Hi all! My name is Kathryn. I live in a small town outside of Albany, NY. I have 7 children (9 and under), yes, I had one set of twins! I homeschooled my children up until this current school year. For various reasons we had to put our children in public school. :*( I'm praying that next year we'll be able to resume our homeschooling again. I'm wanting to start up a Classical Conversations group in Albany, NY area. If you know of anyone interested, please let me know!! The more the merrier! Thanks!! Kathryn

I just checked out Sonlight and am still a little confused. You need to buy one "core" that will last you for 3 years of teaching (1st, 2nd, 3rd grade) and then buy the consumable materials each year for whatever grade level your child is going into? I have a 6 yo and 4 (almost 5) yo I'm looking into starting on Sonlight or Veritas Press. Sonlight seems like it would be fairly easy to combine the two of them and would be less work, I just don't fully understand it yet. Could someone please explain! Thanks!!

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into dakota and sonlight. One reason I was looking into VP is because of the phonics program having some art incorporated in it and my 4yo (5 in july) is very art oriented. I'm trying to go through Teach your Child to Read in 100 Lessons, but he fights me every time. My older son went through it just fine, so I'm not sure where to go with him. Any suggestions?

I'm newer to homeschooling. I've got a unique situation -- I have 5 kids (6,4,2yotwins,1) and I'm looking for a curriculum for my two older sons. I would really like to use the classical method and have been looking into either Veritas Press or Covenant Home. I don't have the time to pick and choose from different curriculums because I work part time (3 days a week) and I don't need the extra confusion of putting together lesson plans on top of everything else. I would like to have it all laid out for me already. My mom will be helping me with the homeschooling on days that I work (she homeschooled my brother through 8th grade), so I'm not too worried about a heavier loaded curriculum. Has anyone ever used the full curriculums from either company and have any input on it? (I guess I should add that VP uses Saxon Math and Shurley Grammar.) I would really appreciate any advice you have!!! Thanks so much!!!!