We are using LOF- we are on chapter 16 of fractions. Absolutely LOVE it! He wants to do math. :001_smile: It is been a blessing in our family. I don't see a need for extra practice at this point, if he needs extra practice I will add it in, but one of the reasons I chose LOF (besides the wonderful story) was the amount of problems was not overwhelming. They have to show mastery because to pass the bridge they can only miss 1 out of the 10 problems given.

The Winged Watchman my son LOVED! For my smaller ones we did The Children We Remember, and it is a picture book of actual Jews and Nazi soldiers. Oh- the Butterfly by Patricia Pollaco is a wonderful picture book about a little girl in France with Nazi's and how the family is hiding jews. Another one we really like is The Good Fight. Any of the landmark chapter book in the time period are good,we have- From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa. One really neat thing we did was to write to my dh grandfather who fought and get his story. We watched the Movie Pearl harbor- editing as need be for the younger children. We could spend alot of time on WWII- it is one of my ds favorite topics.

We are using Math it! We also use some singapore.

I have never done both at the same time. However, I believe in AO they do cover both American and World history at the same time. Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in, but I would probably divide it by doing World history Monday and Tuesday and American Thursday and Friday if I were to attempt that!

There is a unit study on Leah's Pony at http://www.homeschoolshare.com They will be down for a day or 2 while adding new unit studies, but you may want to take a look. ;)

Teaching the Trivium ( http://www.triviumpursuit.com ) Five in a row Reading Made Easy Mystery of History Apologia Life of Fred

I've used Reading Made Easy. I have finished it with 2 children- working on it no w with the third. I did not add anything else- we just went on reading books when we were finished. All of my children are great readers and read alot! :D

We use it and like it. I don't use it everyday, and my 9yodd (just starting 4th) really likes to write her own stuff, but this has been helpful to my son who had writing block for awhile.

Thank you! I will check these out! :D

My 9yodd is very hands on crafty, so I was looking for a way to incorporate more lapbooks and such into our old testament/MOH year. Is there any free resources out there to help? What about a kit to buy? I am short on time this year with the fostering, and I was hoping to find something already done for me. ;)

It is a relaxed way to teach math through 8th grade. The kids have "class" with you and instead of a worksheet full of problems they have 5 a day. Have you looked at the samples on the site? There is a yahoo group of users as well. It is all non consumable and lasts through pre-algebra. It is teacher intensive as you can not hand the math book to the child, but you can group kids and teach in "classes". From the sample lessons I have done it usually takes 20 minutes for our activity/class time. Then another few for their 5 a day. It is very helpful to help you see where to apply math to everyday situations.

OH YEAH! I had forgotten about the Landmark books! I bought a shelf full at my library sale. Also the Cornerstones of Freedom are good.

Any of the Sonlight core 3 and 4 books! We have LOVED them!

Math on the Level, Life of Fred, and Shoelace series of books. I am not sure how old the Apologia elementary series are, we used them last year and are using them this year too.

Math it may help! :001_smile:

I heard an analogy once that fits really well. I read a lot of Sonlight books, but I use FIAR as my main curriculum for the younger years. Five in a row is all about savoring a book, Sonlight is a way to devour books! :D Both are great, it just depends on what you and your son are wanting to do. OH, FIAR has applied math- one day a week. You have to use a separate math and phonics program. We use Reading Made Easy and Singapore for math.

http://www.fiveinarow.com has a cool one. Just click on the digital store and go from there to Fold and Learns.

You will find that at Paula's archives. http://www.paulasarchives.com :D Here is a direct link http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/sotwmoh.htm

Someone else beat me to linking Paula's archives! ;) I have a different approach from some of the other moms here as I follow more of a Teaching the Trivium approach http://www.triviumpursuit.com than a Well Trained Mind one. I simply read the main text from MOH, set out some books on the topics we are covering that week on a table in the living room, and listen to SOTW at bedtime or lunch time or while we are folding clothes. Nothing formal about it. I have my older son do a notebooking page on the history and file it. All in all about 30-45 minutes depending on whether we do an activity. The books in the living room are for free reading, very few are assigned, and not all will be read, but quite a few will. Please feel free to PM me if you have any other questions as I do not always check the boards regularly.

I just wanted to 2nd Math on the level. It will allow you to go at her speed, and not overwhelm her. It is all the math you will need until algebra.

Here is a website I found helpful: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7380/primer.html There is also a free little house in the big woods lapbook (with more to come) at http://www.lapbooklessons.ning.com you do have to register but it is free.

I am using both right now. I read MOH and it is our "main" text. Then we will listen to SOTW on cd. It is all lined up on Paula's archives if you need help matching it up. It is really working well here, though I agree that either by themselves would be plenty. :D

I second Homeschool share. Lots of good literature based studies there. Maybe give Konos a try if that would be a better fit.

Here is another thread from here: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32325 I really like this math program.

Well, here is another vote for Teaching the Trivium. You can see brief excerpts from the book to get a general idea if you will like it at http://www.triviumpursuit.com - sorry I don't know how to make pretty links! ;) For the early knowledge years ala Teaching the Trivium (they break it into Knowledge, wisdom and understanding as outlined in the Bible) -before age 10 we use Five in a row. Then we use a Mystery of History and SOTW combo and Apologia elementary - of course the little ones are listening in as their older brother is doing this. There is a new math curriculum that fits perfect with this philosophy it is called Math on the Level and you can find it here: http://www.mathonthelevel.com - although we have been using Singapore as this just came out. Hope this helps, and feel free to PM me if you want to discuss this further.