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RE: Calvert? - 7/7/2008 2:07:14 PM
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I never used it as a student, and as I have never had kids, I never used it for my non existent kids, either (although I admit to daydreaming about using it a time or two, although other times my dreams involve totally different curriculums  ). However, a family that was very close friends with our family used it.
Considering what I read in your blog about your unschooling dreams, and your husband being on the other end of the spectrum where he would rather have them in public school, I think Calvert would be the PERFECT alternative for you and him. I think it would satisfy both of your wants.
They are a traditional curriculum, but they also have plenty of hands on science experiments, and so forth. They are also not so rigid that the lessons take from dawn to dusk. The lessons are more traditional, but they don't take from 6 am to 6 pm or anything like that. They are done in enough time, that after your kids finished their traditional required lessons for the day, they could have plenty self directed learning time the rest of the day.
One nice thing about them, also, is that they provide all the extras--pencils, erasers, other school supplies..they also have record keeping and report cards, which should make your husband happy.
Yes, I think for YOUR family, Calvert would be an EXCELLENT decision. Then your husband might not even make you do cyber school after all (I'm not saying cyber school is bad, I just remember YOU weren't thrilled about having to do it that way).
My mom has the unschooling philosopy (she has a BA in math, and was a national merit scholar in high school, so she is not some naive idiot to believe in unschooling) and I asked her once if she liked Calvert, thinking she would say she did not, and she said she did, because the students could get their traditional work done in the morning and unschool in the afternoonss.
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RE: Calvert? - 7/8/2008 1:23:29 PM
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Jewel, if they are doing a public charter school-at-home thing, then they don't pay but the school CAN pay for various curricula (nothing religious) and lessons and so on for the child...the schools make a hefty profit (over five thousand per child after expenses) but it's free for the parents..unless they are taxpayers, lol.
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RE: Calvert? - 7/8/2008 4:02:22 PM
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We used Calvert curriculum for a couple of years when we began homeschooling. When we began homeschooling, we took our dd out of public school at the Christmas break. We had 2 weeks to acquire curriculum and I was having hand surgery, we chose a complete curriculum. Calvert School is a K-8 school in Baltimore, MD. It is a topnotch private school, and when the failing Baltimore city school district tried their curriculum in one school for a couple of years, the school did very well, showing immense improvement.
Calvert curriculum, while not Christian, definitely shows a Christian influence. It is what I call Christian flavored. In this case I don't mean it negatively. They speak of and respect material that is about God. We saw it mostly in the readings for English.
Calvert is a scripted curriculum. It is also a complete curriculum. The box of materials is a lot of fun to receive. It includes a manual that tells you exactly how to do everything, including what to say to teach. That can get rather annoying, however you do learn a good deal from them. They are also well aware that children are children and do not necessarily perform on demand. They have a staff that you can get help from when desired.
I'm sure there have been changes since my dd is now 20 yo and in college. I know they were in progress to write there own math curriculum.
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RE: Calvert? - 7/12/2008 6:43:50 PM
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Maggie,
I've never used Calvert, but I've seen it and know many MKs who used it growing up out in the wilds of Africa or Mexcio or Malaysia, etc. For generations that was one of the only school curricula that would literally drop ship to anywhere in the world hence the reason so many missionaries used it with their kids. To a person every adult I know who grew up being schooled by Calvert has a wonderful education -- no matter their parents' educational backgrounds.
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) on Calvert. That curriculum is available to us, and I know many homeschoolers have used it. 
