The Complete Beatrix Potter collection. Audio and print.

Our views on this can seem fairly Draconian, but yes, punishment generally is necessary for behavior that is out of line with expectations. This is just a normal part of you training them to be adults. Without elaborating on details, let's just say we greatly admire how the nuns administered punishment at the Catholic school of my youth....its certainly worked. This minor punishment is absolutely worth the sanity it provides to the teachers.

Tinariwen is a great Algerian band. They have a live set from KEXP in Seattle on YouTube that you can watch for free.

We also switched to Writing & Rhetoric from IEW. IEW simply became overwhelming with so many children to teach, and W&R has a nice online option through Schole Academy.

World Magazine has options for each group, but you would need to be ok moving from screen to print.

Another recommendation here to start early. It is valuable! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A second reco here for History of Rome. It is EXCELLENT. Are you looking for non fiction only? The Eagle of the Ninth series comes to mind as a fantastic fictional series, as does the Caroline Lawrence series (Pirates of Pompeii, Thieves of Ostia, etc.). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe below the requested reading level, but "Our Island Story" is a classic spine for this topic. It is assigned in Dialectic Level for Tapestry of Grace.

Our best experience for this is the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. We use Seton to administer the process. It is larger in scope than solely math, but the data they provide back is priceless. It is broken down by category with a percentile score. If you are willing to do an entire assessment (more than just math), this would be a good option.

I encourage you to back way up as you consider the place for sports in your homeschool. Many parents around us spend countless hours at the ballfield, but that is frankly perfectly in line with the type of adult they are intending to form from their child (well-versed in the cultural norms of the day so he/she can fit in). As classical homeschoolers, our goal is to create wise and virtuous adults out of our children. Hence, athletics DO play a part in this. For example, our girls participate in ballet to develop grace and beauty (virtues), and our boys have fun with karate and soccer to develop strength and discipline (virtues). We choose to not participate in any travel/club sports, as these do not materially contribute to the cultivation of wisdom and virtue. Before making any decisions about sports, I highly recommending doing this type of vision-casting for your children. What are you intending to create? And what part does athletics play in creating the vision?

DS10 and DS12 are both studying Latin and desperately want to learn Greek (thanks, Rick Riordan). I do not have time to add a subject now, so are there are any programs that work for self-study Greek at this age? I have heard Greek is very difficult to learn, so maybe not...

Memoria Press' First through Fourth Form Latin

Maybe this isn't exactly a helpful or encouraging answer, but we outsourced Logic quicker than you can say "Jack Robinson." Art of Argument with Classical Academic Press is a really nice option! We are outsourcing what we don't know (logic), what will take too much time to teach with eleven kids (science), or what we despise grading (writing).

Same here - agree with the posts. We love Rod and Staff, partly because of the spiral review of previous material. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Your role here is to train a responsible adults. Part of being a responsible adult is doing things we despise because, either, they are better for us in the long run, or an authority over us tells us this is the case. Working through this diligently is doing your children a favor. We are in exactly the same place with DS11, DS12 and DS13.

We use the ITBS through Seton and are very happy with the program.

Starting from graduation and moving back is always a good idea. Why choose curricula without having a vision of what you are trying to mold? We use Tapestry of Grace and love it. Wonderful for multiple kids and a lovely menu of options from which to pick.

We just moved to the area, so will be watching for any more info... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We use the Apologia series (Who is God? Who am I? Who is my Neighbor?). It seems biblically solid and has lots of open space for journaling and thoughtful responses. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We chose Latin because of the regularity of conjugation and declensions, connection to classic cultures, preparation for other romance languages in the future, improved English reading, and (eventually) the desire for our children to read the canon of early church theology in the original language. We start in 3rd grade with Prima Latina, then move through the Memoria Press progression. We do not focus on one year per book, but rather take the time needed to master the material. Our 7th grader is taking a break from new lessons and only doing translation worksheets since we noticed he is struggling with the perfect tense. We used Rosetta Stone for a year, but found it severely lacks in the grammar of a language, which is where the real benefit comes in knowing a language. I would recommend Rosetta Stone only for supplemental learning in high school to aid with conversation. Our plan is to complete Latin through high school. We have dreams of adding Greek and Amharic (native tongue of adopted children), but we will see. One other piece of advice - if one of the parents knows the language (or at least can stay a lesson ahead of the most advanced student), then learning becomes so much more easy and enjoyable.

Semi-related idea...Jim Weiss has a wonderful Sherlock Holmes CD for kids that contains some of the more famous stories. https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Children-Jim-Weiss/dp/1882513355

We use R&S, but I can't speak to CLE. If she is in 5th, then book 5 should be plenty for R&S English. We are huge fans of R&S...on our 6th child now and planning to use for all the rest.

Elliptical machine in the garage The older ones love the T25 workout videos.

Bible - Apologia Who am I? Science - Apologia Physical Science Latin - Second Form Latin Math - finish Math 7/6, Algebra 1/2 Grammar - Rod and Staff Book 7 Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Dialectic Level Logic - Discovery of Deduction online Karate

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