Ahhhhh health. This is one of those few subjects that I'm required to teach but OHVA doesn't provide any curriculum for (the others would be PE and technology) So I spent the first half of the school year trying to do my own thing, and failing miserably. I just flat out lack the discipline to create my own program and actually STICK WITH IT. But this is a shortcoming that I am aware of, and I do whatever I can to overcome it and accomodate whenever possible. For health class, that means buying a curriculum to cover material consistently.
Alpha Omega Publications has a new Horizons Health program for grades K-8. I've looked it over the last several days, and I like what I see from the sample pages online. In the fall we plan to do Horizons Health 1 based on my researching, it looks like a solid program and its fairly affordable at only $20.95 for the set and $7.95 for additional student workbooks. I kept doubting if it is smart to start in health 1 without doing health K first, and I do know that I am overthinking that because its jsut one of those things I do. Well, I discussed it with the husband today, and he was in agreement that we should go ahead and order health K to do the remainder of this school year and over the summer. About 2 hours ago I placed that order with a coupon code that Alpha Omega Publications (AOP) sent me for free standard shipping. Hey, I like free shipping, and in this case especially it was a better deal to take advantage of the free shipping than it would be to wait for a convention or other sale offering up to 20% off. (although when I order health 1 I plan to also order Horizons preschool for Kimmy, so I am waiting for a big 20% off sale that always happens aroun April or so and I hope to get another code for free shipping as well)
My order should arrive here sometime in the next 10-14 days, and I'll give a review after looking it over completely and again after we've done some lessons. I plan to teach health 2 or 3 days a week, just depending on what our schedule looks like each week. I am really looking forward to this simple addition to our homeschool that will hopefully help provide a more solid consistent education in a very important subject, and I really hope that we chose a quality program. The price certainly works for us, that's for sure.
2 comments:
Hello Cat! My name is Kristi Gesink and I work for the Homeschooling company Alpha Omega Publications. I noticed after reading through your blog that you are using our Horizons curriculum to teach your children at home. We are excited and thrilled that you are using our curriculum and we would like to say a big thank you for mentioning our curriculum on your blog. We would appreciate it very much if you would post a link from your blog directly to our site at http://www.aophomeschooling.com, that way your readers can simply click on the link and find out more information about your great curriculum choice!
If you have any questions please email me at tkgesink@mtcnet.net
Thanks again and have a wonderful day!
Kristi Gesink
AOP
Absolutely Kristi, usually I do link materials to the company when I mention them for the first couple times (or if I've gone a while without mentioning them) I can't believe I forgot to do that, I went ahead and edited my blog post to reflect a direct linking to your site.
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