I agree Enki is not at all hard with a rhythm and I WAY prefer to buy my materials so that they are all together not a book here and a book there and still only have a partial view of the subject. I wish I had found Enki before I bought all the other stuff I bought I would have spent far less because it's all there.
The items are quality I did not care for Christopherus fairytales,they seemed to lack beautiful language which for me is vital for my own imagery. I'm not knocking Christopherus in total though there are things I like about it better then Enki.
For instance I loved Christoherus day by day guide. I can understand why Enki doesn't have a syllabus so you can choose the stories,songs according what will speak to your child. They give you many choices for music,stories etc.. lots of ways to one goal. They are set up in a way that is easy to find (list with stories labeled according to what the story would be good for t,math story for number two etc.. all fairytales have alliterative sentences to match the stories for each letter you could use it for. Many have songs that go with stories ) which if I was only homeschooling one or two children would be fantastic prefered but with 5 children, I would have liked a cheat sheet follow this kind of thing. But there are things in Enki that make it easier then christopherus like an image for every story and fantastic thorough directions.
Enki's guide books and DVD made waldorf ( I know it's not pure waldorf but it's obvious it draws mostly from it) come together and click for me. Seriously if you want know how to paint,how to create mood,how to use movement in many creative ways very very close to what it would be like in a waldorf school then Enki was MUCH better,for me, night and day.
I think the only thing Christopherus has over Enki is ease of use as far as daily guide goes. I wish Enki would create it for people like me or someone else would and post it lOL!
As far as feeling overwhelmed by it I've been finding I just try to add one new movement a day rather then jumping in and trying to do it all at once. then I slowly rotate an older seasonal song for a new in season song. I start a couple of weeks ahead watching the teacher and children perform it on the dvd,playing the mp3 over and over again on my ipod (my kids hear me sing it so they start to learn it before we add the movements) My kids were bored with circle before now they can't wait to see what we will be doing as the activities are GREATLY varied.
I love the beautiful literature Enki chose for memorization. I feel like my kids are getting a bit of classical ed but in a fun soul nurturing way. It's nurturing me! LOL!
The last draw back to enki is no upper grades..... I hate that they will probably come out with them when it's too late for us. Ugh!
Long story short Christopherus very nice curriculum at a decent price. I've been homeschooling for close to 15 years now so I've had a look at a LOT of curriculums as a curriculum junkie LOL! It's a decent program. I'm not crazy about all of the add on books though just the syllabus. I also have I think it's little garden's curriculum much cheaper and close to Christopherus. I would prefer christopherus's but there is a huge price difference. Enki to me is world's apart if you dont' try to jump in but add it slowly as they suggest.
