch of fun activities wherever you can.



mrsrevbob -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/2/2008 9:22:40 AM)

I wasn't sure if it is okay here, but when my children were small, I pretty much used whatever I could get m hands on. But I remember all of them loved those I Spy books when they were first starting off, because I could sort of figure out what objects and colors they seemed to be most inclined to hold their attention on, and then I would try and go from there.



Auben -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/4/2008 4:48:26 PM)

I didn't really use a curriculum either.

We have used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (at least for the first 30-40 lessons, then he could read and we went on with other books), Starfall.com, the BOB books, and the old Sing, Spell, Read, & Write phonetic books (sort of like the Bob books...just with more complex stories arranged around a letter sound).

We cooked and baked together (measurements). Played board games (counting out steps). Did skip counting (we did a long hop scotch line and learned to count/skip by 2's, 5s, 10s). Did simple adding using dominoes, dice, or one of those dice games where you flip the numbers.

We went for walks. Rode bikes. Collected things. Drew things we saw. We went to the library. Read 3-10 books a day. Made models. Worked with clay and blocks. Researched things. Kept a history notebooks with pictures of things we read about. Did puzzles.

That's it. My son even went to a preschool type class while he was doing this. It didn't take much time. If he felt like learning we would do something.



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/22/2008 9:00:34 AM)

Well, well, well...I got the book yesterday... I ended up ordering it from her because I couldn't find a time to make it to the store. Anyway....................... My ds knows just about everything in the book. I found maybe 10 pages out of it that would be any sort of a challenge to him, and those, not very much. I think I know why...the book's copyright year was 1993. I'm not sure what was being taught in Kindergarten in 1993...let's see...I was 15 years old... So, anyhow...it's way lower than what I had been teaching him because I used a lot of resources that I had used teaching Kindergarten in the public school in 2000-2002. The book is also made for a classroom...can't adapt every lesson, but can on most...so I won't get to use this book very long at all...because it won't keep his interest. I could sit down with him today, and we could be 1/4 to 1/2 of the way finished with it by the end of the day! I'm not making this up either...it's super simple stuff... So, I guess that supplemental stuff I had in mind will be more than a little...AND at least I have something on paper to turn in to show that we are doing something... LOL



cynthia -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/22/2008 1:01:13 PM)

You have to prove you're doing kindergarten!? What is the compulsory education age in your state? In WA, it's 8yo.



VisitorinWaiting -> RE: KINDERGARTEN (8/22/2008 1:36:39 PM)

5!!!!



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