This would be for approximately gr 4-7. I'm trying to streamline this as much as possible as I'm considering offering Ancient History in a co-op setting again. Last time (a few years ago), I used The Pageant of World History as our "spine" so that all the kids (gr 6-8 or so) would have at least oen common source of info. They then used assorted other books of their choice to add resources for assignments. I'd much prefer not to be juggling several spines for convenience sake, and also because I suspect most parents will not want to spend lots of $$ on materials. I'm not sure MOH I would work for me personally, as I don't tend to care for evangelical Christian material with a strong young earth emphasis.

Thanks... I do actually have this (bought it years ago for older sons but never used it). Will have to look it over.

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Well, there's the Bible Study Guide for All Ages.... Includes good review, good variety of question levels.

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Actually, we used some of these years ago. They were pretty intense, even at the younger levels, with quite a bit of scripture reading followed by many questions. We found it hard to keep up with it because it took up to an hour a day.

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This year we did a NT survey, using Encountering the New Testament. Son #2 will be heading to private Christian school for gr 12 next year (his choice, but I agree!), having covered the NT this way and the OT the year before with the more literary approach of A House for His Name. Son #3 will still be home next year and in gr 10. He came along for the ride when we used AHFHN, but I doubt that much stuck...and that was gr 8. If he ends up attending the same Christian school further down the road, he will also have to have done an OT study. Any suggestions re what you may have used and liked? TIA.

Just curious re why your charter school does not consider it "college prep"...? Fortunately, I'm not really concerned with such distinctions; unless my youngest son turns out to be quite different from his older bros, I suspect none of my boys will enter a math/ science oriented university program. Here the highest math you need for a high school diploma is grade 11,and it can be consumer math if you aren't planning a math trajectory. But I'm wondering where TT is seen to be lacking.

I'm considering geometry for son #3 after less than stellar experiences with older sons using ClassMate and MUS. Son #3 is not math savvy and would need something that's crystal clear. Have TT users been happy with their geometry program? I confess that when I've looked at online lesson samples, it seems to me as though the narrated lessons move very slooowly, but then I'm not a 14 yr old math-hating boy :) Could you let me know if your child has used TT Geometry both successfully and --gasp-- happily?

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Yes--that's how I remember it too, though I think we left out Mr. Ugh :) I also liked the way it interwove the histories of the various civilizations, returning to ones previously covered and reintegrating them along slightly different lines with what was currently being covered. And each volume has a very useful summary at the end which I used as a "refresher" before beginning the next book in the series. I wonder why someplace such as Yesterday's Classics has not reissued these?

Similar here: started with a a story version of the given play, then listened to it on CD while reading along, then watched a film version. Also used BHoI and In Search Of Shakespeare. And don't forget to finish off with the DVD of the Reduced Shakespeare Co--all of the Bard's plays summarized in about 90 hilarious minutes. We actually saw a live performance of this and almost died laughing!!

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Son #3 will be on to geometry next year, but so far nothing has really "worked" in our family. My oldest, not a math person, tried Classmate Geometry when it was still sold as CDs, and bombed too much of it; he ended up switching to a consumer math program and never completing geometry (which has worked out fine for him--he'll be entering a theatre arts program next fall!). Son #2 used MUS Geometry last year and did fine, but said he thought the instruction was inadequate and *not* to use it with son #3. So...now what? None of my sons enjoys math; they're all skewed towards the artsy end of the spectrum :) Of these three sons, the second one was the only one really strong in math; son #3 struggles with concepts. He's currently using Lial's Intro. Algebra but I'm concerned that Lial's Geometry may be too challenging for him. "Rigour" is not necessarily what I'm looking for here! Under such circumstances, what might work for him? TIA.

Next year I'll be doing ancient history for the first time with my youngest son,who will be 10/ gr 5. It feels like ages since I covered ancients with my older boys... Is there anything like Writing Tales or any sort of imitation in writing program specifically geared for *ancient history* for his age? Write From History has an ancients book but it seems to be more along the lines of narration and dictation, not actual writing practice. Does IEW have a specific lesson plan/ program using material from/ about ancient history? Or something from Logos school/ Matt Whitling? I seem to recall this vaguely.... Thanks for any help.

I've just been browsing the lulu.com site, looking for items related to ancient history, and came across these. Is anyone here using them, and if so, could you offer your opinion? TIA.

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My youngest son (9)reads a fair bit but when I have him read aloud, he still makes frequent errors--not in the sense of being unable to decode words, but doing things such as dropping the "s" at the end of a verb, or skipping the word "the." I haven't had him read aloud much to me this year but he still makes such mistakes when I do. How do you address this sort of issue? It's frustrating to me to listen to and frustrating to him to be corrected too often! I'm also having difficulty in getting him to read/ recite poetry with any sort of expression. I've always done poetry memorization as part of our studies and although I model using expression in reading (whether poetry or other), he still recites pretty much in a monotone. I'm not looking for exaggerated dramatics here--just a little expression! Any thoughts on how to address that?

I don't see any link on the YC site for Ambleside selections. Could you tell me where to find this? Thanks.

I know--but I already spend enough time on the computer and prefer reading from "real" books :) BP is a great resource, though.

Thanks for the idea!

I read The Aeneid for Boys and GIrls aloud to my older sons some years ago (when they were younger, obvioulsy!) It took a fair bit of time, but it was a good read, because it was well-written--even challenging. PTP is similar-- no "dumbing down" of style for little children. I had to paraphrase fairly often for my gr 1 son, but it was manageable nonetheless. I'm wondering why people would choose these instead of SOTW? Do you prefer the style of the older YC books?

Could anyone describe how these might compare in style and content with the SOTW books? Would you agree they are generally for slightly older children? And how do you fit in all that reading aloud?!

These are older "living" books reprinted by Yesterday's Classics covering world history, British history, retellings of the Iliad and Odyssey, etc. I actually bought a couple a few years back but then never got around to using them. Is anyone out there using these,and if so, what do you think of them? Are the suggested age ranges accurate? Any sense of how they compare (content, style) to SOTW? Way back when, when my oldest sons were little, long before SOTW, I used A Picturesque Tale of Progress with them. It was all the rage at the time :) I'm considering reusing these with my youngest but wondering if books from YC might be a better choice and PTP is pretty substantial. Any thoughts?