Also. the DVD's are available from Netflix!

:iagree: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/images/smilies/iagree.gif I whole heartedly agree with this!

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Either you are nuts or your about to be!! There is no way you can evaluate all the available curriculum available to you! One portion may be a complete fit while another will leave everyone frustrated. My advise is step back...take a look at what your state requirements are...then make a list of what your personal family ideals are and go from there. Those questions will help narrow the field considerably!

:bigear: Interesting...

:bigear: Interested in hearing what ideas you get. I just looked at that program and .... WOW ... that is expensive!

IDK, just wanted to say that we used to watch Liberty's Kids with our now 12 yr old! He was super excited when we found out the whole series was available from Netflix. Now we can share it with our 7 yr old too ;) Also, you can search out PBS documentaries which we have loved watching.

How exciting! I have been teaching my 1st grader some USA geography. I love this idea to expand our horizons! I just signed her up. Thank you! )

We used SOS last year with our then 5th grader. We pulled him out of PS mid year and I really needed a complete curriculum. I absolutely LOVED the program. However, DS did not like that it was completely computer based. I ended up spending a lot of time and money printing out all the lessons. But I am very impressed with the program. It just was not a good fit for us. And this year for both kids we have taken more of an electric approach. Playing to their strengths while helping their weaknesses.

On the MOH website they show 3 atlases. Which of these are needed with MOH I? Absolutely necessary or really awesome to have necessary? Thanks! ;)

This worked for us too! :iagree:

We are using Growing with Grammar for our 1st grader. Love it!

Wow. Relax! It seems that some kids have a natural ability for writing while with others you will be lucky to get them to write a book report. Case in point, my DD age 7 loves to write. Anything, anywhere, anytime. One of her favorite things to do is use up all the printer paper writing "books". And then there is my DS age 12. I have long ago accepted that he will not be winning any Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. And that is OK! This year he is working through the Jump In curriculum so at least he is exposed to different writing styles and has some experience with them. But in all honesty I am happy that he can address an envelope and write a simple thank you!

Personally I love Jump In. This was our first year of full time HS with our 6th grader too. He hated, hated, hated the thought of writing ANYTHING when he came out of the public school system. He bulked at the idea of this workbook too until he took a look at it. Now he has really developed an appreciation of different writing styles. Since each type of paper is broken down into skills he can relax and see the different the parts instead of being overwhelmed with the idea of "I've got to write this". http://www.apologia.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=34

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