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History: HOD rev to rev + All American History volume 1 Science: exploration education advanced + inventor study Literature: DITHOR Writing: IEW American History based writing lessons volume 1 Math: Math-U-See pre-algebra Grammar: Rod and Staff 7 My goal is for the history and science to maybe count as high school credit which is why we are adding the AAH. I figure that combined with the lit and writing for history can give her an American history credit. The advance science with the inventor study should be more than enough for a science credit--physical science?

My dd just turned 13 is using it. It's very thorough and I am super super 100% impressed and pleased. They are similar to the time travelers series but sooooo much better and written for older kids too. I printed everything for all of the lessons. Dd reads the text and directions, and then does the activities. It's a great supplement to the history we are using (HOD RTR). We also are using IEW medieval writing lessons. This adds the hands on that my 13yo creative girls enjoys. It would be great as a stand alone curriculum too. Pleased as punch with it and can't wait until the future volumes are released and hope they follow the same history cycle as we are! :)

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Thank you. Many of these were on my list as well. Also like the suggestion/reminder to ad poetry.

Looking for my eighth grader. Am wanting it to possibly count for part of high school credit. Not looking for anthologies, just a list of must read lit for grade 8/9.

You could try the SWI DVD lessons for the older ones also by IEW. They also have a games DVD that has some easy and fun games to play.

I'm having the same questions of my second grade ds using beyond this year as well. We are also doing several days worth of work in one day which equals about 30 minutes of work. I've also added elemental science earth science and astronomy. I feel like the activities in betond are too young for him and he doesn't really enjoy them and I think it's because he feels like they are for younger kids. Adding elemental science has helped. We are also doing reading math etc at his level. But I don't necessarily feel like bigger woul have been better for him as I'm also doing that guide with my next two dd and I really just don't think it would be right for my science minded ds. If I had he funds I would jump ship now and start something else, but since that's not a possibility we will wait until next year. He does enjoy the history readings though so we will at least finish those. I've decided to work through beyond as quickly as he can then start something new and fresh. My plan is beautiful feet history through science alongside elemental science physics and beautiful feet geography. I think that will give him the depth he wants and needs.

Another thought: many of the books that are used in HOD re multiple age--like the MOH3 in RTR is actually for elementary thru middle school so that a family could study it together but HOD says that only ages 10-12 should or could use it. Same with the Apologia texts--those are all for grades 1-6 but HOD sys only appropriate for certain ages as specified in their guides. I think this is what makes it confusing for some. When you look at the packages and see so many multi-aged resources it looks at first glance to be a fit for many ages to use together but really it's written for specific ageless groups. However this year after having all my dc separate and studying their own things for history and science I find it much more manageable. Not sure why that is, but I feel like each child is getting what they need. FWIW the science in CTC looks really great. I almost wish thy would sell just that science as a set to use as a stand alone science. Same thing about the science in Rev to Rev. The science akin with the inventor study looks very rigorous. I just think the earth science study in RTR should be used in preparing as the work my seventh grader has done this year so far seems perfect for that age. It's so hard to please everyone but I am thankful for a planned curriculum this year, even if I do have to edit, change, supplement a bit. It's just so much nicer to be able to know what is going to eat done each day. It's easier to change or add to it than to plan the whole thing! I do like the biblical perspective and while its not perfect for everyone, it's fine for us. Although like I've already said, most of the resources used pretty much just schedule for your dc to Dj the next page or read the next section. It wouldn't be that difficult to actually make out that reading schedule yourself.

No curriculum can fit each family exactly. I like to be able to make changes as needed to tailor the curriculum to my child and to align with my beliefs/worldview. That is the beauty of homeschooling. What is good for one family is not good for every family. I think that is why I have such a hard time sticking with one specific curriculum. I like to take my favorite aspects of different curriculums and mesh them together.

I think you can make it grade level for your student by doing math, language arts, etc. at your students ability level. That is where the bulk of my seventh graders work comes from--her basic subjects. The history is very thorough, interesting, and chronological. We did not use CTC (won't for my other dc either). I will likely use parts of it though as I like some of the resources but do not like a majority of the main history texts. I do think HOD has a nice mix of hands on activities though. If your dc does not enjoy hands on then you can just have them skip those projects. I do feel that the science in RTR while very thorough just isn't enough for seventh grade. It is well below my daughters reading level and they only read 2-3 pages per day. When compared to 15-20+ pages per day for history. Also for history there are so many components to the learning about history portion which is great, but then only 1 box for the science. It seems unbalanced which I think is more accurate than saying the science is too light.

My son in second grade is using beyond this year. It is fun light and simple to get done. In fact we have added elemental science earth science and astronomy to round out his curriculum. I really wish I had gone ahead and done bigger with him because beyond only takes 30minutes to complete each day (not including math and reading/phonics). The content is great and he really enjoys the projects history timeline and such but he really could have handled the workload in bigger!

Dd 7th grade is using RTR (resurrection to reformation) this year and its going well. She enjoys having it all spelled out for her what to do each day so she doesn't have to wait for me to tell it to her, she can just jump in. Some of the history books have been harder for her than I expected so we remedied that by me reading it out loud to her instead of her reading it to herself. In a couple weeks we will be movin into the mystery of history 3 book and she will go back to reading it herself. I think for seventh grade this is perfect with he exception of science. For seventh grade it needs a bit more depth. Also you shouldn't let yourself feel boxed in by this curriculum. Make it fit your family and children. If your children need to something differently than what the book says then go ahead and make that adaptation.

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We use IEW writing. It is only used in the RTR guide but I use it for all of my kids. That means that we skip ANY additional writing assignments/lessons in Rod and Staff, but my kids still do handwriting, copy work, and any written narrations given in the HOD guides. Not sure we are going to use Rod and Staff next year. It would be easy to do any other grammar because essentially you jut do the next page or lesson. This is our first year using studied dictation because its fast and easy. But my youngest will do AAS levels 1-3 before he starts the dictation in the HOD guides.

How about civil war based monopoly? Each property could be states or important places or events based on the civil war. Trivia questions could be on the chance and community chest cards. There is an actual make your own monopoly board that you can get and customize. Or the game of life based on civil war. Or just a basic path then in order to move players answer trivia questions. Correct answers move forward so many spaces. Wrong answers move backward a space or 2.

Can you jump in the middle of the books? Or do we need to start with the first book? Thinking of adding for my son who is 7yo second grade and halfway through MUS Beta. Overkill? And where do you find scope and sequence or table of contents and sample pages?

I actually have asked questions on the forums located at the alabacus website. A very helpful lady answered my questions and one time dr. Cotter actually called me at home to help alleviate my concerns. If I were you I would copy exactly what you've written here. I didn't perceive it to be negative just stating your concerns. It's been a few yrs but I do remember level d being TONS of review! I think we just breezed through it, but I do remember thinking that it seemed odd to have so much review. Almost like they should have cut the review and just joined books d and e together. I do remember thinking the same as you--we just worked really hard to cement those multiplication facts and then we didn't touch them for several months. I was worried we would lose all that hard work! I think you can in all reality play lots of the games and do some drills on the side if you are concerned about forgetting them.

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PTL!!!!! You should share this story with the curriculum publisher--they will be blessed by it.

That was my thought too--the ESA is very simple (but I like it that way=it gets done!) I'm assuming hat the other levels are similar as far as ease--maybe require more writing which would be the part he would need help with. :)

I know it says grade 4 or 5, but I'm wondering if it could work for a grade 3 9yo science minded boy? I figure I might hafta write some for him but also want to be sure the topics are understandable for him. We will also be using BF science thru history to round out the science intensive year!

You will get more response if you post on the HOD boards at the HOD website. Or the homeschoolingHODmoms yahoo group.

Hits: HOD--all 3 guides! Beyond, Bigger,and RtR--includes history and science IEW--all things fun and fascinating and medieval writing lessons--I think it helps that I am teaching both classes in my home which is motivation for my dc to do their assignments and for me to stay on track! Linguistic development thru poetry memorization--having a BLAST memorizing and reciting poetry! DITHOR--after trying to use it for 3 years, I finally "get" it and the kids like the projects at the end especially since we added the book project books. 4H--they love to do their projects and they really are gettin better each year and learning so much! MUS--it gets done and thu have solid understanding of math topics Might be misses: R&S English--not doing any of the writing though and this is just plain BORING!!!!! PAL reading and writing--ds can recognize basic sight words. But I prefer to tech the writing without so much hand-holding!