Hi, I was wondering if anyone using Latin Prep1 would mind sharing how they scheduled the curriculum with the work book over the year. My 5th grader is going to use it this year. Thanks!! Eve

I am using it for the second time. I like that it is scripted and easy to use. We use SWR for spelling so sometimes I change how I explain the sounds of the multi letter phonograms, but that's it. I really like it and would definitely recommend it. We did skip the first 26 lessons and just used taught the letter sounds directly.

We've used Miriam Webster Elementary Dictionary, or just our standard College Webster Dictionary (if we couldn't find the other :) )

I agree, RightStart Math Games Book.

What curriculums / grammars have you used to teach Biblical Greek. Please include how it went and what ages your children were/are.

We used OT guide, Egypt, Greece, and Rome for Ancient History. I also got a unit study on China "To the Great Wall and Beyond" and selected the applicable time period out of there to cover China. These worked well and I am planning on doing the same the next time we go through it.

I started with WRTR through Spalding 4 years ago and finally found and tried SWR last year. I wish I had found it earlier. Basically it makes WRTR homeschool teacher friendly. I love it.

Math: Rightstart A Reading: Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading / Teaching SWR Phonograms / Occasional Bob Books Writing: Cursive First Read Aloud: Various books chosen at the beginning of the year Sci: Apologia Botany - I do this will all 3 kids 8,5,4 Art: once a month art class Bible Time and Hymns: we have daily family bible time and they learn a hymn every two months, along with selected memory verses for the year Chores and lots of play time. So far so good. I just think it is amazing to watch kids learn to read.

RightStart is very easy to use and effective (for our family at least :) ). I have no complaints.

I love Right start. It is very easy to use and effective (at least for our family :) ).

We like it but I skip the first 26 lessons, and teach the sounds of the letters to my kids using flash cards and a small dry erase board. We use SWR for spelling so sometimes I modify a lesson to fit that. But I really like this book. It is EASY to use. And depending on the age of your child, you can easily do part of a lesson one day and the rest another. We bought the flash cards to save time (I am glad we did this).

Most of our HS budget is on books. I usually compare rainbow resource, amazon, and half.com. But I recently found out about paperbackswap.com. Here you post books you don't want anymore and then when someone requests the book you ship it and get credit for one book of your choice. I have found several books that I needed for our history curriculum here. So they just cost the cost of shipping my book to someone else (around $2). Where even at half.com if the book costs $0.75 you still need to pay about $3.50 in shipping.

I started with Ray's but it didn't work for me or dd, I found RightStart and LOVE it. I have used it for Level B,C, and D, and now I have started Level A with ds. It has been easy, fun, and effective to use.

Hmmm... if you can't renew it, then since you probably would want other people to return it on time, maybe you should do that. Instead of paying the fine, maybe you could find the book and buy it your self online.

We aren't high risk since our kids are not in school everyday. So it saves us money and time not to get flu shots. Actually last year was our first year we didn't get the flu shot and we were the least sick. This may also be that we no longer had anyone 2 or under in the home as well though :).

Whe I returned a book to Amazon they did charge me for returning it if it ended up below the $25 limit and I think there might have also been a restocking fee. For me, it would have been better to resell the book. If I think I might need to return a book I buy it from Rainbow Resource, they are very easy to work with.

We used Greenleaf OT Guide, along with their other guides (egypt, greece, and rome) for Ancient history. The guides also suggest some books and resources to be used along with them.

Well here is our one families experience.... Hi we used Cursive First this year for dd (8) and ds (5). My 8 year old went through it very quickly (in fact I put all spelling on hold until she had been introduced to all of the letters including the capitals). For the five year old I am just adding a letter or two a couple times a week. Both are doing well, and the practice sheets are more than enough. After the numbers I don't use their exact method anymore, it was slowing us down too much, but it gave us a good start. If you want more practice you can say the sounds of the letters (if you are using SWR) as a review for the letters you have already introduced. Also you don't have to fill out each practice sheet completely each time, then they are used longer. My children actually improve more by practicing a letter less often in a single session than more. Also, if she can get the basic form, you can help her handwriting improve over the year with writing assignments in other subjects. So you don't have to expect it to be perfect the first time a round. Also, it seems that there are many different ways of writing cursive. Not all methods start their letters on the bottom line. The good part about that though is there is no confusion on where to start. I was intimidated at the beginning of the year but, it was actually way simpler that I had thought it would be and my daughter's handwriting is very nice already. I really can't stress enough though to make Cursive First fit you and not get too tied up is all the different ways to practice a letter (sand box, air, etc) once you see that they are getting the hang of it.

I received my WWE2 2 weeks ago (ordered from amazon)

I started Right Start with my dd half way through K. I started with B and it eventually became too fast. I should have started with A or slowed B way down.

I started in K with my dd. My middle son was noticing letters early so I used a small white board and taught him the letter sounds on there and then had him erase the letter by tracing it. And introduced reading 2 and 3 letter words on the white board (5 minutes max) We did it on and of through the year when he was 4 and then started OPG after lesson 26 a little before he turned five (sometimes just half a lesson). Then by the time he started K we are doing full lessons 4 X a week until we finish. Hope that helps someone. My younger son (4yrs) isn't recognizing letters yet, I tried starting with him earlier but he wasn't ready, I'll probably try again after the new year.

For Kindergarten, I really like a lot of the Sonlight book suggestions. "James Herriot's Treasury" was enjoyed by both my boys and girls. Hero Tales are great as well.

I used "Ancient China: To the Great Wall of China and Beyond". This is a unit study. I just use the portion for the time period we are studying that year along with the resources they suggest or applicable subtitutes.

I had a hard time finding a US history spine too. I ended up going with "Story of the 13 Colonies" and "Story of the Republic". THey are by Geurber (~1900) and edited by Christine Miller. The sections are relatively short and written in a story format while not containing too much rhetoric. Miller includes exactly what she edited in the original version and why. So far I am really happy with them. I am planning on using them for 2 years - we'll see how it goes. There is also a section at the back that lists suggested additional readings for sections of the book. I hope you find something that works for you.

I would love to hear how those of you with multiple children organize your planning and recordkeeping for multiple children. Do you have a seperat "homeschool planner" for each child? What is together what is seperate. The more practical the better. Thanks!:bigear: