Ok on my curriculum search still. (I'm about to order Abeka from our hotel mtg in a few days. So I've been looking into the different curriculums, to see if what they have to offer is better for Noah.) Ok I just looked at winter Promise. It's another literature based curriculum, like Sonlight. As far as I can tell the books are a little more picture book style and they also have a project list for you to do each week, as well as a few movie suggestions to go with your reading. This is mainly just for Science and Social Studies. It looks neat.... Does anyone use this? Whats it like?
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23347 I have never used it, but here is one part for sale for a good price. So, if you are not too sure maybe you could buy a used first to see then go from there.
Thanks for the link. For Noah I'd be ordering American History 1 or something like that. I'm wondering if we totally switched up our curriculum maybe Noah would be interested in school again.
You know, that's a definite possibility! Sometimes that triggers something and they can move forward better! I've also heard of the program, and heard good things about it, but I haven't had any personal experience with it.
I might just have to give it a shot. I love Abeka, but maybe it's just not a good fit for Noah right now. (I'll keep Abekas Language since I already have it, and also add IEW to the mix.) Noah mentioned wanting to do more projects and I keep meaning to, but we never seem to do them. In Winter Promise they schedule the projects in their IG. They also sell a project kit, so I wont have to hunt around for too many supplies. Ok, now I just need to place the order. I might take a gander at hotel meeting just to be sure I want to use Winter Promise next year.
I would looooooooooooove to use WP, but it's just not in our budget. (So, I've no personal experience with it.) It claims to be a CM-style literature based program, and uses tons of hands-on activities. (Just what *WE* need!!) We'd use Quest for the Ancient World right now... and like Joanne said, used might be a good way to try it out BUT - the company asks that their products (the instructor guide and the notebooks) not be re-sold, so it looks to be difficult to find used. From what I've seen, I'd recommend it and would love to get a hold of it for ourselves. ETA: I just logged in at the WTM board to find a PM offering QAW to me!! PTL!!
