How about the Left Behind books?

I love this. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. I'll give it a look.

can anyone here give me a comparision between these two? I am trying to decide for next year.

has anyone here actually used these? are they worth the expense?

i bought their early elementary american history. this is a beautiful, laid back, very sweet curriculum. the books are keepers for sure.

living learning books has a lot of reasonably priced activity pages and a bunch of free downloads as well.

have you looked at the new llb stuff? it is actually modular so you can pick and choose what you want to cover. you can do all one subject, or mix them up. there is a free unit on their website.

have you considered the bju online content? we've used it for several years and it works really good. you could combine the boys for sciences and perhaps even histories. Plus, foreign language is free when you do a grade kit. I like this bc it frees them up to set their own schedule, it gets them being accountable to someone (the bju lesson plans) other than you, and in the end can actually free them up to pursue more social things outside of their studies.

we do the whole list every day as well. This is one of my top ten picks since I've been homeschooling. It really has helped him spell better.

We've had great success with Latina Christiana. It is very simple to implement and requires no prior knowledge to get started. www.memoriapress.com

I would recommend contacting both companies to find out when/if a materials display will be in your area. I have used both companies for different subjects at different grades. It is very subjective as to which grade which subject will be best for your kid. The only way to know for sure is to actually sit and look at the books yourself.

My son will be a 9th grader next year and we are considering public for next year - just considering - cautiously - right now. We're definitely not committed. I would like to hear how some of you sorted through the same question. Thanks!

Living Learning Books is neutral when it comes to theology. They have a free unit on their site right now. It is structured, but not too much so. Mimi

Welcome to the forums! I agree Karen. The new stuff is completely different from the old. I like it a lot better. It's easier to follow. It looks like she moved all of the internet links and book lists to the website instead of printed in the curriculum. I hated typing in the links and then finding that they were out. You can get those for free on the site now with videos too. There is a free unit on the site. Not sure how long that will last. I wonder when the rest of the units will be done. Has anybody heard anything on that? I hate to start a curriculum and then not be able to finish it. Mimi