Hi everyone,
I'm brand new to the boards and classical ed., although we've been homeschooling for eight years now. For the past seven years we were part of a wonderful co-op, but after moving this summer we're on our own. So far we've been using Abeka but both the kids and I are hating it. It is so boring! I've been reading lots of books on homeschooling philosophies, especially classical ed. and I'm really drawn to it. This is the education I want my kids to have!
Anyways...I love the idea of TOG; it looks like my dream history curriculum. The one major drawback I see is that it looks really teacher intensive. Is it? I've got four school age kids (grades 8, 4, 2, and 1). So that would be three different levels of TOG, right? I also have four younger kids (ages 4,3,2, and 13 months) who keep me busy and I'm pregnant. I don't mind spending an hour or so a week planning and I want to be involved with my kids, but there's only so much time I can spend.
Would MOH be less teacher intensive? Is there another history curriculum that would work better for me? I really want something that is classical (4-year cycle), Christian, uses lots of living books, and can be used by all my kids.
Thanks!
Shoshana