Spin off of other Sonlight Topic -- What do you use now?

[Guest]

For those of you who no longer use Sonlight what do you use now, and feel is a superior curriculum?

[speedmom4]

Well technically my oldest is still using Sonlight but she is a senior and will be graduating next month. My three younger children are not doing Sonlight. My younger dd is using MFW for high school and my two sons are using HOD. I absolutely love HOD. It's so well organized, great literature, and relative projects that aren't too difficult. It's perfect.

 

Elise in NC

[speedmom4]

Double post

[skeeterbug]

I piece together everything I need, I don't use any sort of box curriculum. What makes it superior is that it works for me! I can't follow someone else's schedule, and therefore SL didn't work for me, but I'm very good at 'do the next thing'. :D

[readwithem]

I've retired from homeschooling, but we left SL when my dd was in 5th grade (I did get pieces of Core 5 because so many people loved it). We left because I had read WTM and it really resonated with me. It made sense to study history chronologically. By high school, there was no way we would return to SL. Their book lists were nothing compared to the ones included in WTM.

 

I've bought books here and there from SL when they had big sales, but otherwise I haven't made any big purchases in over 10 years.

[Mommy22alyns]

I use MFW. My girls need and love the activities. It feels more substantial and I can easily add in some good SL selections for extra RA or book basket books.

[boscopup]

I'm still using Sonlight next year (finishing up US History), but the following year, my current plan is to give TOG a try. It will let me combine my kids, easily move between levels for my oldest, and it will give my oldest (history lover) plenty of meat.

[Susan in TX]

I'm using http://buildyourlibrary.com/ It isn't necessarily a better curriculum than Sonlight. But it costs less and it meets our needs better. I really didn't want or need all the stuff that Sonlight puts in their instructor's Guides. I don't want their language arts. I really just used Sonlight as scheduled reading. Build Your Library gives me that without having to pay for all the extras that I don't need.

 

Susan in TX

[Erin]

Their book lists were nothing compared to the ones included in WTM.

Really? And I thought there was a LOT of cross-over... :)

[Alte Veste Academy]

Really? And I thought there was a LOT of cross-over... :)

 

Generally speaking, I think WTM skews more toward classics and and fantastic non-fiction, with some historical fiction. Sonlight seems to skew much more heavily toward historical fiction with a smattering of classics and very few non-fiction selections.

[Butter]

Calvert. I put together my own thing at first and then we started with Calvert.

[Erin]

Generally speaking, I think WTM skews more toward classics and and fantastic non-fiction, with some historical fiction. Sonlight seems to skew much more heavily toward historical fiction with a smattering of classics and very few non-fiction selections.

I would agree, mostly.

But as I said, there's a lot of cross over. Sonlight, particularly in the older grades, has kids reading classics and WTM recommends "Other books in this period" or something along those lines, which always contain the lighter books within the Sonlight list.

 

I was disagreeing that there was "nothing" to compare the two, when most people would see a great deal of similarity.

[swellmomma]

We now use a combo of AO recs, WTM and Konos.

[melmichigan]

We are adding books from the older version cores up to Core 100 under a Tapestry of Grace umbrella. Cores P3/4-Core 4 in Grammar, and Cores 6-Core 100 in Logic, with Core 5 where it fits. We are also using additional online Literature and Writing classes beginning in Logic. I have some of the books from Core 200 Literature for summer reading.