For picture books and homeschool living books, I like looking at the titles on Dibble and Dash on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/dibbleanddash/ The shipping costs are less than tradition sellers, especially if you are purchasing multiple titles. Good prices on books, too.

Joyous Lessons is a CM blog by a mom with a crew of littles. http://joyouslessons.blogspot.com/ There are many areas of CM excellence on this blog, but her nature study is tops with gorgeous notebook examples from her children. http://joyouslessons.blogspot.com/2013/11/nature-study-notes-our-weekly-outing.html Another favorite of mine is Aut2behomeincarolina. http://aut2bhomeincarolina.blogspot.com/ Lots of wisdom here about using CM methods with autism. Inspiring posts even if you aren't dealing with children on the spectrum.

Cindy, at the Ordo Amoris blog is known for her Morning Time system. There are links on this page for the various aspects of her system. http://www.ordo-amor...e-to-begin.html

The Ambleside group made their own group for info and support on using the upper years(7-12) of the program: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/house-of-education . You will find lots of help by posting a message there as well as good info in the files of the group regarding schedules. We used a lot of Ambleside during the high school years and really enjoyed it.

My three eldest children all used Saxon through Advanced Math. They learned their math, but didn't like it. With my youngest, I tried a different approach. When he was in 7th grade, I found Singapore and we worked through 4A through 6B that year. Then we did Teaching Textbooks for Algebra I and II. We used MEP math for geometry. TT was late in getting their precalc program out the year we needed it, so we used MUS. As a homeschool junior, my son took a year of precalc at the community college. He tested into calculus, but I wanted him to be solid (and had read LoriM's positive recommendation on doing precalc at CC). Last year, as a senior, he did Calc I+II and Business Stat at CC. He is very solidly prepared in math, receiving high A's in all his math classes. In Calc II, he led a study group that included a retired MD/PhD researcher from the University and a very wide assortment of older classmates. The retired researcher was an especially bright spot for my son as they got to be good friends. He and his wife came to my son's graduation party! My son was a late reader, and I tried to adjust his academic program to best fit his needs. It worked well for him to take math in easy-to-digest smaller bites with lots of discussion. I am so glad we found a math sequence that worked well for him. He confidently says that he loves math!

I used a program called "Framing Your Thoughts" as an early elementary writing program 20+ years ago. Assuming that was the same program you are looking at, I would recommend it as an aid for increasing the complexity of basic sentence. I liked the way phrases were moved about in sentences using triangles and still occasionally think of sentence structure using the program format.

I used Saxon through Advanced Math with my older 3 children, but knew it would not be a good fit for my youngest son, a late reader with dysgraphic weaknesses. I posted on the old board for insight, and got some great suggestions from LoriM. Here's what we did: 1. TT Algebra 1+2 in 8th and 9th 2. MEP Math for Geometry supplemented with Aleks over two summers 3. MUS Precalc in 10th supplemented with Aleks (TT Precalc wasn't available in complete form when ds was in 10th . 4. This year (11th) precalc divided over two semesters at community college, both semester courses using the Hornsby Lial text, Precalc a Unit Circle Approach. Results and Plans 1. Tested into calculus after completing MUS precalc. I talked to one staff member and 2 profs about the Compass scores and they all said to go straight to calc as they considered the scores very high. 2. I chose to do the year long cc precalc to make sure all was solid, especially wanting ds to experience the heavy use of the graphing calculator and to ramp up to doing an increased number of problems daily before calculus. My decision was sealed when LoriM had posted sometime last year that her daughter did cc precalc even though she had an excellent high school prep through calculus. Ds received an A last semester in College Algebra with Limits. His prof told him he was an excellent student and was either 1st or 2nd in rank in the class. 3. This semester ds is continuing through the Hornsby/Lial text via the five credit course, Trig and Analytical Geometry. Ds just completed the first exam and got an A. 4. Next year, as homeschool senior, ds plans to take Calc 1 and 2 at cc. His current plan is to major in finance, possibly with a math minor. He is also considering computer science. We will be looking at texts when he moves to a four year college for his freshman year. I've considered having him start the calc sequence with Calc II, as a freshman to make sure he is solid before going into Calc III. 5. For our situation, the "math lite" sequence with about 60 hours of Aleks supplementation has worked out well. We had for more math discussion since we weren’t doing as many extensive math calculations. And now ds can get used to doing those pages of calculations while feeling confident of his mathematical ability. Although most on this board will benefit from one of the more rigorous college prep math programs, I wanted to share my experience in case there are others who need to choose a less rigorous route to better fit thier children's unique needs. Jolene