We do. We have memorized the CC Timeline using the VP cards and read SOW. It works fine and is delightful when we come across a chapter that teaches about one of our cards. My boys will perk up and listen with more interest! I prefer the narrative approach to History that SOW gives, but the timeline is an incredible tool to have memorized. I feel we get the best of both worlds. The activity book has chapter cards at the end of it. You could always use those to create your own timeline if you want to stay strictly with SOW.

I use the VP cards in the CC order. If you want, you can buy the CC Foundations guide for memory work. It lists the cards in chronological order according the color and number of the cards. The guide is totally worth the money spent, and so is the audio CD for the memory work. I have been a part of a CC community for 2 years, but due to personal reasons, we will be doing Cycle 3 at home. I bought the VP CD to use with the Bible cards, and it was much harder learning the order than just chanting them as CC does. I laminated my cards and then punched two holes in the bottom and put rings through them. I can hold the stack of cards up and drop them as we race through the Timeline. It is quick and easy!

We have used the ITBS for 4 years now, and it has been relatively painless. This year I am (this week) testing a 6th and K. The test instructions give options for organizing your testing into different sessions. With both boys, I break the test up into two sessions per day for three days. I give them breaks in between sessions, and it has gone rather smoothly. My youngest is very wiggly, and he has done just fine. If you are administering your own children, you can schedule the sessions to best fit your child! I ordered my tests from BJU Press.

My oldest son is dysgraphic, and we have had incredible success with Getty-Dubay Italics. We pulled him out of public school in second grade and his handwriting was atrocious. After 4 years of the GDI workbooks, he has very nice, if not beautiful cursive. He really enjoys the workbooks, and now that he is older, they incorporate literary terms as copywork. We took a break for him to learn typing, and when I brought out a new book, he actually thanked me! I didn't realize how much he actually enjoyed it. It amazed me to see a dysgraphic child happy about anything that has to do with writing.

Hi! I am new here, but our family loves CAP products. We have used SSL, Latin Primers A, B, and C. We will be using Latin Alive 1 this fall. I own Art of Argument and Discovery of Deduction, but we haven't used them yet. I tutored Logic this past year using Jim Nance's Intro and Intermediate Logic, and while they were very challenging and thorough, I feel as if the CAP books are much more applicable to life. I'll be starting my 12 year old with AoA this fall, so I will know more soon. So far, aside from a few typos, the CAP products have been lively, interesting and very user friendly. Hope this helps! Gwen

I am planning on using Classical Writing with Ominbus as well. Do you assign the writing assignments in Omnibus? It seems like it would be too much along with CW... Gwen