I tried Miquon when my son was younger and it didn't work well for him, but I will take a look at it again for the girls. I am not familiar with MEP. Thanks for the suggestion.

Saxon has been working great for my 10yr. old son, but not for 8yr. old and 7yr. old girls. They hate it. It seems as though they are more visual learners. So, we have been using the book MathARTS and some of the activities from the Math Masterminds kits. I was wondering if Math U See offers hands-on art like projects or is it just mostly worksheets like Saxon? Any other curriculum suggestions for visual/artsy learners?

Yes, it seems to be straight forward, but I still have no clue. I need to see it. My son is more knowledgeable than me about this, so I am not the best help.

Hello all, My son is working on his first sweater and we are stumped. Here is the pattern. http://www.margarethubertoriginals.com/CHILDBLUE.html We are stuck at the part where you have to add in another ball of yarn. (Next row (divide for neck opening), knit 39 sts (45,50), join new ball of yarn, bind off next 4 sts, work rem 39 (45, 50). Working both sides at once, each on a separate ball of yarn, keeping 5 sts at bottom edges in garter st, center sts in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), and neck edges in garter st, work for 4 3⁄4 (5 3⁄4, 6 3⁄4) inches MORE, ending on a wrong side row.) How do you do this? Does he need another needle? Is there any tutorials for this type of procedure online? Thanks so much.

For those of you who use this program, do you use in as a supplement to other curricula (history, science, etc.) or as a stand alone program? I am planning on using it primarily for my soon to be 5 yr. old, but I know that my 7 and 8 yr. old will be very interested and want to participate. So, I am wondering if this would just be an extra for them.

It seems like this type of activity would be easier if it is part of a group swap then rather than trying to make tons of bags with different activities all by yourself.

Really? So, where do you get the ideas for activities to fill the bags?

Does this work any better than just having activities set up for them not in the bags? Does it work well in a large family with a toddler?

We had been using Saxon Math K with her, but I am really not to excited about it. Plus, I need something more visual for myself.

I am thinking of trying the program out with my soon to be Ker. What materials do I really need to purchase?

We did that with SOTW 1 and it was okay and I do the best I can with keeping up with the library books. I think I might need to look into one book that I can purchase which will take the pressure off ofme if I can't always keep up with the chapters or can't make it to the library every week. Plus he likes to read ahead.

Sorry, it would be the Middle Ages.

As much as we love SOTW for the younger children, my soon to be 10 yr. ds keeps telling me that he needs more detail with the history. I am not looking for more work which I hear HO is, but just more detail. Anything out there like that? BTW, I don't think the format of Kingfisher is what we are looking for. We like the narration format of SOTW. We are looking for secular suggestions as well.

I'll look into that. Thanks! I didn't realize that Vocabulary Vine was meant for older children.

We just started this program and it isn't going well at all. My 9 yo ds just completed Wordly Wise Level 1, but I wanted him to learn some roots because we are not studying latin right now. He doesn't like the Vocabulary Vine format with the index cards. He seems to prefer the workbook approach. Is there any way for me to make this more palatable for him or is there another program that might work better for us? Thanks for the suggestions.