We just started BiblioPlan and it sounds like what you are looking for. It gives us a weekly list of books and other activities, including SOTW. There are many books listed for each age group.

We just switched our history, math, and LA. No big changes. 😂 We used the Alveary curriculum this year and it hasn’t been a great fit overall. Math wasn’t getting done (Rightstart), so we switched to CLE late in January. I liked it so much we added their reading and LA programs. After that I decided to use BiblioPlan for next year. Since we are 1/2 way through Biblioplan’s Book 3 in our history cycle, I figured we might as well start now. So I have essentially changed everything, and we are thriving with the changes! It hasn’t been a cheap fix for the February blahs.

My oldest son’s handwriting is greatly improved when he writes in cursive. I think it’s been more of a personality thing for my kids. My oldest DD has beautiful handwriting and I used such a hodgepodge of things with them all. We are currently using Pentime and I really like it. For young ages, we just use ETC for phonics and handwriting.

My DS just turned 4. Here are my plans: OPGTR and ETC primers Little Books and Animal Friends readers from Abeka. I also picked up Art Projects K4 from Abeka. My older kids each have an Artpac, and this seemed like a similar book Preschool Math at Home and various math manipulative I’ve collected over the years AO Year 0 books—we’ve already started these Child Sized Masterpieces The Story Bible Various audio books and kid’s cds. I’m hoping to wean him off my tablet with these. â˜ºï¸ I’m assuming we’ll stretch these books over 2 years. I’ll also likely pick up some R&S preschool books. All my kids have done at least one of these!

Is this a bad idea or will it work? We are using various science curricula next year (R&S texts for the younger ones, Elemental Science for my middle school student, and Pacworks biology for my high school student). I thought since I'm spending a small fortune on the lab materials for Elemental Science, maybe we could use the labs as a family? I don't think Pacworks includes labs, so I thought it might be especially good for my high schooler to complete some sort of labwork. She's not "science-y" and will likely major in art, so I'm not super concerned if it's a bit light. I'd love feedback from someone who has used Elemental Science at the logic stage level. One downside I foresee is that my DS is not very interested in biology. He'd much rather study chemistry or physics! :lol:

Christian Light has been a huge help for my struggling math student. The constant review of many different topics has been so great at building her confidence. I wish we’d switched years ago.

I used it one year with 3 grades. A ways into the year, I realized levels 4 and 5 were very similar, so I started combining them for some things. My third child used Librivox for many of the readings when I didn’t have time to read aloud to her. My older DC read their own books. I pre-printed handwriting pages for my youngest one as well, so she didn’t have to copy from the book. We also did the poems together. We had a great year and I credit their grammar knowledge to this program. We just got back into sentence diagramming (more than 2 years later) and my oldest two remember so much of it!

This makes me feel better! We have: Christian Light Rightstart Mathusee Jacob's Algebra & Geometry Strayer-Upton Rays Hands-On Equations Saxon (K only) and various other math resources... I recently had (and sold) multiple levels of Singapore I'm hoping we stick with CLE (& Jacobs for upper math), but I'm a bit hesitant to sell the others at this point. :blushing:

I just switched my non-mathy kid to CLE from MUS. I wish we'd switched years ago...she would have thrived with all that review! MUS has been great at explaining the concepts, but there isn't a huge amount of review or practice. The variety of problems in each CLE lesson looks amazing. Several concepts were not sticking with her long-term with MUS, so I'm hoping we have better results with CLE.

Bible Study Guide for All Ages. I haven’t used it, but I’m looking into it for next year.

I voted for MUS when this poll came up the first time, but we've just switched to CLE and I'm liking it so much more! We've all just finished our first light unit and I feel like it covers so much more (with lots more review), yet I can still easily teach it to 4 DC. I really wish I'd have tried this sooner...it's been great for my struggling math student.

I “held back†my July birthday child just before she would have started high school. My husband had suddenly passed away the month before she would have started. We had too much going on to worry about yet another thing. She struggles with math and writing, so an extra year will help her. I figure if she is ready for college before graduation, we can always do dual enrollment with the local community college. We moved to my home state soon after, so we didn’t have to report a grade change anywhere. I have 2 fall birthdays, and while I started them on curriculum a bit younger, I’ve always kept their official grade level aligned with their birthday. I’m not in any hurry to graduate them. 😂

CLE Math & Reading FLL/WWE SWO Pentime handwriting R&S science joining in with experiments from Biology for the Logic Stage, Biology 101 dvd BiblioPlan with SOTW (finish early modern & move on to modern) MP Greek Myths book & guide First Form Latin Logic Liftoff books Artpac/Artistic Pursuits The Story of the Orchestra CM style family studies (Shakespeare, Plutarch, picture study, composer study, poetry, etc.)

Updated List: First Form Latin CLE Math College of the Redwoods Pre-Algebra Grammar for WTM (half speed) WWS 1 Classical Composition: Fable & Narrative Elemental Biology for the Logic Stage; Biology 101 DVDs MP Geography III & 200 Questions about American History; Drive Through History's American history DVDs; a few assigned American History readings Art of Argument May add later in the year MP Book of the Ancient Greeks/Iliad/Odyssey; Book of the Ancient World MP 8th Grade Literature: Treasure Island, As You Like It, Wind in the Willows, Tom Sawyer, Short Stories & Poems: American Literature Artistic Pursuits Exploring America's Musical Heritage DVDs; The Story of the Orchestra Computer Programming (free time/elective)

CLE Math, LA, and Reading Pentime handwriting R&S 2nd grade science (it looked like such a cute book) BiblioPlan 3 Artpac Child Sized Masterpieces Story of the Orchestra

We use the lesson plans from Sabbath Mood, but she has lots of book lists as well.

I'm using levels C,D, and F. I haven't had to do any cutting or photocopying so far. I often skip assignments that seem too time consuming, in all our subjects. I don't think missing a few lessons in a book will set them behind for life. ;)

I was teaching myself over the summer until life got in the way. Visual Latin and Henle with the MP guides were working very well for me. VL explained everything very well, and Henle gave me lots of practice to solidify what I learned with VL. The MP guides were super helpful for structuring the lessons, and have a much better answer key than the Henle one.

We have the Cottage Press one. I needed to buy several and it seemed like a good deal. The quality is good and I like that there is more space for modern times. The 1900s and beyond has a page (front and back) for each decade.1600s starts with 50 years per page. My one complaint is that I'd like if the same century, 1/2 century, or decade were on the same page spread, instead of the same page. I'd like to see that decade or century all at once, without having to flip the page. They are about the size of a typical workbook, so not bulky at all. The pages are 1/2 lined and 1/2 blank, divided vertically on each page. There are blank pages at the back for maps.

Have you looked at CMI's Alveary program? Combined history and they are working on a Canadian option.

I just enrolled us for next year! The books look amazing and I've been enjoying all the ADE podcasts for the last couple months. This looks like a great program for us. I have no idea what to do for math...we may just continue with MUS for the most part and add in HOE/Rays. I also will have a high schooler, so I'll have to figure out what to do with her. She'll be using AO Year 7 for some subjects and a couple books from Memoria Press, but I'm hoping to combine for history and family subjects.

We have a Childcraft set from the 50s that I love. We mostly use their composer biographies and poetry.

Charlotte Mason's Elementary Geography Long's Home Geography Geopuzzles Telescope and star guide One Small Square Night Sky Magic Tree House Secrets of Space kit

It doesn't cover a huge amount of information, but focuses on specific people more in depth. For my non-history-loving DC, I feel it's plenty, but I can see others finding it a bit light. The booklist will give you the best idea of whether it's meaty enough for you. The guide is mostly a reading schedule with reminders for narrations and Book of Centuries entries. At the end of each term are project ideas and CM style exam questions. The Stories of America and Stories of the Nations books are pretty light...you could go with a different spine. We added in a bit of Guerber's Story of the Thirteen Colonies.

MUS Algebra Visual Latin 2 IEW? Apologia Physical Science MP Traditional Logic MP American Short Stories (and other assigned literature TBD) Harmony Fine Arts