Homeschoolmom3
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Thanks Lori for your comments! I agree with you, I had my son take full reigns on his classes over the past couple of years and have let him plan them out and just have given him some deadlines. Also, having experience with online classes and me forcing my self not to have any part in them (he's on his own) has helped too. I know he is not like most HS kids, wouldn't consider for my middle son unless he matures fast...ha! I still have to sit over him with his assignments and crack the whip...J/K :rolleyes:
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Thanks for all of your thoughts. My son is looking at taking college credits through a Christian college online so I don't worry so much about content as much. I guess I am struggling with paying $600 classes for Omnibus (because I don't have time to read all the books enough to discuss well with him) or letting him take college courses for only $100 getting college and HS credit. I know I sound like a terrible parent but I want him to make the most of his time and money. Would be nice to get as many credits out of the way for such a great deal then having to pay full price when he graduates. Anyone ever contemplate this? Thanks everyone for your responses!
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Thanks for your comments Lori, I guess I should have been more clear, looking at more the Hist./Lit areas
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Would love to know how everyone feels on this topic. Such a TOUGH decision. Whether to let a child get college credits during their HS years for prerequisites or continue on using a rigorous well educated curriculum plan for history, literature, social sciences. etc. Thanks!
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Aretemama~ Very helpful thanks! My son is doing the last part of the Greek series along side of some of the Omnibus and we used the Great Books (Vandiver) as well this year. My son is enjoying the Greek sections that we have done so far. I am hoping to simplify my life next year and go with one. I like how Romanroads spends more time on Ancients and separates the Greeks and Romans where as Omnibus combines the two for the most part. Money is tight for us next year....would he be missing out too much if he did just the DVDs do you think? Is there alot that goes on in the classes that the DVDs would miss? Thanks again!
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We do like Joanna Hensley as well who is now at Wilson Hill. Potters School we used for Latin 3/4 I liked it okay but I think the teacher is stretched too thin so we will going back to Wilson Hill for AP Latin since it works with our schedule this year. HTH
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Thanks will check it out...
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Wondering if anyone has used the video courses he is now offering through Romansroads Media? Looks very good in regards to the book list and the price is right! Anyone? Thanks in advance! Debating between using this and Omnibus.
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FWIW, I agree with the other suggestions but also, our CC is going to be new next year with new tutors. I had thought this might be a good fit for one of my sons but opted not to go that route due to so many uncertainties. I didn't like the thought of blowing a whole year if we have bad tutors and scrambling trying to come up with another plan. So we decided to stick to with what we have been doing. Good luck in your decision...I know it can be grueling!
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I can second Easy Classical and Memoria Press. :)
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That would be awesome...will do. Thanks!
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Was wondering if anyone knows how to access their booklist for the year in the Great Conversation am debating between Years 1 & 2 for my middle child and Years 4 & 5 for my oldest but didn't want to duplicate too much of our reading. Have contacted them but it might be sometime before they respond hoping someone knows of a way it is on their website or if they have it by chance?
Thanks!
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Well, in regards to reading I require a lot of reading for my kids. I planned for 1 1/2 hrs.-2 hrs a day in the elementary years, but understand it was not at one setting. In your age range that you are in now I did about 30 minutes of reading in our morning meeting time that we do together as a family. I read some to them during lunch and then they read 30 minutes by themselves. I also read 30 minutes (to my youngest who is turning 4 soon) before his "nap time" and then I read another 30 minutes before his bedtime. So he gets close to 2 hrs a day and he is only 3. When doing chapter books and harder material I use that time to read when he is eating or "preoccupied" to let him be exposed to longer books and then each time we begin I recap where we had left off so he is on the same page.
To your Geography question, after switching to VP, not sure what specifics you are looking for but in memorizing the countries we have used Geography Songs, also include map work when studying the history topic and placed it on a map when they were little. I believe if I can remember right that VP has a printable map that you can use where you put up little markers where you study each area.
Latin we used at that age was: Song School Latin by CAP
I wouldn't worry about the creative writing yet they are still young and your day will be filled up enough...IMO..:) Good luck!
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I agree with Silver Moon the Victor Journey Through the Bible is an awesome resource! I have used it with my kids and enjoyed it when they were little. I used a chronological Bible and we just read through it you can always get commentaries to help you understand it all. I would encourage you to read the Bible and make that a priority because that is how God speaks to his children it is a "living" book. Some books I have used as we were reading through to help (and it usually took us 2 years to get through it all) were: Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts (great summary of the book and has maps and charts that are helpful) I used What the Old Testament is About by Elmer Towns in college and I love this book! It is out of print but you might could find it used. It is a very easy read and explains passages very well. He offers a New Testament as well. I did many "curriculums" in the early years and was never satisfied they either repeat the stories over and over again or do "subject" or "topic" study and I wanted to study the scripture not just read stories. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!
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It depends what you are looking for and hoping to accomplish. During the early years we did various things from Book studies of the Bible to focusing on World view. Several years we read the Bible through chronologically and discussed it. Now that my kids are older they read it on their own using a planned set of reading I schedule that is to be done in the morning and then we discuss it. Bible in my opinion is one of those things that you don't need to have a curriculum per say but a plan. If you are looking more for character studies we do that on top of their Bible reading where the kids pick out one thing they need to work on for the week and then they read verses and passages that will help them with their character trait. Once source that has been very helpful in that is: For Instruction in Righteousness, which is a book broken down by qualities that one wishes to desire with a list of Bible references and stories. What exactly are you wanting to accomplish and I might can steer you in what has worked for us?
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Will check that book out...thanks
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Thanks Lori, great list! Great ideas and I didn't know about checking on Wikipedia. :blush:
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Thanks, that is a good list for modern...we are looking to finish up ancient-medieval next year and didn't want to miss any must have's. We have completed the Odyssey and so are looking in the 800-400BC range, and am looking forward from that time period. We are hoping to finish up to the 400 BC this year maybe finishing with Plato. So we are starting Aristophanes next week and was thinking of doing Aesops fables, but before I do that I was wondering if I can consider: Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato for Literature? Thanks everyone! I hope this makes since I am compiling next year's list as well and so looking ahead from the 400BC-1000AD. So would love to find some type of master list. Thanks for your ideas!
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Looking for a great master list for HS classical Literature chronologically? I have the WTM, but was looking for a larger list that is possibly broken up by genre. Know of anything? TIA
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I have really enjoyed Memoria Press JrK this year with my youngest. He still loves as well Kumon books particularly the mazes.
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My son who is labeled "gifted" did their Diploma program in 7th grade, I am saying this because academically he is very much ahead and was doing HS work at this age. I was accepting a new baby and knew I couldn't keep up with what he needed academically so I thought I would hand him over to VP. Anyhow, from our experience it is EXTREMELY time consuming. My son had no time to breathe due to the 2x a week per class so each class enrolled is 3hrs. each week on top of all of the reading and assignments. I really like the rigor don't get me wrong but to do all of their classes through them is too much! I would recommend the areas you feel that you can't keep up with them and then do the others at home. You can still be in their "diploma program" and do some work on your own you just have to submit work to them with grades to put that in their system. Hope this makes sense, we didn't continue through them....too costly however we still do a lot of the Omnibus on our own and through local coops. HTH
FWIW, I should let you know that year that he took: Omnibus III Secondary & Primary, Logic I, Algebra I, Physical Science, Composition I & Latin I. However, my son said he learned the most in the Omnibus classes and that is what I would recommend out of them all.
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Not sure how to respond my middle schooler does Spelling Workout which to me has some voc. in it along with Latin so we don't use a voc. curriculum per say....my oldest does Latin and we all do a word of the day off the SAT list but do nothing else. I feel with reading its enough. We never did vocabulary in elementary years except instructing them of a few words they might not know that was in their reading. HTH
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Could look into easypeasy, she has alot on there organized by year
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My 3 yr old listens to my older kids Latin and I'll tell him voc. in other languages. He loves learning what others are. We have listened to Song School Latin which he has memorized alot from. I also have some books in Latin on tape he listens too and he has memorized poems as well. He is also enjoying Muzzy for German. We are not doing anything formal as of yet though. HTH
What are you doing for 7th grade?
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Still debating as to what to do with my 7th grader...uhh... For the one who posted a question about Omnibus class and writing my oldest son took Omni 3 in 7th grade and he wrote ALOT! He said between both the primary and secondary was the best thing that helped him as a writer. I would not recommend taking a full load at VP doing both primary and secondary they can get burnt out and it is alot covered in one year. Wilson Hill I feel is a happy medium and more doable (just my opinion) if you want to do VP online I would recommend doing either primary or secondary with them and do the other at home as to space the reading out a bit more. HTH