Thanks! I am just starting it with Aesop and Homer for Older Beginners. I looked and looked for options for writing and I kept coming back to their program. I don't like the time consuming aspect of it, but it is an area where we really need to put in the time. I don't like the price either, but I'll be using them for 3 kids so eventually it will balance out.
My rising 10th grader's mom asked her the other day whether she wanted to change, and she said she was perfectly contented right where she is! (Praise God, one who recognizes progress and wants to continue!) So, she will be doing Bible - CLE 1000 Lit - continuing Literature I CLE English - continuing 8th grade then going right into English I Math - we're going to be doing some in July and getting as far as we possibly can get. Then we'll get through pre-Algebra as quickly as possible before starting Algebra I. Science - probably CLE 900 History - maybe ACE world history because I already have it and don't have to order. Spanish I - probably The Learnables. It has listening and paperwork, and is the most affordable I've found. I don't know how "good" it is, but we'll take what we can get. She has Rosetta Stone at home, for "supplementation", if her sister will allow her to borrow it.... Music - CLE 3 and 4. She probably already knows this material from previous music instruction, but it'll be a nice refresher - she can get high school credit for books 5-8. And of course there's DGS, who will be in 3rd grade. He will do: Bible - the little Abeka 2nd grade book Growing Up Where Jesus Lived, and CLE 300 Reading - finish 200, move on to 300 LA - finish 200, then do R&S 3 because I know we can finish it quicker by doing a lot orally Math - CLE 300 Science - R&S 3, and if we finish it, maybe moving on to 4 or something else History - CLE 3, and if we finish it, then do R&S 3. They're both about Communities but take a completely different tack with it. Music - CLE books 3 and 4 And if I can afford it, I may order The Learnables French I.
Ugh! Next year: Ds#1 is headed off to the local Public High School. I think it will be a good fit for him. Honestly he needs more than I can offer. I've about topped off my reading, writing, and math skills. He took Geometry this year (old school Teaching Textbooks) and while he understood and excelled at it. He prefers a classroom setting and a teacher that can answer questions. In writing he needs "more" someone who will push him and get him ready for college. (His writing skills are good but he can be lazy with me.) He will be taking Trig, Honors English, Physical Science, and a couple of other classes next year. DS#2: MBTP and Teaching Textbooks Algebra (Simple and easy) DS #3: He will be going to the local Middle School for half a day. (boo!) Keegan has dyscalculia and dysgraphia and receives special services from the school. This is the only way that we can continue to receive them. I've tried some different things but nothing else has worked out. I've tried arguing that MBTP offers a learning style more compatible to Keegan and he is doing better. So I'll have him for Social Studies and Science and art. (And I haven't picked those yet.) DS#4: I have NO idea! I'm totally lost and don't know where to turn. The kids is smart, but not reading. He finished up all the curriculum early so I had to buy him so new stuff. (no big deal) but he'll be half done by September, so I don't want to choose that. MBTP for this age seems OK but not great. DS#5: He's not ready for kinder! He's much more interested in ABCmouse and playing then doing school work. (yeah I know ABCmouse is "school work" but this kids doesn't want to color, do math, listen to stories, ect... He did complete his learning level but I think that's because he loves the computer!)
Oh...geez...! I think I've just about thrown out all my previous plans and going with almost a totally different direction. Excited though!:lol:
After a thread about Sonlight history, and really wanting a literature based history curriculum for my avid reader, and after reading about classical education for 2 years now and feeling like that might be the best approach for her struggling writing confidence, I've switched up my plans for this next year. I've already received some of the curriculum in the mail and my daughter's eyes are popping out of her head. She is so excited for the school year to begin! So for her 4th grade year we are using: God's Great Covenant Bible Course Memoria Press Grammar Memoria Press Classical Composition, Fable Stage (Woohoo!) Memoria Press Literature Studies (Woohoo!) and Poetry Rod & Staff Spelling Singapore Math Veritas Press History Gods Design for Science Horizons Health Memoria Press Geography Memoria Press Prima Latina Artistic Pursuits Theory for Young Musicians, Notespeller (and children's choir) So excited!! Scouring through the catalogs from these publishers, THIS feels like curriculum we both will love using all the way through high school. Hope my toddler feels the same when it's time for her to start school.
