She took the Into exam with her 7th grade Latin class. Her school begins Latin in 7th grade, and we decide to leave her in the beginning class since it was her first time in a school setting (although she had been studying Latin at home since 4th grade). Aside from a few vocabulary words, she didn't learn anything new last year. Most everything she knew she learned at home with LL BB1 & some of 2. Since your DD is older than mine was when we started, you could move though BB1 more quickly.

My DD 13 took the test this past spring and did really well. We used Lively Latin Big Book I and II. The only real issues she had were cultural-type questions (e.g., What did Roman slaves wear?). I think you could get a study guide for it and then work backwards from that to choose a program. Good luck! Lisa

What she said.

I know others have done it, but as a K12 user (not currently history, but I have used several years of their history programs), I would say that you'd really need to subscribe to the online portion to get the most out of the teacher/student pages. Yes, you could incorporate them, but it wouldn't be as complete. Just my two cents. :001_smile:

We are using it in combination with Critical Thinking Company's History Detective, two Jackdaws, a map program, some art history study, and several related biographies.

I got my History Detective in the mail this week. It looks like it will be a good complement to either SOTW or Human Odyssey. I hope to use it once a week, but we may skip lessons depending on how much we get around to.

I just got my World History Detective in the mail and it looks really interesting. Is anyone else planning to use this? I'd like to coordinate it with K12 Human Odyssey. I believe WTM recommends the American History version from Critical Thinking Co. for logic stage American history. Just curious if anyone else has taken a look or has found a way to incorporate this. Was thinking of making it a "Friday thing." It covers through Medieval, so I will be using only half (36 weeks) this year.

Thanks for posting this. We plan to do Human Odyssey 1 and SOTW 1 for 7th and 5th. Still working on reading list, but glad to see that others are liking Map Trek because I was thinking of getting that as well.

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths? Not Roman, but a great intro to mythology.

Our oldest headed to school this past year (and it's been a great experience for all of us!). The best thing we did to prepare was to find out what she would be doing in the next grade. We filled in the gaps based on that (e.g., ramp up the math, cut back on the history, or change your history study to lead up to what he will be doing in class next year, etc). The transition went really smoothly because we all felt prepared. I wish you the best!

My oldest (who is no math genius by any stretch of the imagination) went from 6A to private school pre-algebra. She did just fine and didn't struggle. The only issue she had was that circles and a couple of other topics are introduced/covered in 6B, and we didn't get to those. But she picked them up quickly in class, so it was never really an issue.

and it's a pretty decent mix of online and paper working. We don't always do all the experiments/labs because sometimes the answer is obvious and they don't need the experiment to show them that. But we always discuss what the outcome would be and why, and we do any related writing, or write-ups, of the experiment. It is a bit public-schoolish, but that doesn't bother me so much because with K12 everything is scheduled out, I usually have everything I need ahead of time, and science gets done every week, regularly. There is something to be said for that! Students can be as independent as they are able to handle. I was careful to follow up with my DDs--make sure they had all student pages they needed for the week, that they were doing all the assigned work, etc. And I checked everything they completed, and we went over corrections, etc. There is a fair amount of short-answer writing, but it isn't overwhelming. However, you as the parent must follow up at each lesson to make sure concepts were understood. Sometimes we did the lesson together if it was a challenging one. There is also an "advanced" or "honors" K12 Earth Science (can't remember what they call it). My kids aren't science nuts, so I didn't choose that option, but it might work for a child who really enjoys the subject. BTW--My DD (8th grade) transitioned very nicely into a rigorous private middle school science program after having done K12 for several years. HTH, Lisa

I was reading through my WTM again recently, and I'm not sure if I'm reading it correctly or not. It seems at some point within the History (Logic) section the instructions say to outline the Kingfisher pages (maybe in the 5th grade part?--don't have my book with me). But then in another section (maybe the weekly schedule?) it says to outline two pages from the additional reading (not the spine). So my question--Do we outline the "spine," or do we outline the "additional reading?" Am I reading it correctly? Was wanting to know if we should be outlining Kingfisher/Human Odyssey, or if I should plan to get other related library books to outline. :confused: Lisa

then you might not need AAS. I finally switched my older to Spelling Workout last year, and it was fine for her because she "intuitively knew" most of the rules already anyway. She could focus on Latin roots, prefixes, etc. DS (younger) likes AAS, so we keep it up. It's really not that time consuming (I did two different levels for three kids for years), and it's great for a kid who likes more interactive lessons. But it can be overkill for a natural speller. Good luck with your decision! Lisa

that you may need to move your DC forward at different rates (of course that's more of a headache for you). Your younger might get through Level 3 or so, depending on natural ability and what you have previously done, but the older might be able to progress more quickly and get through an additional level or two. Sometimes "holding an older back" is frustrating for her/him. Just ask my DD; she's still mad. :lol:

I could have written your post word for word! I was planning to just order Timeline Figures W from Sonlight (I think they are Homeschool in the Woods anyway). And I was planning to toss in any additional internet ones that I felt we needed. They are $10.50. Now you've got me wondering if this won't work. :confused:

It's more economical, especially if you end up not doing the history aspect, as you don't have to print those pages if you don't use them. Lisa

I looked into doing that last year. I did like the literature aspect, but I felt the writing was too "public school-ish," and I was using and liked R&S grammar. I decided it would be too expensive to get it just for the literature. I wish they would sell it separately, though. Call K12 and get a trial account so you can see the whole program to determine if you would use enough of it to justify the cost.

and it does coordinate with the same-level history studies, so I assume it would hold true for the middle school years. I really liked K12's art program--just don't have time to squeeeeeeze it in.:tongue_smilie: (If they still do this) You can call K12 and they will give you a "one week full access" account to whatever program you are considering. This is more than a demo lesson. You might get a good feel for it that way. Lisa

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My brother is a middle school science teacher and he really liked the Holt Life Science book, used it for years. He had to switch books this year, so I've inherited all his Holt stuff. I'm planning to use that for 7th grade. Thanks for mentioning the Lab Book in the back. I had forgotten about that. Lisa

We did 2 years with k12. Other than giggling at the twists in the stories and buying avatar stuff with practice credits, my kids were mostly indifferent. Didn't learn anything really. Rosetta Stone and La Clase Divertida got much better results.

How many weeks does it take to work though the (just one) MCT Lit trilogy? I was thinking of doing the second set, but I want to have time for a few other books (in class) as well. Is this feasible? Thanks!

chicken mummy :lol:

There is plenty of hand holding in the student's as well as the teacher's book.