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Did you enjoy that history book? I have been considering gettong Americas Story

@@allheartandsong Yes. I chose it for the way it's written (storylike) and it doesn't shy too far away from tough topics. Now, I must say that I end up adding a ton of other books to any history curriculum these days because I want a more well-rounded history. I have a video in the making explaining how America's Story worked for us and how I do history using secular and Christian books and why ( since we're a Christian family).

I also wanted to add that we all read it together out loud and it sparked great discussions amongst the grades. (then 5th, 6th and 8th)

@@homeschoolingthroughhighschool i will check out your video!

Yes, both of my kids tried it they didn't really like it. They seemed to do ok with Math u See.

Thanks! Hopefully I can post more videos soon.

We are entering 3rd grade as well. This is a little concerning to me as well. We haven't received our lifepacs as of yet but should next week.

Just Wendt For 2nd grade what curriculum did you use ...I’m trying to find one for my 2nd grade daughter

This didn’t bother me. Actually, it is refreshing to find in a Christian curriculum. Trees breathe. Animals have internal instinct. The creator, who created all things, has intertwined His “DNA” (for lack of a better term), in all created things. Me. Plants. Animals. We are NOT all little Gods. But God is in all things. It’s a very different and good way to view God in all His expansiveness. I love being able to explain these things to my kids. Thanks for your review! It was very helpful!

We no longer use ACE. I still think it is a good curriculum. My son is not the workbook type. He is now using teaching textbooks for math. We use living books-documentaries for science and history. That is just his style of learning. My daughter did like ACE so she used it longer, but then needing a change, so she is doing the same things as my son. Just remember that every family and child, what works for us my not work for you. Hope all goes well for you this year!

Thank you for your input😍 we are going to do master books science and America's story.....

We are also considering bju press for English grades 4&6

Masterbooks is awesome! We have a few books from masterbooks as well. I have not used BJU but the few books I have seen are very thorough. It is really expensive though, but you might be able to find some used.

Maria Covarrubias I bought it for both my kids for this upcoming school year. I got level 6 for him and looked through it. I think it will be a perfect fit. I also hated math when I was in school and to this day I think I didnt really learn it well. I think it will be a good refresher course for me too. 😁

I do not Xerox these books and I don't know anyone who does. I don't think you can make copies because of the copyright. I know that there are some workbooks and some curriculum that do allow making copies for family use only, but I don't think Lifepac gives that permission.

+Freestyle Homeschooling Oh okay, thanks! :)

Im sure you are not:)

Not helpful but ok good to know.

Hello Yvonne. It is a little hard for me to compare them because last year I bought Lifepac Science/History and ACE Math/English for my 6th grader. He didn't like either of them, he is not a workbook type of kid. He likes reading books and watching documentaries and science shows. On the other hand my 2nd grade daughter loves ACE. Right now she is using it for Math and English. She loves the PACEs so much that she told me she wants to do all subjects with ACE. I just recently bought a few science 2nd grade PACES for her. I will try to do a quick look inside video for them. I had bought the Lifepac because I had seen bad reviews on the ACE science and history, but in my opinion I think I like the format of ACE better than Lifepac. Lifepac seems a little more dry in presenting facts, and ACE tends to have a more simple way of presenting but it is still giving good information. The younger levels sometimes seem a little easy but from what I have seen it tends to get a little harder in the upper grades. I would suggest you have your kids take the placement test on their website (ACE ministries) then just buy a couple PACEs to try them out. It is nice to be able to buy individual PACES to try them out first, if it doesn't work out then at least you didn't spend a ton of money on something that doesn't work. Andrea Mills has a lot of youtube videos on ACE if you want more info. I hope this was helpful! :)

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Hello Zoe Girl! This school year was our first year homeschooling, so I tried a few different things. My 12 yr old son is the one who used the life pac science and history. It wasn't a good fit for him. He wasn't retaining the information, he would read and answer the questions but after would not really learn the information. He does love to read historical fiction so next year we are going to use a Charlotte Mason approach. He learns better through reading stories and with living books. This doesn't mean that Lifepac will not work for other children. If the child works well with workbooks it is a good curriculum. It is colorful has maps and pictures. I hope this helps answer your question. :)

I wanted to share our experiences with this curriculum so you can be better informed. We have the entire curriculum, grades 2,4 and 6. We are not happy with it. I always have my kids look up their answers on questions and the answers are not always clear in the subject matter. Sometimes they aren't in there to be found. Sometimes they are extremely hard to find. And at times they will be worded differently than the question. Just sat week my daughter did a crossword puzzle and I had to give her all the answers due to the wording being different in the subject matter. Not very beneficial if they have to be given the answers. And we have this problem often with this curriculum. One more thing I want to mention is the workload. Some subjects have a big workload so depending on your child you may need to cut the workload in half. We had to do that with our kids. 7-8 pages of language arts and math in one day, just to give you an idea.

I meant to type "last week" and not "sat week" Sorry, I couldn't edit.

+Ky Girl Hi I wanted to know how do you grade by points..

Ky Girl hey. Who do you recommend? We are trying to find one for our daughter.

Hello Carolina. I personally really like ACE but it wasn't a good fit for my kids especially my 12 year old son. I like the fact that I don't have to lesson plan, since I work full time it makes it so much easier for me. We were only using it for English and Math. The English had way too much cursive, and my son never learned cursive in public school so we would have had to start from the beginning with cursive. Also the math was not a good fit for him. He doesn't like math, and we already tried teaching textbooks, now ACE and I have figured out that he needs more of a visual and mastery approach. Next year I am going to try Math u see and Learn Math fast to see if we can fill in some gaps. I also want to work on his writing skills which we plan to use IEW. I personally did like it, I felt that it was straight to the point, but my kids are not really workbook kids. It was our first year homeschooling and we were trying to figure out what works for us. I think we are more of a Charlotte mason approach type of family, we really like books, stories, notebooking, and doing nature study. I know that for some families ACE works out great, every family is different and it takes a little while to figure out what works for you. :) I hope this helps answer your question. Thanks for your comment!

Thank you so much for answering me back! And you are totally right, every family is different. This was our first year of homeschool and we used an online curriculum which didn't work for us. We will be using ACE for next homeschool year. We'll see how it goes. Greetings from Ecuador (South America 🇪🇨) 🤗

I haven't done a video on the timeline, but I can do one. I haven't had alot of time for new videos but I plan to do some this weekend :)

Thanks for your comment, I am happy to know that people can benefit from the videos. My daughter does like the PACE's. She did not have trouble going into first grade PACEs. In fact we did not start at the beginning, she started around the middle of first grade PACEs. We didn't do ACE kinder program because she went to TK and Kinder at public school. You can have your child take the diagnostic test before you buy the PACEs to see where your child is at. Just go to aceministries.com and have them take the diagnostic test for free. Once you know where to start you can buy a few PACEs separately instead of the whole entire package to make sure it works out for them first.