Would there be any big issues if I wanted to switch to Saxon Alg. 2 after using Teaching textbooks?

These are such thoughtful gifts. It blessed me to read through this. Thanks for posting. :)

Well, by the 8th baby those blankets start to wear out. :)

How much time would I need to set aside for myself and child to do both? Thank you. :) My two can read but I think we need some help with comprehension and more decoding skills.

for a child that can read, but needs remedial help especially with spelling? They were taught reading with light phonics instruction using My Father's World K and First.

Do you want to share this system??? :D

I know you from other boards. I'm due the 28th. ;) I would start with the one that seems most interesting to you. CTG is not my favorite. I chose to start w/ it this year as I came back to MFW. It was not the best choice for my family as we weren't really interested in doing that time period. My kids really wanted to do RTR. School would have been more interesting to us this year if we would have began where we wanted. We are looking forward to RTR next year. My second time through it. My oldest is not going to make it to modern history before high school. The last several weeks of EX-1850 is a state research unit. I could have her start reading through SOTW 4 during that time and finish it up over the summer. OR I might do ECC. If I do ECC I will have her read through either two of the SOTW books or get an American history book to read through during that year. Another idea I have is to assign modern/American history readings in the summer. She won't mind this because she likes to read. My girls haven't done ECC. I know, from having done the MFW cycle before w/ my older dc, that they will need the knowledge of where places are and what the cultures are like, in order to fully appreciate what they are learning in history. It is not a deciding factor to me though. Interest in what we are studying is more important. Anyway, those are ideas I'm thinking through for myself. I don't know what I will pick and will probably wait until to this summer to fully decide. Blessings to you as you figure this out. Praying for you and your new little one coming. We are getting so close!

Yay! We got a chance to make these yesterday and they turned out really cute. Thanks so much for sharing!

Thank you for posting the carp kites. I was planning to do something like this on Monday, and this is so much nicer than what I planned!

Nope, I would stick to my original start date or move it forward slightly. The fun part is the anticipating for school to start. I learned that if I start school every time they say they want to then they stop wanting school to start.

I may have misunderstood but the Notgrass timeline does not have figures. The book has pics already printed in it and you write in the events. I haven't seen the timeline you mentioned but I don't see why you couldn't use a different timeline if you want to. It might take a bit of work up front to organize it. hth

Thank you. We watched him last night and find him so much more interesting the "magic notebook". I'm excited about buying them. Blessings, Missy

My 4 yo wants one of those gear sets they sell. She discovered gears on her bike and she just thinks they are the coolest thing. :) Missy

We usually start school when the public school starts. We like to go out for breakfast and then go on a really cool field trip. :) Missy

:lol: I can not wait to check out some of these links! I especially needed those literature links! I didn't see this listed but, http://simplycharlottemason.com/ has quite a few free resources including copywork. :) Missy