Yes, they do customize the lesson plans according to your needs in all subjects. This is the first time I have been using their lesson plan this year and it has been working well. They even were very nice about making some changes in the grade levels in a few subjects I ordered after I got the CD....they just mailed me the new plan. I was very happy with their service and the plan is very good and it really helps the parent get the best out of each subject and keeps it interesting for the student too. Their prices are also very competitive this year in terms of the books. I am pleased with them. Hope this helps.....

I started to do CC at home because of budget constraints. But I would suggest you look at this blog.... http://halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/ I have learned much from her. She has some wonderful suggestions for history, especially with the elementary aged kids....LAP BOOKS. They give the appropriate information and they get to do "craft" and build their lap book. This has been a great website where I get the lap books and the kids are loving history!!! http://ajourneythroughlearning.com/ For Science after exploring so many, many places, we have been loving http://eequalsmcq.com/classicsciinfo.htm There is plenty of experiments with stuff around the house, he covers the main subjects in a very fun way, yet asks the child to challenge their thinking. We have been doing it week by week and the kids love it. Hope all this helps.

Hi, I, too, started doing CC at home with my 4 kids......I had loved what CC offers. I just didn't have the budget to put 3 kids through their Foundations/Essentials program. So, I invested in the Foundations book, the Audio CD, the memory CD (which I use to print out facts to work on in the week) and I already had some of the Veritas cards, so I just bought the rest. I took a lot of online help. I use this blog, which helps me with a week by week break down of each subject. http://halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/ Do check her out....She is a mine of information on everything CC. She offers lots of resources to check out like lap books for history (kids love it!!), a very nice science curriculum, lots of math games.....lots of online games/videos for history, music and art etc. She even helps with ideas on how to organize your CC at home. CC will become so much easier, yet challenging, engaging and so much more meaningful and your kids will love it!!! Mine LOVE it!! I hope this helps......

We have been using Abeka for my older child....she seems to find it challenging enough, but I have been reading up/talking further on long term abeka math and reviews of it through high school, and a lot of people who initially thrived on it seem to switch to Saxon during middle school years citing various reasons related to dissatisfaction of understanding the material, coverage of certain concepts etc...... 1. Is this true? Math is a subject I feel in higher grades I would like some help with certain things (not as in tutor) because I did my high schooling in another country with a different style/methodology or approach to mathematical concepts.......Now I read in the TWTM (chapter 15) that in math we should aim to complete Geometry before PSAT's (11th grade ?) .....which is very geometry-intensive. So, 2. I was looking at Teaching Textbooks as an option for next year (4th grade) for my older one and was reading Ms.Susan's recommendation on it/other's review of it etc. but on their information page they seem to get to Pre-Algebra only in the 8th grade.....And is on geometry in the 11the grade.....Is this fine? 3. I made my older take the placement test for Teaching Textbooks and she aced their 3rd and 4th grade level placement test......The fifth garde one, she had a few problems with fractions part of it. So, then should I put her in 5th grade math in TT ? Or stick to 4th grade? I don't like to push too much...... 4. Meanwhile my son does not seem to like his 1st grade Abeka math.....is it wise to switch him around in the middle of it to find a better fit for him? Or will it confuse him, so stick with a program? He is a kinesthetic learner and Abeka is not really helping him like Arithmetic? Is saxon or Math U see a better option with him......since both use more manipulative's in their lessons???? Thanks,

I really am in a dilemma here...... I am trying to fix my curriculum for next year where I will have 3 kids...4th grade, 2nd grade and K5. For my curriculum I have been following the "well trained Mind's" recommendation. I am having a bit of dilemma for Math in the long run, when pre-algebra and all start. I have tried both Saxon (for a year) and abeka (his year)......also Math u see for a bit (early on)..... I have liked all 3 programmes for different reasons. I loved the saxon math mainly because it comes with that teachers manual that helped me with the daily lessons....to understand just like Math U See did. I find Abeka math workbook challenging, makes my kids think, but the teachers manual for it.....it doesn't help me really understand the "why's". This is fine for the lower grades, I guess..... Now for the higher grades, I have confidence problems to just do lessons without understanding myself. I thought about trying Abeka's video, but I was reading up about it being long, a bit non-interactive. But would this apply for say a 4th grader and up? Is Saxon math's teachers manual for the higher grades as informative as the younger grades? And how it in the long run? What about Math U SEE??? I do not want to shift around a lot....I want to stick to one program now.....So, perhaps you ladies can give me some input from your own experiences with these math programs. Thanks so much.

I love my even numbers too!!!! I do not like odd numbers.......I also have that with shapes like I cannot serve coffee/tea/drinks from dissimilar cup/glasses size......I do not know why it bothers me.....In my mind, it is out of order!!! Oh! well!

I understand to a great extent your dilemma. I had a similar problem ( not the exact) on my hands with my oldest 3 years back.....when she was in K/1st grade. Strong reactions to certain subjects/things with similar high strung behavior in daily life.......eccentricities. I too was at my wits end and considered perhaps sending her to school. After a lot of prayers and advices, I approached a Nuero-developmentalist who had worked with a lot of homeschoolers. She helped us....without any labels/judgement, she helped me understand my child a little better, found ways (through certain exercises) to calm her reactions to certain external sensory stimuli, which was causing her extreme reactions. She is a totally different child now. She is doing so well with her education and in daily life. Our brains are so complex!!! It is important to find out his extreme reaction to "the number 9" and other eccentricities...... You could change math programmes, but unless you find out the "why" .....the problem may persist. Taking a break is also a very useful thing sometimes......it will help to calm him down too. But this is only my humble opinion.....it worked for me to pursue to find out the "why", hence I mentioned it.