Sometimes, despite all the research and all the prayer, you still get a homeschool curriculum that just does not work for your family. So, what do you do? Press on and keep trying? Pretend like you lost the book and skip the subject completely? Invest in new curriculum and start over?
We started our year with a fabulous history curriculum that I thought would be the answer to all of our high-maintenance, kinesthetic learning issues only to realize a few weeks into the program that it was not what I had dreamed about and it was much more difficult to use in our family than I had anticipated.
{sigh}
I decided to find something new and began asking around in my blogging and homeschool circles for a solution. Over and over again, people were raving about Mystery of History.
The next thing that happened can only be explained by God. In an amazing twist of His plan and timing, God placed me in a wonderful relationship with Bright Ideas Press who graciously supplied our family with a tremendous box of curriculum, not to mention that they paid my way to BEECH Retreat at the end of this month.
As I flipped through the pages of Mystery of History, I was stunned at how simple it was going to be to put lessons together. Designed to be taught to multiple ages at the same time, the lessons are thorough but concise. Designed to be taught once each day, you have a passage that can easily be read over breakfast or lunch and then suggested review and hands-on activities to bring the lessons to life.
Beginning next Friday, I will walk you through our Mystery of History lessons. Until then, be sure to visit the Bright Ideas Press Pinterest boards for tons of inspiration for history, science, geography, and more.
Do you use Mystery of History? What do you do when a curriculum isn’t working?
We have loved Mystery of History this year! It’s been the perfect follow up to the Story of the World series ;). Looking forward to reading about how you all use it!
I really wish I had listened to friends sooner. Sometimes, I can be so stubborn. LOL
WE. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. OUR MYSTERY OF HISTORY.
Do I need to say that again? ;0)
LOVE. =D
Ha! Yes, you are on my list of people I should have listened to sooner. 😉
It took me forever to decide on a history curriculum. We just started MOH with a first grader and kindergartner and we love it too!! Even our 3 year old wants to participate, as does our one year old at times.
History has always been the subject I struggled to pick too. I am so thankful to BIP for investing it me because I certainly feel like this is a match made in heaven. 😀
Does MOH offer a HS curriculum?
Actually, even though MOH is targeted for grades 4th through 8th, it has options for making it work with older (or younger) students too. They try to make it flexible for families with multiple ages to teach.
I started out using the same history curriculum you were using, and have come to the same conclusion. It is a wonderful curriculum, but just isn’t working for us. Maybe if my children were older and this wasn’t my first full year of homeschooling. I happened to find Mystery of History used on CD and most of our history learning has happened in the car. I have already purchased the next book for the coming school year.
I love mystery of History. My teens feel they would rather read history on their own rather than use a curriculum (delight directed learning sytle) but I will start using it with my youngest in a year or two.
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