That looks awesome :) Very easy to understand!!

My friend swears by Spelling Power. I am using The Sanborn Speller which I downloaded off of Google Books and I'm working on that with a simple method.... Monday test of all words, Tuesday write all the words correctly that you missed.....Wednesday a sentence with each word...... Thursday quiz.....

What a cool program! I had never seen it before :) Definitely need more time to read all of it. I love the grammar stage though!!

I'm older than 5 and do that all the time :) Ease back into it - she'll do fine!!!

Ok - I just got Henle Year 1 for my 7th grader. Would you start LL at the same time for translation or maybe add it in mid-year? We are starting our 2009-2010 year now (I know it's off but since we go year round it's just what works) so I'm trying to figure out my final plan of action with Latin.

I tried to do more computerized stuff for grading and was trying out some Switched on Schoolhouse. I ditched it all except math. My kids would just sit and click answers until they got the right one and would continue. They can't do that with math ;) so that will work ok - especially the fact it grades the questions and honestly I was tired of grading math for daily work all the time. Purchased the Business Math book from Simply Char. Mason and LOVE IT!! Got the eBook format so I can print it out for both kids and I really think it will help my son see what it takes to run a "business" (even though he does it with his 4-H animals he still doesn't get the real value of money yet) I'm still debating on vocabulary and spelling - but I think I might just work with some lists I have for spelling - at least for my daughter. She's taking sign language locally and she needs to spell the words for next years class. However, I'm still looking (I think that's 1/2 the fun) Most of the rest are all book for our Ambleside Online year (year 3 & 5) and I threw in GrammarLand for both kids.

Hi! I am new to posting around here :) I'm reading the WTM to see how it fits honestly WITH Ambleside. I had heard so much. Last year my kids both did combo years... 1 & 2 for my 9 year old and 3 & 4 for my 11 year old. This year (we just started our new year since we school year round) my daughter is doing year 3 and my son year 5. Personally I buy most of the books - but I also have most all of them on my computer. But I love to "have" books. I'll buy used if I can but I use Amazon most of the time. (I get in too much trouble when I head out to the used book store....and I can't always count on the library to have stuff - but they do have a lot of it) We will also use audiobooks downloaded from Librivox.... my daughter LOVES Our Island Story done that way. For tracking I use homeschool tracker and plan out the week. I try and break everything down for them - especially my daughter because sometimes 1 chapter is daunting for her so I tell her the pages. I don't do much substitution except with Trial and Triumph we use Our Island Saints. I do add Catholic Bible study along with it. I use the free Bible study at Calvery Chapel with our Catholic Bible and my son will do a more in-depth study. We use it because of the literature selection and the fact the lay-out actually has a lot of playing room but it's still laid out for me. Dana