Hi all, I retired after 14 years of home schooling this year (we covered all 4 time periods several times!) and have a large number of wonderful history books to sell (for all ages). I cannot post on the WTM sale and swap board because I don't have the minimum number of posts. I would appreciate any suggestions for where I can list these books for sale. I will resort to Ebay if I have to but would rather sell on a home school swap board if there are any others out there. Thanks, Kelly

My dd has almost finished WWE Level 2. We like it, but I am not sure she is quite ready for WWE Level 3 (I feel she needs more practice.) Since I am exploring all of my options, I wanted some thoughts on these other programs (CW, Writing Tales, and maybe IEW too). I would really appreciate any opinions/experiences with these programs. :bigear: TIA, Kelly in GA

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Pentime looks very interesting. Anyone using it -- feedback? Kelly

Each child has a weekly "grid" (Word document table) that I fill out with what I expect/think we will get done for the week. There are some books I hope to finish for the year (like the SWO book) but others I am not so sure. Their weekly grids are like agenda books -- they highlight when they are finished with something like "Math Lesson 25". Anything not finished goes on the next week's grid. HTH Kelly

WWE users -- I was wondering what you think about writing programs for about a 3rd grade level. I used CW Aesop with my older children but that is more of a full re-write/narration/dress up style program. We are using (and like) WWE2 (which has her summarizing vs. doing an entire re-write), but I was wondering if she is missing the "dress up" your writing part. Does WWE3 go more into the stylistic elements of writing? Do you think summarizing is better than a full re-write (narration)? I would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks, Kelly

I just checked out the sample pages and it looks great. Are there any experiments/activities that go with it? Kelly

My son will complete Saxon 7/6 this year and I am already trying to figure out where to go from here. Several posts on this board indicated that Saxon is not a good program to use for upper grade math. What are your thoughts? Would he move on to pre-algebra -- if so, which one (Thinkwell, TT, Chalkdust)? Any and all advice appreciated!! TIA Kelly

Hi all, We haven't finished SOTW3 and will finish that and start into SOTW4 next year. I am looking for supplemental book suggestions for a 4th grade boy(average to above average reader) for this time period. Here are the some of the main topics we will cover next year (I listed the American History ones): Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark’s Expedition Westward Movement Alamo California Gold Rush Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad American Civil War Pioneer Life on the Great Plains Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island & Immigration Helen Keller Henry Ford and the Model T Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Any favorite/must reads for this time? TIA!! Kelly

We used SOTW 1- SOTW3 (for 1st thru 3rd grades) and have enjoyed history so far. However, I think we will spend next year (ds will be 4th grade) going a little more in depth into American History (skipping the Modern Times). I seem to remember an American History curriculum that I liked the looks of (for grammar stage ages). Maybe it was one using a combination of WTM/classical method and the Charlotte Mason method (we like using a spine and then supplementing with lots of living books). I had it bookmarked but my computer crashed and I lost all of my links. Any know of an American History curriculum like this? TIA Kelly