Unless you are starting your new school year very soon, the Biblioplan level should be ready by fall. Have you contacted them directly? I did recently, and this was their answer to my question about the schedule of coming updates: "Year 2 is being tweaked right now. Year 1 and 4 are completely updated, and Year 3 will not be updated until the fall of 2012." The publisher is extremely helpful, and they answer all emails promptly. Maybe they could sell you a few weeks of the schedule if the whole thing isn't totally ready.

"It" above is referring to Glencoe World History text. I am wondering which year of Biblioplan it is scheduled in by unit. I have the newest edition of Ancients and am not finding it. Thank you.

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I don't find a Modern time era covering US History in History Odyssey. Am I missing something on their site?

This does help. Thanks for pointing me to the TE for more info. I wondered if doing both in one year was too much. We do want to get through US History in one year for grade 11, leaving grade 12 for Economics and Government. I have given my son samples of AAH I and II and Notgrass Exploring America, along with other books I already have - a BJU US History text and A Patriot's History of the United States - to see which one he prefers. He already knows a lot of US history, so I want him to pick the one that has more in-depth information and which is written in a way that is most enjoyable to him. Any other US history curricula with worksheets, mapping and/or notebooking included?

I'm looking for a high school level American History Program that includes worksheets, mapping, and/or notebooking. Something to do that I don't have to put together. We like to add literature and historical fiction, too. Do you know of a curriculum with these components? Does All-American History fit the bill for High school?

I am so happy for your family! My DH was out of work 49 weeks in 2010, so I know what you have gone through. This new year will likely still be stressful as you work to get out of the hole that unemployment likely dug, but this kind of stress is NOTHING like not having a job at all!

Thank you so much! We were going to go with Homeschool Programming's TeenCoder series next year after finishing KidCoder {these are on sale this month through the Homeschool Buyers Co-Op} this year, but I will first be checking out the site you've mentioned. Free is good!

Harmony Art Mom has a free geography curriculum. I posted about it on my blog HERE.

Also, an all-in-one language arts program might help since it seems a lot of your time is spent on LA. Something like CLE English {Christian Light Education}. Without double-checking their website, I believe it incorporates Grammar, Writing, Handwriting, Spelling, and maybe Vocab {not sure on that one}.

Audio CDs are awesome! You can listen to SOTW or MOH on CD while playing with Legos or drawing or washing dishes or driving, etc. I wouldn't worry about Science too much at their ages other than getting lots of fun nonfiction picture books. My kids at 16, 13, and 10 really like these books just to putter through on their own, but your kids are younger. Maybe dad can read them outloud? Or they could just look at the pictures.

They may be allergic to each other. No kidding, we really can be allergic to other people. You can research NAET.com to learn more about curing this allergy. We are undergoing this, and it is helping.

I prefer e-books for the consumables, but for sure a hard copy for the Companion. The Ancients Companion is 300+ pages long! It is color-coded to what age group should read what sections, and a black printer just doesn't work well to make these delineations clear. Also, the pictures are much more enjoyable in color. I have the e-book Ancients Companion, and I am seriously thinking about purchasing it again in hard copy for the reasons stated above. It is a textbook in itself. Early America Year 3 is being revised and is due out in the Fall of 2012. I'd seriously recommend you wait to purchase until that time because the new versions are much improved. I have owned the older version of Year 3 and a new version of Year 1, and there are significant improvements that make this a true K-12 curriculum. For example, the new version of Cool History comes in three different age levels, MOH is incorporated into the schedule, and the Companion is expanded; among other things.

I poked holes in the potatoes for years and somehow thought it was an old-wives tale and stopped doing it. After having three potatoes explode in the oven and making an unbelievable mess, I poke holes again. I also put them in a glass baking dish so if they do explode, it is a bit more contained.

We are using BJU Spanish 1 this year, and it is a great fit for us. We are really enjoying Sr. Cancino as the teacher in Spanish 1. I am doing the class with my children and am learning an amazing amount! We plan to work through BJU Spanish 1 through 3 over the next few years. We tried Rosetta Stone in the past, but none of the three kids liked the picture association approach and really prefer the BJU teacher approach much better. The DVDs contain a lot of teaching and practice, and I cannot imagine doing the textbook alone without them. They are worth the money IMO. If your family is only taking it to gain credits and not real fluency in the language, I might look for a cheaper program, too. It seems all foreign language programs are pricey, though. Maybe you could have more than one kid work through them together? They are rated for 8-12 grades, and my 8th grader is doing fine with them.

Here are several links to sites that guide you through taking credit by exam tests, like the CLEP, Dantes, and DSST, and UExcel. College Board that administers the CLEP tests - http://clep.collegeboard.org/ CLEP Prep - http://clepprep.tripod.com/cleplessonplans/index.html Get College Credit - http://www.getcollegecredit.com/ Homeschool College USA - http://hcusa.weebly.com/ UExcel, College Credit by exam - http://www.uexceltest.com/ Yahoo group - ClepForHomeschool - this is a very active group with many posts every day and lots of encouragement and ideas. A homeschooling blog - http://chapmankids.net/blog/clep-test-prepartion/ CLEP REA exam preparation books on Amazon - http://amzn.to/wzm9M4 Here is a list of colleges that accept a lot of credits done by credit-by-exam: Charter Oak - http://www.charteroak.edu/ Excelsior College - https://www.excelsior.edu/ Thomas Edison State College - http://www.tesc.edu/ I'm curious to see other sites you all have found.

The Sonlight Cores for World History (used to be Cores 6 & 7) have a set of corresponding timeline figures that you could purchase separately. These Cores use SOTW volumes 1-4, so I'm sure the figures line up nicely, though I haven't used them myself. I have the Pandia Press timeline (without figures), and it is beautiful.

I wrote a blog post about learning the multiplication table on my blog, Hearts For Homeschooling. You can read the post HERE. It explains the book Multiplication Facts in Seven Days which worked well for us. Math facts are something that public schools teach very well - my boys learned them there before coming home to school (one boy knew all of the tables, even multiplication, by the end of 2nd grade). My daughter has never attended PS, so it was my privilege to teach her.

I received an update from Rusty at Biblioplan today. This is the latest news regarding updates of Biblioplan: Year 2 is being tweaked right now. Year 1 and 4 are completely updated, and Year 3 will not be updated until the fall of 2012. Looks like good news all around! Their updated versions really do have a lot more information in them. The Year 1 Ancients I recently purchased has a lot more meat in it than a previous version we had, and the Mystery of History has been added to the grid. The Companion is a textbook in itself - 332 pages long, full of interesting info and perfect to round out the program for a high schooler {and for a mom who wants to learn lots, too!}. Another thing regarding the Biblioplan Companion - I know it costs twice as much to buy a print copy, but when I buy another year, I will buy a print copy over the PDF since I don't have a color printer. It comes in color, and the pictures and text boxes would be much more interesting in color, especially for a student to be reading it on their own. In fact, I might go back and buy the hardcopy of the Companion for the year I already own.

I emailed the company today, 01/28/2012, and received this reply: "Year 2 is being tweaked right now. Year 1 and 4 are completely updated, and Year 3 will not be updated until next fall." I am awaiting his reply as to what "next fall" means.

Lovely!! Thanks so much! Just FYI other users, I could not get this to work in Google Chrome but did work in Internet Explorer.

Mind coming over?? :D

:lurk5: I was wondering the same thing myself as we already have the Notgrass Books.

My 5th grader's complaint about AAS is that the words are all too easy for her. Yet she still does need reinforcement of the rules, just with harder words. I am still looking for such a program and look forward to other replies here. Thank you.

We have used kinesiology for over 13 years and find that it is an accurate way to find out what is going on and how to treat it. Our chiropractor uses it, as do other types of practitioners. For allergies you might want to look into NAET at www.naet.com. I discovered it blog hopping and am going through the process myself at this time with a local provider.