We have used this program the last 2 years and love the independence and quality of what it teaches. However, I have a couple issues with it that I'm wondering if some if you have figured out a solution for. 1) I wish the pacing was more straight forward. I find it hard to pace my kids with 12 books even when I write dates on each one noting when they should be finished. Finishing so many pages a day works until it doesn't work and somehow we find ourselves way behind. 2) There is also overkill practice on everything. I do often cross a lot of it out for my daughter, but that feels tiring too. I'm wondering if I should just require maybe 5 problems completed for each page so long as she gets them all correct. Has anyone else found a good solution for dealing with this?

This will likely be my last year homeschooling my daughter and we have yet to do a good world history overview. Any suggestions?

I'm curious if anyone knows of any (preferably Christian) music groups that tour around the country/world where participants try out for their position within the group and maybe have to raise their own support? We're looking for an opportunity like this for my 16 year old son. I participated in one as a high school, but the organization (Continental Singers) has since disbanded.

Yes, I had Science in the Beginning and sold it. The daily experiments made my kids and me go crazy.

I'm switching language arts programs for my 3rd, 6th, and 8th grader. I'm liking the grammar side of Abeka but am wondering if the composition aspect needs supplemented, espcially for my 8th grader. We tried IEW last year and liked it, so would probably supplement along those lines if we did do supplementation. But am open to other options too. I'd certainly appreciate any thoughts on this!

What online literature programs are available for a 6th and 8th grader? I checked out Potters School and liked it, but there is a waiting list.

Apologia was a great fit for my last 6th grader. He learned soooo much! But my current 6th grader isn't so science obsessed. He's had just a little bit of light science up to this point. I'd love to get some recommendations on a science curriculum that is similar quality to Apologia, but maybe not as time-intensive. And my kids have never been into experiments. So with whatever we choose, I don't want it to be too experiment heavy, but some are good.

We've focused on writing solid paragraphs along with a little essay work this school year. We're done with the pieced-together curriculums I planned to use. I'm needing some curriculum to finish up the year now. We're planning on putting him into public school next year and I'm not sure what we should focus on to prep him for that. He's not terribly advanced in his writing, but does okay. I know we haven't done much with outlining and wondering if we should focus there, but would like a resource to guide us. I'm also considering just ordering Writing and Rhetoric book 5 and doing the first part of it because we've used it some in the past and...well....it's something. Any feedback is welcome as to how to finish this school year in the writing realm!

Thankyou! Those are some nice lists!

I'm thinking it work best for us this year to study specific history topics versus our typical linear history. I'll have a 7th, 5th, and 2nd grader this year. What would be on your list of interesting history topics to cover?

It's that framework that I'm needing. l looked at the requirements for that. It does give some ideas....

Does anyone require their kids to just do something....anything exercise related for x amount of time a week or day? I'd like to hear about what that looks like. My son is entering 7th grade and I'd like him to begin developing that habit. He thinks he's great stuff that he does 10 pushups on some mornings. He needs to do more. Sports other than soccer (which he does do) aren't an option right now.

Thankyou to both of you so far! Just what I was looking for! I'd still like to hear from others on this too.

What is MODG?

I need the following suggestions from you all for my rising 7th grader. He's not completely clueless on some if this. We did Essentials in Writing 6 last year, which covered these things, but he still has a ways to go. So I need (and they can all be separate resources): -Best resource for learning to write paragraphs -Best resource for learning to write essays -Best resource for writing reports