Curriculum Thoughts from This Year

Okay, since this is the "real" post on  our  homeschool year-end thoughts, here's what curriculum choices worked and didn't for us this year.

Hits:
Five in a Row for my younger two, ages 7 and 9
Winston Grammar for my older two, ages 11, and 13
Abeka Math
A Reason for Handwriting
Primary Language Lessons for 9 yr old


Misses:
Beyond Five in a Row for my older two.  They do  not work well with this style for chapter books.
Saxon 1/2--But that was user malfunction.  We will be continuing in this.  It just happened that this child hit a brick wall with Math in general.