MACHE Shopping Day

Today is shopping day at the MACHE curriculum fair! So I am working on my list of resources that I need to purchase at some point, or need to look at “in person” before making a decision.

 

Math – Landon and Kennady need workbooks, Spencer will need a tests and worksheets book, and Harrison will need the whole package.

• Modern Curriculum Press Math A for Kennady
• Modern Curriculum Press Math C for Landon
• Saxon 8/7 Tests and Worksheets for Spencer (I will not buy it today though, unless I find a real deal – I want to give Spencer the placement test when he is finished 7/6 or almost, just in case we can skip to Algebra ½, in which case I won’t need to buy him anything)
• Saxon Algebra 1 Homeschool package for Harrison

 

Language Arts – this is the subject that requires a lot of decisions. Kennady won’t need anything, except possibly a workbook for Teach Your Children to Read Well, Level 1B. I probably won’t buy it today, since she is not finished 1A yet, so there is no rush. I don’t know what to do with Landon – Teach Your Children to Read Well, Level 2? Alpha Omega Lifepac 3? Nothing, and just work on spelling and handwriting from resources we already own? I know what I need for Spencer. For Harrison, I will get the AO Lifepac 10, unless I’m convinced that a different program would be more suitable to his ambitions in journalism. I am also 99% sure I will get the Student Writing Intensive.

• Teach Your Children to Read Well, Level 1B workbook (?) for Kennady
• Teach Your Children to Read Well, Level 2 (?) for Landon
• AO Lifepac 3 (?) for Landon
• AO Lifepac 7 for Spencer
• AO Lifepac 10 for Harrison (or ----???)
• Student Writing Intensive for Harrison

 

Science – this one isn’t too difficult. Harrison won’t finish his current Science course until end of first semester next school year, so I don’t need anything for him yet. I’ll browse high school science curricula and start getting some ideas for him. For the younger kids, we’ll use the God’s Design series, so I need to complete my set of those books. (I already own one of this set, but will have to check which one so I don’t buy a second copy! LOL)

• God’s Design for Heaven and Earth: Our Weather and Water
• God’s Design for Heaven and Earth: Our Universe
• God’s Deisgn for Heaven and Earth: Our Planet Earth

 

Social Studies – this is the easiest subject to shop for, because I’ve already looked and considered, and have made my decision as to what I need.

• Around the World in 180 Days

 

 

Some of the other things I’d like to have, but could hardly be considered “needs”:

• John Hudson Tiner titles to add to our collection, such as Champions of Invention, Champions of Science, etc.
• The Privileged Planet, DVD
• AO Lifepac Electives: Art (although I’ve discovered it’s possible this is available through our library!)
• Universe by Design, by Danny Faulkner
• Roots and Fruits: A Comprehensive Vocabulary Curriculum
• ILumina Homeschool edition CD-ROM
• Exploring Weather, and Exploring Outer Space, both by Stephanie Finke