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I know there are a few of you and I am curious what curriculum you use. Anybody heard of or use Switched on Schoolhouse?
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I've never heard of either of those. We use My Father's World.
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I've heard of it, but we used BJU Press. :) SOS is more of a computer curriculum, right?
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We use SOS. :)
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Various curriculum.
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The Kings Daughter wrote:We use SOS. :)
Is it any good now? The private school I started at in 3rd grade switched to that and I never really got as much out of it as I did in 2 years of public school.
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I've never heard of the programs that you have mentioned, Regis. I use a mix of curriculum. Bob Jones, A Beka, ACE, Saxon, and others.
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Sapphire wrote:I use a mix of curriculum. ACE and others.
Now an ACE person. I hated when we switched from that to SOS.
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I use Sonlight Curriculum. A Christian curriculum.
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^ oh I've heard that's good, how do you like it?
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The Kings Daughter wrote:We use SOS. :)
Is it any good now? The private school I started at in 3rd grade switched to that and I never really got as much out of it as I did in 2 years of public school.
Mmm, there are things that are good about it, and then there are ways that they say things, and it hardly makes any sense. >.>

So I don't know really how to answer that, it's definitely gotten better than what it used to be, that's for sure.
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I do online school... if that counts... :-
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TKD, what is it like trying to do high level math in SOS?
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Regis Blackbeard wrote:TKD, what is it like trying to do high level math in SOS?
Terrible. ;)

We stopped doing SOS math and do things like Teaching Textbooks and Saxon.
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Regis Blackbeard wrote:TKD, what is it like trying to do high level math in SOS?
Terrible. ;)

We stopped doing SOS math and do things like Teaching Textbooks and Saxon.
I can't imagine trying to do algebra over computer.
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Regis Blackbeard wrote:TKD, what is it like trying to do high level math in SOS?
SOS made me hate math. It was better when I used Saxon, and much better with a real teacher.
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A real teacher like Mr G.
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I use ACE and Saxon. :D
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Kindergarten was a blast with ACE. Like Gary Goldfish for example.
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I used SOS for a while. It stunk. Parts of it were okay, but most of it was pretty...lame.

I use pretty much all A Beka. It's good and hard and I like it. I used Apologia's science for awhile and it was one of the worst school experiences of my life.
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Regis Blackbeard wrote:Kindergarten was a blast with ACE. Like Gary Goldfish for example.
Or the Aging Ape! I don't remember the goldfish though... Did you sing the songs that went along with it?

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