The How-

 I make zero claims about being and educational expert. Really, I wouldn't dare tell any other parent how to educate their child. Need to know about broken arms, fevers, or stomach pain. I'm your girl. So this adventure is going to be one of trial and error. I will admit my shortcoming and poor choices as we go. We live in a area that has a signifigant number of homeschools, & hybrid programs.Most of the families we know that homeschool here use a Hybrid program, but  I thought it best to first make a clean break from other people's decisions. I know most families switch curriculums/paths multiple times, but this is our how for now...lol... We've chosen to use for our 2nd grade year, the Adventures in US History (ADV) curriculum by My Father's World (MFW) for bible ,reading, social studies, & science. We are also going to follow their recommendation for English and spelling. After comparing different curriculums, I chose MFW for several reasons:
     1. Being new I knew I needed some sort for guide along the way. MFW provided a nice outline.
     2. I needed it open ended, especially regarding reading levels and interest. I am trying to undo some  damage done last year to Yin's self esteem and motivation.
     3. We are extremely fortunate to live in an area with an excellent, modern library system. Over the last few years I have built a great relationship with several of our county's children's librarians, who have been deep wells of knowledge and insight. The use of the library with My Father's World has kept our cost for this experiment within budget.

For Math we are starting with a simple review workbook and then will move into Teaching Textbooks Math 3. I know my limits. I can do practical math but i am not good at explaining it. And the girls so far have been taught such convoluted math ( every problem's answer must have a diagram, number sentences showing two ways to solve, and a written explanation, and two forms of photo id) that I need a teacher. I loved watching the sample on line.

We have also added cursive handwriting at this point with Handwriting Without Tears.  The girls have been begging and definitely have the fine motor skills to give it a go. Actually after the first day they have better handwriting than half the doctors I work with.

So this is where we jump off the cliff...