What to Do When Your Curriculum Isn't Working

[@Homeschool-your-boys]

Great tips, Emily! Yes, it's important for us to study our kids so that we can see what works best for them.

[@tablelifeblog]

It's curious how we forget to consider our kids when we choose these things!

[@Homeschool-your-boys]

Aren't we silly?!? LOL

[@SusanEvans]

One thing I tell homeschool parents (as a previous school teacher myself) is that you don't have to finish a book just because you started it. For example, I remember we did 2/3 of our high school chemistry book when I was a student, and the report card still said that we did a full year of chemistry. If you mastering the material and understanding it, this is way more important than rushing through everything just to finish the books. The school teachers don't finish all the books.

[@tablelifeblog]

This is something I've had to accept over time. By nature, I'm a follow-the-instructions person and it's hard for me to put something away "unfinished." I say this all the time, but I've had to learn it the hard way: the curriculum works for me; I don't work for the curriculum!

[@youreallycanhomeschool7778]

Great tips! I made this mistake when we first started homeschooling. I didn't know what I didn't know, which was how my kiddo best learns LOL. :)

[@TiciaM]

Cough - Sing Spell Read Write - Cough Cough I'm sorry did I say something. It so did not work for us, and it was SOOOOOOO expensive. I did end up completely scrapping it because no matter how I reworked it, it did not work for us.

[@tablelifeblog]

I can totally see how SSRW would be a budget buster! It goes to show you that paying more doesn't mean you're choosing the right thing for your family. You're right, sometimes the ONLY thing you can do is move on to something else. So frustrating!

[@TiciaM]

I got it at Homeschool Buyers Co-op for like 50% off and had read a bunch of reviews before hand, and it looked good, but man it didn't work for us.