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Not sure if it helps, but we are currently using A&P and I plan to go on to SS after we are finished with it. My son is dyslexic and has other LDs and I think this pattern will work well for him. We've done AAS and Barton and it's too many rules for him to remember (he has memory issues). Seeing the patterns has really caused his reading to take off and his spelling is coming along now as well. IF we finish both A&P and SS before he's finished with high school, I'm considering then going back through AAS and see if those rules stick better then. Good luck,

Have you looked at Simply Charlotte Mason? They have a 6 year rotation, so you go through the cycle twice instead of three times and they try to integrate the bible more with the history. It might work well for you. Here is their Scope and here is their Module 1 Manual which they have just updated. I think it would be perfect for your ages. Good luck,

I have old ads and ones that have sold and I'd like to delete them to clean up my area. Is this possible? They just all show on one page right now, even expired ones. Thanks,

I think I've tried every other one out there (HST Online, EduTrack, Scholaric, OLLY, excel, paper, and others) and I just can't find another that does what HST+ does for me. I wish it was prettier, but bottom line, it works. The only other one I kind of like is that Ipad app one (the name escapes me right now).

I already liked D'Nealian or whatever it is that A&P uses so I went with just that. They also have a tracing download with the font for practice. Good luck,

I'll be there Friday, maybe even Thursday. I'll pick up one and PM you.

If I don't need the church history/biblical worldview, is the Companion still worth it? Or not needed? Or would I not like it because of that? Also, how is the writing in it? I don't want textbook (at least any more than SoTW or MOH is) and I don't want fluff/bad writing (I adhere a bit more to CM on that regard). Thanks,

We'll be using this next year though I have older kids. One of the reasons I chose Biblioplan over just MOH (besides that my kids are older) is that I wanted to include more books and they already had the same books I wanted scheduled in. That's a huge plus for me. They also schedule the chapters in SoTW and MOH in aslightly different order to coincide with each civilization. For example, all the chapters on Egypt at once; then, all the chapters on Israel, etc. I also like that it has so many options all coordinated - the maps, the cool history questions, etc. You don't have to use it all; you can just pick and choose. I haven't decided on the Companion yet. I'm leary of it for several reasons. One, I already have several spines picked out and I'm not sure I want another. Two, it is very new and I haven't read alot of reviews on it yet. Three, while I like curriculum plans put together like this from someone without a history degree, IMO, it's a totally different thing to write a history book. So I'm still trying to decide on that. Good luck,

I think it depends on why you want to supplement. If you need more mastery, then I would go with the Blue and keep it topical with what you are learning. However, if you are looking for review, I think I'd go with grade level or maybe even something different than MM but that keeps reviewing or has review sheets. Or possibly an online type site that would give several different type problems like xtramath or some of the others that are out there. Maria of MM actually recommends a few on her site. Good luck,

Simply beautiful!!!

I'd buy one of the Time Travelers used, if you can, just to try it. You may decide its perfect for your needs even though you don't use it all. As far as other options, I'm afraid I'm not sure. Mine were older and we used it with Sonlight core E (the second half of US history). Maybe someone else can give you some ideas.

If I had it to do over again, I'd either skip it for 2nd or do FLL 1/2 or PLL (Primary Language Lessons). Good luck,

Merry, thanks for chiming in. I've read your blog extensively and loved how you worked MOH and Sonlight together. I was all set on Core G and H, then Core 100 and 300 for mine but I've been drawn to Biblioplan for a while. I think I'll be using Biblioplan as a spine and then use the Sonlight literature woven in with their questions. Notice the word, I "think". I reserve the right to change my mind....at any time. :) Maybe I'll blog about it.

We've used almost all of them. If you don't like cut and paste or lapbooking, I'm not sure these are for you. Though they are definitely richer than History Pockets. I don't think my kids would have liked them in 3rd grade either, but that may just be mine. Each has some notebooking pages rather than lapbook and there are newspapers that you fill out as you go along with articles (writing assignments) or drawings. The end of each one usually has a celebration of some kind with something to cook - for example the end of one of them was a chuck wagon dinner. There are a few substantial crafts but you'll have to pull all of the supplies together yourself. A few involved sewing and I definitely don't sew, so those were out. Another option you might want to look at is Hands and Hearts History Kits. They have all the supplies, notebooking and have great crafts. Here is the link: https://handsnhearts.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1 Hope that helps,

Great analogy with math. That helped. Since the consensus seems to be the way Biblioplan is set up, I've decided to take the plunge and do it. It really does have all of the books I want scheduled. I was just hung up on the scheduling. I'll add in Sonlight books where I want and I can use their lit questions too if I want. I'm looking forward to this. Thanks to all for your help. This will be for high school too, so I want to get it right ( or at least close). :)

Anyone else's thoughts on this? I'd love to hear them.

Your's was the first blog post I read on it. :) It definitely helps. Just wondering if anyone out there doesn't like it that way?

Thanks Katie, that's reassuring to know it makes more sense to you. I understand why they do it; I just can't seem to get over the fact that it seems off this way. You're supposed to read a book from beginning to end. :) I know it's silly of me.

I edited the title to see if that helped. I'm looking to use either Biblioplan Year 1 or Sonlight Core G for next year for my 8th grader and 9th/10th grader. They've not had much in the way of world history. Biblioplan looks perfect for us for the next 4 years, but I can't get over the fact that it does the chapters out of order for all the history books - SoTW, MOH, SoUS, etc. I don't know why, but it bugs me. Sonlight does them in order, but it's only two years and then we'd move on to another core and then another, etc. So for anyone who has done either or both of these, give me some insight. Is it a big deal that Biblioplan jumps around? Will it drive me crazy? Does it seem disjointed or is Sonlight better for that reason? Or... will Sonlight seem disjointed for jumping around alot between cultures. Thanks,

I did something like this when mine were young. We combined the One Small Step books, an animal encyclopedia organized by continent (DK I think) and all of the Children Just Like Me books (there are several of them, one on celebrations, one on stories, etc.). I made up passports and I made a sticker to put in it for each country. I added books if we found ones we liked. We also did some notebooking pages - just let them draw something they liked from each child and wrote a sentence. My son, of course, drew a picture and wrote something about each food he came across. I kept it fairly simple though. My kids still remember it all very fondly and I plan to do it again with my youngest when he's older. One I do like that I might use as a spine or base mine off of next time is this: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/world-geography-2 Good luck and have fun,

Great idea too. Does anyone have any good ideas for each part? Thanks for all your help,

Those candied flowers are a great idea. Off to see if I can find someone to donate some flowers for us. :D Any other ideas would be great too. I'm thinking lemonade with mint leaves might make a nice drink to go along.

You can eat those? Cool! Any other ideas?

They've finished the Apologia Botany book. This is just for fun at the end of co-op. since I don't have much of a voice, I thought they'd have fun eating/trying different plants.