I think I will try to stick to order I may just have to adjust pace with books to fit. I am using them mostly as read aloud,having seven year old follow and "share" read with me so I can keep my three year old tornado interested as we read. The website games have given me incentive tools and we just put a tree fort in the yard,so we are looking fwd to many adventures. I am also tring to weave stuff in pre level, readers,alphabet and art to keep the tornado bust and part of the plan.

I love pocket calanders/schedulers. Easy to change and colorful. We use the hall. Wealso have a few low wall spaces painted with chalkboard paint,...which now comes in whitei magnetised or chalkboard/magnatised. I may be upgrading. We are doorless do to very tiny space. I am supervising a re do of our luandry/mudrom to a "school zone" My entire home looks like romper room!

I see this is an older poll, but it has been helpful. It seemed easier to teach children other than my own in an outside enviroment then my own at home and I was frustrated and feeling defeated. My 7 y/o son has attention issues,total lack of focus and drive. My 3 year old is a tornado and I have been exuasted carring baby 3 curenty 6 months. Its nice to know not every one is a cape wearing beauty queen! :D

http://www.magictreehouse.com/#join I found all the books a few more than on site listed above,which Thank YOU!! Very helpful. Does anyone know,..does order matter? Best to go book number order or chronological? I am unsure if books have specific leads or tie in to other in a certain order? I would like to piece books in as pertaining to season and lessons. I have also found a few freebie lesson plans on the TPT website/

No I don't,..do you?? I have a friend who is midway on a years round world trip thanks to travel blogging and have considered starting my own.

@ Heather,...(I am also a Heather)the one I am getting covers, from 10,000 bc to present so it should include all that you have just in one. If for no other reason it will help me learn with him. It is the world history atlas I was looking at and for me the atlas approach gives me a better sense of the where with the when,I have been out of school for almost 20years,(did I just say that??)My brain needs to be refreshed/retrained. I decided to get the usborne also becuase it was only a few bucks and is the same publisher as the other history materials we are getting. Books.....can you ever have too many? I will check out the penguin ones also,I did get an amazing world and universe atlas by readers digest at the thrift store for a buck a piece,huge oversized hardbacks full of color and facts not so much historical but a great start to geography this past year.

Thanks,I do not know swb,..or realy the dif between Grammar stage and logic,...I am a greenhorn as stated above and feel foolish. I did purchase several of the "who were" books by usborne which I believe to be the same info in the time traveler used in sonlight core,going individual with civilizations allowed me to add,first humans and first north americans. As my son is of native decent I hoped to add in as we flow into american history on a timeline perspective. I am going with the usborne WH encyclopedia internet linked,and that kingfisher atlas of world history as well as few books of explorers,..A goolash of resources we should find something that fits. He is realy into marine science at like a middle school level. Has taken an intrest in history after a recent flea market find on Christopher Columbus. I just want to keep the spark alive and balance him out. Must be the libra in me. Thanks again,glad I found this site. I hope to find much direction from all the years of experience here.

I have read many previous post on the usborne vs kingfisher world history,...what about the world history atlas? Anyone familar? I am thinking of doing my world history/timeline work with my seven yr old from the kingfisher world history atlas,we have been doing a little world culture from abekaK. We up it with a world atlas book and he realy enjoys using book and globe. I realy like the more classical aproach of sonlight,we have most all core readers in home already so I am kind of copycatting and adding to. We are suspiciuos of aspergers or maybe a high functioning autism,Drs say he is just very smart and to social,but he is VERY easily distracted and realy has to be highly and constantly stimulated to stay focused. I think an Atlas would be great as we could do Geography and world history? Any suggestions would be appreciated by this greenhorn!

Mine goes from 1-13,..then to 89. so funny. They learn quicker from older sibs.