wendybern Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 DDs 13 & 15 like: historical fiction books and films, documentary films, making timelines and maps, writing factual reports, worksheets/puzzles/etc., IEW for writing, and of course field trips. They don't like: doing craft projects, listening to audio narrations, writing opinion essays (the thinking is just not there yet). And they don't learn/retain well if they are reading a textbook (like Notgrass) or nonfiction books on their own, if there is not some supporting activity (other than answering questions). And I'd like to keep them together, just adjusting difficulty up or down individually as needed. We adopted them a year and a half ago, so they've only been homeschooling that long; they're making great progress but very limited in prior history knowledge and not up for difficult vocabulary. And I have a huge library of Sonlight books from homeschooling my oldest (now in college). Help? Suggestions? Thank you! Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Have you seen Connect the Thoughts? http://www.connectthethoughts.net/home.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendybern Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Have you seen Connect the Thoughts? http://www.connectthethoughts.net/home.php Never heard of this one before -- looks interesting! Are you using it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Never heard of this one before -- looks interesting! Are you using it? I'm not using it, but I always thought it looked interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyndiLJ Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Our family is using Connect the Thoughts and it might fit beautifully with what you are hoping to find! We use it for 5 kids all aged 12-8 (one almost 13), and are purposely using a lower level for English learners but man, is it awesome. Very much along the lines you are describing and I think both of your daughters could use it together very easily. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmsurbat Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Look into Trisms. It incorporates IEW writing assignments, provides lots of opportunities to add books, videos, etc. to the core of the program. Website: http://www.trisms.com/ HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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