Curriculum suggestions

[treehugginhippie]

I have a 6.75 yr old daughter. We are somewhere between unschooling, using some workbooks and Waldorf. I like some of the principles of Charlotte Mason too but I'm looking for something not biblical based. And I like the idea of hands on learning (for the early years at least). A friend has Heart of Dakota and it looks nice but again I'm looking for something not biblical. Any curriculum package suggestions?

I also want to supplement math, phonics and science. I was looking at Math On the Level. Any suggestions on the others?

I'm feeling I need a curriculum more laid out due to time restraints and my daughter loves workbooks.

TIA :)

[Greenmama2]

Earthschooling?

[SundayCrepes]

We are on the unschooling spectrum. I buy the secular books (that I like) from www.sonlight.com. They are ultra religious, but their booklist is excellent. There is a yahoo group for secular users of sonlight.

[onyxravnos]

sonlight really does have great secular book list, it also has several good math programs.

i love oak meadows for my waldory-ness and i just supplement a little but a little garden flower is good too.

have you looked at moving beyond the page?

[mangopassion]

We are ecclectic homeschoolers, but lean more toward Charlotte Mason.  We are a very secular family.  At this point we do not teach religion.  So if you decide to use a CM curriculum, you don't need to include the sectarian aspect of it.  That's what's so great about homeschooling!  Take what you like and leave the rest. 

If you like Waldorf and want to continue using it, a nice open and go type curriculum is Oak Meadow. 

If your daughter really likes worksheets, Moving Beyond the Page might be right up her alley!  The math curriculum that MBtP uses is Right Start Math.

Math curricula that we have enjoyed are Singapore and Miquon.  They compliment one another well, also, so if you decide to use both of them, it works out quite nicely. 

Living Math is another approach that I really liked for math, but it requires a lot of planning and is definitely not an open and go program. 

My son has been known as the-boy-with-built-in-springs so he had a hard time sitting still long enough to do Singapore and Miquon.  We had to quit using those, even though they are fabulous!  Right now we are using Math U See and it is going fairly well so far.  We've not been using it too long, though, so I cannot attest to it's efficacy.  But it is open and go. 

[mangopassion]

Forgot the link for Living Math...

http://livingmath.net/