Anybody used Christian Liberty Press or Landmark Baptist Curriculum?

[EmmieAZ]

I am beginning to browse for next year. This was my first year homeschooling and my daughter is in Kinder, so I didn't buy a big curriculum because I really thought we should just focus on the three basics and everything else was just in the form of reading stories and talking about it.

I think for next year I would like to try a prepackaged curriculum, but not sure what to use. I know about Sonlight, but it is $$$ and my daughter is not a huge fan of being read to. I don't want Abeka or the equivelant because I don't want to feel behind (like many people I know who use it). My daughter does like workbooks, but I don't want to do exsclusively workbooks.

Has anyone used Christian Liberty Press or Landmark Baptist Curriculum?

Any other suggestions?

[IM_HIS]

We love Alpha and Omega. It's prepackaged, workbooks. But we also add our own stuff to it.

[EmmieAZ]

Hi IM HIS - can you tell me a bit about Alpha & Omega? Pros and cons, etc?

[seeHimsoon]

We use lots of stuff- Sonlight, Christian Liberty, Apologia (science), AlphaOmega, library books, Teaching Textbooks etc. Back a when my kids were little I used a first grade CL history book called History for Little Pilgrims- loved it. Right now we are using CL book about the middle ages - a very good summary for a middle ages history unit (lasting an entire school year- i use the book as an outline).

Give switched on schoolhouse from AO a try. We all love it! So far we have been using it for Bible and Language Arts. My kids love doing their sos lessons on the computer. They also love Teaching Textbooks for math.

I buy Sonlight books ala carte- not by the package. I get the books that I know i will not find in my library, and then supplement with books from the library. I'm a dyed in the wool "eclectic"!

[acceptedinthebeloved]

If I remember rightly :scratch, I believe that Christian Liberty comes from a Dominion Theology/Reconstructionist(?) viewpoint, so for that reason I avoid them. :thinking

[faithmarie]

acceptedinthebeloved,
Wow...I did not know that! I used them for my younger daughter 15 years ago and now my older daughter is using them for her children! I will tell her. Thank you for the info and we will be looking into it!

[NewWorldOrder]

I've used Christian Liberty, and we didn't like it. The only textbook from them that I like is their World History text, which is excellent, otherwise, we didn't like them.

[acceptedinthebeloved]

acceptedinthebeloved,
Wow...I did not know that! I used them for my younger daughter 15 years ago and now my older daughter is using them for her children! I will tell her. Thank you for the info and we will be looking into it!

I'm terrible at doing searches :hehee, but...

here is one small excerpt from an article called "Notes on Reconstructionism" (10/03) on a site called "Biblical Discernment Ministries", about the Christian Liberty curriculum:


The Christian "home schooling" movement is part of the long-term revolutionary strategy of Reconstructionism. One of the principal home schooling curricula is provided by Reconstructionist Paul Lindstrom of Christian Liberty Academy (CLA) in Arlington Heights, Illinois. CLA claims that it serves about 20,000 families. Its 1994 curriculum included a book on "Biblical Economics" by Gary North [a reconstructionist].

Hopefully someone will be able to find another source. My memory is pretty foggy today. :candle

[IM_HIS]

Hi IM HIS - can you tell me a bit about Alpha & Omega? Pros and cons, etc?

We love the curriculum. It is very Mom friendly (my daughter is in 10t grade this year). Basically, each subject has 10 workbooks. You work through them one at a time. Everything is included in the workbook, text, self tests, and tests. The Parent Guide I only use to grade the work. I add to it with a little bit of everything...library books, other things we find, other curriuculums.

It is very easy to teach, and my daughter loves this. We use it for Math, Bible and History/Geography. We do something different for Science and Language Arts.

I really like the looks of Sonlight, but it is too expensive for us. I like a literature based curriculum, and luckily, my daughter does too. We have no problem finding things to add in though....

Good luck!

Anji

[seeHimsoon]

On the topic of Reconstructionism/Dominionism...fortunately I see none of this teaching in the history of the middle ages book we are using this year.... so far that is. We are currently studying 1300-1500/beginnings of the Reformation.