Xahm Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Before the board blackout I saw a brief mention here of Torchlight, a new secular literature-based curriculum. Looking at it helped me fill the blackout, and I'm interested. It's still super-new (only kindergarten out, with 1 and 2 coming soon). Has anyone here also looked at it? I'm Christian, but I love the way that it really incorporates a broad, diverse selection of books. If I use it, it would be fairly loosely, as a way to discover books I wouldn't have otherwise found and to incorporate activities to go along with the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 If my kid were younger, I might have been interested. I looked at it, and her booklist for K is very similar to what I ended up putting together for myself. The emphasis on Socratic discussion also mirrors what we already do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I think we are going to try it when level 2 becomes available. The booklist makes me swoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicai Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I've bought it and am collecting books. Planning to start when more come in. It is pretty similar to the choices I made with my older kids but that was a hodgepodge of stuff we put together. This is way more organized and, for my last kid, it's exactly the type of thing I want to be doing. The Facebook users group is outstanding, btw. They constantly post awesome websites and other books, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrinytes Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 It is such a lovely program. The books and activities she has in the curriculum are diverse and beautiful. I ended up getting Level K, even though my youngest is in 1st, and we are still able to incorporate the books and certain activities, even though we aren't using it as scheduled. We will definitely be getting level 1 when it is released, as we are planning on doing Ancients next year, and this curriculum is so easily adjustable for a variety of ages (especially since you choose your own Math, Language Arts, etc so go along with it). Torchlight is a unique option IMO, and definitely refreshing to have some books incorporated that aren't the same old, same old that you find in everything else. Not that I don't LOVE classics, etc- but I like being able to do a little bit of everything- and this saves so much time vs trying to put things together myself. There are many books in there that I had never heard of, so I'm excited to see the next levels! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 I think I'm going to buy level one. I probably won't use the schedule, but I hope to use many of the books and corresponding activities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 This curriculum has been blowing up my news feed of late. I have a Kinder in the fall, so I am all over it. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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