Hi and thank you for the video. As I understand the learning is independent, but still the parents needs to check the tests and do extra learning for the mistakes- it requires a parent involved day-to-day. What made you choose this off-line programme over on-line one?
I guess I'm old fashion in the fact that I like my kids to have an actual textbook. Other pros for us is not being dependent on having internet access, less screen time and its usually less expensive than online courses. We do math online, but other than that we use textbooks.
Would you say this is pretty comparable to public school grade levels? My son did public school for 2nd grade and just want to make sure he feels challenged enough for homeschool this year for 3rd grade
I feel like it is, but I don't have enough experience with public school curriculum to know for sure. When I'm comparing one curriculum to another, I like to look at the scope and sequence to make sure they'll be learning something new and not just repeating the year before. Here's Lifepac's glnmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/products/scope_and_sequence/lifepac_ss.pdf Also, with homeschooling, if you feel like they're not challenged enough, you could always add something extra. Hope this helps!
I so appreciate your video!! I am looking to switch our curriculum for my oldest. She will be 3rd in fall. I know people have asked about pages per day. I’m just wondering if there are lesson numbers associated with the books? Is it feasible to do 1 lesson per school day versus 3-4 pages per day?
It's not laid out by lesson numbers. Instead, each book has sections. Book 10 has 4 section and the sections are divided into 5 or 6 section. So you could do a section per day, but that would still be going by page numbers since the pages them selves are not labeled as parts of the section. Hope that makes sense!
@@brookelynette3 thank you for the reply!! I am trying to make the switch from Abeka to something new. To say I’m struggling to pick is an understatement!! Haha!
@@chaosmgr18 Hi, I haven't used Abeka or BJU. I am impressed with the curriculum, but it is too pricey for us with 4 kids. What did you end up going with? We are new-ish to homeschool and looking for something solid that will prepare them for college...looking into trying either this curriculum or ACE....
There are a couple different ways you could do it. For me, I count how many pages are in each book. They are all different, so I count each one individually. They are usually between 40-60 pages. So, it's about 500 pages total. We do about 180 days - 10 days for test days and 10 days for field trip/sick day/etc... = 160 days. 500 pages divided by 160 days = 3.13 pages. So I'd aim for 3-4 pages per day. You could also divide it by how many weeks you have school. If you do 36 weeks it would look like 36 weeks / 10 books = 1 book every 3.6 weeks or about every 18 days. Hope that makes sense!!
What I do is take the total number of pages for all 10 books (should be around 400-450ish pages) and divide that by how many school days I want to use to complete the set. Also take into account test days. Example... we have 180 school days. Take away 10 days for test days and that leaves 170 days. Divide 400 by 170 and it equals 2.35. Now I know we need to do 2 -3 pages per school day. Hope that makes sense!
Hi and thank you for the video. As I understand the learning is independent, but still the parents needs to check the tests and do extra learning for the mistakes- it requires a parent involved day-to-day. What made you choose this off-line programme over on-line one?
I guess I'm old fashion in the fact that I like my kids to have an actual textbook. Other pros for us is not being dependent on having internet access, less screen time and its usually less expensive than online courses. We do math online, but other than that we use textbooks.
Would you say this is pretty comparable to public school grade levels? My son did public school for 2nd grade and just want to make sure he feels challenged enough for homeschool this year for 3rd grade
I feel like it is, but I don't have enough experience with public school curriculum to know for sure. When I'm comparing one curriculum to another, I like to look at the scope and sequence to make sure they'll be learning something new and not just repeating the year before. Here's Lifepac's glnmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/products/scope_and_sequence/lifepac_ss.pdf Also, with homeschooling, if you feel like they're not challenged enough, you could always add something extra. Hope this helps!
I work outside the home too! I homeschool my 8-year-old son and my 10-year-old daughter on my days off.
Love it! Great example of how homeschooling can be done on any schedule!
The reading is included in the student lifepacs?
Yes. There are no extra books required for this set.
We love Lifepacs 📚🤗
Me too! They're so simple to use. I'm looking at using them again for my oldest for some electives in the next few years.
I so appreciate your video!! I am looking to switch our curriculum for my oldest. She will be 3rd in fall. I know people have asked about pages per day. I’m just wondering if there are lesson numbers associated with the books? Is it feasible to do 1 lesson per school day versus 3-4 pages per day?
It's not laid out by lesson numbers. Instead, each book has sections. Book 10 has 4 section and the sections are divided into 5 or 6 section. So you could do a section per day, but that would still be going by page numbers since the pages them selves are not labeled as parts of the section. Hope that makes sense!
@@brookelynette3 thank you for the reply!! I am trying to make the switch from Abeka to something new. To say I’m struggling to pick is an understatement!! Haha!
@@chaosmgr18 Hi, I haven't used Abeka or BJU. I am impressed with the curriculum, but it is too pricey for us with 4 kids. What did you end up going with? We are new-ish to homeschool and looking for something solid that will prepare them for college...looking into trying either this curriculum or ACE....
How do you know or decide how many pages your child needs to do each day?
There are a couple different ways you could do it. For me, I count how many pages are in each book. They are all different, so I count each one individually. They are usually between 40-60 pages. So, it's about 500 pages total. We do about 180 days - 10 days for test days and 10 days for field trip/sick day/etc... = 160 days. 500 pages divided by 160 days = 3.13 pages. So I'd aim for 3-4 pages per day. You could also divide it by how many weeks you have school. If you do 36 weeks it would look like 36 weeks / 10 books = 1 book every 3.6 weeks or about every 18 days. Hope that makes sense!!
Doesn’t matter if the curriculum is for her or not she needs to do it
A great thing about homeschooling is that we get to pick and choose which curriculum we use according to our kid's interests and abilities.
How do you decide how many Pages or activities you do per day ?
What I do is take the total number of pages for all 10 books (should be around 400-450ish pages) and divide that by how many school days I want to use to complete the set. Also take into account test days. Example... we have 180 school days. Take away 10 days for test days and that leaves 170 days. Divide 400 by 170 and it equals 2.35. Now I know we need to do 2 -3 pages per school day. Hope that makes sense!
This is a great way to do it! Helps me so much in planning!!! Thank you!!