thank you, everyone! peterpan, thanks for sharing all those resources, will look into them.

not free, but I love Typetastic. typingclub is free and good but layout is more dry.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a workbook with brief exercises on reading comprehension, particularly inferences? I've been looking at Reading Detective by Critical Thinking Co. and CAP Reasoning & Reading - has anyone used either of these? For upper elementary and middle school grades, thanks in advance.

this doesn’t check all the boxes (no textbook) but my 7th grader is going through crash course biology along with a worksheet packet I got through TpT.

Hi, is anyone familiar with English Lessons Through Literature and Learning Lang Arts Through Literature? Can anyone share how they’re different? I’m very drawn to how integrated they are. My 4th grader is currently doing CAP Writing & Rhetoric - Fable along with Well-Ordered Language, and doing novel studies separately. Definitely nothing to complain about, but I love the idea of making everything more organic.

My 12yo is doing AoPS prealgebra. He doesn’t do any reading in the textbook. We watch the corresponding lesson videos on the website then work through all the practice problems in the book.

hi, I'm looking for a writing curriculum for my 4th grader that starts out with learning how to write good sentences, then paragraphs, then ending the year having written a few essays? writing strands looks like it might work but I was wondering if there was a secular curriculum out there with a similar approach.

thanks so much for the demo link, I had no idea that was there! very interesting. I wonder if anyone who's done the self paced has felt it was worthwhile. I wish there were daytime slots for the live classes. then again, I'd worry about whether my son could keep up.

anyone's child do this course? how is it and how does it compare to just doing Alcumus and the textbook? the live classes start too late in the day to be an option for us. thanks in advance.

new to homeschooling but as of now, Math - Rightstart Math supplemented with Beast Academy online. (if RS ends up being too time consuming, will use Math Mammoth) Reading - will pick ~10 read alouds and do some unit studies, read independently at least 30 min daily Writing - CAP W&R Fable Grammar - Well Ordered Language Social Studies - probably Zinn Education Project, researching picture book read alouds on various topics Music - piano lessons and music appreciation with me Art - picture study, YouTube art projects Science - undecided, maybe Mystery Science and some Outschool classes Coding - play on Scratch website

Thank you, sounds like I need to just purchase the full program to learn how to execute it well. I'm not sure what other education programs teach, but I received mine from Northwestern Univ and they didn't focus on any specific methodology. They were very heavy on teaching the history, progression and range of philosophic thought and pedagogy in education, so I can, in general, understand the approach and views of each program and where it's coming from.

Does IEW ever have sales on their main curriculum?

Thanks so much for your feedback. I'm mainly worried about purchasing TWSS and finding it unnecessary (already having received training in writing instruction) while still wanting to use/try their curriculum. It would be weird to return TWSS while continuing to use the program?

Hi, anyone use IEW having only purchased student materials without TWSS? I'm really interested in trying out level B with my son but have some reservations due to the upfront cost of IEW. I'm already uncertain about whether my son will be willing to watch all the lesson videos, but I'd like to try. I also have training in teaching writing as I have an education degree and am a former teacher so am reluctant to purchase TWSS until I decide to go all in. I'm new to homeschooling and IEW is the opposite of the kind of approach I initially wanted to use with my son. But in considering my son I think he'd feel more empowered by this kind of instruction than one that is more fluid. Appreciate any advice, thanks in advance.

My daughter is about the same age and read alouds she really enjoyed were Wonder, Tale of Despereaux, The One and Only Ivan, Little House and the Narnia series. She LOVED The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and really likes Kate DiCamillo in general. She's also enjoyed Pippi Longstocking, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and Roald Dahl books. There's a cute book we read called Toys Go Out - one of the toys doesn't know what she is and I always loved seeing my kids' reactions at the part when the toy finds out. I also bought a collection of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales that she's been enjoying (I have older boys and never bought fairy tales before lol) - we discussed similarities/differences of the Snow Queen with Frozen and Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. Your daughter sounds a little advanced - my boys were more advanced readers at this age than my daughter. They enjoyed the Percy Jackson, Gregor the Overlander and Harry Potter series. Not sure if any of these suggestions are acceptable for Classical education but I wanted to contribute to this forum since I've only asked questions and been given help so far.