momma aimee Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I am finding, for MY SELF, I am doing better at teaching the subjects that I have more laid out for me. I am moving us though math much more quickly than Science and History and so on. My "plan" for first is to have planned Curr for each subject -- i don't expect to find a boxed one that will have everything in it -- but surely an outlined program for me for each subject. BTDT experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Not to be dumb, but have you looked at SOTW? It would probably do what you want. There's no reason (and it's not wise) to change your LA stuff if what you're doing is working. You don't need a whole program, just some content. Science is pretty personal, so you just have to read about your options. In 1st I liked more informal, natural stuff like the Let's Read and Find Out books and taking lots of nature walks. For history, just about anything popular on the boards will have enough structure to suit you. The only thing that wouldn't is TQ. Beyond that, any of them will work. It's easier to make something challenging and appropriate to your child if you read WTM and figure out what skills they need to work on next, rather than hoping a curriculum will have done all that for you. Sometimes someone will luck out and find a publisher whose vision exactly matches their child. The rest of the time, you start with whatever framework gets you closest to where you need to be and adapt. The main thing is not to aim too high or be unnecessarily unrealistic. You won't have any more time than you have now. Simple things work just fine. CHOW is good. SOTW is good. The VP online history is good. Find the simplest approach you can to accomplish your goals, and you'll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I am finding, for MY SELF, I am doing better at teaching the subjects that I have more laid out for me. I am moving us though math much more quickly than Science and History and so on. My "plan" for first is to have planned Curr for each subject -- i don't expect to find a boxed one that will have everything in it -- but surely an outlined program for me for each subject. BTDT experience? Have you looked at Kolbe Academy or Mother of Divine Grace? I haven't managed to escape eclecticism yet, but if I do, it will be to one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 SOTW isn't exactly scheduled out for you, but it's easy to schedule. We do one section per day (each chapter has 1-4 sections - usually 2-3), 3 days a week. This will likely last you roughly a school year. There are 42 chapters, but not every chapter has 3 sections, so that's how you can catch up. I find it easy to schedule. Each day, we read the section and do the narration (questions in the AG). On the last day of a chapter, we do the map work (which is very appropriate for a first grader). Elemental Science would be WTM style science laid out for you (scheduled and everything). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I have found that boxed curriculum drives me batty. On the other hand, I like programs that are well laid our for me with a good hand-holding teacher's manual for each individual subject. SOTW is about as easy as they come, especially if you use the activity guide.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 History Odyssey schedules history for you. You can even do the "try it" for several weeks for free before buying it (in any form). I've yet to find a science that I like, so I'll just agree with Oh Elizabeth that it is highly individualistic. I know how you feel about having things open & go & semi-scheduled allowing you to get more done. I'm the type that likes to schedule my own things ahead of time. I know some people can just decide what to do on the spur of the moment & pull it off. If my stuff isn't scheduled & laid out ahead of time, it probably won't happen. I haven't found a "box" that worked for me yet, though. Good luck! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) i'm using "adventures in america" with my son this year. we add in the extra readers recommended by the author; it's been great! it's 3x week & can be used for those wanting to hold off on SOTW. here's a link (you'll see samples there). best part - it's cheap:) for science, he's using and enjoying singapore science with the let's read and find out about books. lastly, i cannot recommend enough the christian liberty press nature readers. we have books 1-5 (my daughter is in book 4). we love these. Edited October 18, 2011 by mytwomonkeys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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momma aimee Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 History Odyssey schedules history for you. You can even do the "try it" for several weeks for free before buying it (in any form). I've yet to find a science that I like, so I'll just agree with Oh Elizabeth that it is highly individualistic. I know how you feel about having things open & go & semi-scheduled allowing you to get more done. I'm the type that likes to schedule my own things ahead of time. I know some people can just decide what to do on the spur of the moment & pull it off. If my stuff isn't scheduled & laid out ahead of time, it probably won't happen. I haven't found a "box" that worked for me yet, though. Good luck! :grouphug: :) this is what I am finding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I 2nd Memoria Press. If they had had those complete curric and curric guides when I started that would be what we would be doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm always fuzzy about what people mean when they say "boxed." What is that?:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm always fuzzy about what people mean when they say "boxed." What is that?:confused: It all comes together... in a box, right?? So MP or A Beka... but MP would be "classical" :) Right??:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofabcd Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 3rd Memoria Press:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 thanks everyone -- i love the imput Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I have found that boxed curriculum drives me batty. On the other hand, I like programs that are well laid our for me with a good hand-holding teacher's manual for each individual subject. SOTW is about as easy as they come, especially if you use the activity guide.:001_smile: :iagree::iagree: I love a well planned program for each individual subject. I especially love a guide where I can multi-level teach...choose ideas....and it is uncomplicated! Uncomplicated for me is the absolute key. So far, SOTW fits that bill. CLE fits that bill for math, reading and LA....each kid on their level for that. My kids discovered Lyrical Life Science and they love that. It is easy to follow and add free reading books. We listen in the car...read on the couch....color and diagram on the coffee table. For history, when we finished SOTW I bought Heart of Dakota...and Sonlight. Heart of Dakota was too complicated...and choppy....Even more choppy than Sonlight...if that is possible. I just couldn't make it flow. I put all 3 younger kids in the Sonlight...and it is working beautifully. Next year....dd starts high school...and 2 boys go back to SOTW....easy peasy to follow. Rich as you want to make it. Easy enough and thorough enough to use by itself. Good luck, Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 :iagree::iagree: I love a well planned program for each individual subject. I especially love a guide where I can multi-level teach...choose ideas....and it is uncomplicated! Uncomplicated for me is the absolute key. So far, SOTW fits that bill. CLE fits that bill for math, reading and LA....each kid on their level for that. My kids discovered Lyrical Life Science and they love that. It is easy to follow and add free reading books. We listen in the car...read on the couch....color and diagram on the coffee table. For history, when we finished SOTW I bought Heart of Dakota...and Sonlight. Heart of Dakota was too complicated...and choppy....Even more choppy than Sonlight...if that is possible. I just couldn't make it flow. I put all 3 younger kids in the Sonlight...and it is working beautifully. Next year....dd starts high school...and 2 boys go back to SOTW....easy peasy to follow. Rich as you want to make it. Easy enough and thorough enough to use by itself. Good luck, Faithe I think THAT is what I truely need / want. it doesn't have to all be Company ABC -- but i need something, for each subject, laid out because i am not so good at knowing what to pull together for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFourSons Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Memoria Press is the most "classical" boxed curriculum I've seen, we tried it for Kindergarten with my ds7, but it was too dry for him and so I am doing an ecclectic mix of CM and classical. But, MP would have worked quite well for my oldest if it had been around when we started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I know this is an older thread but... I am planning for fall to use Sonlight Core B, though I do read the selections on the weekly grid, I may read all of one book in one day instead of spreading over more than one day, or however SL has it planned for that week. I am planning to combine that with Memoria Press 2nd grade minus phonics and math. I will use FLL, WWE, and Abeka math. So, I know what it means to like it all laid out. Sometimes I veer off the path for math, say doing two lessons a day or some such, but I still have the curriculum guide to give me teaching tips if dd is not getting something, and to tell me what sort of schedule to maintain to get done in a certain number of weeks. All of the programs I use are easily laid out. I do plan to read SOTW and some of the Guerber books along with Core B, but those will be more like bedtime stories or audios for trips and such as we travel quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 it doesn't have to all be Company ABC -- but i need something, for each subject, laid out because i am not so good at knowing what to pull together for myself. Well that is easier than finding a good, all-in-one, classical curriculum. You can look at WWE for writing, FLL for grammar, AAS or SWR for spelling and MUS or Singapore-with-HIG for maths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/curriculum/ http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/curriculum/curriculum-book-list/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTaelon Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I haven't seen anyone mention it but k12.com seems to be following a classical approach. I like the fact that is all laid out right down to what questions to ask the child to check for understanding and it handles the scheduling and adapts when you miss a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Have you looked at Kolbe Academy or Mother of Divine Grace?. Those or Angelicum Academy are the ones I would recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oraetstudia Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Not a box from one company, but all of these come with a pretty basic, do this on this day, format or are very obvious in what one should from one assignment to the next, which I do find very helpful, especially as I add more and more students. Grammar: FLL Writing: WWE Math: TT or MUS History: History Odyssey Science: RSO, Elemental Science, or Noeo Art: The Phonics of Drawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I find that WTM pretty much lays it out for you more or less. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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