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We use Fix-It aling with their writing program. We also use WWE. It approaches writing from a completely different angle.
If I let ds choice what to start his day with he'd pick Fix-It and ask to do two-four passages. We whiteboard the passage and he uses skills learned from FLL to mark the edits. I look at it as a warm up. It has him thinking about paragraph changes, complete sentences, and strong words. We've seen that bleed over to his writing. It's a winner for us and given the number of stories included is a bargin.
Jim
I almost ordered it, but I had to stop when I hit $350. I'm hoping I can find Fix-It used. Glad to hear your ds likes it!
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I've used several theme books as well as the poetry. LOVE the poetry. Love IEW. You can find lots of threads on IEW if you do a search. I think it's money well spent. We purchased our first TWSS about 13 yrs ago. Finished up another theme based book with a group of 3rd graders 2 weeks ago. The mom's couldn't believe that the girls were writing a paper a week :001_smile:
I'm very glad to hear that! I just ordered TWSS/SWI, Poetry and Phonetic Zoo. :001_smile:
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TWSS/SWI and their AAS program? I'm looking at "Fix It! Grammar and Editing Made Easy" and "Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization".
I'm about to take the plunge and place my order for TWSS/SWI after 3 years of floundering with other writing curriculum. I figured while we had the $$ I would try some of their other products. Any suggestions?
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The only other place I have seen it is Exodus Books and it isn't any cheaper there.
Thanks. At least I can stop looking ;)
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place to buy Analytical Grammar? I can't find it at Christianbooks or Rainbow Resource or anywhere.
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What notebook pages?????. What did I miss??? I had Preparing, and had to make up ALL. My own notebook pages which turned into way too much work for me. My kids were enjoying HOD, but I couldn't make 2 programs work for me....I chose to stick with Sonlight for this year...but, if there are notebook pages.....hmmmmmm.....
HOD has awesome notebook pages starting at the CtC level! My dd was so jealous when she did Preparing and ds did CtC with the COOL notebook pages! They are super high quality :D
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Math Mammoth
WWE
:iagree: it gets done and it works!
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My Father's World - I am very sentimental regarding the lessons learned during the MFW K year; it was a wonderful introduction to homeschooling. We have used MFW for 5 years now and have enjoyed each year. Because it's well organized, varied, and includes time in the Bible, this curriculum inspires me to keep going. My kids enjoy it, too.
and I have to add a 2nd curriculum . . .
RightStart Mathematics - This curriculum has taught this math-phobic mom a lot and has given me confidence to facilitate my children's elementary math learning. My children understand math so well -- much better than dh and I did at their ages. RightStart has been a huge blessing to us! Now I am trying to figure out what to use for junior high math . . .
Do you think you'll use it through high school? I'm looking at MFW AHL for my ds. It looks pretty impressive and well balanced. I think the guide written for the student looks very orderly and easy for my ds to follow. Ive heard ithas great writing/composition instruction included. I'm very excited about it!
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I let my 9 yo dd read all three. She's a voracious reader and emotionally mature. We've discussed the books and I'm surprised at how much she has grasped some of the themes.
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I'm going to use HOD's CtC with my 9 yo dd. We've read Dinosaurs of Eden 2x and I can not read that book again. Is there a decent substitute or should I just go with the "girl interest" book for those units?
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I'm jealous!
MyLittleBears,
Every time I see you avatar I think "How did she get that picture of my cat?" :D
He/she looks just like my Sam!
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A few questions because I think you're asking about two entirely different things here. :)
Will your 13yo son be in 9th grade when you do this? Or are you looking for 8th grade? If he's going to be in 9th, then you don't want Notgrass ATB as the pp suggested.)
If you go with SL, what will he do for Bible and English? (Those are included in MFW high school.)
That's why I'm leaning towards MFW, I like that everything is included and he would read through the entire OT. I'd probably do Analytical Grammar and Write With The Best if I went with SL. I don't know what I'd do for bible study with SL.
Isn't SL 100 American history? MFW AHL is Ancients. Which time period do you want to do? And that comes back to my first question.... 8th or 9th grade? Are you planning on the 4-year history cycle for high school
8-th grade so I'm not concerned about the history cycle. I'll have him do a 2 or 4 year history cycle in high school.
I wanted to use 8th grade to get him used to being more independent. I want him to start really reading directions and checking off assignments without me reading over his shoulder and asking if he understands.
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If you lean toward Core 100 make sure your DC can tolerate Hakim ahead of time. You either love it or hate it seems, and my DD cannot tolerate it.
Yeah, I was concerned about Hakim. I'm kind of leaning towards MFW.
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Looking towards next year for my 13 yo ds. I want something he can do on his own pretty much. I'm looking at MFW, I like the looks of the guide and the bible study. Or SL Core 100 which is also written to the student. Anyone familiar with both?
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:tongue_smilie: Make it STOP! Too many decisions for my ADD brain!!:banghead:
I've done their 9 month payment thing before and I just looked at it again and was wondering ... Have they always done a credit check? I don't remember them doing that a few years back.
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for books on CD/cassette/MP3, is there a loan library out there similar to netflix?
I'm a huge Audible.com fan; but you have to buy the books, no rentals. Have you tried your library? Most libraries have a pretty big selection.
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I had been debating sticking with SL and switching to WP. SL I already own a 2010 core B & 100 and 2002 coresD-F so I could stick with them with these older cores, BUT at the same time I have been checking out WP and thinking about switching my younger 2 to it. I would not switch my bigs until we finish what we are doing (which is a compilation of core D and then E, with 100 and Canadian history), and that won't be for at least another 16 months or so. But for my younger 2 WP looks so awesome.
I already know I am going to get some WP science programs for next year and am uber excited for them. I already do the TT cdroms with with sonlight stuff so switching to WP would be easy enough but for now I think I will stick with what I have on hand.
I will not give SL anymore of my money but it seems stupid to spend money on another program when I have IGs for the levels we need (well except for P4/5) Perhaps when I run out of the cores I have on hand.
WP sure does look very fun though.
Which WP science programs did you get?
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I found this topic interesting because I just did the opposite!! I moved from WP to SL. :D
I LOVED our time with WP, but I felt the right thing to do was move onward & SL fit the bill for what I needed. I will be using WP & SL next year for two different ages, or that was the plan. With the updated Core F I might not need to split them up, I'm undecided.
Having said that, I still say the big differences between WP & SL are:
1. The biggest is the resale issue. WP discourages resale, in fact they strongly request that you do not do this. While I respect this, it's a little irritating at the same time because man oh man I know many homeschoolers rely on that resale money, kwim?
2. WP is very hands on. There are many activities, notebooking, timelining, etc. Depends on the core how much. For instance, the core we did last year {AA1} Had heaps of crafts, recipes, notebooking, & lapbooking involved in it. If you've got a child who loves to create then it's a perfect fit, otherwise it might not suit your needs. SL encourages mapping activities & timelining, notebooking pages, and activities aren't really there. I know you can purchase the new cds, but it won't make up the difference in regards to what WP offers.
4. WP is heavy on the non-fiction books where as SL is heavier on the fictional books. WP has you reading many non-fiction books about times & peoples in history with a fictional read aloud that tends to tie into the time or the person, sometimes both. SL has more Historical Fiction which is the heavier aspect of their programme with the non-fiction taking more of a back seat.
Aside from that many of their cores line up. WP have split US history into two cores as well & they offer differing age levels. WP have a Geographical core too, all though I think it's geared for younger children where as SL's geographical core {at lease use to be} geared for an older group. WP have world history at differing levels & split into two cores as well.
I don't know that I'd say WP's science is superior, but then again there's lots of complaints about SL science too so it might be a toss up. WP LA is more textbooky where as SL's is more applied LA.
Bottom line for our family was that I felt each curriculum had something they can offer & it's a matter of which one works for us at that time, kwim?
Those are all very good points! Doesn't help me much because that's why I can't decide :D
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I used WP American Story 1, and we had a pretty good year, but much of what I liked was because I added it or tweaked it. It seems the ability level of books within one theme are wildly different. One book would be very easy, one right on, and several extremely difficult to the point I couldn't use it. I ended up dropping nearly all of the Adventure Reading (historical fiction) as it was boring or not fitting to the age span and added SL books. The girls liked the SL books better, so I figured why not do SL? I found out that I liked SL as a base better and adding in a few activities here and there.
SL books fit our family better because of the emotional response and engagement of a story instead of mainly nonfiction. I add some nonfiction books to SL too, but I use every book they schedule and do every assignment, where as with WP I skipped a lot. Also, WP's activities sometimes felt willy-nilly to me, not jiving well with the reading material. I could plainly see where an activity could have been placed to be perfect, but the guide had it in weird places. Their notebooking pages often didn't jive with the material being read either. It's hard to complete a notebook page if you haven't read the book yet or to do a NB pg with something you read last week and can't remember all the details.
I was thinking of leaving SL too, but after a lot of thought, it is what fits us best, and I'm not throwing that out. I decided if I didn't like a few books in Cores D and E that were on the 5-day schedule, I would not use it. The rest of the core fits us. Anyhow, I don't feel as "attached" to SL and feel good just to get the books from Amazon at 4 for 3 and just order the IGs. If your concern goes deeper than that, I can see staying away from them.
That's what I think will end up happening here. I need to do some more thinking ..... AGAIN :001_rolleyes:
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We did a year of WP and added SL books. Not really an answer to your question though. I did do WP with a boy who does not like hands on and eliminated that part of the program (adding in the Sl readers to fill the void). He did enjoy the web sites (sometimes you have to search a little because the site changed some).
Actually, that's what I was thinking of doing; adding my SL books to WP. I'm glad to hear that the hands on could be skipped. How old was your ds when you used WP?
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have you or are you considering Winter Promise?
I'm doing MFW's RtR right now, but was thinking about going back to SL when we are finished with MFW. I was contemplating Core D with 9 yo dd (I have over 1/2 the books) and Core 100 with 13 yo ds. I've used SL on and off for many years but this latest brew-haha has left me not wanting to do business with them anymore.
I've been looking at Winter Promise because my dd LOVES hands on and I like that WP's American Crossing because it uses the Time Traveler's cds and various other hands-on projects. My ds hates hands-on, so I'm not sure what I'd do about that yet.
Any thoughts?
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YAY!!!! I want one!! I have a first gen iPad and I really really want an iPad 3!
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My ds, now 13, announced at 6 years of age that he would NEVER learn to read. He said he had no interest. So, I backed off of the formal program we were using. I started using video games that had a lot of reading in them. I think the older Mario games had a lot of dialogue in them. Anyways, he'd ask me what it said and I would point to the words and sound them out for him. I never ended up going back to a formal reading program and he is now reading voraciously at an adult level. Moby Dick, C.S. LEwis, Taiko, Musashi, Tom Sawyer and so on.
I wouldn't advocate that method, but I'm just saying try not to worry too much. You just need to find something that motivates him.
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Unfortunately that was our experience as well. I really loved many of their book choices but there was a lot of disorganization in the guides. I used All American 1 & 2. I don't know if they even offer those programs any more. It combined their younger and older American history programs.
They do have beautiful catalogs!
Elise in NC
All I know is, I bought Sea&Sky. I liked most of the books and the concept but when I started reading over the guide it made my ADD brain hurt :confused1: There were typos and too many "??huh, I don't get it??" moments and I new I couldn't use it. I still look at their American Crossing program, but unless their guides are a little more organized, I don't think it will work for me.
Is anyone familiar with Analytical Grammar's dvds?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I can't figure out if the dvds would replace the Teacher Book or not. I read the description on their website and I'm still not sure. Can anyone enlighten me?