Hi Kim, Thanks so much for your response. I sincerely appreciate it. I always research things thoroughly before jumping in. My boys are just finishing up 7th Grade now and will start 8th Grade in the Fall so we're a ways from the SATs/ACTs. However, I don't think short term only. I'm always looking way down the road. LOL!!! Partly because I am not American born so I want to make sure that high school will give me no surprises. We are finishing up Core 6 of Sonlight which covers Ancient Egypt and Sumer through the Reformation. Had we stuck with SL this Fall we would be doing Core 7 which cover the 17th century to about 1990. I wonder if making the switch to AO will disrupt the period of history they are studying now? I have asked this on the HEO list but thot I'd just mention it here too. Thanks again.

Thanks so much Angelina! I'll check them out. Peace, Monique

I am using Sonlight (SL) Core 6 now with my 12yo twin sons. Ever so often I will go over to Ambleside Online and check it out. I have never left Sonlight partly due to loyalty to what we've used for a long time and also because I feared jumping into Ambleside and doing it on my own. I liked the hand holding and the convenience of SL. There are so many great books that AO suggests and that I don't know how we'd get to them while doing SL. So I have decided to jump off the ledge and dive in to AO. Since that decision I have an excitment in my chest and I'm on fire. So has anyone switched from SL to AO? Those using AO is it working? I also feared leaving SL due to the convenience of having everything laid out and all the books arrive nice and neat in a box. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Has anyone used this curriculum for high school and if so how well did it prepare your children. Also is this curriculum well rounded? How did it help your kids prepare for the SATs/ACTs. I do realize that test prep is required for the SATs/ACTs so I am referring to the content of this curriculum giving all that a child requires to graduate and prepare them for College. Thanks.

Thank you ladies for your replies. I sincerely appreciate it. Lesley

Hello, My name is Monique and my sons are in the latter part of Epsilon in MUS. I have some questions. 1. Has anyone supplemented MUS with word problems? If so what have you used and what has worked. 2. I was thinking of using Singapore Math for extra word problem practice. A friend has Singapore Math Advanced Problems and she said the solutions are not included JUST the answers. The problem is I'm not a math whiz and would need the back up of solutions and answers like MUS lists. A kind lady on this message board, who also uses MUS, shared that she used Singapore but only used the Singapore TM to reinforce concepts and word problems (because she had the Singapore TMs from an older child) and she said the new concept lessons are listed in the TM as well as the student math questions. But she shared that her TM was older and to check with others using the new version of Singapore to see if the solutions are listed in the answer keys or if JUST the answers are still listed per her older version. Another question is could I just get away with using the new Singapore TM to reinforce concepts and get extra word problem practice instead of buying the student books too? I have twins so it can get quite expensive buying double of everything when all I am really looking for is extra word problem practice. My kids could just read the questions in the TM and each do their work in a separate notebook as per what was suggested to me. Please advise. I hope this isn't confusing. Thanks. Monique

Our sons are both in violin and piano but they are musically inclined. Their father is a professional musician & composer and they definitely have inherited his gift of music. That being said for over 15 months we had to drop the music due to finances. It was a welcomed break as they started piano at 4 and only took off our vacation time and whatever breaks the piano teacher took (spring break; Christmas break etc.). They took up violin much later and received group instruction with other homeschooled kids for a year then the teacher quit and we couldn't afford lessons. They both missed their instruments and started saying that as soon as we could afford it they wanted to get back into it. They are now back in both instruments since last fall sharing a 45 minute violin lesson and doing 30 minute piano lessons each. The lesson learned was that sacrifices have to be made at times but they got right back on track and what is important is that "they" missed and appreciated their lessons and wanted to get back into music. HTH. Monique