Can anyone recommend a good but inexpensive curriculum
“Help! Can anyone recommend a good but inexpensive curriculum I can  work from? I homeschool 4 children ages 6, 9, 11 & 13. After talking  to some of my friends whose children go to school, I’m worried that I may be missing some things they may need to know. I worry that they may be falling behind. It would even help if I just had guidelines to go by. Currently I don’t use a curriculum.” — If I had one thing to say to a concerned homeschooling mom is “They will get it.”
They will learn to read, write and do math. They will learn history…but honesty how much history do you remember from your schooling?
My focus and goals are. My children relationship with God, me (and my husband), and each other. The basic knowledge of the Bible. Their character…now I don’t do character trainint mostly this comes from the first two goals. And lastly I work on their basic skills…reading, writing and math. Because you can’t know more about God and His word without being able to read…and write. You need math to be able to live…earn a living, pay bills, pay tithes, ect…
Now do I not do science, history, phonics, ect… NO. I do them. But I try to remember my focus. I do them to teach the focus. To understand more about God’s design you learn science. To understand God’s plan for your future, you learn history. ect…
Your children will not remember every fact you teach them. AND you can’t teach them every fact out there. But with these focuses and goals you can teach them God and basic skills to learn. They can learn everything they need to know and your children wont miss the important things.
Psalm 111:10 (NIV) “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding.  To him belongs eternal praise.”
Now back to answer your question….for curriculum I use SOW - Student of the Word http://sowcurriculum.com/ . And I use a lot of Cindy Rushton’s ideas in her “Homeschooling The Easy Way Manual” and I am on her many studies. http://www.cindyrushton.com/
She is have an Ultimate Homeschool Expo http://www.ultimatehomeschoolexpo.com/. Let her know I sent you!
Sher Birmingham, wife to Bill. We have 7 children (ages 29 to 6 years old) plus 3 grandchildren (ages 5 to 1 years old). Encouraging moms that they can successfully run a business, school, and keep house at Home! If you enjoyed this article, please join my e-group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fruitfully .