Our last few were The Little Princess (she Loved it!), 100 Dresses, and Sarah Plain and Tall.

Can you just take your time through the material, but maybe not half pace, and then move on when you are done? This would allow you to have 2 years of 6th, but still allow her to be challenged with the curriculum. That is the joy of homeschooling. Your 6th grader can be doing 7th+ grade work . . .

Thanks! So for this 6th grader who does have a solid grammar base, who will be using TOG, is TOG and LR enough to include grammar and writing and vocab from TOG, and then just add spelling, or does a writing program needed to be added (is the writing aid enough to add on, or something else entirely)? (how was that for a run on!);)

sounds awesome! Hope someone posts a link! :bigear:

For Ancients? it might have been mine here?

Sorry, not to hijack this thread but hopefully it will help the OP as well. For the Latin Road, I know PR is a complete LA program, is TLR? or would that just be grammar? Thanks! (My sister is thinking about it for my rising 6th grade niece who is coming from Abeka).

We keep a craft bin fully stocked at all time. They love that. We also bought 2 bean bag chairs at the beginning of the year for a "reading corner". It was special for them and they love getting do parts of school in them, and many read alouds.

I am very much like that. If it is not planned it won't happen. And dd and ds LOVE projects and activities. So, I am planning them all this summer. I chose all my supplemental books,(many from Sonlight, TOG, and VP) plugged it into an excel spreadsheet and then started going through activities to choose which we would do. My kids love to color so we will be doing all coloring sheets, and maps. I am done with about 20 chapters so far I think. My goal was to have this done by the FPEA convention so I am not tempted to buy something else already done! :tongue_smilie: As for books. I hate the library, so I made 2 lists. I will purchase the first list (spending about as much as I would on a Sonlight core) and then the second list is supplemental, if I get to the library great, if not, we will still have had plenty of great books read. That is our plan! :auto:

I am planning SOTW 1 with lots of books (many of the VP ones) is there a way to order just the cards and songs? I am pretty sure my schedule is set, so don't necessarily need the TM, but the I love the cards idea and the songs intrigue me . . . Thanks! I am very much considering going straight VP for Bible/History next year. Are there any samples of the TM? I am considering the Bible for this year as well. . . anyone done the 1st grade Bible? We did our own thing this year and it looks similar to their K, so I think we would be on track for their first. I always use VP as a guide for curr/lit, but thinking maybe I might be interested in more. :)

anyone care to explain VP history and Bible to me. I am utterly confused and have searched yielding no answers. thanks!

Bible Study Guide for all Ages

We also faced this dilemma at the beginning of this year. DD was in ballet/tap and gym, and we simply couldn't afford to keep up both or I would have. Just this month she moved to level 2 so 2X/week in the gym. Just today as she was working on a level 3 floor routine nailing all the "skills" but struggling with the one footwork element, I was thinking hmmm more ballet sure would have been beneficial! I would continue both if you can afford it until the time/money commitment becomes too much and she needs to choose. I did always let dd make that choice, but I leaned heavily away from gym bc of the commitment. Yet, while she loved dance and swimming (another detour I tried to lean away from gym!) ;) she chose gym every time. I do believe gym is a wonderful precursor to later sports if she does decide at 10 or 11 she wants to do something else. . .

next year I will have a 1st and K4, (and a 1 yo tagging along) :) we are planning to use the Bible Study Guide for all Ages. It looks great! :) I think we are going to go with the beginner student pages and timeline for this year.

I just got it as well, and I am super intrigued, especially with the cards and CD. We are planning many of those books already in our history plan for next year, but would love to hear how the cards and CD work more specifically . . .

We are attempting a combination for next year. SOTW as a spine and adding Sonlight books from that time frame (I also added VP and TOG supplemental books) attempting to get the best of all worlds. We shall see how it goes. If it goes well, we will continue this plan for the first cycle and possible do the same thing for the next cycle only using MOH (which I have heard is a better fit for older kids)

cheerios in her high chair, puzzles, board books, cheerios in her high chair, nap, eat crayons, color on everything, take everything out of its place, cheerios in her high chair (have I mentioned that?!) :lol: dance to all song memory work, and sings during read alouds :glare: but she is so stinkin' cute! ;) Yeah, we do as much as we can while she naps! :tongue_smilie:

Just another thought to consider, unless your children speak Japanese fluently, a lot of the first year will be language acquisition, I would not expect much content to be learned. (which is really fine at that age, and when I suggested only phonics/reading and math as supplements). I would imagine by the second year, that would not be an issue. What a wonderful experience though! :)

We used Saxon1 this year, and then when we finished it in April began Math Mammoth 1. It has been the perfect supplement to close out our math year. It teaches alot of the same topics, but in so many different ways, with a much more conceptual approach. We have liked it so much that I think we are switching to it as our main math next year. Either way it would have been a great supplement.

We have thought often about this, since we also are considering a move overseas and putting our kids into school for at least a year for language and culture acquisition. I would keep it simple. Ordinary Parents Guide to reading for phonics, and we would use Math Mammoth for math. That and good readers and some read alouds. I don't think you will have much time for more than that, and really those are the main things anyway.

Favorites: Parenting with love and logic (the one for early childhood) and Making Children Mind without Losing Yours (Christian content) or Have a New Kid by Friday (same principles but more secular bent)

I printed out the full year and took it to Staples to be sprial bound. I had 2 books made for each year (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) It was so worth having it all printed and in workbook form.

thanks! ugh, not sure why I didn't search first :001_huh: lots of great info out there, thanks!!! :)

I just found out we have a Classical Conversations group in our town. I have never looked into it very much until now. I would love to hear what other think about it. Is it worth it? I have 2 that would participate (K4 and 1st). I assume all that they do would be supplemental and an add on to each subject, nothing being enough to stand alone, correct? Thanks for any input! :)

echo WWE and handwriting. Also, you didn't mention phonics? are you done with phonics? For readers are you looking for readers or read alouds? We are using Sonlight readers for next year, as well as many of their read alouds. Also check out Ambleside online for great reading lists. other than those, looks great!

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