Shellydon Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I tried Biblioplan this year, but I'd really like something that is pre-packaged. I spent 3 hours this morning trying to locate books from Biblioplan, SOTW activity guide and MOH. I have been doing that every 6 weeks. Many of the books are out of print, so I have to track them down or try and figure out a substitute. The thing I loved about Sonlight is the wonderful IG that and that everything you need for the year was all in one box. I do want to use both SOTW and MOH as spines then add the literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 MFW uses SOTW....not as many books included but for the price difference you could just buy some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 There are plans in the MOH yahoo group to coordinate with Sonlight cores so you could go that way. I am sure SOTW has something too but I am just more familiar with MOH since that is what we use. The other thing we are doing is adding in Yesterday's Classics ePub books to MOH. They are already all downloaded to the iPad and we just read the books that go best with what we are currently studying. At least this would save you from having to collect as many books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2TheTeam Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 MFW uses SOTW....not as many books included but for the price difference you could just buy some. I was going to say the same thing. :) The Creation to Greeks doesn't, but all 3 of the others do. We've only used K and 1st, but we love it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I make no attempt to collect all the books for use with SOTW. I just look one week ahead and when I'm at the library, I pick up whatever books they have on that topic (for non-fiction) or whatever version they have for literature suggestions. We read them, narrate them and then return them. I don't miss the IG, in that I disliked being told what pages to read per day or specifically which books to read. This has worked well for us. Now if you don't have access to a good library, or if your library habits are not well-organized, it could be problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I make no attempt to collect all the books for use with SOTW. I just look one week ahead and when I'm at the library, I pick up whatever books they have on that topic (for non-fiction) or whatever version they have for literature suggestions. We read them, narrate them and then return them. I don't miss the IG, in that I disliked being told what pages to read per day or specifically which books to read. This has worked well for us. Now if you don't have access to a good library, or if your library habits are not well-organized, it could be problematic. This has always worked for us too. Some weeks we have tons of books to wade through, and I pick one or two that look the best of the ones that are basically the same thing. Then I put the rest in a basket for kids to wade through when they want something to read. I assign some for personal reading. Often these take more than one week. But I don't care that dd8 is still reading a book about Alexander the Great, even though we have moved on to the Americas this week. It doesn't confuse her. Other weeks we only have 3-4 from the library at all, and we read them all. Some weeks we are busy and don;t make it to the library at all, and we call SOTW good enough for that topic. I do collect books from the next year's time period from used books sales too over a year, so I usually have a box to pull a few things from of our own. But I do very little prep except thumbing through the books when they come in from reserve at the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwena Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I know certain level of HOD use MOH and others use some SOTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 You might take a look at the history schedules from Easy Classical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgiven Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Have you looked at Winter Promise? They don't use SOTW, but some of their themed history sets use MoH. I originally purchased SOTW for this year for ancients. I then went to Winter Promise's website to see what they use for ancients, and they use MOH. I then took a look at the books they use in their ancient history set and made my list that way. I didn't purchase through Winter Promise, but they do have an IG that lays everything out, if that is what you're looking for. You can also just purchase the IG and then get the other books from the library. They don't use MoH for all their history sets, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I tried Biblioplan this year, but I'd really like something that is pre-packaged. I spent 3 hours this morning trying to locate books from Biblioplan, SOTW activity guide and MOH. I have been doing that every 6 weeks. Many of the books are out of print, so I have to track them down or try and figure out a substitute. The thing I loved about Sonlight is the wonderful IG that and that everything you need for the year was all in one box. I do want to use both SOTW and MOH as spines then add the literature. I hope you find something that works for you! Honestly, tho, 3 hours seems like a reasonable amt of time to spend planning 6 weeks worth of work, esp if it's not really planning but simply pulling books. Could it be that it's in the middle of your school year? I found it much easier to plan in the summer, when I wasn't quite as busy. I made a list of books, then looked thru the library system to see what I'd be able to get there, and what I might want to buy. I actually coordinated 4 "sources" at a time--books from Sonlight, WTM, VP and TOG. Anyway, just throwing that out there. I do get it's frustrating to deal with OOP books. Finding that out at the beginning of the year is easier, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I'm using Biblioplan next year. I probably spent 3 hours TOTAL mapping out next year, including what books I want to read with the kids (we're not doing them all, it's just too much). As I plan my year (week by week), I look up the books in my library database and at amazon to see what is available. If it's hard to get, I don't put it on the schedule. That way when I go to get books during the year I know which ones the library has and which ones I'll need to purchase and it doesn't take long to do so (maybe 10 minutes every month or so, I just get a months worth at at ime). Maybe planning that way would help with whatever curriculum you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 I'm using Biblioplan next year. I probably spent 3 hours TOTAL mapping out next year, including what books I want to read with the kids (we're not doing them all, it's just too much). As I plan my year (week by week), I look up the books in my library database and at amazon to see what is available. If it's hard to get, I don't put it on the schedule. That way when I go to get books during the year I know which ones the library has and which ones I'll need to purchase and it doesn't take long to do so (maybe 10 minutes every month or so, I just get a months worth at at ime). Maybe planning that way would help with whatever curriculum you use? Unfortunately, my very large library system does not have the books that Biblioplan suggests. I've only been able to get 3 books there all year. The rest I get from Amazon or Ebay if I can find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Have you looked at Winter Promise? They don't use SOTW, but some of their themed history sets use MoH. I originally purchased SOTW for this year for ancients. I then went to Winter Promise's website to see what they use for ancients, and they use MOH. I then took a look at the books they use in their ancient history set and made my list that way. I didn't purchase through Winter Promise, but they do have an IG that lays everything out, if that is what you're looking for. You can also just purchase the IG and then get the other books from the library. They don't use MoH for all their history sets, though. I haven't looked at WP in a long time, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 I make no attempt to collect all the books for use with SOTW. I just look one week ahead and when I'm at the library, I pick up whatever books they have on that topic (for non-fiction) or whatever version they have for literature suggestions. We read them, narrate them and then return them. I don't miss the IG, in that I disliked being told what pages to read per day or specifically which books to read. This has worked well for us. Now if you don't have access to a good library, or if your library habits are not well-organized, it could be problematic. So you don't get the suggested books, you just get whatever books they have on that topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Have you looked at Winter Promise? They don't use SOTW, but some of their themed history sets use MoH. I originally purchased SOTW for this year for ancients. I then went to Winter Promise's website to see what they use for ancients, and they use MOH. I then took a look at the books they use in their ancient history set and made my list that way. I didn't purchase through Winter Promise, but they do have an IG that lays everything out, if that is what you're looking for. You can also just purchase the IG and then get the other books from the library. They don't use MoH for all their history sets, though. The WP Quest for the Middle Ages is perfect. I can add SOTW easily. I will order the guide from them and all the books elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I don't have your answer, but if you use a prepackaged curric that uses one of them, you could add in the other with the help of this schedule: http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/sotwmoh.htm HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I want the same thing. Every now and then I think I'm going to put it together myself and see if I can sell it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Have you looked at history odyssey? You could order it all from RR and it would come in a nice big box for you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Illuminations--that's the curriculum put out by Bright Ideas Press, the publisher of MOH. They have put together packages with an IG for 3rd-8th grades and for high school. I've used some of their selections but haven't ever purchased from them--I can't give up my Sonlight! But I've found it pretty easy to use SL and MOH together, and have blogged on that here. I pick all my books out for the year ahead of time and order in May usually (though I may order from 2-3 places instead of just 1). HTH some! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Sonlight Core G and H use SOTW. There is a schedule that combines Mystery of History and SOTW http://voices.yahoo.com/history-schedules-combine-mystery-history-5450275.html?cat=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 So you don't get the suggested books, you just get whatever books they have on that topic? Essentially, yes. If they have the suggested books, I'll grab those, but I don't sweat it. I've come across some gems this way, that I would have otherwise have missed. Lots of twaddle, too, or books that are not age-appropriate, but those are easy to filter out after a 30-second perusal and I just leave them on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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