Focusing on American history, but don't mind some world history if it this in.

I keep looking at.... Beautiful Feet Early American & World History Biblioplan year 3-would use companion, family guide , and cool history America the Beautiful vol 1 ( would use vol 2 for 8th) Any opinions would be welcome. Thanks!

Did anyone from this thread end up trying BP? Likes or dislikes? Thinking of it for logic stage. Thanks

Anyone trying it in the fall? The companion looks neat, as do some of the other supplements. Can't decide between that and Notgrass.

Old post, but wondering if anyone has mixed Notgrass America the Beautiful with Biblioplan yr 3.

in particular their American history looks really good. Any thoughts?

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Ditto to the above. We've been doing our own thing, but I was strongly leaning toward HOD for middle school and up. The specific guide Facebook pages lead me to believe there is lots of rigor and depth to the upper guides. The users seem very pleased. I love the idea of a plan set in place for the year (for our guide- the inventor study, etc). Is MFW more rigorous?

Thank you. Very helpful, all!!

Or, at least wait until high school to start? I remember reading an article about why study guides can sometimes stifle the student, but also wonder if they are required for high school? If you do use them, what age do you start and which vendor ( progeny, etc) is your favorite? Thank you!

Well, I am in a similar quandary so I wanted to give input. I have a love/ hate with HOD. I hated The guides( and did my own thing) until we came to Preparing. It is still one of my boys' fav years. We have been doing our own thing again, but I am drawn to Rev to Rev for next year. as I write, I realize I am not much help. Will write more later....

Me too Bumping

We love it! I printed out the experiment sheets and put together a binder with blank pages for notes ( that I write on a white board as I read). We pick and choose which experiments to do. I find that it's just enough, but we also have room for other science interests ( if we find some). We've used apologia and God's Design in the past. CKES is my favorite.

Thanks all! Yeah, I am not sure how she meant it specifically, though she did imply that homeschoolers would not be receiving that "socialization". I chose not to engage in further conversation with her about it ( wasn't in the mood) but it did strike a sore spot with me. My dc are on the timid side so even though we participate in a lot of activities they seem to always stay on the outside. They seem very happy and content. I'm the one that worries a bit.

I know the socialization subject has been talked through, but a comment from a friend prompted me to second think things. She asked if I was planning on homeschooling through high school. I replied that I didn't know, but sometimes worry that I'm not " up for it" ( probably whole other topic there). Anyway, she said " yeah, and what about socialization?" To which I replied they get ample social time. She said " but high schoolers need different socialization". Any thoughts?

We've been using it ( with 2 children ) orally. It's been working fine so far. In today's lesson they had to amplify a story. I read the story, and then we went through it line by line as they amplified it together. It was sort of a collaboration. I'm ok with doing it this way because this is our summer relaxed format. If we continue in the fall I would probably write it out on a whiteboard and have them complete on paper.

So far, it will only take one of the codes. The 40% helps! but shipping is high. Still a decent savings. I would have spent $40, but after coupon and then added shipping it came to $33

Has anyone been able to stack coupons on their site?

Wow, I was curious as to how much it would cost me to put 2 children in Foundations and Essentials. For our Local CC it would be well over $2000. Woah, Nelly.

For me, many people I know do or have done CC ( or Saxon). The thing is, I don't share my concerns and experience (with CC) with most people in real life because, pretty much, they don't want to hear it. I found that when I would share a negative opinion or personal experience about something a friend wanted to do or had done they only wanted reassurance, they didn't want to hear anything against their choice. On the board, I personally feel people can be honest without having a friend IRL get upset. Also, I found that most homeschoolers in my area do not frequent message boards. They talk to others within our group....that then leads many people doing the same thing. Not sure I have explained this well, but thought I'd try.

I've really appreciated this long thread. I have to say that when I see someone reply who is "just visiting" or only has a couple of posts I can't help but wonder if they were sent by CC to post. That is just my personal opinion. Just saying that when I read the post above I thought "hmmm, sounds like a very pre-planned, high sell of CC to me." Which is one thing that has bothered me about CC- the high sell. And btw, we were part of CC for a year Anyway.....I could be wrong, but that's what jumped out to me. I also think it's odd that people feel such a strong need to defend CC. Another thing that makes me think "hmmm".

We have used MUS for primer to epsilon so far. At times I worried it wasn't enough so we strayed to other products( mm, TT, CLE, and Horizons). I found that MUS actually seemed to be ahead in some areas. I also found we had a couple small gaps that would be filled by the next level of MUS. Hope that makes sense. I guess it seems to be a program that works best if you stick with it. I have found the way it teaches fractions to be wonderful. Now, with that said, we may continue on through high school, but supplement with Horizons to bring in another approach ( picking and choosing lessons). But in a nutshell, we love MUS and I'm happy with results ( test scores, etc) What I have finally realized....make curriculum your own.

For us, yes it did suck the joy out of writing. We have found a balance of Bravewriter and an outsourced formulaic writing class has helped. The key word outline did not work well for me, or my dc. Though, I know others have loved that aspect of the program. Sometimes you just have to try for yourself and see. They do have a good return policy.

What do you think a 6th grade ps Latin class looks like? My friend just shared that her dc (6th and 9th grade) take Latin in their public school. Now I am wondering what that exactly is.

What is the birthdate cutoff date? I have searched and can't find that info. Thanks!