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  1. I also think continuing to read here will help give you ideas as to what is popular which can help you find the right curriculum. Of course just because it's popular doesn't always mean it will be popular with you or your kids! Some curriculum have great online samples you can check out or google for blogs that do reviews to get a better idea of it. Try to decide what you think your style will be. After reading WTM does classical appeal to you? If so it gives you an idea where to start but if not you could look into other styles. I think Cathy Duffy's reviews are great because you can see so much on one site where she has reviews of almost everything. I started researching early too and it was confusing! It really makes a lot more sense when you've gotten an idea of the acronyms and what everything actually is. I know when I started out I didn't want anything I had to figure out or piece together myself so I wanted scripted curriculum like All About Reading. Other people know they are crafty and want to do it themselves so they could take something and make it fun. I think it's helpful to know in that sense what you want to do and go with that style. If you'd hate reading a script than try to avoid that type of program.

     

    So I know pretty well what *I* like, but I'm wondering about this concept of catering things to your kids' learning styles...is it very possible to figure this out without buying loads of stuff, trying it, and discarding?

     

    And yes, I like WTM/Classical, although I've read several books on classical hsing and SWB's definitely appeals to me the most, for whatever reason. :-)

  2. Hi, I'm new here, at least as far as posting goes.  :-)  I have two under two, so we won't be schooling for awhile, but partially I enjoy research and preparing, so I'm starting to look into things-- and partially, I think it's going to take awhile to sort through things, so I'd better get started.  :-D

     

    I love SWB's book and that's where we'll be starting, but...even with that, I'm not sure quite how to pick curriculums or ideas, even amongst the ones suggested in WTM.  I haven't cross referenced with the book, but I gather that there are plenty of curriculums discussed on here that aren't in the book, so that just adds to the list I have to choose from.  :-)

     

    Where does one start?  How do you choose without spending hundreds of wasted dollars on try-and-discards? 

     

    Any and all advice appreciated.  :-D

  3. We're just looking in to Classical schooling and I'm loving it and pretty sold on it. I don't NEED more books on the topic, but we do have a few years before we'll implement, and if there are more books out there on the topic, I'd love to know about them. I have SWB's Well Trained Mind (of course), as well as Leigh Bortin's The Core. Are there more similar ones out there? I haven't had much luck finding any.  Online resources are also welcome-- articles and the like.

     

    I would also love some links to discussions or articles on the benefits/value of poetry. It's a topic I've never enjoyed or done well with, but I instinctively believe that there's some value to it if somebody would just tell me what it is.  :-)

     

    Thanks so much!

  4. I just think Susan Bauer is great, so anything she writes or encourages, I'm all for.  :-D  Isn't the WEM inspiring?!  So glad you're interested in jumping in too, Lucinda...I've been looking at these others saying they're going to do WEM (or similar) AND another topic and I'm starting to wonder if I should start Latin instead of waiting until I have to teach the kids!  I agree that WEM will be a long haul project, but I'm planning for that and hope to stick to it even for books I don't like, just for the good it'll do me.  :-D

  5. Amy-- awesome!  I was trying to decide if I wanted a public forum (LOTS of input) or just a one-on-one scenario for discussion-- but I still don't know.  :-D  Thoughts?  Probably one thread per book would be easiest to keep track of instead of one for the whole project.  (Imagine that mess...)

     

    I just started Don Quixote yesterday, but I have NO idea how quickly I'll get through the list.  I'm a fast reader but this project will take longer than a typical book.  I'm enthused about the project so will probably go at a pretty decent pace but I expect Don Quixote will take me 2-3 weeks looking at the size of it!  But I'll be busier some weeks than others, so if you want to commit to this I see no reason why we can't accommodate each other to a reasonable extent.

  6. Candid-- thanks for the idea!  I googled WEM and found a website that's basically a group inspired challenge to read a list of at least 50 classics (the WEM list is closer to 100) and then you can discuss them in through various ways.  I think I'll do that since it's free!

     

    Nan-- it'd be awesome if you did have time, but I realize I'm in the unique position of getting interested in homeschooling (and thus stumbling across WEM) long before I have any kids to teach!  That's part of the reason I'm doing this project now.  :-D  Good idea of posting to the general ed forum, I think I might do that.

     

    Joy-- not a bad way to do it, and probably more manageable to keep track of if it's a forum chat and not a PM.  I have no idea how long this list will take me, but I expect awhile!  Reading the books could conceivably be sped up, but to do all the notes and reflections will take a lot of extra time.  But-- if I'm going to do it, might as well do it right.  :-D 

     

     

  7. Hi!  I'm new here and I actually joined hoping to find someone to work through the Well Educated Mind with.  (No kids yet, so not homeschooling, although classical homeschooling is definitely our plan.)  I haven't found any real life friends interested in this somewhat gargantuan project, so I thought I'd check online. I'm not really looking for accountability; I'd just like to find someone to discuss the books with as recommended in the WEM.

     

    Any interest?  Thanks for your time!

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