Thank you for putting these together for me Lori. D.!

I used to be on this board all the time when my kids were little! I homeschooled allllll the way through and we are almost done! I am now preparing to take a little group of middle schoolers through SOTW Ancients and I am looking for help like a newbie again. Where is the best place to go to find the latest supplements that go with SOTW? I am specifically looking for youtube or Kahn academy or literature supplement ideas. Things that will enrich the curriculum and ensure it is enough for middle grades. My SOTW activity guide is 12 years old. Is there a thread on here for sharing ideas or a different forum where people are doing this? thanks!

Thank you so much for finding this! I am so happy and relieved!

Does anyone else use this great resource? Did she move it to another location? I can't find the it and I always loved the lists of living books!

We loved and completed all the levels of First Language lessons, and participated in a year of the Classical Conversations Essentials program. We have a handle on grammar basics. I am looking for some kind of beautiful or interesting grammar curriculum for my middle schoolers. (could even be a high school level curriculum) Does this exist? Something that uses beautiful passages, or something that draws out nuances in grammar or talks about root words or just SOMETHING that would have us still working on grammar concepts, but not in a textbook way. Just to clarify, I understand that we do need the basic textbooks as a base, but I think we have had enough of that. Any recommendations?

We loved and completed all the levels of First Language lessons, and participated in a year of the Classical Conversations Essentials program. We have a handle on grammar basics. I am looking for some kind of beautiful or interesting grammar curriculum for my middle schoolers. Does this exist? Something that uses beautiful passages, or something that draws out nuances in grammar or talks about root words or just SOMETHING that would have us still working on grammar concepts, but not in a textbook way. Just to clarify, I understand that we do need the basic textbooks as a base, but I think we have had enough of that. Any recommendations?

I have A Child's Introductin to Poetry and I agree that it is WAY too busy. Not that you can't get anything out of it, but I think there is too much on the page and I don't care for the organization. That is not how my brain works!

Thank you so much for the ideas everyone. I know the MCT and IEW are probably excellent, but I am still looking for something a little more simple. I am keeping those in mind for the future.

I am looking for a basic poetry book that teaches the various literary devices like alliteration, personification etc. I am looking for something that teaches the device and then gives a poem or two that use the device. Why can't I find that? Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks you.

Susan Wise Bauer is so smart and talented that I am sure she could write FLL 5 over a long weekend. :001_smile:

I just logged on here today for the first time in FOREVER to ask the same question. I am heartbroken that FLL 4 is the last one. I looked at Rod and Staff, because that is what my version of WTM suggests, but I wonder if Susan Wise Bauer has newer advice for us. I loved that FLL was consumable and the way she teaches the concepts makes it so fun and easy to understand. We have about 15 lessons left in FLL 4 and I don't know what to do. BTW MCT is SO not my style and I can't imagine switching to that after 4 years of FLL. Also, from the excerpts I can see, both Hake and RS seem to cover the same things at the same level as FLL 4, so I am not even sure which level to choose if I did get one of those.

I would like to print black line maps of the continents and countries. Ideally they would also have a word bank and a key. Does this exist? TIA!

no doubt about it: Story of the World

not sure how good your library is, but you might be able to get WTM at the library.

I am the biggest SOTW fan you will ever meet! You should absolutely start at the beginning with SOTW I. Studying history chronologically makes so much sense! Get the activity guide and read as many of the suggested supplemental books as you can. For your older child, have them write their narrations on their own. For your younger child, they can dictate it to you.