Thanks for this. We tried to use Winter Promise this year for the Middle Ages. I wound up creating my own plan. While many of the resources and ideas are great, it was just simply too choppy for us. It is good to know that this can be done though. I'll just make up my own schedule.

Thanks for that info. There is a workshop near me next Saturday. Is that best for me or could I bring dd? Also, what would you recommend following LTOW? Straight to Corbett?

It's writing only but I am combining it with LLWLOTR for a complete English. I've heard it takes about 45-1hr per day for the workload. I think dd can handle that with her workload next year in 8th. Not sure about 9th yet but I'm not done planning that yet.

I'm going to line TT up with Hakim based on the schedule in the Hewitt syllabus. I'm also adding in some lectures from the Great Courses for my 8th grader. I think it will be a great year.

I thought I read that too! That's where I got the original idea, but so many of the links on the old threads don't work anymore. Not sure why that is.

I have dd13 registered for LTOW1 (full refund policy up until 1 week before class starts). I wanted to reserve our spot. I've always wanted to go the classical writing route with her but after public and private school until 5th grade, it always seemed like too much of a step back to start at the beginning of the progym. From the Circe website, it seems like this might be a good way to jump into the canons with an older student. This would be for 8th and 9th grade.

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Does anybody have any experience with these? Can you share what you thought?

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Update.....we went to a friend's house this afternoon to observe dd's friend in a Bravewriter class. The interface will not work for dd. She wants people, not a text board. So, we are back to the drawing board looking at creating a mom-made collaborative writing workshop. Or, there's always an online LTOW class she can do with a few friends that are taking it. I think she'd like LTOW. From what I've heard from these moms, it's a challenging course with a lot of collaboration. But it's expensive.

Crazy question.....Has anybody lined these two up so HOU is the spine and TT is used as a supplement? We wouldn't do all the TT activities, just use it more as a supplement. I was wondering if this is possible or overkill? We also have a list of supplemental reading. My kids love hands on so I thought we could read HOU as a read aloud and match corresponding activities in TT to make it come alive. Thoughts?

In a board search for reviews of LTOW I keep seeing references to a schedule from those who used these two together?? The hot links in those threads don't work anymore. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If anyone has done these two concurrently or sequentially, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.

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In a board search for reviews of LTOW I keep seeing references to a schedule from those who used these two together?? The hot links in those threads don't work anymore. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If anyone has done these two concurrently or sequentially, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.

Does anybody have any experience with these? Can you share what you thought?

I think I'm going to make another pass at Fable for him, maybe at a quicker pace. I like that book and I think it will be a gentler entry point. I've skimmed all the way through Narrative 1 and while it starts off slowly, it picks up speed quickly. He's a reluctant writer (even though he's good at it) and I don't want him to get overwhelmed. Regarding WWS, I love the skills but I agree on the joyless part. DD is a wonderful writer and she enjoys it. She may either like the step by step adding of her skills or she may decide, as her sister did, that there has to be a better way to attain them. Honestly, if the Chreia book is as good as the others, the jump will be an easy one. I believe in the pro gym, but a writing program does my dc no good if they learn to hate writing in the process, hence why we didn't continue with CC or CW. WWS seemed a bit better but we started "plodding" pretty quickly and none of us like that. So here's my plan: 6th grader W&R 2 and 3 over the summer through the fall term Try WWS 1 with Grammar for Middle School as a break beginning after Christmas and pull what we can from it Keep Chreia as an option when it's published (you said this month??) MCT Town with mom 4th grader Fable over the summer Narrative 1 and 2 through 4th grade with Killgallon SG as a break MCT Town with mom Thanks for helping me work this out. Now on to the 8th grade plan for the eldest…..much bigger headaches on the way :confused1:

Oh no, yours is much better. The visuals are incredible! Just downloaded. Thanks for sharing.

If you don't mind me asking, how old is your daughter? Would the essay class be appropriate for a 13yr old strong creative writer?

Yes, me too! What I'm specifically looking for is the introduction and practice of essay writing skills with a collaborative environment for feedback and sharing her work. I think this might fit the bill. As I mentioned on my other thread, she's already a good creative writer so I need a class that's past the basics stage. I'm just having trouble deciding between KWI and the Essay class. I'm going to call them today.

Is this the app you're talking about? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-human-body-by-tinybop/id682046579?mt=8 I love Guest Hollow's schedule. We'll definitely work this in. Thank you for this!

Ooooo, I didn't know. Thank you for that. I'm also thinking about adding the books from Sonlight core f science as additional reading.

Oh Rose, I was so hoping you we're lurking about. I love your idea of letting it take as long as it takes. I tend to be a box checker and sometimes I miss the forest through the trees. The truth is, I'm not sold on WWS. I thought I'd try it again next year because this dd is much more incremental than her sister. We'll see. But I just don't want.her.to.miss.these.books. I wish I would have had W&R two years ago when I finally gave up on the progym because I couldn't find anything that didn't make my eyeballs bleed. Now to figure out how to get my 6th grader to agree to do the same book as her younger brother. I may have to resort to bribery :)

I'd like to believe that. But the thought of those upper level challenge problems keeps me up at night. :crying: Ironcially, my much less math-phobic daughter tells me not to worry, she's got this. Maybe I should listen to her.