Learn at Home, Grade 1 (Learn at Home)

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Summary: OK curriculum outline, not complete, wacky organization
Review: After two years of research into Home Education curriculum, we purchased Learn At Home, Grade K to Home Educate our child. We compared this curriculum side by side to many other very expensive curriculums and it had everything they had to offer at a more reasonable price. In fact, it was more advanced than some very high priced curriculum. That was three years ago. We have used Learn At Home to Home Educate our child through K, 1st, and 2nd grades. We all LOVE it! It covers six subject areas, plus art and research projects, and reccomends field trips, to give your child a well rounded education. The lessons are right on target with what our local school system requires per grade level. Many times I find that Learn At Home is advanced when compared to what is being taught in our local school. I feel confident that my child is getting a great education. I really like having the lesson plans written out for each week. The teacher suggestions are excellent. These are both great time savers for me which allow me to spend more time with my child rather than doing all the planning work. The books listed in the curriculum are available at our local library. I simply sign online to the library's website, request the listed books, and pick them up when they call to say the books are ready. I plan this out and request the books a week in advance to give the library time to get them for me. It works out great. With all the planning and worksheets already done for me, it makes teaching my child fun, not work. The best part is that my child likes the book and looks forward to doing the worksheets. The only thing we add are Bible lessons by following the read through the Bible in one year plan. There is a Christian Learn At Home book on the market, but it does not have any lesson plans or teacher notes, nor is it as in depth and comprehensive. The pages of the book are preforated and tear out easily. I found that hole punching the pages and putting them into a three ring binder works wonderfully. I make copies of any pages that need to be cut, (this is mostly in the K and Grade 1 book), have my child cut the copy, and paste to the original page. This keeps the book nice. There are a few pages that you will need to make copies of, like book report forms for example. Even with the copies in black in white, they still look nice. Your child can color the pictures on those pages if they want to. We have already purchased Learn At Home, Grade 3 for the coming school year. We really think this is a great curriculum and highly reccomend it!

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Summary: Wonderful for Home Schooling Kindergarten Children
Review: I am a mother of two boys (10 yrs. & 5 yrs). We have been home schooling our oldest son for the past two years. This year my 5 year old will start Kindergarten. He is a child who gets very bored with a pencil and piece of paper. Actually, a friend of mine recommended looking at Learn At Home and when I did I fell in love with it. With the book already offering "lesson plans" for each week it was very helpful in planning our next year. This book offers a lot of hands-on activities for the children, so therefore his attention span stays longer with me and what we are trying to learn. The only thing I can say negative is that I found some of the activities a little "elementary" for a 5 year old. All in all I can say that I give this book a thumbs up!!! Actually, not only am I pleased with this book , but all the books I have used throughout home schooling with my other son that was published by American Education Publishing. They are a wonderful publishing company that offers many useful books for home schooling. I hope this will be of some help for somebody out there. If you are home schooling, good luck and God Bless You!!!

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Summary: Great curriculum!
Review: I purchased this curriculum and have been using it to teach my 5 year old son. It is a wonderful curriculum that is very easy to use. Yes, you have to tear the pages out and copy the worksheets but it is worth the time and trouble. I use a three ring binder and page holders (the clear ones with the holes on the side) and slip my pages right in. It is great. The pages are protected and you don't have to punch a bunch of holes in the worksheets. The curriculum is very easy and I would recommend it for anyone who didn't send their child to preschool or anyone who wants to take the year slow and have fun. Each week a new letter and number is introduced. The curriculum offers lots of projects to do and fun exciting ways to learn. I also purchased Learn at Home Grade 1 to add to my kindergarten curriculum. The learn at home series has made it easier for home schooling parents.
Thank you!

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Summary: Cuts my preparation time waaaaaay down.
Review: I really love this series. It is a homeschool best kept secret. I have been homeschooling my son since he was 2. We sped through the Kindergarten book and are working systematically through the first grade book, which we find much more challenging. I really enjoy the teaching helps, guidance and the week at a glance lesson plans. A word of warning though. . .I do spend a lot on copying; for one, I want to reuse the text with a younger child, and secondly, often pages that are designed for cutting and pasting are backed up onto another workbook page. I keep portfolios of work--so I don't want a math page on the back of a reading page. I also enjoy the book suggestions. My library has an online catalog--so I look a week or two ahead and find most of what I need! Amazon is great too <grin>! If it were not for the reading suggestions, I fear we might have read the same 5 books over and over again! I'm sure that you all know exactly what I mean! I recommend this book fully to any homeschooler struggling with, time, planning, or fearing forgetting something--it is all there!

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Summary: Cuts my preparation time waaaaaay down.
Review: I really love this series. It is a homeschool best kept secret. I have been homeschooling my son since he was 2. We sped through the Kindergarten book and are working systematically through the first grade book, which we find much more challenging. I really enjoy the teaching helps, guidance and the week at a glance lesson plans. A word of warning though. . .I do spend a lot on copying; for one, I want to reuse the text with a younger child, and secondly, often pages that are designed for cutting and pasting are backed up onto another workbook page. I keep portfolios of work--so I don't want a math page on the back of a reading page. I also enjoy the book suggestions. My library has an online catalog--so I look a week or two ahead and find most of what I need! Amazon is great too ! If it were not for the reading suggestions, I fear we might have read the same 5 books over and over again! I'm sure that you all know exactly what I mean! I recommend this book fully to any homeschooler struggling with, time, planning, or fearing forgetting something--it is all there!

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Summary: Perfect for new homeschoolers
Review: I used Learn at Home for kindergarden my first year of homeschooling my daughter. I loved how the lesson plans were already done for me. What a time saver! The lessons are fun and easy to prepare for. The only drawback is that sometimes the pages meant to be torn out are on the other side of another page or a lesson plan page. You can make a copy or just wait until Friday to do that page. I don't think it's worth the time and money to copy all the workbook pages and try to save the book for a younger child. There are a lot of recommended books to read - I just got on my library's online catalog about every 3 weeks and put the titles on hold, then the library called me and I picked them up at the desk (no searching the shelves), another great time saver. This book is such a bargain, I especially reccommend it for new homeschoolers.

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Summary: Perfect for new homeschoolers
Review: I used Learn at Home for kindergarden my first year of homeschooling my daughter. I loved how the lesson plans were already done for me. What a time saver! The lessons are fun and easy to prepare for. The only drawback is that sometimes the pages meant to be torn out are on the other side of another page or a lesson plan page. You can make a copy or just wait until Friday to do that page. I don't think it's worth the time and money to copy all the workbook pages and try to save the book for a younger child. There are a lot of recommended books to read - I just got on my library's online catalog about every 3 weeks and put the titles on hold, then the library called me and I picked them up at the desk (no searching the shelves), another great time saver. This book is such a bargain, I especially reccommend it for new homeschoolers.

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Summary: New Homeschooler
Review: Last year was my first year to homeschool my child,I purchased this book not realizing how wonderful it would be!The book covers all of the required subjects for my state which I found helpful.The book includes lessons for every day for 36 weeks it is absolutely wonderful!I was also able to supplement other books and worksheets to expand on what was in the book ,which I enjoyed.My only complaint is that a lot of the books listed to read were very hard to get,Amazon has many,but the ones they didn't have were sometimes impossible to find.Unless you have an excellent library near by (which I do not)you will have to substitute other books. I'm sure you can find those here at Amazon!This year I am teaching 2nd and kindergarten and I will again be using Learn at Home books!

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Summary: Great Purchase
Review: Overall I am happy with this book. It lays out a full year, with interesting activities. I would not base my WHOLE curriculum on this book. Don't think this is ALL you need. You will need to visit the Library often (and probably inter library loan). If you dont have access to a color copier, you will be frustrated by the worksheets which are often printed double sides at cross purposes. This book uses the Letter A Week approach which is good if your child is weak in this area. My daughter is far beyond this, so I am having to Rethink and Replan much of it. Most activities in other subjects build on the letter of the week.. So *for me* this means much advance planning and shuffling. I am not sorry I bought it, but I wish I had seen it first hand. If you are JUST starting to homeschool, and your child can use the reinforcement of the Alphabet, this is a terrific book.

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Summary: What a find!
Review: This book may just save my sanity. 36 weeks of daily lessons, in 6 subjects, all planned out for you! All you have to do is "read and do"! Could it be any better? Well, yes. For one thing, the pages are all front and back, even the ones that aren't part of a particular week, even the ones that have cut and paste activities on the other side. That is my main gripe. Also, this book is laid out to follow the public school calendar (start in fall, end in early summer). We started school in January and are planning to end in September, so I've had to juggle a few of the activities and lessons around so that we're not studying Autumn in Winter, and so on. Those two snafus aside, this is a great, well-rounded book, and will help you to cover all the bases. You'll need to supplement with library books and whatever other materials you and your child desire.

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