Here's a free e-book that might help. http://fivejs.com/free-ebook-learn-the-states-and-postal-abbreviations/

I think incremental would be the same as mastery. You've picked what I think are the best examples of spiral and mastery programs. Others lean one way, but are a little more in between. Singapore is considered mastery, but is less so than MUS. I find this page very helpful. http://www.homeschoolmath.net/curriculum_reviews/index.php

I agree with Siloam. We used the Level 1 Chemistry text and Labs. The text was very nice. My husband teaches Chemistry and he's the one who picked it out. But the experiments were too hard with too much writing for us. There was a strong emphasis on the scientific method. I was using it with a 3rd grader. However, Level 1 was recommended to me by the vendor because he was a very strong reader.

I just found the thread to answer my own question :) http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168553&highlight=meaningful+composition

What age is the program for? Are you supposed to start at the beginning?

How do you know what level of Meaningful Composition to purchase? Both of these programs were suggested to me just this afternoon. I was pleasantly surprised to find a thread here.

I don't think there is a Lively Latin for Children. There are programs called Latin for Children and Lively Latin. My older son used Latin for Children and learned a lot from it. My daughter is using Latina Christiana and prefers it to Latin for Children. LC is more straightforward and systematic than LFC. I wouldn't recommend Latina Christiana for 7th grade though.

This looks really nice. And who wouldn't like the price?

Mine is in my signature :001_smile:

Also TOG is more geared to the 4 year history cycle in WTM.

Some of our favorites: Snap Circuits K'nex Banagrams Quiddler Set Blokus Rush Hour Global Puzzle Oregon Scientific Smart Globe (expensive but has been amazing!)

Those are my blog comparisons :) Be sure and read the comments too, because people raised some good points.

It'd be easier to list the similarities. They're both math curricula. Done. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Saxon uses a spiral method of teaching math. So, they introduce a topic, and there are problems to work, but also problems that review other topics are practiced every day. There is a lot of practice. Singapore is more of a mastery math program. They work on one topic for a while, building on the previous lesson. There are periodic review exercises, but not every day like Saxon. Singapore math doesn't have a lot of practice. That can be good for a child who gets math and doesn't need a lot of practice, but most people add additional drill for math facts. I have not actually used Saxon, that's just what I've gleaned from my own reading of reviews. I have used and love Singapore.

NC requires a name too. So ours has a name, but we don't do a lot with it yet.

My late writer is very active. Not only did he not write, he didn't draw anything either until late K.

This looks good.

I'm going to use Our Mother Tongue by Nancy Wilson next year. I just it yesterday but I really like the look of it.

Here's a review that I wrote of Tapestry of Grace that might be helpful. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kristenph/681780/

That's great news for me too.

Thanks! This is great.

I don't think that you necessarily need an hour a day. I have Mindbenders on CD/ROM and Building Thinking Skills. The Mindbenders are the classic logic grid puzzles where they give clues like Tom, Ben, and Mike are in the fifth grade. One of them is wearing a red shirt. The one wearing the blue shirt is not Mike. You use the grid and process of elimination to identify everyone. BTS reminds me more of an IQ test. There are both verbal and spacial questions in it. There is a huge variety but it includes things like analogies, figuring out how the box will look folded, etc. Honestly, I haven't done a good job of consistently working either of these into our schedule, not that they would take much time. I can't see spending 3 hours a week on them. Depending on the child, the Mindbenders especially could be used more for fun and not included in "school". That somehow takes the fun out of things here.

We have been sadly lacking in memory work, and I just saw this thread about Living Memory. I really, really want to order it now. Those of you who ordered and have received it now, how do you like it?

This is interesting. Tapestry of Grace uses both the Hakim books and This Country of Ours in Year 2 (and probably later too, but I don't have the later years). But, the Hakim books are for upper grammar and TCOO is for Dialectic. From what I've read here, it almost sounds like they should be reversed. It looks like I could definitely combine both ages into one of the resources, though so that's good news.

You're welcome:001_smile:

The 4 principal parts in a Latin verb are: 1st person singular present, present infinite, perfect 1st person singular, past participle. amo amare amavi amatus means I love to love I loved loved Here's a link I found that may help. 4 principal parts