Homeschool Programs - Goodyear,AZ

My youngest (9 years old) has ADHD-Combined, and I homeschool both of my daughters. After some trial and error, here are the curricula we are loving:

Math: Life of Fred. Best math books ever, hands down. They are fun, engaging, and my girls actually beg to do math every day. ("But mom, can't I do another chapter?!" Well, if you're really good, I guess you can, just this once... hahaha) http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/21%20Questions/qu...

Science: Supercharged Science (You can get a subscription by month, so you don't need to purchase the whole program if you may not be homeschooling permanently.) http://www.superchargedscience.com/

Language Arts: For my younger daughter (5th grade), we are using McMillan McGraw Hill's Spotlight on Literacy. This isn't a homeschool book, but it's excellent in terms of content and format, in my opinion. http://www.amazon.com/Spotlight-On-Literacy-Level-5/dp/00...
For my older daughter (who is in 7th grade), we use Excellence in Literature. I think that program isn't really set up for younger kids, but it's excellent. http://everyday-education.com/literature/index.shtml

History: We use Oak Meadow, but that would be a bigger investment than you might want to make for summertime supplementing. Maybe check into Story of the World? I know a lot of families who use that and like it.

Best of luck - if I can help at all with answering curriculum questions, don't hesitate to message me.

You might want to ask if your district has a membership to educational websites.

Our district pays for Khan academy and a few other websites. We can use them all summer long.

Might be worth asking.

if you really want to homeschool, do it, but don't homeschool AND do public school. there's only so much schoolin' any kid can handle.
khan and K-12 are just public school in a can.
if you are really going to keep her nose to the grindstone, please consider a waldorf curriculum that will at least allow for some freedom and creativity in its approach. oak meadow and clonlara are the ones i liked best back in my homeschooling days. there are probably more out there by now.
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I like Teachers Pay Teachers for supplementary curriculum. That's where current K-6 teachers sell their curriculum for private and public school use. That might be your best bet if you are planning on keeping her in public school, because they keep core curriculum practices and testing standards in mind when creating their curriculum, so it will look more similar to what she sees in school everyday. Something you might want to try is looking for first grade "morning work" on TPT. We liked Second Story Window and Teeny Tiny Teachers versions.

For a full curriculum, I would wait and try it out during the summer, because it's quite a bit to add on a whole other curriculum to whatever she's learning now in school.

We like All About Reading/Spelling for reading and spelling, Math U See and Singapore Math for math, and Moving Beyond the Page for basic curriculum.

Moving Beyond the Page sells their curriculum in segments, so this summer you could do one segment rather than buy the entire year. Singapore Math would also be less of an investment than Math U See.

Good Luck!

I like the Abeka books, but for just doing summer school they may be too pricey.

I would check out different websites that are not as expensive to supplement her learning.

Here is one for kids that will also help follow state standards which is Time4Learning.com. I think its about $20 a month and has fun learning activities. Khan Academy is a good one and you can get worksheets, workbooks and ideas from education.com (they have a small monthly fee to print unlimited).

If you don't want her online then check out BrainQuest books, you can find them in the books stores (Books a Million in my area has many grade levels) or Target (Target had limited grades).

There are many resources out there to help children learn, but since you are supplementing I would not spend a lot of money on a curriculum.

You can use Khan Academy for free. Just google it and sign up. Most of the content is for older kids and adults, but the math starts at first grade, and it's very good.

You can purchase curriculum a la carte from K12. We have used their curriculum, and we've been happy with it. I am not sure, but I think they do offer summer curriculum - I've only ever used their school year stuff.

There may be free online educational resources available through your public library system or your school system, and your school system may have summer programs available.

A lot of public library systems also offer summer reading programs that include on-site activities and tracking reading at home.