Bellamoon Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Does this look right? Logic- Mind Benders Math- Teaching Textbooks 5 History- Story of the World and Usborne Encyclopedia of World History Spelling- Spelling work out F & G Grammar- Shurley English 5 Reading- Confucius, Chinese folktales, Japanese folktales, Chinese poetry, Japanese poetry, myths of ancient Egypt, tales of pharaohs, the Bible, Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Esther, Ruth, Homer, Buddha, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Greek and Roman Myths, Aesop’s Fables, Indian folktales, African folktales, Cicero, Virgil Writing- Writing Strands Science- Biology Bible- Foreign language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yes, but if you haven't used TT before take the placement test as it tends to be behind at that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamoon Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yes, but if you haven't used TT before take the placement test as it tends to be behind at that level. we have been using it for three years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Looks good overall. What are you planning to use for Biology? Bible? Foreign language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamoon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 i have Classic Life Science for Bio, bible is just an age appropriate devotional book and I am unsure about the FL. Would love to do Latin or Greek but I am afraid I would screw it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) I've really liked Lively Latin. It's supposed to be used with 3rd through 6th graders. My dd is just about done with the Big Book of Lively Latin 1, and I had no knowledge of Latin. She has done it nearly independently. I use the answer key to check her work and I have ended up learning some Latin alongside her. Eta: dd is also using Rosetta Stone Spaninsh and Getting Started with Spaninsh, and we have been very happy with those as well. Edited February 26, 2012 by bonniebeth4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 i have Classic Life Science for Bio, bible is just an age appropriate devotional book and I am unsure about the FL. Would love to do Latin or Greek but I am afraid I would screw it up. I can highly recommend Getting Started With Latin. It is *fantastic!* I took French and Italian myself but never had any Latin, so I'm learning along with DD. GSWL has been the perfect introduction for both of us. It's only about $19 for the book, which has, IIRC, 130 lessons, and each lesson's vocabulary and sentences are available via downloadable free mp3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 We're using TT5 (been using it since 3 as well) and maybe Mind Benders for logic. We're doing ancients too, but will be using History Odyssey. I'm switching the spine though to K12 Human Odyssey though. We'll be using some of their reading suggestions, but I'll be adding a lot more. We're also using GWG and spelling lists from k12reader. I'm still stumped on science, but looking at Galore Park. A few moms here have given it good reviews. We don't use a formal writing program, which is probably bad. :D If you're looking for Latin or Greek, check out Latin for Children or Greek for Children from Classical Academic Press. We've been using LfC and really like it. I would recommend getting the Mastery Bundle because the DVD and chant CD have really helped us out (I'm learning too!). The DVD is a bit cheesy and the guy who does the lessons after the chant is geeky, but I kind of love him for it. We tried Lively Latin and while it was good, it just didn't mesh for us. Once we finish LfC book A, we'll move on to book B since it's going so well. BTW, it's tied into Shurley English. I've ordered the Greek Alphabet Code Cracker from them to see how Indy does with it as he wants to add Greek next year too. He also wants to add French so he'll be able to speak it fluently because he plans to work at a cafe in Paris during his summer breaks from college. If you haven't seen the Young Indiana Jones series, this is what IJ does in the 3rd season. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamoon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thanks! So it looks like we are on the right track. I have been trying to get some books from our library or sent to our library but apparently our system is lacking in classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTaelon Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 we have been using it for three years! Perhaps its not a good fit then or are you not doing math daily? Using it daily 5 days a week you go though about 1.5 levels a year and thats assuming you don't work over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamoon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 we do school 4 days a week, not 5 and we take random weeks off as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Perhaps its not a good fit then or are you not doing math daily? Using it daily 5 days a week you go though about 1.5 levels a year and thats assuming you don't work over the summer. We use TT on grade level, one grade per year, and we like it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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