:w00t::lol: That's sssooo funny!

My nose starts dripping, eyes running and my throat closes up. My employee brought it to spray on the furniture in our office and I.....:ack2:

Doing a reading program with my dc for next year. Here's why, well, it may be hard for me to explain. For some reason, both dc have not done well with narrating. We jumped ship with WWE because it was the narrations that were driving my dc to tears. And it has not been my cup of tea either. I have looked into some reading programs like A Beka and BJU, I feel like we have been missing something. Like, word recognition, being able to know they are comprehending the stories they read without me prodding the answers/narrations out of them, by the time I ask them questions I've basically said the narration for them--nothing original from them. What about elements covered: Setting, plot, metaphore, simile, personification, conflict, alliteration, etc. Sure I can pull these things out on my own, but I'm just not that kind of person, I just want to follow a TM. (My dc really like workbook type curriculum). These programs incorporate vocabulary and study skills. It's all laid out for me. I know this is far from classical, but this is what I am thinking. I am thinking of doing a reading program for the grammar stage, and use the "great books" that are suggested in the WTM grammar stage as read alouds hooked in with our history which is chronological. Then in the logic stage discontinue a reading program and do the "great books" coupled with literature guides like Progeny Press. Interested in your thoughts...:confused: I'm I totally missing something??

This is good to hear, I was hoping you would chime in...:001_smile:

I love WTM, but for some reason, my kids LOVE "workbook" and textbook currculum. I like all of Memoria Press' stuff because it is in a workbook format but still classical. And I gotta tell you, I hate narrations and so do my dc...did I just say that?;)

ooppss...I just realized that Hideaways in History hasn't been added to the scope and sequence yet... you may find more answers on their forum, here's the link http://www.winterpromise-forum.com/ HTH:001_smile:

I haven't used it yet either, but I think I've read their entire website:tongue_smilie::lol: Did you read the scope and sequence, this may help you decide... http://www.winterpromise.com/programs_focus.html

Have you looked at Rod and Staff Grammar? Jessie Wise and SWB recommend this in the WTM before FLL came out. It it rigorous, very well laid out, and very straight forward. Quite a few people on this board like it too.

Those card board boxes make me nervous. I love this program, it's just what I had in mind for next year, but I'm not paying $300.00 for boxes, and I'm not going to waste time and spend a lot of time going around town trying to beg, borrow and steal :tongue_smilie::lol::lol: cardboard, etc..... If I don't want to do some of the hideaways that require bigger boxes, will it be determental to the program? Can I just substitute something else....like instead of trying to make a pyramid, can I do my own thing like make a cross section of a pyramid or do a lapbook of the different rooms of the pyramid?? KWIM?

Kysha, I did this too. For the boxes in the grid that are blank I pencil in my "core plans" in them and I have my whole day open in front of me every morning. It's awesome!!!

One of the components are the "hideaways" where you have to obtain BIG card board boxes to make the hidaways for you children to play in. Like one project is to make a pyramid (big enough for your children to play in). There have been some complaints that if you have to buy the boxes it gets into some $$$ (one lady said it cost her almost 300.00) just to buy the boxes she needed to make these hideaways. But my question is...will the program work if we skip some of these projects??? I guess that's another thread!:tongue_smilie:

Thank you so much for all these recommendations!:001_smile:

Yeah, I don't think SL will work for us... I think my dc will be too young. I found WinterPromise, that does a World History program for younger children, called Hideaways in History, but the "boxes" have me a bit nervous!

My experience has been, that I used SOTW 1 and Paula's Archive schedule combining MOH and the chronological schedule for Egermeier's Bible Story Book. I jumped ship mid yr on MOH, which I hated to do because I also was looking for the bible integrated to SOTW. It felt disjointed, and MOH was just not on my dc levels. IMO, I think MOH is better for the logic and rhetoric stage. And even though we were reading the bible along with SOTW "correlation" of the bible to it was still void. So this year we are doing MFW Adventures. Marie Hazell does an awesome job combining/writing this bible/history. I have been surprised at how I have followed the TM to a tee, for me, it was so easy to follow. I WANTED to follow it because it was so awesome! I do know that Cadam has mentioned that she cuts the grid apart and rearranges her week. But I don't think she changes the content. The activites and book lists at the back are great. I go to my public library to check out my books and I always find them. Maybe Cadam will be by to give her expertise!! HTH

I would use Singapore a level down from the level you are working on in Saxon, so that you are not having to "teach" SM. I would just start out with Lesson 1 in SM to Lesson 1 in Saxon, and go from there. HTH:001_smile:

Good to hear, I'm making the leap myself to BJU for Math, as well as, science, spelling and bible! We're excited! My dc love the look of BJU!

Very nice comparison!

The reason why I am looking at this is I want next year to be a survey of World History.

I am looking at SL Core 1+2 World History for next year with a 1st and 2nd grader. How would my day look? Can I buy the core and not the individual books? Can I opt out of buying the individual books if my local library has them? TIA

Sorry this was suppose to be a thread not post...

Thank you so much for the info. There is a local homeschool supply store that I go to all the time that carries all there stuff new and used, I guess I'll just pick my materials up there. Thanks for the info!

BJU will be at my homeschool convention and I was wondering if I will be able to purchase/pick up the product there, or will I have to order it and wait for it in the mail?

My dc drool over BJU curriculum, but I have been a die-hard Saxon fan because of the scripted TM---that is until last week when I found out that Saxon K-3 is scripted then in 5/4 the format changes to it not being scripted, just a solutions manual. So we are going to be doing BJU Math next year, and continue from there--hopefully!! BJU is classroomy, but alteast they have a scripted TM, and if I feel like I can't teach it myself, we can always opt for the teaching DVD's. We are also looking to change our science(a lot of people on WTM highschool board likes this for science in the upper grades), bible (I love the thorough bible), and spelling (I like it because it switches to vocab the very year WTM finishes up SWO and goes to Classical Roots, without us having to do 2 years of SWO to finish on time) now we can just do 1 yr of BJU Spelling instead of killing ourselves to fit 2 yrs into 1. HTH:001_smile:

I was thinking of this..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tROvvv-5t74:lol:

He sounds like a cutie-pie!;)