Thanks!!! It seems it may not be as wonderful as I dreamed it would be by reading the description. That's why I LOVE touching and feeling a book before I buy it!!

You can do it!!!! I learned more teaching 1st grade history to my daughter than I ever learned through high school or college! I found great joy learning new ways to add and subtract by watching the MUS videos, and I had great fun reading books I never read as a child - Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prarie, etc.... (Yes, it is very sad I never read all those wonderful books - I could go on, but it's just too pathetic!) We are now in 5th grade. I'm still learning!!! Now we are on to Latin. Thanks to Leigh Lowe, we are learning together - although my daughter is way ahead of me!!! I'm amazed at all that I've learned these 5 years!!! I think we have to change our point of view. We are not experts teaching our children, but teaching our children how to learn. I'm a great example of that. I'm always saying, "WOW - I never new that!" My kids think it's great they know more than me. They continually share what they read in books to add to our lessons. Best of luck!!! Homeschooling this way is a blast!!

:thumbup:Thanks!!

Never heard of it -off to check the online library catalog!!! Thanks!

Oh yes, I meant to add.....my kids LOVE having their own notebook!! In fact, my daughter still pulls her notebook out from the first and second year we homeschooled - she's now in 5th. I don't think my kids would like to combine all the information in one notebook, but it may work for your family. :)

This is such an awesome thread!!! We've always used MUS - my daughter is in Zeta and my son in Gamma. However, I've heard so many people rave about TT that I thought I was missing out (although my kids do well with MUS). Now I can put my mind at ease. I've never heard of LOF - can't wait to check that out.

We like her books, but just started using them this year. (My daughter is in 5th and my son is in 2nd.) Some of them I have assigned to my daugther - others I have read aloud. Our library has most of them. :)

:lol: That's funny.

hmmm. Never heard of that book before - thanks for posting!!

Where did you meet the people you started your co-op with????? Most of the homeschoolers we know just don't school the way we do. I love homeschooling and I'm thankful we can do what we want - so I'm not judging them. I would just like to find a few who are doing the same thing as us. :)

Thank you for these links!!!!!!

that's awsome!

WOW - I've actually ordered from HST, but never received any online coupons. Thanks for sharing!!!

I don't think I could make these meals for this cost. I buy organic sprouted bread so it is over $4 a loaf. Sandwiches for us takes over half a loaf. Plus the organic carrots are $2 for small bag - and we can polish off a bag of carrots. My ww pasta is also expensive. I buy org. tom sauce at Sam's and use ground turkey, but I know my meal would still cost more. It's so hard to eat heatly and inexpensively at the same time:-( At least I'm struggling with this issue.

You could also list them on craigslist. Divide them up in sets or lots and sell them in a group instead of individually. You might offer to throw some in for free if they take more than one lot. Best of luck!

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I looked at Biblioplan. Although it has a great reading list - most of the books were not at our library. In fact, I would say at least 90%, and I live in San Antonio with a large library. I would have to get books from ILL - which is a great resource. However, with ILL, you never know if a request will be filled or when it will come in. I requested Hittite Warrior about 5 months ago, and I just got it!! There were insteresting writing assignments. Pretend you are a reporter and file a story for this event or pretend you are this person and write a postcard about what you have seen. These were suggestions for the grammar stage. The logic stage made suggestions such as would you prefer to live in Athens or Sparta or what would Jesus have said to Cleoptra. (I was looking at the ancient history one.) These are all great suggestions, but you could probably come up with topics like that yourself. We read SOTW together. They each do the coloring sheets and map work together. Then, my son and I read the UBWH, while my daughter read the Kingfisher Encyclopedia. Then, my son narrates his sentences to me. I write them down and he copies them. My daughter does her narration and timeline. I've read/heard many comments that the Kingfisher book is hard to outline b/c there is so much information in each paragraph. However, I told my daugther to pick out the most important information to her and write it down. That took alot of pressure off, b/c she was a little frustrated at first. I assign my daugther extra reading, but I don't make her write reports on them. Then, I do alot of reading to the both of them. I know they are books my daugther could read, but I don't want my son to miss out and he just can't read that well. Best of luck!!!!

Has anyone used this? Is it worth buying???? Just looking at the VP catalog. I wish I could hold it and touch it. Sounds neat - but I would like to know from someone who has used it first-hand.

Today we took another child to swim practice with us. My son and this boy were talking, when my son excitedly started talking about Caesar, Hannibal, Sparta, Athens - you know....the usual Ancient History stuff that excites an 8 yr old boy. Whenever he would ask the little boy what he thought the little boy said he didn't know what my son was talking about. So, my son said, "Well, you know about the Roman and Greek myths don't you - there are some really great ones." Sadly, this boy had no clue. However, my son gave a breif ancient history lesson on the way to swim practice. It was so cute to hear him excitely tell about Sparta and Athens, about Hannibal's military tactics and a few Greek myths. Both my children want to have a Roman feast b/c we've been studying Rome. They want to invite this little boy and some other friends. I think that's great, but I tried to explain to them that I think they might be a little disappointed. The children they want to invite won't have a clue about the time period. My children won't be able to talk with them about all they've been learning. (This is one time when I really miss being a part of some type of co-op.) I know that by inviting other children, it may spark their sense of wonder. They may ask to know more. However, I'm selfishly thinking - if we go to all this work - they won't even have a clue as to why we're eating what we're eating, dressing the way we're dressing, etc... I know I'm rambling - but I think I'm feeling sad that my children don't have alot of other children that are learning the same thing - so they don't have that ability to talk/share - except within the family. Has anyone else felt a little lonely doing the WTM. We do know 2 families who are doing TOG, but they are a year ahead of us. They are in a co-op, and I am a little jealous of that. I did find another TOG co-op that is starting, but they are going to start with the ancients. I just don't think we could do another year of that. I really would like to stay on track b/c I have a 5th grader and 2nd grader. I think they might get a little bored redoing a year over. Would love some feedback on how you deal with this issue. Thanks, Rachel

Wow - thanks for those links. I thought RS was the only way to go. I've never used it - just dreaming of buying it. Now, I'll look at some other things also.

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I'm eagerly awaiting your 2c Sue in St. Pete!!:lurk5:

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I just got a VP catalog in the mail today. Has anyone ever used that curriculum? Their highschool curriculum looks very nice. Wondering if I should switch to that for highschool. Looking for words of wisdom! :001_smile: My daughter is only going in to 6th grade - but I'm trying to plan things for a smooth transition in to a high school program. Thanks!

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