Hmm, I'll look into those. Thank you!

I love both books but they were published in 2007 and 1995. I'm guessing things have changed a bit for some people around the globe in the last 16 and 28 years. Does anyone know of something similar but up-to-date within in the last decade? Children Just Like Me is already on my list.

Hi, DS has enjoyed LTofW 1. He's doing it in a small co-op setting with another mom as the instructor. The class is a blend of middle and high school students. They use their literature books as source material. He submits Essay 5 on Monday. Before this year I was not familiar with this style of writing instruction. The early lessons seemed ridiculously easy and pointless. But I trusted the process and am seeing solid results. I appreciate both the incremental approach and how it teaches tools for formulating an essay. My DS is a natural creative writing but essays and academic writing are another story. Now he's able to do both. I find the instructional videos very helpful as I try to learn the curriculum's vocabulary and pedagogy. Familiarity with The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe seems essential to understanding in the instructional videos and text. A familiarity with that story is assumed and it's used throughout to model. An unexpected benefit has been the change in how he processes the books he reads. He now reads more critically. I just asked him if he would recommend LTofW to another student. He replied, "Yes! It's really helped me. It was hard at first but I no longer feel freaked out about having to write an essay. I'm even starting to feel pretty confident." 😂

I've taken four students through 100EZ. We move on to the student reading various readers aloud for additional reading and pronunciation practice and add AAS. AAS fills in the phonogram gaps and helps a lot with not just teaching spelling but teaching how to figure out word pronunciation. I'm very happy with the results of this sequence.

I didn't see an option for legacy editions. Did you see that in their online store?

It's my first time to parent/teach 8th grade. I'm excited! Our oldest is academic and generally enthusiastic about learning lots of things. Here's my current plan. It's always subject to change. 😆 Math: MUS Algebra 1 Science: maybe Friendly Physical Science Writing: Lost Tools of Writing 2 Grammar: He's taken this year off grammar but I think I'm going to make him work through Analytical Grammar as a reminder/refresher. Latin: no sure. Maybe Cambridge. He's completed Getting Started and MP FF. We would continue with MP but he found it very tedious. Spanish: He's doing Getting Started with Spanish this year. I'm not sure where to go from here. He really wants to learn the Spanish. I wish I had the resources for outside tutoring/classes. History/Lit: TOG Yr 4 Geography: I'm fine with TOG's geography but he wants to do Guest Hollow's High School Geography. He LOVES geography and reading. We might spread it over two years. Music: continuing with Hoffman Academy. He's doing really well. PE: BJJ several times a week. I also hope to get him some coaching in proper running form so he can build up endurance without injuring himself. I can't believe next year is high school!! 😱🫣🥹

I just discovered the same thing and am surprised and in sticker shock, too. The price increase feels astronomical especially if you want hard copies of the teacher materials - which I do. Our oldest is currently in pre-algebra. I've always planned on doing MUS all the way through because it's worked for every one of our kids. Mr Demmes is the Math Guy here. I was looking forward to relearning algebra from him. There were so many other things I was wrestling with as we head towards high school. I'm so discouraged to add math curriculum to the list.

Our DS9 recently told me he would like to study birds. This is an exciting development. School is really hard for him and him asking to add a subject is a huge surprise. He's only recently become a proficient reader and is reading leaps and bounds beyond were he was this time last year. I'm so proud of him (and me 😆) for not giving up. Today, he read the first chapter of The Burgess Bird Book for Children then explored the House Wren entries in a Peterson Field Guide, National Geographic Field Guide, and DK Bird Visual Guide (all borrowed from the library). We then found samples of the songs and sounds of House Wrens on YouTube. I'm thinking to add a How To Draw a Wren and some basic bird identification printables. We're going to try and continue this process through each chapter of The Burgess Bird Book plus give him lots of outside time with his binoculars and a notebook. Is there anything else that's super low cost or free you would suggest? I can think of and find lots of $$$ fun things to add but I'm struggling to think of possibilities that fit in my no budget budget. 😜

I've learned both fixed and moveable and personally prefer movable. To me, the beauty of solfege is being able to sing/hear the whole and half steps between notes and sound out any scale. Fixed feels like just another name for the notes - C/do - whereas moveable feels like a tool to sound out a scale.

I'm not very familiar with Jules Verne. What Jules Verne book is both a great into to Verne and a fun read? Students are good readers, 10-11 years old. Thanks!

My boy is rapidly turning into a teen! Here's our current plan. Analytical Grammar Lost Tools of Writing (Co-op) Tapesty of Grace Yr 3 (history, geography, literature, worldview) Fallacy Detective Latin (Second Form, Cambridge, or something else. This is my only ??? in the plan. He's finishing FFL) Finishing MUS Zeta. Doing all of MUS Pre-Algebra Guest Hollow Botany (Labs in Co-op) Hoffman Acadamy Piano Weekly art class Jiu-Jitsu 3-4x a week Family Study (Bible, Catechism, devotions, art studies, poetry reading, memory work, etc) This is our first time through 7th grade so feedback is welcome. I want him to be challenged, learn a lot, and really enjoy the year. I don't want him to be bored either with dry content or too much or too little of a load. School isn't a struggle for him.

We've been looking at Guest Hollow's geography, too! Our oldest keeps asking for more geography but he doesn't just want a workbook. He solidly knows the world map. This looks perfect. After lots of looking, thinking, and chatting I think we'll to half the highschool course next year (8th gr) and the second half in 9th.

Our oldest is finishing 6th. He has almost completed FFL. My original plan was to work our way through the Form series. He's done really well with FF but I think if we stick with it, and go into SFL, he will burn out. He's currently ready to be finished. I'm looking at Cambridge. I think he'll engage with the storyline and history. He LOVES history and geography/culture studies. It doesn't look as rigorous (or maybe it just doesn't look as academic?) as the Form series but is it as solid? I've also thought about doing a run through GSWL to reinforce what he's learned in the last year and a half. It might be nice for him to have some "easy" practice/review. I think if we did 30 min a day, 3-4 days a week he could get through it pretty quickly then move on to something else. He's currently struggling with umderstanding why he is putting in all this effort for a language no one speaks. We've talked about it a fair amount but he still doesn't yet see the practical point. He also doesn't realize how much he's learned. I'm wondering if GSWL would be a moral boost. My goals for latin study are for him to have a functional understanding of the language, a deeper understanding of grammer, a foundation to learn other Romance languages, and to work his brain in a different way than the rest of our humanities-focuses coursework. I'd love anyone's feedback.

This is an intriguing idea. I've appreciated the assistance of vendors during the conferences I've attended. I have missed conferences and exhibition halls these last few years. They haven't been readily available in my area due to Covid. What qualifications do you want consultants to have?

We're very happy with MUS. I starting my fourth student this year. Oldest student is almost finished with Epsilon. We use the DVDs. I also really appreciate their customer service and teacher support.