MOH & Biblioplan Question

[fourcatmom]

I am bit confused about the purpose of Biblioplan and hoping someone can enlighten me. If MOH is a complete program as is SOTW what is the purpose of spending another $120 + on Biblioplan which to my understanding is simply a schedule?

 

I am really considering using MOH and SOTW next year from ancients but was looking for something to enhance SOTW vol. 3 for early modern history this year and someone suggested Biblioplan for this.

 

TIA:001_smile:

[hsbeth]

Wow, I have the older edition of BP so pricing may have changed, but $120? I'm looking at their ebook which is the master schedule and it's still priced at $29.

 

BP is a schedule for covering a period of history. For example, for Ancients it uses SOTW or MOH as the history spines and then adds in lit, writing prompts, map work, timelines, readers, and a family read aloud. If you are at all familiar with Sonlight or their IG's, it is very similar. So, in other words, BP takes a history course and turns it into a literature/bible/history curriculum similar in scope to Sonlight, MFW, or some others.

 

If you are only wanting to cover history and have other reading/lit/lang arts plans it is probably not necessary for you. SOTW and MOH are complete programs. BP is a great fit for me because it enables me to coordinate or combine children several years apart, coordinating different readers and spines for them. It also gives you Usborne and Kingfisher references for those who like to do WTM style narration, copy work, outlining, etc.

 

MOH includes map work and timeline instructions and is "complete" in that sense. SOTW plus the AG would do the same. If you plan to use the SOTW AG you would not need the map pack, coloring sheets, timeline pack, etc. that are offered as part of the larger BP Bundle. It would be very similar and way overkill. If you are only getting the SOTW volume itself, then you'd benefit from some of those extras.

 

IMO, unless you plan to utilize the suggested reader and read aloud schedule, BP probably isn't a good idea for you. If you do go the BP route, skip all the bells and whistles and just get the schedule itself $29. The companion book wasn't available when I bought my edition but appears to be extra extension information, neat facts, etc. It's probably not necessary either.

 

We love BP here, but it's not a great fit for everyone. Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.

[fourcatmom]

Wow, I have the older edition of BP so pricing may have changed, but $120? I'm looking at their ebook which is the master schedule and it's still priced at $29.

 

BP is a schedule for covering a period of history. For example, for Ancients it uses SOTW or MOH as the history spines and then adds in lit, writing prompts, map work, timelines, readers, and a family read aloud. If you are at all familiar with Sonlight or their IG's, it is very similar. So, in other words, BP takes a history course and turns it into a literature/bible/history curriculum similar in scope to Sonlight, MFW, or some others.

 

If you are only wanting to cover history and have other reading/lit/lang arts plans it is probably not necessary for you. SOTW and MOH are complete programs. BP is a great fit for me because it enables me to coordinate or combine children several years apart, coordinating different readers and spines for them. It also gives you Usborne and Kingfisher references for those who like to do WTM style narration, copy work, outlining, etc.

 

MOH includes map work and timeline instructions and is "complete" in that sense. SOTW plus the AG would do the same. If you plan to use the SOTW AG you would not need the map pack, coloring sheets, timeline pack, etc. that are offered as part of the larger BP Bundle. It would be very similar and way overkill. If you are only getting the SOTW volume itself, then you'd benefit from some of those extras.

 

IMO, unless you plan to utilize the suggested reader and read aloud schedule, BP probably isn't a good idea for you. If you do go the BP route, skip all the bells and whistles and just get the schedule itself $29. The companion book wasn't available when I bought my edition but appears to be extra extension information, neat facts, etc. It's probably not necessary either.

 

We love BP here, but it's not a great fit for everyone. Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.

 

Thanks, that makes more sense. It's more like the complete program of HOD that offers all the extras that you can use with the history program. I think the $120 was for all extra stuff and that was what was confusing me because it appeared that MOH had those things available as well, like the timeline.

 

Thanks for the input. I like the looks of it but didn't understand why you would need that plus MOH. I guess it made more sense with SOTW but then again I feel that is not as complete a program because we don't use the AG with it.

[hsbeth]

Exactly, MOH would be quite sufficient for your history. BP will only be valuable if you are wanting to correlate readers and read alouds or if you want KF encyclopedia references that go with the reading for WTM narration and outlining. There are also writing prompts, but I didn't use those much.

 

There are some other BP threads going on right now too, you might want to check those out.

[fourcatmom]

Exactly, MOH would be quite sufficient for your history. BP will only be valuable if you are wanting to correlate readers and read alouds or if you want KF encyclopedia references that go with the reading for WTM narration and outlining. There are also writing prompts, but I didn't use those much.

 

There are some other BP threads going on right now too, you might want to check those out.

 

 

Thank You. Yes, I have been reading those too! History is the most difficult for me to choose! I really picked out the wrong programs this year and I am having to back-track now and I don't want to do that again next year.