Choosing homeschool curriculum is hard. It is heart wrenching. It is agonizing. It is confusing due to the hundreds of choices available. If fills even the most secure homeschooling parents with feelings of dread and fear of making mistakes. Eventually, however, you will make the curriculum decision and KNOW for a fact that you have made the right decision.
For some families it happens faster than others. For some families, they still find themselves adjusting after a few years when for many years they knew they had chosen what was right at the time. But whether you find your right curriculum immediately, after a couple of years, or in year two and again in year six that thrilling moment of knowing you made the right decision for your kids is well worth the struggle.
I was very lucky with my first curriculum choice. I found it in an effort to not choose a curriculum too soon. It was supposed to be our temporary curriculum until I found something that was perfect for our kids. I saw my kids enjoyment of learning grow, and I saw them being challenged and happy. While this curriculum was imperfect and went through several changes before becoming the curriculum that it is today, it was a great no stress solution for the early years of homeschooling. Our story about this journey is here.
We did have to go through the process a second time. My children matured and eventually outgrew the program we used in our early years as homeschoolers. Therefore, we slowly transitioned into another program, and even another style of homeschooling. The story behind why we use this program is here.
To be continued…