Easy to follow. A wide variety of options for each lesson. Hands on Learning for every subject. Interesting and makes learning fun.
Cons
My kids would prefer a daily, not weekly schedule. This is laid out by week. Sometimes, it is a bit overwhelming to see it all at once. They prefer a daily breakdown.
We started using Oak Meadow this past January with our daughter and we absolutely love it! It definitely keeps her interested in everything. A nice slow pace...such a wonderful creative aspect to it! Highly recommend it!
We are using Oak Meadow Kindergarten for our 6 year old. She loves the stories (largely Beatrix Potter for kindergarten), and especially all of the beautiful art work she gets to do. It is a wholesome curriculum that allows kids to be kids. :)
Grade levels used
K
Pros
Ease of use, enjoyable, gentle yet thorough
Cons
It would be easier if the health book was part of the normal curriculum instead of in a separate book
Loved the social studies, science, art and math. The first trimester of language arts was wonderful, but the second and third was a bit rushed for my child. This may not be the case for another child. But OM reminded us to go at my child's pace and we just worked at a difference pace. There was joy in not feeling like we had to follow along perfectly. Thank you OM!
i love this curriculum, it is such a beautiful collection of stories and simple unfoldment, developmentally spot on and just a pile of fun. 1st 2nd and 3rd grade were fabulous, looking forward to fourth.
A wonderfully creative approach to learning the subject matter. Great math games and rhymes that I'm sure were more commonplace in schools decades ago. It really helps the parent with ideas on how to teach. I loved the flow of the curriculum and it seemed pretty well-suited to the age level. The only thing I wished for was more practice and review for things like math and grammar. I spent A LOT of my own time making up math problems and grammar exercises. Perhaps there could be an online OM source with extra practice specific for each grade and lesson that OM families could login and print off? That option would've made this curriculum absolutely fantastic! Also, I found that following the curriculum involved a lot of time with me being with the student constantly. If I had only one child, I would prefer that but I have four homeschooling and a baby. I needed some more self-directed days, so I had to supplement my curriculum with other curriculum. And at the price of the OM curriculum, I had really hoped not to have to do that!
Grade levels used
3
4
Pros
creative, fun
Cons
not really self-directed, not enough exercises written out
I think the con of moving slowly was entirely intentional. This curriculum is focused on allowing children to be children. If you are looking to push your kid ahead academically, I do not believe this is the program for you. My daughter adored this program and I had a lot of fun with her while using it. She still brings me the curriculum, saying she wishes she were still in kindergarten and wants to do more of her current classes like Oak Meadow did. I cannot say how it would have gone in further years. I had an injury that prevents me from doing too much of the hands-on and outdoor activities which were essential to the courses. Otherwise, I'd have loved to continue using it.
I do not think this curriculum would meet the state standards for what is expected of a kindergarten student. For example, children here are expected to count by 10s to 100 before the end of the year. This course only went from one to 10.
This is a fun, engaging, no pressure sort of curriculum. There is very little preparation required, making it supremely easy for the adults involved.
