Post by 7schmicks on May 27, 2008 16:22:59 GMT -5
Hi, friends!
My husband and I were sitting on the front porch yesterday, and he again mentioned the idea of using ACE for the children's schooling. He has mentioned it before, but when I first started homeschooling, I had so much zeal and all of these grand plans for the superior education I wanted for my children, that I dismissed it. Needless to say, as time went on, I found that it is a real struggle for me. I am not a very self-disciplined person and am having a very hard time keeping up with everything. I basically hand my children some books to read for Social Studies and Science, use mostly Saxon for Math, Rod & Staff for English and occasionally check on them to see how they are doing. I feel so over-burdened with all of it, that I know I've needed some simpler way to do this.
My question is, do any of you other ladies use the ACE program? Is it worth the money and well designed? Is it easy on the parents? I know it isn't very expensive when compared to Christian schools and some other curriculum, but compared to what I normally spend each year (I spend about the cost of one ACE student to educate all of them, because I buy used things here and there,) it still seems like a lot of money for me.
Now that we live with my husband's mother, it has been even harder for me to keep up with everything. Her health isn't that great, so I am trying harder to keep up with housework so that she doesn't try to do too much. Plus, my husband works second shift, and we pretty much keep his hours -- which makes it even harder to get much accomplished during morning hours.
I would appreciate any insights any of you have.
I wonder, too, Sister Allene, if that Accredited Christian Education that your school uses is anything like the ACE program? It uses what they call "Paces" that the children work along on their own, then they must past a test before going on to the next level Look up Schooloftomorrow.com if you want to see what it is.
Thanks,
Sister Brenda
My husband and I were sitting on the front porch yesterday, and he again mentioned the idea of using ACE for the children's schooling. He has mentioned it before, but when I first started homeschooling, I had so much zeal and all of these grand plans for the superior education I wanted for my children, that I dismissed it. Needless to say, as time went on, I found that it is a real struggle for me. I am not a very self-disciplined person and am having a very hard time keeping up with everything. I basically hand my children some books to read for Social Studies and Science, use mostly Saxon for Math, Rod & Staff for English and occasionally check on them to see how they are doing. I feel so over-burdened with all of it, that I know I've needed some simpler way to do this.
My question is, do any of you other ladies use the ACE program? Is it worth the money and well designed? Is it easy on the parents? I know it isn't very expensive when compared to Christian schools and some other curriculum, but compared to what I normally spend each year (I spend about the cost of one ACE student to educate all of them, because I buy used things here and there,) it still seems like a lot of money for me.
Now that we live with my husband's mother, it has been even harder for me to keep up with everything. Her health isn't that great, so I am trying harder to keep up with housework so that she doesn't try to do too much. Plus, my husband works second shift, and we pretty much keep his hours -- which makes it even harder to get much accomplished during morning hours.
I would appreciate any insights any of you have.
I wonder, too, Sister Allene, if that Accredited Christian Education that your school uses is anything like the ACE program? It uses what they call "Paces" that the children work along on their own, then they must past a test before going on to the next level Look up Schooloftomorrow.com if you want to see what it is.
Thanks,
Sister Brenda