Thank you. This is helpful. Perhaps Derek Owens gives more practice within the course to make up where the 3rd edition is lacking in that regard. Hmmm. At the moment, I am leaning towards the DO course since my son had such success with his Alg I course. I just wish it was a live class. Scholars Online offers a live geometry course and they use Discovering Geometry. I don't know much about that text. The class description sounds good, however I don't have much experience with geometry to know for certain. Here is the class description for Scholars Online Geometry:

My son took his Algebra I course online and really liked it. Now I'm looking at his geometry course. What do you think is wrong with the 3rd addition? I'm wondering if DO adapts it. There are so many geometry courses online that I am getting overwhelmed. Some are classical (Polymath Classical Tutorials for example) that claim to teach Euclidean geometry the right way. DO says he includes Euclidean geometry, but I don't know enough to decide what is right or wrong.

I think the Gattegno books get kids through at least the 8th grade, but really since it is algebra first so much is covered already. Most kids can eas into any upper math courses without a problem. Have you looked through his books? Lots of higher level math. They are free online here https://issuu.com/eswi. Scroll down about half way to see them. I've circled the textbooks in the photo to show which ones are the textbooks. I mentioned Sonya's website in my other post, but here on her site she has a page on where to start. https://www.learningwellathome.com/biggest-list-of-cuisenaire-rod-and-gattegno-resources/

If you are looking at Gattegno you must go to Sonya's FB group and websites at ArithmophobiaNoMore, Learning Well Academy and FB group-Homeschool Math with Base Ten Blocks. She has used Mortensen and Gattegno for years. She has read all of his books and has personally taken training at one of the only schools in the country to still be using Gattegno. She is a wealth of knowledge and understands Gattengo and the use of the rods like no one else. She is also friends with Ana. I originally started with Mortensen/Crewton and then learned about Gattegno from her and made the switch years ago. She convinced me the C-rods were better than Mortensen because they didn't have the unit marks on them and having used them for several years with Gattegno's books I have to agree. There is much more you can do with the C-Rods, even though you can still use the Mortensen blocks if you turn them on their side. ou can buy the entire set with c-rods from an online shop in the UK. That is what I did and the rods are amazing quality. Gattengo does require parental involvement to implement, but the way he teaches math is brilliant! Sonya has done a lot of the leg work and offers several courses for kids using Gattegno material to make it easier for parents, but you absolutely don't have to take them. You can still go through the books on your own and still get so much out of them. One other thing, Mortsensen/MathUSee and Miquon basically took Gattegno and made it a curriculum that is more open and go, but unfortunately some things were lost. Having the unit marks on the rods was a big one and another is the notice and wonder aspect. Have you ever watched any of the old Gattegno videos on youtube? Watch those and you'll see what I mean. Sonya does a wonderful job of explaining all of this on her websites and her FB group, which is very active. She has modules and training that make it easy to see how Gattegno works. I highly recommend joining the FB group and looking and going through the guides. Ask away, she loves helping parents! I'll drop links below. ~Melissa https://www.facebook.com/groups/arithmophobianomore/learning_content https://www.learningwellathome.com/academy/ https://www.arithmophobianomore.com/

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All the way through, as in like 9-12 age range? And incorporate Classical Education? Thanks. :-)

Thanks everyone. Hmmm, so where would I start if I want to research what to get for doing The Well Trained Mind Classical Way? I saw there was stuff with Peace Hill Press, but is there a guideline of options to chose from for each area of study? I am basically lost. Again, I plan to check out the book from our library this weekend so im sure that will shed some light for me, but it seems like there are so many different options I don't know where to go first. I thought I was going to go the Montessori way, but now I am not so sure. I dont know if it will work for us in the long term. :-/

Hello everyone, I am just starting out homeschooling. I have a 5yr old and a 20month old. I have been researching for awhile and I really like Montessori and Classical approach to education and I wonder if anyone has mixed these or if its even possible. My concern is that if we went with just Montessori would there be issues later on transitioning to a more classical approach to subjects. I am not sure how Montessori goes for older kids either. Also, Montessori is a little overwhelming to me because of all the materials needed, whether I DIY or buy them and it is such a different way of learning, even though I like it. I have founds some guides I could use for Montessori so that would help me. And with regard to Classical approach I heard about Classical Conversations, but I am not sure I would do that because one the cost and especially now that I have found The Well Trained Mind site. That said, if I went with the Well Trained Mind I am completely lost as to what curriculum to use and that is very overwhelming to me. Is there a curriculum guide for TWTM? I feel I really need some sort of guideline to follow being so new to this. My head is spinning. I do plan to get TWTM book from my library. Any advice or recommended reading would help me a lot. Thanks! Melissa