Shelly in IL Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 How do I find one? In my quest for the "perfect" history program, I am effectively driving myself nuts!! I just need to see it all! Help me please! I live in the Wisconsin/Illinois stateline area, mid state. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L. Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hi, If you go to www.homeschoolclassifieds.com you can search for events/activites by geographic location. Since you are near two states, you may find more options. Hope this helps. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 You don't want me to get up on my soapbox about the obnoxious cost of the hs fair in Orlando. Since we use MUS, I found out their participation in my area using this site: http://www.mathusee.com/events.php Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Do you belong to a homeschool group in your area? Every year our group hosts a "Book Look." We get a room at the public library, and bring our favorite curriculum to display. We spend 2-3 hours walking around looking through other people's things and answering questions about what we brought. IT's very casual, and is one of the most well-attended events we have. It started out with just a few friends meeting in a room at a church, and now we use one of the giant conference rooms at the library. :) Hillary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulytymewyfe Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Have you looked at Tapestry of Grace? http://www.lampstandbookshelf.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=RD03&AFFIL=TOGTRACI Please feel free to send me private message if you have any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisN in NY Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 How do I find one? In my quest for the "perfect" history program, I am effectively driving myself nuts!! I just need to see it all! Help me please! I live in the Wisconsin/Illinois stateline area, mid state. Thanks so much! For the cost of attending a homeschool convention/curriculum fair, you can order the materials you want to look at yourself, and sell the ones you don't want to keep. The pluses are that you can evaluate in the comfort of your home according to your own schedule, and you can take as long as you need to. The only negative that I can see is losing money on the sale of the materials, but that's bound to be about the same or even less than attending a convention, gas, parking, food while you're there. I did this many years ago when looking for high school English. I spent HOURS online reading reviews and opinions, but still couldn't make up my mind between two authors/publishers. Back then, I doubt these would even have been available at our convention to see, anyway. I am SO glad I did this because I ended up not caring for the program that I was leaning towards using after reading all the reviews/opinions. I sold the one I didn't keep for about $15-20 less than I paid for it, which to me was well worth being able to really evaluate the two side by side. FWIW, to attend our convention would have been $30 in registration, gas for 60 or so miles each way, and parking for the day. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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