Hi! I have been looking into Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind for my soon to be 8th grader. He has had some grammar up to this point but I would like to do another year at least. Do I just start with he purple book? or does he need another? Also, with Writing with Skill do I start with Level 1 even if he is going into 8th? I don't want to rush him but I do what to create a solid foundation for him to build on for high school. Thank you

I am doing the exact same thing this year MOH1 lessons, SOTW 1 audio with Activity book and VP history cards. I must say, it is challenging to record it all together to produce my weekly schedule.

I would love a copy of this please. heidijokemp@gmail.com thanks

I would love a copy of that schedule also, Pretty Please:001_smile:

I just place my order for the Horrible Science box set. I got them from Amazon. They have a few box sets that are new through other shippers. This is how I got my Horrible Histoy box set and besides the actual box arriving damaged (not there fault, it was shipped to me over seas and the freight forwarder damaged it) the books were perfect. My sister will pick up a few extra ones that are not in the set when she visits England this year. We love Horrible "anthything":lol:

My oldest just finished GWG 7 and like it better then GWG 6. It introduced new LA consecept besides diagraming (which 5 and 6 and heavy in). I love the independence these books offer. As long as you keep upmwith the grading there is no problem.

I use both. I started AAS 1 after Christmas with my boys (8 and 6.9) the older flew through but it was great review of rules and words. We are now working on AAS2 and should be done in a few weeks (this level will also be just for review). My younger has 8 lessons to go of AAS1 and this has been such an asset to his growing reading skills. I have to mention that I use OpGTTR (which is simple and straight forward to use). I am sure if your phonics program is more bells and whistles doing the two together could be overwhelming at time. My boys are not bells and whistles types:D I have to modify AAS a bit to make it more basic and less hands on, weird I know:lol: I have tried many other spelling programs (my older girls were my test subjects) and AAS is my favorite by far.

I do the exact same thing. TT is our supplement to MUS. My girls love TT and do it with ease. MUS is more challenging. We just started with MUS this year and I have them reviewing DVD's Alpha through Zeta and stopping when we have mastery issues. my Oldest will be doing MUS Pre Alg and TT 7 in the fall. I think this might be the last year for TT for her though. I have TT 5-7 so might as well use them:tongue_smilie:

my box set is on its way:lol: can't wait.

I use both MUS and TT. WE have uses TT 5,6 and will start 7 in the Fall with my girls 11 and 12. I have started with Primer and Alpha (MUS) with my boys 5 and 7. I will continue with MUS with them straight through I think. My girls are watching the videos from MUS Alpha-Zeta and stopping to practice when they hit an area of weakness. My oldest will be doing MUS Pre Alg in the fall along with TT7(for fun cause she wants too!? weird kid:001_huh:) MUS is more challenging then TT. I love the ease of TT though and that is why we have stuck it out but it has really gotten to easy for the girls. So, we are finishing up the year with TT and the MUS DVD's and in the new year using TT more as an add on and MUS as our main math text. I wish I would have started with MUS with my girls. but no use crying over spilled milk, or wasted curriculum in our case:confused:

the DVD is a must IMO. The teachers guide I think I used for a total of 4 lessons. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing LOL.

:iagree:that might be why the binders are now optional. I have so many of those binders floating around my house. I do use them to store all the years work in for each core. I only take out in 4 week sections for my kids (or me) to refer to. I keep all the notes in a small binder, because I am using those all the time. My 1 inch binder all cracked by the end of the year:glare:. I think it is important to find what works best for you and something that you are going to be able to use with ease.

I came across the best Journal ideas at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/proverbsfamily/780260/ these are the May prompts, the girls are loving this! Just print out the month and let them keep it in their journal and write as they want. My 7 year old son journals EVERYTHING he does! Sometimes drives me a little batty but I adjust LOL. I get him those note books that has that have a page split (blank on the top and lined on the bottom). Then he writes a bit and draws to go with the journal writing. My 5 year old just does journal 'drawing' which is IMO the first step to actual journal writing. We are all notebook lovers here!

yes I would love to know the schedule too. What a great addition to SL1!!

I guess I would be a semi-purist LOL. I use WTM for all of my language arts. I use Sonlight TWTM way (read my adventure At http://homeschoolblogger.com/bahamahomeschooler) one of the main reasons I use Sonlight is the books. They send you everything in one big box and for an islander like me that is a good thing. We are very limited on supplies, books and information. I actually looked into TOG but after seeing all the books I would have to buy I knew that Sonlight is still the best option for "us". I am trying science TWTM way this year with my littles but my bigs will continue with Sonlight and apoligia, might WTM tweek it though ;-) SWB audios really helped me grasp the foundation of TWTM and use it in what we have already. Have fun digging into TWTM!

I started Workboxes and we loved them. THEN we moved!! I now have a homeschool room, which I never had before, but have not started the Workboxes again. I have everything in the school room but it just does not seem to flow. I need to rework the space and get my Workbox butt in gear:lol:. we only have a few weeks left in this school year so I will be planning how to get it all together and fit those workboxes back in. I am loving the stacking drawers idea and think I can fit 4 of those in the room with ease. Now to find them on my island could be another issue!

I posted my curriculum list on http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bahamahomeschooler I use Sonlights IG and books. I love the IG because it give you the ability to not have to do the reading with all of the cores, which I am doing 3 of next year, so that is way to many books for me to review. Their notes on all the history books, read alouds and readers are one of the best tools IMO. I just add TWTM way of "doing" history to Sonlights very well layed out core. I am working through this process and will keep everyone updated on my progress.

I use TT 5 and 6 with my girls (11 and 12) but I also use MUS (which is amazing IMO). TT is easy and I keep them on their grade level and they enjoy is so It can't be bad. but MUS pushes them and you can do as little or as much of the written lessons that you want. We have had much benefit from just the DVD's. My boys (5 and 6) do only MUS and I might give them TT just for fun review when then get to the levels that I have.

we are switching from Spelling Workout to All About Spelling. My younger are struggling through and my older are bored. They still can't spelling. so going back to the beginning for them all (older at a much faster pace). We are also switch Art to Spears Art, which looks just great for our family. we have add Imitations in Writing last week and will continue this year. Teaches good outlining skills, which is where the older are week. I'd have to have 50 kids to finally get the perfect choices in curriculum, but then again, I am sure I would find something new that I just had to try! LOL

:lurk5: now that sounds like a plan I could use too.

I would love to know what you guys think School Curriculum 2010-2011 Anri (age 12) Math Teaching Textbooks 7 – www.sonlight.com Language Arts Writing Strands 4 - http://www.cbd.com Spelling in 15 mins at day – www.amazon.com Spelling Workout E – www.cbd.com Wordly Wise 7 – www.sonlight.com Growing with Grammar 7 – www.growingwithgrammar.com Imitation in Writing – www.logosschool.com Science Apologia General Science – www.sonlight.com Foreign Language Rosetta Stone Italian – www.sonlight.com Logic Mind Benders B2 – www.cbd.com Logic in 100 mins – www.cbd.com Bible/History/Geography/Literature/Reading Sonlight Core alt 7 (done TWTM way, of course)– www.sonlight.com Electives Video Professor – www.sonlight.com Logos Adventure – www.motherboardbooks.com Mavis Beacon Typing – www.sonlight.com Home Economic complete course – www.cbd.com Spears Art – www.spearsartstudio.com Piano Choir/Praise Team Gymnastics Celina (age 11) Math Teaching Textbooks 6 – www.sonlight.com Language Arts Writing Strands 3 - http://www.writing-tales.com/ Vocabulary from Classical Roots 6 – www.cbd.com Growing with Grammar 6 – www.growingwithgrammar.com Spelling Workout D – www.cbd.com Imitation in Writing – www.logosschool.com Reason for Handwriting E – www.cbd.com Science Sonlight Science 6 – www.sonlight.com Foreign Language Rosetta Stone Italian – www.sonlight.com Logic Mind Benders A3 & A4 Bible/History/Geography/Literature/Reading Sonlight Core 6 – www.sonlight.com Electives Video Professor – www.sonlight.com Logos Adventure – www.motherboardbooks.com Mavis Beacon Typing – www.sonlight.com Home Economic complete course – www.cbd.com Spears Art – www.spearsartstudio.com Piano Lessons Choir/Drama Gymnastics Samuel (age 7) Math Math U See Beta – www.mathusee.com Language Arts Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading – www.peacehillpress.com Spelling Workout B – www.cbd.com All About Spelling 1 – www.all-about-spelling.com Writing With Ease 2 - www.peacehillpress.com First Language Lesson 2 - www.peacehillpress.com Printing Power – www.sonlight.com Explode the Code 4, 5, 6 – www.sonlight.com Science Sonlight Science 1 books only – www.sonlight.com WTM Science Grade 1 – www.amazon.com Foreign Language Hey Andrew Teach Me some Greek Reader www.greeknstuff.com Bible/History/Geography/Literature/Reading Sonlight Core 1 – www.sonlight.com SOTW 1 – www.peacehillpress.com Electives Spears Art – www.spearsartstudio.com Soccer Choir Elijah (age 6) Math Math U See Alpha – www.mathusee.com Language Arts Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading – www.peacehillpress.com My Printing Book – www.sonlight.com Explode the Code 1, 2, 3 – www.sonlight.com First Language Lessons 1 – www.peacehillpress.com Spelling Workout A – www.cbd.com All About Spelling 1 – www.all-about-spelling.com Writing With Ease 1 – www.peacehillpress.com Science Sonlight Science 1 books only – www.sonlight.com WTM Science Grade 1 – www.amazon.com Foreign Language Bitty Baby learns Hebrew – www.amazon.com Bitty Baby learns Greek – www.amazon.com Bible/History/Geography/Literature/Reading Sonlight Core 1 – www.sonlight.com SOTW 1 – www.peacehillpress.com Electives Spears Art – www.spearsartstudio.com Soccer Choir

We are going to be finishing up Science 5 this summer and move to 6. My oldest will start Science 7, which is Apologia General Science. I like Sonlight Science and find my kids do too. They do most of it on their own. I do Science K with my littles and we do more reading then answering the questions(I use them for Narration). I think Sonlight does a good job picking books related to each subject. I love that they do Apologia in the upper grades. WE usually just have a Science book bin and read through the great books. The only think I wish they did was focus on a certain area each year, not jump around. IT gets a little more focused as you move up in years. Hope this helps.

I do it a little different then most. WE only do history on MWF. So here it is. Monday - Read SOTW Chapter, stopping to narrate in between sections Or I let one child narrate one and another narrate the next. Wednesday - Read scheduled Sonlight reading(my kids like to read a book right though in one day, I am a mama with a sore throat LOL) Friday - Do the Mapping activity and Read more of Sonlight if we have some left. and do 1 activity from the Activity Book (I can not fit in more then that) They listen to SOTW audio through the week in their room. This works for us.

I have 2 using it now. I use a post it note to mark each page. With my younger we sometimes have to do a lesson a few times over until he gets it. My other son is done in 10 mins.

I am starting core 1 in the fall with my two ds ages 7 and 6. This will be my second time around with core 1. My two dd ages 12 and 11 did it a while ago. We loved it. We are just finishing up core K and loved it. I think it is important to have your kids on the higher end of the age recomendations. Next year will be my first with 3 cores. But my older girls do all the reading on their own now. I combine WTM with Sonlight. We do SOTW along with cores 1-4 but usually only the audio version. they are in cores 6&7 and I added the test to them too. I am just starting to dabble in doing Sonlight TWTM way for the logic stages. Check out my blog for my new journey.