ebrindam Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Just saw this on the Sonlight thread. I think it looks kind of exciting (and I am not a Sonlight fan really)...wish there were more samples. There is a 4th grade sample and it looks good IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Yeah, I saw that too. It seems pretty exciting. I am very much a Christian, but I prefer Secular materials as long as they aren't anti-Christian. I'd also rather just buy what I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'm completely stoked about it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The levels are way too young for me, but I am still interested. Sometimes IRL people ask me for advice, afterall. ;) I can't get a close up of any of he packages. When I click on LEARN MORE, the color of the LEARN MORE button changes. That's it. Both in Windows on my desk yop and on my iPad. Help? OK, I finally got a list to come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I think this, maybe, explains the recent changes with the SL curriculum , too. Bookshark guides are the Sonlight guides with bible taken out. The questions in grade 4 look better than core E (or whatever it is now). Also, maybe if they are marketing schools as well there will be less change from year to year. The bookshark guides are what I do with my SL guides- ignore bible and try to ignore the religious commentary. We are Christians, but not Protestant. Also, this means that science would not have the YE materials, right? That was whole reason I did not use SL science. I'm kind of really excited. Anyone want my 2013 SL B and G IG's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The levels are way too young for me, but I am still interested. Sometimes IRL people ask me for advice, afterall. ;) I can't get a close up of any of he packages. When I click on LEARN MORE, the color of the LEARN MORE button changes. That's it. Both in Windows on my desk yop and on my iPad. Help? OK, I finally got a list to come up. It says grade 6 and 7 are due out this year. I may send a msg and ask about high school. Gosh, that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I must admit I am befuddled by this testimonial: "BookShark has been such a joy to use with all six of my kiddos (Grades K-9). We have journeyed far and wide in our imaginations through so many literature-rich books and have learned SO much about history and the world around us. The instructor guides are easy to follow and make planning our home education a breeze. Everything is set up, ready to go, and well thought out. The conversations we have had around our dinner table have enriched our family dynamics and are developing my children into well-informed, engaged citizens of a larger community." Cheryl R. - Castle Rock, CO Unless she was using 5th grade materials with her 9th grader, what the what? I also really don't understand why bookshark only goes up to 5th grade? Time necessary to secularize each core/grade maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Maybe it is from a test user? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 It says grade 6 and 7 are due out this year. I may send a msg and ask about high school. Gosh, that would be awesome. Please let us know what you find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 NOTE: This question was answered for me already. And Sonlight is OK w/ this? No legal action? I guess bookshark has done nothing illegal, but I guess I'm surprised that SL is not fighting this. Huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbollin Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 And Sonlight is OK w/ this? No legal action? I guess bookshark has done nothing illegal, but I guess I'm surprised that SL is not fighting this. Huh. if I recall from last year when it was called "bright flash" It's all the same parent company. different divisions of company. same people (holtzman) edit to add: if you go to brightflash dot com... you get the message they changed the name from bright flash to book shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 And Sonlight is OK w/ this? No legal action? I guess bookshark has done nothing illegal, but I guess I'm surprised that SL is not fighting this. Huh. If Book Shark is the same as "BrightFlash" it is SL's John Holzmann who is doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Now THIS is something I could really get behind. I've always been drawn to SL for all the books but prefer secular materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 if I recall from last year when it was called "bright flash" It's all the same parent company. different divisions of company. same people (holtzman) edit to add: if you go to brightflash dot com... you get the message they changed the name from bright flash to book shark. If Book Shark is the same as "BrightFlash" it is SL's John Holzmann who is doing it. Well that makes sense. Thanks! In that case, why is is it taking so long to get the other levels completed? How long has bookshark/flash/Australianspidersnake (Wait, that's something else) been around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Y Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Sonlight and BookShark could share a booth at a homeschool convention by drawing a Venn Diagram on the table and placing their materials in it accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I wonder if they offer other levels math with their full curriculum packages. My kids work ahead in TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I see that they will be at an upcoming curriculum fair I am attending. Can't wait to ask some questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 And Sonlight is OK w/ this? No legal action? I guess bookshark has done nothing illegal, but I guess I'm surprised that SL is not fighting this. Huh. Bookshark and Sonlight have the same address- they are housed at the same place (sonlight). On the bookshark info page, it even refers to people who use the curriculum as 'booksharkers', just like how 'sonlighters' have been the term for the Christian curriculum. It's just the same product, faith removed, repackaged and marketed differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I see that they will be at an upcoming curriculum fair I am attending. Can't wait to ask some questions. Please let us know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I have some distrust that there is not an intentional subtle non-secular agenda in this. A brief glance shows me that 5th grade includes A Horse and His Boy, and at least one missionary book. 3rd grade science includes Real-Science-4-Kids. Now, I happen to like Real-Science-4-Kids, my kids have been exposed to Narnia, and I don't have a problem with a book that happens to feature a missionary if the content is well balanced with other religions. Nor would it make sense (or be possible) to entirely ignore the influence of Christianity on world history. But it makes me wonder what else is there, especially originating from a company with an overt evangelical agenda. I've considered Sonlight (but am too much of a cheapskate to ever actually do it) and draw heavily from their booklist. But that's with full knowledge that they are not secular. I would not want to open something marketed as secular and discover it teaches intelligent design (as RS4K does). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I see that they will be at an upcoming curriculum fair I am attending. Can't wait to ask some questions. which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 which one? I'd rather not say as I prefer not to disclose my location on here. It's pretty likely not to be anywhere near you. :) I'm willing to bet they will start attending the same fairs as Sonlight. Sonlight goes to the fair that I'm going to every year, but this will be a first for Bookshark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'm interested in the opinions here... I went over each company's booklists for the 4th grade and while there were a lot of similarities, there were a lot of differences too. I haven't read a lot of the books on these lists so I'm not sure how secular/sectarian they are. Some that were read alouds were readers in the other program and vice versa, but these are all the books listed for the 4th grade. Same A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt Across Five Aprils By the Great Horn Spoon Caddie Woodlawn Freedom Train Helen Keller Hero Over Here In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Little Britches Miracles on Maple Hill Moccasin Trail Old Yeller Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Shades of Gray The Great Turkey Walk The Great Wheel The Seventeenth Swap The Story of Thomas Alva Edison The Wright Brothers Thimble Summer Turn Homeward, Hannalee Sonlight Exclusive Carry On, Mr. Bowditch In Search of the Source Johnny Tremain The Witch of Blackbird Pond Walk the World's Rim Om-kas-toe Phoebe the Spy Pocahontas and the Strangers Sarah, Plain and Tall The Cabin Faced West The Lewis & Clark Expedition The Matchlock Gun Toliver's Secret What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Bookshark Exclusive All-of-a-Kind Family From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Gone Away Lake Plain Girl Sing Down the Moon The Perilous Road The Winged Watchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hmmm. Many of the Sonlight exclusive 4th grade titles are included in Bookshark 3rd grade. So I guess it won't be as simple as comparing grade to grade book lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredHSmom Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The Sonlight exclusive list contains some of my favorites so that's a little sad as I really like the concept behind bookshark. I am christian but would love secular curriculum. But all of the books that you have listed as exclusive to Bookshark Grade 4 are used in Core E (4th grade) Sonlight right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The Sonlight exclusive list contains some of my favorites so that's a little sad as I really like the concept behind bookshark. I am christian but would love secular curriculum. But all of the books that you have listed as exclusive to Bookshark Grade 4 are used in Core E (4th grade) Sonlight right now. I think I'm trying to compare apples to oranges. The Sonlight website has a lot more information but isn't quite as user friendly. There are two separate booklists for 4th Grade on SL; one that says for new customers, one for returning customers. The one for returning customers has more titles. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I don't think these are exclusive. We've bought "The Mixed Up Files…" and "Sing Down the Moon" from Amazon. What's so exclusive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Meaning exclusive to SL over Bookshark. But as I said in the last post, I'm not clear on why the book lists are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'm interested in the opinions here... I went over each company's booklists for the 4th grade and while there were a lot of similarities, there were a lot of differences too. I haven't read a lot of the books on these lists so I'm not sure how secular/sectarian they are. Some that were read alouds were readers in the other program and vice versa, but these are all the books listed for the 4th grade. The ones I'm familiar with from that list are all fine from a secular standpoint, and that includes several of the ones on the Sonlight list. But I'm not familiar with all of them (maybe about half). Some (eg. The Witch of Blackbird Pond) have Christianity in them because it's inherent - you can't write about Puritan New England and leave out the Puritans - but the themes are not inherently religious. Most of the Sonlight booklist is secular, really - my understanding is that, with the exception of a few books, most of the non-secularness is in the Instructor's Guides and applies religious lessons to books that aren't religious in nature. Which is why so many secular people are attracted to it - the booklist is overall just Good Books. I'm pretty sure I saw Gone-Away Lake on one of the Sonlight lists when I was looking through it the other day, so the differences may be largely organizational, and not actual content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Sonlight Exclusive Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Read-Aloud in 3rd Grade BookShark In Search of the Source Johnny Tremain - Read-Aloud in 3rd Grade BookShark The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Read-Aloud in 3rd Grade BookShark Walk the World's Rim - Read-Aloud in 3rd Grade BookShark Om-kas-toe- Regular Reader in 3rd Grade BookShark Phoebe the Spy - Regular Reader in 3rd Grade BookShark Pocahontas and the Strangers - Regular Reader in 3rd Grade BookShark Sarah, Plain and Tall - Regular Reader in 3rd Grade BookShark The Cabin Faced West The Lewis & Clark Expedition - Part of History in 3rd Grade BookShark The Matchlock Gun - Regular Reader in 3rd Grade BookShark Toliver's Secret - Read-Aloud in 3rd Grade BookShark What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Bookshark Exclusive All-of-a-Kind Family - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day Gone Away Lake - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day Plain Girl - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day Sing Down the Moon - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day The Perilous Road - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Readers E-5 Day The Winged Watchman - In Sonlight Grade 4, Core E, Read-Alouds E So it looks like most of the books overlap between the two at some point. Only 3 don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 One difference I found in sonlight and book shark for grade 4 is the lack of the workbooks. Story of the USA, maybe? Can't remember the names exactly. I think the OP might have been comparing bookshark 4 to sonlight D instead of Sonlight E. Bruchko is a reader for E and was missing from Bookshark, but it is a missions book. I would just like to not pay for LA. I wouldn't mind the Bible being left off because I have so many resources for that already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thank you Butter, that was exactly the information I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 If "In Search of the Source" is the following book, it's definitely not secular: http://www.amazon.com/In-Search-Source-First-Encounter/dp/0880704977 If "The Cabin Faced West" is the one by Jean Fritz, the reviews don't mention any religious content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietchapel Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The ones I'm familiar with from that list are all fine from a secular standpoint, and that includes several of the ones on the Sonlight list. But I'm not familiar with all of them (maybe about half). Some (eg. The Witch of Blackbird Pond) have Christianity in them because it's inherent - you can't write about Puritan New England and leave out the Puritans - but the themes are not inherently religious. Most of the Sonlight booklist is secular, really - my understanding is that, with the exception of a few books, most of the non-secularness is in the Instructor's Guides and applies religious lessons to books that aren't religious in nature. Which is why so many secular people are attracted to it - the booklist is overall just Good Books. I'm pretty sure I saw Gone-Away Lake on one of the Sonlight lists when I was looking through it the other day, so the differences may be largely organizational, and not actual content. Isn't Sonlight grade 4 on the new website what core e has been? I can't keep any of it straight anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Isn't Sonlight grade 4 on the new website what core e has been? I can't keep any of it straight anymore. It's grade 4 for returning users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Okay, if you compare Bookshark 4 with Sonlight 4 for returning users and put Sonlight on the 4 day a week option, these are the differences I notice... Bruchko (missions book) missing. In Search of the Source (missions book) missing George Washington Carver (Christian bio) missing The Terrible Wave (reader) missing No Bible items, no LA. A significant cost difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I am kind of excited about this. Is anyone able to tell if the bookshark science is really secular or just "neutral"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'd rather not say as I prefer not to disclose my location on here. It's pretty likely not to be anywhere near you. :) I'm willing to bet they will start attending the same fairs as Sonlight. Sonlight goes to the fair that I'm going to every year, but this will be a first for Bookshark. Interesting wonder how far apart the booths will be. do tell if you go. And I googled. They will be in WA, AK, and CA. Sonlight will be at the HEAV convention. I checked and right now BS won't be. Sarita is speaking too. That would be interesting to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'm interested in the opinions here... I went over each company's booklists for the 4th grade and while there were a lot of similarities, there were a lot of differences too. I haven't read a lot of the books on these lists so I'm not sure how secular/sectarian they are. Some that were read alouds were readers in the other program and vice versa, but these are all the books listed for the 4th grade. Same A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt Across Five Aprils By the Great Horn Spoon Caddie Woodlawn Freedom Train Helen Keller Hero Over Here In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Little Britches Miracles on Maple Hill Moccasin Trail Old Yeller Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Shades of Gray The Great Turkey Walk The Great Wheel The Seventeenth Swap The Story of Thomas Alva Edison The Wright Brothers Thimble Summer Turn Homeward, Hannalee Sonlight Exclusive Carry On, Mr. Bowditch In Search of the Source Johnny Tremain The Witch of Blackbird Pond Walk the World's Rim Om-kas-toe Phoebe the Spy Pocahontas and the Strangers Sarah, Plain and Tall The Cabin Faced West The Lewis & Clark Expedition The Matchlock Gun Toliver's Secret What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Bookshark Exclusive All-of-a-Kind Family From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Gone Away Lake Plain Girl Sing Down the Moon The Perilous Road The Winged Watchman interesting. I don't think any of the books on either list has an faith base to it. Interesting too is that I think a couple of those for Bookshark were in different levels of SL over the years. and some may be. You might want to check that on the BS exclusive if they show up in other levels of SL. And really one of the best books in SL is Carry on Mr Bowditch. really all the SL exclusive are top of the line great books interesting that they aren't used in the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The ones I'm familiar with from that list are all fine from a secular standpoint, and that includes several of the ones on the Sonlight list. But I'm not familiar with all of them (maybe about half). Some (eg. The Witch of Blackbird Pond) have Christianity in them because it's inherent - you can't write about Puritan New England and leave out the Puritans - but the themes are not inherently religious. Most of the Sonlight booklist is secular, really - my understanding is that, with the exception of a few books, most of the non-secularness is in the Instructor's Guides and applies religious lessons to books that aren't religious in nature. Which is why so many secular people are attracted to it - the booklist is overall just Good Books. I'm pretty sure I saw Gone-Away Lake on one of the Sonlight lists when I was looking through it the other day, so the differences may be largely organizational, and not actual content. I read Witch of Blackbird pond in ps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 If "In Search of the Source" is the following book, it's definitely not secular: http://www.amazon.com/In-Search-Source-First-Encounter/dp/0880704977 If "The Cabin Faced West" is the one by Jean Fritz, the reviews don't mention any religious content. Yeah I missed that I dont' think we read it. i think I gave it to my son to read. Cabin Faced West is about George Washington I think it isn't religious. I don't think any of JF;s books are religious that deal with Am history, Her bio is religious in some ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooRho Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 One difference I found in sonlight and book shark for grade 4 is the lack of the workbooks. Story of the USA, maybe? Can't remember the names exactly. I think the OP might have been comparing bookshark 4 to sonlight D instead of Sonlight E. Bruchko is a reader for E and was missing from Bookshark, but it is a missions book. I would just like to not pay for LA. I wouldn't mind the Bible being left off because I have so many resources for that already. I think SL pulled the workbooks too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I think SL pulled the workbooks too Ahhh... I figured that out now. Yeah... I'm only catching a 5 book difference. Bruchko, George Washington Carver, The Terrible Wave, In Search of the Source, The Story of the USA. The Cabin Faced West is a 3rd grade Sonlight book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Interesting wonder how far apart the booths will be. do tell if you go. And I googled. They will be in WA, AK, and CA. For anyone else who's curious, the last one is the Great Homeschool Convention in Ontario (near L.A.) June 12th-14th. The schedule says that Michael Clay Thompson, Jim Weiss, and Adam Andrews will be speakers- seriously tempting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamppost Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I am kind of excited about this. Is anyone able to tell if the bookshark science is really secular or just "neutral"? I have the IG's for both Sonlight and BrightFlash (what their secular program was briefly called) for Science C. They're very close to identical, with the exception that Brightflash doesn't have Dinosaurs Unleashed. There may be a few sentences excised here and there, but for the most part it's the same. I'll be interested to see if they actually re-write or add anything now that they're re-branding as BookShark. Here's a quote from BrightFlash Science C that shows they really didn't change anything for that at least: Are you or your children bothered by the phrase stating that chimpanzees “are the animals most like people� It probably depends on what is meant. While the section is not explicit in stating that humans have evolved from apes, which is a typical macroevolutionary assumption, it does suggest the connection. My guess is that this just got by them in the editing process and BookShark probably won't include it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'd rather not say as I prefer not to disclose my location on here. It's pretty likely not to be anywhere near you. :) I'm willing to bet they will start attending the same fairs as Sonlight. Sonlight goes to the fair that I'm going to every year, but this will be a first for Bookshark. They are at my local curriculum fair too. I am really intrigued. The packages show history & reading together, but you can buy the IG separately from the books from this page (which is all I'd need, since I already have all the books for cores 1 & 2). It is just the part of Sonlight I like, without all the other stuff. The Bookshark IG is $5 MORE than the Sonlight IG, though, even with fewer parts to it (no LA or Bible!). I am sort of considering it. Maybe Core 1/B/1st grade for our 2nd Grade. My advanced reader can read the RAs himself. Bookshark History 4 IG (Weeks 10-12) Bookshark History 4 IG (Week 20) Sonlight Core E IG (Weeks 1-3) Is it just me, or does the Bookshark IG have a lot more detail in the history discussion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 John Holzmann is the bomb!!! I hope that wretched idiot Ham stays away from him, and I wish him much success in his endeavor. :D Go, John, go! Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I am so excited about this. We have used Sonlight for many years. When the big change happened, some books were returned, and student guides came about, bible and LA was added back into the core, I left Sonlight. ( Only wish I had kept all my IG's from many years ago. SIGH ) I can't wait to get my hands on some Bookshark stuff ! Wooot Wooot. Already ordered for this year. ;-( Will have to wait for next year, but will get IG 4 this year, as I have 99% of those books already. ~~ Dancing around the room, singing ! ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 plain girl is about an Amish girl I think. It is not religious per se but religion is a big part of the story. I quite liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deannajo Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 On the "for schools" page, it mentions their sister company - which I assume is Sonlight. This is exciting - I may have to rethink plans for my youngest's upcoming fifth grade year! After being drawn to Sonlight for years and years, we finally tried it last year, but ugh, I just hated tweaking it to be secular, and wasn't fond of the LA stuff or the history workbook either, to be honest (the stuff that wasn't literature-based I guess), so I sent it back during its return window. This looks great, because I could just buy the reading through history and the science stuff if I wanted....and leave out the LA stuff. If 7th grade is available by the fall as well, and they can keep up with my kids in upcoming years, that could just be absolutely perfect!!! Thanks for posting this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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