kaymom Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I am considering leaving TOG this year and am looking into another history based curriculum. We will be studying the Middle Ages, and my son will be in 5th grade. Looking at TOG Year 2, it just seems like it is covering so much and because we do the history readings aloud, 80+ pages a week is just too much. I am curious from those of you who have tried Biblioplan or BF and TOG, I am wondering which one is the most like TOG. I use it for history, bible, geography, and literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 My sister uses TOG and we use BP. It really is a matter of preference. We each love what we use. :) I do think TOG year 2 would have overwhelmed me. The amount of time covered in BP year two was more than enough ground to cover this year. We do add quite a bit of SL books to BP, but it has been a wonderful year for us. I have blogged a bit about BP if you are interested...a review, a week with BP, and comparing it to TOG, SL, and SOTW. http://onemagnificentobsession.blogspot.com/search/label/Biblioplan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I left TOG this year and we will be using BP medieval this fall with MOH year 2. I think BP is a nice "TOG lite" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymom Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 I left TOG this year and we will be using BP medieval this fall with MOH year 2. I think BP is a nice "TOG lite" option. I've heard BP called lite before. How do you feel it is lite, which part of the program? It looks like it includes great sources for history, literature and geography. I guess we don't use everything (who could) that TOG has listed, so maybe the lite is just right for us? I only use it for history, literature, geography and when it listed Bible for church history. Occasionally we'd do a craft project too. I tried their lap books, but they drove us nuts because they'd sometimes cover obscure information that we hadn't come across. It was worse in the Unit 2 of Year 1 than with Unit 1, but we stopped using them. I have my own craft book for the Medieval Times, so we are good. I know that 80+ pages a week is way too much history for us. I don't mind that for literature, but it's a little much for history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I've heard BP called lite before. How do you feel it is lite, which part of the program? It looks like it includes great sources for history, literature and geography. I guess we don't use everything (who could) that TOG has listed, so maybe the lite is just right for us? I only use it for history, literature, geography and when it listed Bible for church history. Occasionally we'd do a craft project too. I tried their lap books, but they drove us nuts because they'd sometimes cover obscure information that we hadn't come across. It was worse in the Unit 2 of Year 1 than with Unit 1, but we stopped using them. I have my own craft book for the Medieval Times, so we are good. I know that 80+ pages a week is way too much history for us. I don't mind that for literature, but it's a little much for history! I didn't mean that BP was light, but compared to TOG it is lighter, which is exactly what I wanted. We just didn't have the time or the need for the depth of TOG. I think BP is a solid program that meets our needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymom Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 I didn't mean that BP was light, but compared to TOG it is lighter, which is exactly what I wanted. We just didn't have the time or the need for the depth of TOG. I think BP is a solid program that meets our needs. Good to hear. I think it will fit the bill for us too. As much as I'd like to get into Colonial America this year with TOG, I just think it sounds too rushed. What resources would you say that you must have to make the program work well? I'll be using it for a 5th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Good to hear. I think it will fit the bill for us too. As much as I'd like to get into Colonial America this year with TOG, I just think it sounds too rushed. What resources would you say that you must have to make the program work well? I'll be using it for a 5th grader. We use SOTW, Usborne Encyclopedia, the BP companion, family guide, coloring pages, crafts, cool histories, timeline, and will add maps next time. And then readers and read alouds...you don't need all of that, but I love all the extras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Do you feel any need to add the SOTW activity guide or is there enough in Biblioplan without that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Just another option for you, if you're looking for others...I have almost finished my entire plan for Middle Ages. I have the first two of three terms posted on my blog already. It uses SOTW2 as the spine. I have added other books, videos, and activities to it as well. Here's a link to the first term for you: http://themommywriter.blogspot.com/2013/04/free-charlotte-masonliving-bookshands_23.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 We use SOTW, Usborne Encyclopedia, the BP companion, family guide, coloring pages, crafts, cool histories, timeline, and will add maps next time. And then readers and read alouds...you don't need all of that, but I love all the extras. Do you feel any need to add the SOTW activity guide or is there enough in Biblioplan without that? We are using the same resources, but adding MOH instead of SOTW and we are going to use the maps. We don't do a lot of history related crafts and activities, so for us, the guide wouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Do you feel any need to add the SOTW activity guide or is there enough in Biblioplan without that? We didn't have the SOTW AG but if money was not object I would have liked to have. You certainly don't need it. BP has more than enough to keep you busy. There are more easy paper projects in the SOTW AG, but BP has plenty of other easy to do projects... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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