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  1. rowan25
    What did you like about it? I've only used the early grades and wasn't overly impressed. I'd heard the upper levels were better, but I'm unsure.
  2. rowan25
    Not yet, but I'm planning on it.
  3. rowan25
    Ok, that was my overall feeling as well. My daughter is continually drawn to the promise of project vs. so much constant writing, summarizing, etc. I was drawn to the combination of english with the history as my last few english purchases have been a bust. Think we might just use SOTW and HO as a jumping off point and find project to match. sigh.......................LOL And now to find something Englishy........ :-P
  4. rowan25
    What grades did you try for OM? What was disappointing? We also tried K-2 and were disappointed. Like you, I've heard better things about the upper levels, but......once bitten, twice shy!
  5. rowan25
    Thank you. That is sortof the feeling I got from flipping through it. :-/
  6. rowan25
    Yes, we've done this until now and I will continue to do this with my younger son. But my daughter is moving into middle school and is requesting a bit "more" while still keeping it fun. I'm running out of steam for creating my own thing and would really like something to use as a springboard/spine.
  7. rowan25
    Hello everyone, I thought I had everything set for next year and then......I didn't. Right now I'm flip-flopping back and forth between History Odyssey Level 2 Ancients and Oak Meadow's fifth grade English/History. I'm looking for opinions on both, please. English hasn't been a focus the past two years because my daughter was very advanced in this area. But as a result, writing hasn't been a focus either and needs to be brought up to snuff. She isn't very excited about doing ancients, but most of the books in OM's program have already been read multiple times. Nothing is really lighting my fire. We tried HO level 1 ancients a few years ago, but she really hated SOTW and CHOW. Any thoughts on these programs, or even suggestions for others would be greatly appreciated! rowan
  8. rowan25
    Thank you, everyone, for chiming in with your suggestions!! I haven't made any decisions yet, so if you have other thoughts, please keep them coming. :-)
  9. rowan25
    Thanks!!! I will!
  10. rowan25
    Exactly!!!!
  11. rowan25
    I believe there are some aspects of Waldorf schooling that could help crossing midline, etc. I need to pull my notes out and review that aspect. Thanks for the heads up on this.
  12. rowan25
    Yes, multi sensory is DEFINITELY what I need for him.
  13. rowan25
    Thank you!! The "ding ding ding" method makes sense to me! LOL He does have some auditory issues, but mainly I see visual mistakes. Also his secondary characteristics fall closely upon the visual side as well, i.e. clumsy, trouble crossing midline, awkward running, etc. And he is highly visually oriented as well, so I'm thinking that something leaning visual will help more than the auditory will---of course, not to exclude the auditory aspect, but perhaps less strong of a focus, if that makes sense. Sounds like the best thing is probably going to be a mix of methods!!! So typical of my kiddos!! :)
  14. rowan25
    This does help a lot. It's a very good breakdown and gives me a starting place. I do intend on getting the book, but can you tell me what about the Davis method is different? What makes it work better with some rather than others/all?
  15. rowan25
    I had heard of them and looked at them last year around this time, but somehow I had a very difficult time navigating the webpage and deciding what I needed to purchase. I'm not sure. It seemed odd to me, but that's all I remember about it. I'll look again. lol
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