happycc Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I mean no extra curriculums aside for what she recommends in her book? Also do you know if she will be coming out with yet another edition of her TWTM? Oh it looks like she puts one out every 5 years. We are due for another one in two years?! EEk more changes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Currently, no. I started out that way. I just began reading it again (it's been 4 yrs.), but I've put it on hold until my 3rd edition arrives. I was told that some good changes were made in the logic stage. I tweak our curricula so much and I'm getting tired of doing so. I'm hoping to get back to WTM very soon. Edited November 14, 2011 by cowgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I don't think she intends people to ONLY use the specific curricula mentioned in the book. I think you can be "pure wtm" and use other things. The point is to give you a guide and some examples. If she listed every possible curriculum that fit her philosophy, the book would be insanely huge! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I don't think she intends people to ONLY use the specific curricula mentioned in the book. I think you can be "pure wtm" and use other things. The point is to give you a guide and some examples. If she listed every possible curriculum that fit her philosophy, the book would be insanely huge! :) :iagree: For me personally, I just think her suggestions are much simpler and they worked for us previously. I've driven myself crazy the past 2 yrs. with too much of the other things. I just have to stay away from the vendor hall at the conventions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I am fairly strict in terms of method. I pick my materials in terms of how well it will work within that. So much goes in and out of print etc, that I am not sure anyone can only use materials suggested by SWB. And not even SWB has only used what she suggests in her book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yes, what pp have said. I use the methods from TWTM, but not much of the curriculum. I think of myself as a classical homeschooler inspired mostly by TWTM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 not even SWB has only used what she suggests in her book. :iagree: ... it's literalism like that that gets us in trouble with the Bible. Whoops... did I say that out loud??? :001_unsure: (:seeya:Jew here - I'm allowed to devil's advocate!) Anyway, SWB has definitely gone on record as saying that the schedules in the book are unrealistic and she only put them in bc the publisher pushed her for them... just to add a bit more, I think the reason she tells you about philosophies / methodologies (ie parts-to-whole vs whole-to-arts), and doesn't just list specific curricula, is that curricula change all the time - even excellent ones can be revised or go out of print - and she is not just TELLING but teaching us how to help our kids learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Honestly, I think SWB would shudder at people thinking you have to use only the curriculum listed in there to be a "pure WTMer." I'm replying here because I think she won't have time to, but I believe her main purpose was to set forth the METHOD. She includes specific curricula recommendations for two reasons, that I have heard her state over the years, namely: 1) Because Norton wanted her to and 2) Because readers asked her to. So, I try to be a pure WTM-method person. However, I am not a pure WTM-curricula person. For example, I tried Writing Strands three separate times and I Cannot. Stand. It. So I use LTOW currently and will be going back to CW after a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 :iagree: ... it's literalism like that that gets us in trouble with the Bible. Whoops... did I say that out loud??? :001_unsure: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Never heard of it ...maybe I have but not seen the abreviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Never heard of it ...maybe I have but not seen the abreviation. Lost Tales of Writing (I think!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2BaMom Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Uummm, actually, yes, I am a pure-WTM'er. At least right now. Although I do not do art & music with my kids - I farm those out to paid teachers, so perhaps I should answer no. But I do follow the rest of her curriculum recommendations, partly because I really believe in the philosophy of WTM and partly because all of her recommendations have really, really worked for ds, 3rd grade and dd, who's only in K. Hmmm, wait. I thought of one more difference - I don't have my kids do all the narrations and summarizations on independent reading that she recommends. So that's one other area where I'm off the bandwagon. Does that answer the question?:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Never heard of it ...maybe I have but not seen the abreviation. Lost Tools of Writing by Andrew Kern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 :iagree: ... it's literalism like that that gets us in trouble with the Bible. Whoops... did I say that out loud??? :001_unsure: (:seeya:Jew here - I'm allowed to devil's advocate!) Anyway, SWB has definitely gone on record as saying that the schedules in the book are unrealistic and she only put them in bc the publisher pushed her for them... just to add a bit more, I think the reason she tells you about philosophies / methodologies (ie parts-to-whole vs whole-to-arts), and doesn't just list specific curricula, is that curricula change all the time - even excellent ones can be revised or go out of print - and she is not just TELLING but teaching us how to help our kids learn. :lol: (things that make you go hmm....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Interestingly, I was reading over the WTM yesterday, and find that in fact, I am much more in line with her methods than ever. I don't know if you can call it "pure" because like other posters have said so much of what she recommends curriculum-wise is "suggestion" but I am deeply influenced and motivated by her suggestions. I believe that with the addition of WWE to the arsenal, I have the narration / dictation thing DOWN (baby! yeah! :thumbup1:) and my next thing to tackle is the outlining from texts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNative Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 :iagree: ... it's literalism like that that gets us in trouble with the Bible. Whoops... did I say that out loud??? :001_unsure: (:seeya:Jew here - I'm allowed to devil's advocate!) Anyway, SWB has definitely gone on record as saying that the schedules in the book are unrealistic and she only put them in bc the publisher pushed her for them... just to add a bit more, I think the reason she tells you about philosophies / methodologies (ie parts-to-whole vs whole-to-arts), and doesn't just list specific curricula, is that curricula change all the time - even excellent ones can be revised or go out of print - and she is not just TELLING but teaching us how to help our kids learn. :lol::lol::lol: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckymama Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 So, I try to be a pure WTM-method person. However, I am not a pure WTM-curricula person. This is how we follow TWTM. I depend on the method as my guide for planning our homeschool. The Curricula is chosen from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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