Extra Credit (from Training Hearts Mom):  Take your favorite Homeschool item and write Raving Review!  Be sure to share from the heart and be honest.  In your review include the 5 W's and the H...Who, What, Where, Why and How! 

Okay Hits and Misses:

Hits:

Five in a Row

Beyond Five in a Row

Saxon Math 54 and 76

Sequential Spelling

Konos Volume 1 and Compass (I'll be selling it soon if anyone is interested!)

Singapore Math (Great for lower grades, not so great for the more advanced stuff, at least not for our family)

Raving Review: BEYOND FIVE IN A ROW!  I fell madly in love with Five in a Row when I first began homeschooling, after begging my charter to allow me to use it at that time I finally went out and bought it and added it to our school days.  My children loved Five in a Row from the beginning, which is why I am slamming my head into the wall wondering WHY I didn't continue and use Beyond once they were older.  I came back to it this year, and it is a fabulous curriculum, it meets every need "I" want met while homeschooling my children.  FIAR is written by the Lambert's, who are wonderful Christians and who have set up a  support board for those of us using FIAR, Beyond was written by their daughter Becky, who is now a mama planning on homeschooling (or perhaps already homeschooling) her children.  It uses a Unit Study Approach and you use it at your own speed (unlike Five in a Row, in which you read a book every day for FIVE days, thus the name).  Beyond is meant to be used through ages 12, but I will be using it to supplement my oldest sons education as we move on into Junior High.  If you are interested in more information (I know this is a short and sweet review) please stop by five in a row, and read through the sample pages and FAQ's!

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