Homeschoolmom3 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If you had to choose one online class between Primary and Secondary class which would you choose? Thinking of doing one at home with me at a slower pace and the other online. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 We chose Primary I and Primary II when my sons were in 7th and 8th grade. The Secondary books are much lighter and were much easier to do on our own. We would have gotten bogged down in the middle of Primary because I'd always feel like there was more to discuss. And there is, even with the online class! But, at least with the online class, we had to keep moving forward. One option that was not available until last year is the Great Conversation courses at Wilson Hill which combine Omni Primary & Secondary, using selected books from each. It looks like VP will be offering a similar combined course next year, called Omnibus Survey. If we were doing it today, we would chose the GC courses at WHA because Bruce Etter is an excellent Omni I instructor! An instructor who can get 7th-9th graders excited and talking about those difficult ancient texts is pretty amazing in my book. (I imagine he's great with the other GC courses he teaches, but we only had him for Omni I.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks for your reply! We used WHA for my 7th grader last year but the times for next year and a few other reasons were having us possibly look at VP. I think you are right about some of the primary books! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeepa Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Another vote for primary books online! We used VP Omnibus up through 9th and I personally liked the secondary books better and would have enjoyed doing that at home with my son much more than the primary. Okay, obviously my vote is completely subjective :) Edited March 3, 2016 by jjeepa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks for your thoughts! In the Primary do they discuss literary elements or is that only in Secondary classes? Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Det Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 There is another option available at Veritas Press. It's called Omnibus Survey. It is one class that takes many important books from each year of Omnibus Primary and Secondary and combines them into one course for each year. This is a great option for those who want to study Omnibus books (Great Books) but, for whatever reason, can't do all the books . The link below will take you to the course page to see the listings. https://vpsa.veritaspress.com/term/27/coursesutf8=✓&term=27&show_self_paced=true&subject%5B%5D=7&commit=View+Courses&name=&h_term=27&h_category=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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