Brindee, I am going to be using MTWBH with Trail Guides next year also! Are you doing it on your own or in a Co-Op? We will be doing it with a Co-Op. Would love to share ideas of what is working and not! I have started working on a schedule, but don't have it done yet. I am not nearly as efficient as Christine! But I'll share it with you when I am done, if you like.

:iagree: I have used Sonlight for only 6 years and it has fit our family extremely well, too. I love their Instructor's Guides, but I do love a plan ;).

Please send it to NC. It is hot and dry!!

I understand completely. It took me three (maybe four) years to finally figure out how I wanted to do a timeline. I can't say this is the best way, but this is what I found works for us. Also, we don't have a good wall to use for a timeline either. I always thought that would be good way. First, I made each child a timeline beginning 5000 BC going forward until present day. I had it spiral bound at a local copy center. I left the front cover blank for them to decorate. Sonlight has a good one and mine is similar to theirs. Now, once a quarter (or whenever) we have a block of time, we add in people and events that we have just studied. We use the Home School in the Woods timeline figures. I have copies for each child to use. This way we can add to the book each time we go through the time period. Is that clear as mud? HTH!

I voted too! It is now at 94% against requiring teaching credentials. Thanks for posting the link.

Just wondering how it went????

:iagree: We are finishing R&S English 3, for the 3rd time! I highly recommend R&S English. My oldest has just finish R&S English 8. He starated with 3 and has been using it each year. We think it is a great program.

I guess we do MUS the "lazy" way too! I watch the video with each child, making sure they understand the new concept. They do the worksheets over the week. Hopefully, I check them daily, then when I think they are ready for the test, they take that. Then we move on to the next lesson. Math is very painless around our house. HTH!

We have been studying Latin, with plans to continue Latin in HS and add RS Spanish. I am just wondering how the grammar from Latin will work with the RS Spanish? What would we need to add to get HS credit for Spanish? Thanks,

Thanks! I just visited that site and it has great information for someone just starting the high school years!

We like it. It is easy to use. The concepts are explained in way each of my children understand. I have, in earlier years, supplimented with Singapore's Topical Problem Sums (basically, word problems). I go over the new lesson with each one. They usually do their work on their own, giving it back to me for checking. Anything, they need more work on, we do together until they understand it and can explain it to me. Their standardized tests scores have constistently been well above average. In other words, it works for us! Hope you find a program that works for your family!

MUS has worked well for my boys, who like math and for my dd, who would rather be doing anything else! We are continuing with it again next year.

Thanks, Laura. We need all the help with poetry we can get. I am going to use this with my boys!

Funny you should ask. I was sharing the audio with my husband and he said all he could think of was Alfalfa in The Little Rascals reciting this poem with firecrackers going off as he recited it! :lol:

We have used Cores 2, 3, 4 and 6. I like the IG format and needed that organization, especially when I started homeschooling. It was a perfect fit for our family. The books are great and I wanted (still do) my children to enjoy reading. We love the historical fiction. I appreciate being able to use it the second time around with my youngest! It makes planning my week so easy! That being said, I am looking at TOG for next year. The teacher's guide just seems way to complicated for me, but I am going to look at it again.

Thanks for sharing your story. As one who was infertile for 6 years, I appreciate it so much and look forward to reading the next chapter!

We read By Right of Conquest as a read aloud this year and everyone enjoyed it. My ds also read Mary, Bloody Mary and his comment was that it would be better for a girl! He is my avid reader, too! Haven't read King's Fifth, but the description sounded interesting. Could you get By Right of Conquest audio as an interlibrary loan? That has worked for us.

In Freedom's Cause, by G.A. Henty is probably too old for your children now, but one we loved. We did it as a read aloud this past year and everybody (dad included) enjoyed it. You might like it your next time through!

Christine, Everytime I go to your website, I loose track of time. I really do enjoy what all you have done. I need to get a few more things done around my house, so I can enjoy your website and schedules, without fear of getting caught "playing" on the computer;)!

I voted other, because we have had such success with MUS! ;) It has been economical for us, since each child has used it and the resale value I have seen is amazing, as I am always on the lookout for the next level!

I did Apologia General Science with my then 6th and 7th grader. He did just fine with it and has done equally well as a 7th grader, with Physical Science this year. My concern now, is doing biology for his 8th grade year. That will leave a life science with lab to do in high school for him. I am thinking that he can do one later in dual enrollment. Right now, I am planning on him doing biology as an 8th grader. It has been easier for me doing one science with both boys. We have a younger sibling as well, who did enjoy the experiements. My boys pretty much did general science on their own, doing the review with me, so I didn't really include her in their science. Does that help?

Would love to see what you are doing! I think we are going to use the MTWBH, but we are planning on reading Around the World in 80 Days also. This will be my first time teaching geography, so I am open to see what will work best for our group. Thanks!

Christine, I have been wanting to tell you how much I have enjoyed your Core Foundations! I forgot to mark it as a Favorite and couldn't get back to it. Now I can! And I have marked it as a Favorite. I may try your blank schedule sheet and see if I can schedule MTWBH. I'll let you know if I succeed in figuring it out. Thanks for your imput!

Lisa, Thanks so much for your plan. I really appreciate your sharing it. I just spent two days our anual state conference looking for geography ideas. What I think I have decided is to use MTWBH as the spine and use Trail Guide to World Geography and The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide to fill in as needed. We will also be reading Around the World in 80 Days. I like having a plan and this is one I think I can do! If the children can really learn to map the world by heart, I will be thrilled. :hurray: That would be great to see what games and books you used. I appreciate all help! New bookshelves? How wonderful.

Congratulations!:hurray: