Homeschool Questions

I was tagged by Growing a Godly Girl to do this meme.  Here are my answers...

One homeschooling book you have enjoyed: 

 

I can't limit myself to one. Here is a list my favorite Montessori books.

One resource you wouldn't be without:

The internet!  So much of my inspiration comes from other blogs.  When I first started with Bear (3 years ago), 1+1+1=1 and Chasing Cheerios were important. Now I look to Delightful Learning and Living Montessori Now for most of my inspiration.

One resource you wish you'd never bought:

I can't think of anything I've purchased that hasn't been used and that I haven't liked.  I research pretty extensively before purchasing things as I am quite frugal.  I would say that the item that gets used least are the wooden blocks, but I don't think that means I shouldn't have bought them:)  I just need to inspire them to use them more.

One resource you enjoyed last year:

All About Spelling.   We love this spelling program that is so similar to the Montessori moveable alphabet.  It's multisensory and follows the Orton-Gillingham methods.  It's a keeper and I have already bought the next two books.

One resource you will be using next year:

We will be continuing the Montessori sequence with Bear and J-jo, but moving away from Montessori a bit with Bear.  I don't think I can manage to do elementary Montessori at home.  I would want to be trained and that is not feasible right now.  We've started easing into that transition this year by introducing Singapore and Miquon Math (though we still mostly do Montessori method and materials for math, I wanted her to experience math in another way) and joining Classical Conversations.  I am also introducing Bear to a work contract next year (one day a week this year as transition) that will be like workboxes, but as a checklist.  We tried a modified workbox approach (with boxes) in the summer and Bear did not like it.  She has gotten so used to the freedom of Montessori.

One resource you would like to buy:

I have always been really drawn to Sonlight, even though it doesn't follow the Classical method, which we prefer, because of its emphasis on literature and living history books.  Whether we will purchase it next year remains to be seen.  I've been praying about it a lot!

One resource you wish existed:

A French or Spanish equivalent of Homeschool Share!

One homeschool catalog you enjoy reading:

Timberdoodle, Sonlight, My Father's World, Ambleside Online (for the booklists), Veritas Press.  I peruse the booklists over and over and Timberdoodle just has great, fun brain toys!  I also love my Montessori Services catalog for practical life supplies.  Catalogs are fun to browse:)

I'm supposed to tag 6 other blogs, but I actually should  be reading this, which for an upcoming review.  It is much thicker than I expected and only just arrived tonight.