Scribd is crazy good. :)

Keys for Kids has free audio streaming devotions online.

I would also highly recommend CLE. It's incredibly thorough, built in, spiral cumulative reviews have been such a wonderful thing for our children. It has been much less of a truffle for them than MM (much better visual layout).

Oops, DP.

CLE is spiral for the skill subjects. I highly recommend it. We use it for Bible, Math, LA, and Reading.

Xtramath and skip counting songs (stick this Ito together time?) would get you far :).

We use CLE for pretty much every thing except for social studies and science. We may use 8th SS next year though. I really love how thorough it is....I don't need 6 different resources to get the job done. No, it isn't super duper hands on fun...but I can't pull that off very consistently at all anyway :).

That's my uniform too. Nursing shirt for me.

Everyone gets dressed everyday. Avoids brain mush syndrome. That said, I have house clothes and going out clothes. I don't wear a bra at home ;). Canadians don't wear shoes in the house, and I don't wear makeup or 'do' my hair. Ever. LOL! So my definition of dressing is clearly different than others.

We had a stopover at MM after leaving MUS because of retention issues. It was like pulling teeth to get DD to do two pages. Very cramped design. It just wasn't easy for us to get done. We moved to CLE and are going into our fourth year. We are very happy.

TRY it! It's chronological: if you get on in 2nd or 5th grade levels you can start at the beginning and go from there. You can always get on at different places though. The 5th and up sequence includes mapping (be still my heart). Not doctrinal or theological, more facts/cultural background based. Good stuff. We used CLE for a year before I was brave enough to try their Bible. Lo and behold, it was what I'd been looking for for a LONG time.

2 hours tops. It's split up.

The passive voice, subjunctive mood, perfect system conjugations of sum, systematic work with pronouns: a few areas that appear to need tackling after I dust off the rest.

I saw those on YT too and watched some. They are pretty fast compared to the other fellow. I watched some of the preview videos and he really takes the time to nail all the underlying grammar in English before he moves into the Latin. I really appreciate that approach.

I think it's 2 for me. :/ I'm doing 4 this year and have 3 more coming up through the ranks. At least. LOL! Ah well. Methods adjust, even if I can't do what I'd 'ideally' like to do. I haven't found combining children in many things to be particularly fruitful. Most of our work is independently levelled. We're doing all right. I guess. ;)

Classical conversations has a skip counting song section in their app (2-15, more range than MUS). The songs aren't any better than MUS (maybe not as good) but there is an animated presentation along with the song that is interesting.

CLE is incredibly consistent and very clear visually. Year 4 coming up for us with their math!

CLE Bible is really surprisingly well done. Love it!

Thanks. I did buy it and that's what I've scheduled :).

I've been picking at the Dowling article the past few days actually :). Here's another helpful link as well: http://rustymason.com/edu/lang/latin/latin_chants.pdf

CLE has a new US text for 8th that might work. It looks gorgeous. We are considering it.

Thanks for all your help and input ladies. I loved Latin in school and considered pursuing the classics at University but I decided not to go. At all. Anyway ;). My Latin teacher (who was also my English teacher, what a dear, sweet fellow) did supplement with conjugation and declension chants which were immensely helpful, but I never saw everything pulled together systematically. I don't really understand where the boundaries and connections are. I think a grammar translation approach would be helpful in clearing up some of the muddiness. In fact, I can glimpse what a sense of order understanding the completeness of Latin grammar could instil in ones mind. Memorizing the paradigms is not an issue. I can do memory work, better now than I could in high school (ah, scripture memory practice). The connections and completeness are what I am after. And I want it for MYSELF. Ahem. I suppose my goal is Latin grammar for it's own sake, the joy of translation, and the sense of accomplishment. To be fair, my oldest wants Latin for her foreign language credit in high school (I was a bit surprised, but she wants to study in health care related fields somewhere). I do want to brush up a bit in order to help her. After a couple of failed starts in early elementary (and as a result of very limited time) I have thoroughly given up on teaching small ones Latin. Our LA choices do contain built in roots work in 7th-8th for children who don't desire Latin. Perhaps a grammar reference chart is what I need after all. Has anyone seen this one? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1572228350?vs=1 Amazon.ca has fewer options, and shipping can become horrific to Canada. I'd also like to get my hands on Wheelock's. I'm starting to feel like there is an end to Latin grammar and that it is possible to get there.

I have two years of high school Latin...using Cambridge texts :/. I still can't wrap my mind around the FULLNESS of Latin. What is the entire scope and sequence (as it were). How can I count the cost? How much material is there to cover (really)? Is there a chart or mind map somewhere that shows what -overall- the Latin elementary grammar consists of and how it is interrelated? I'm going bonkers trying to figure this out!

My oldest is in 7th and we enjoy CLE. It does include grammar, usage, and mechanics, but shifts a bit in style for high school and I'm not too familiar with it. Have you seen the scope and sequence? https://www.clp.org/documents/5325/original/2014-2015_High_School_Scope_and_Sequence.pdf I have found it to be Christian in worldview but not specific in doctrine and theology. It is great for independent learners.

http://magistrajones.blogspot.ca/?m=1 Classical Henle audio download.