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So my daughter ended up changing into an online class, but I had planned to switch that book out for her for a different one by the same author- A Thousand Splendid Suns. It also has intensive content, but different. It’s a tough call!

It looks like they are 3-4 weeks each. I am assuming you read the entire novel, but I can’t find the answer anywhere quickly!

I think it would be improved by having more authors from the countries the books cover. That being said, contextually this level is a HUGE outlier for Bookshark which covers almost exclusively Eurocentric/American history for K-4. So for Bookshark, I think this level is admirable. One could easily switch out other titles of one’s own choosing& I would look to build your library or similar sites for helpful guidance. As for historical fiction, that’s a charlotte mason thing. Older levels supplement with a history text like book- Kingfisher. This level does have the Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere which is non fiction and very imformative. In sum, I think it is imperfect BUT it’s one of the best options on the market for “open and go,” in my opinion.

They are different. I am not familiar with the BW high school level physical curriculum. OM is a comprehensive ELA curriculum whereas BW offers separate literature and writing curriculum- their online classes however are the best out of everything in this response. My oldest daughter took their “semester of classes” and it was amazing. I highly highly recommend. You can mix and match which classes you want. We chose 3 essay writing classes. bravewriter.com/online-classes/semesters The best combo would probably be doing those writing classes with a literature curriculum or class, IMO.

Oh good, I’m glad you found it helpful! I wanted to take more time and go deeper, but I was trying to get my son involved and it quickly became a Sonic The Hedgehog overview 😂 I plan to share more in depth as we go! I printed out the 4 day a week relaxed plan and we’ll start Monday!

Oh good!! I’m so glad. 🤗

Oh good, I’m so glad it was helpful!!

Thank you, I plan on it! 🤗

Yes, my daughter was doing both. However, she is a very prolific reader, so that is why. For example, she read The Grapes of Wrath in less than a day. 😵‍💫😂

So relatable! 😂 I love the structure of MP too!

Me too! I’m so excited for my girl to start this 😍

Oh good! He has also apparently written one on Exodus! 😍 Glad to share! 🩵

Yes!! I tried showing it more but the Timelapse didn’t show it all 😂 she is loving it and almost done! I just contacted Home science tools about them putting together a supply kit, that would be SO helpful!!

@@ddchomeschool Will you do a course review in depth for the unit? I would love to hear the feedback from you and your daughter's perspective. I bought the H.S. Ecology unit for my daughter this year and it will be her first year trying this curriculum.

Definitely!!

I have heard very good things about their independent study program! Also, my friend who lived rural had her son take several classes with them years ago as they were one of the only online AP providers back then!

I’m so glad! Thanks for watching. 🩵

We didn’t read the books cover to cover- my 5th grader read a chapter each from several, my 2nd grader read from Coursge of Sarah Noble, I read chapters from Paddington & Egypt, and I read the entire picture books. These are books from Memoria Press, The CMEC, Bookshark, Brave Writer & PJ Library. An eclectic mix! I wrote a more specific response about who read what here, if you are interested! instagram.com/reel/C-d8NuSS8zw/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==

@@ddchomeschool Thank you! Absolutely loved the variety. Great job 👍

Sometimes I literally am just pulling random books from different programs 😂 for example, we started Sadako & The Great Wave (bookshark eastern hemisphere) after the July Tea Time Together artist included The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai because I saw that a copy of the print was in a local exhibition on Japanese prints, and then we got to go see it!! 😭😍 🌊

@@pacificnorthwestgirl2725 yes!!! But $$$ 😂 I definitely would if we had the budget. Maybe if we get into another charter!!?

Thank you!! I need to watch more of her videos, she’s amazing!! 😍

Oh I am so glad! 🫶🏻

TFS! Do you have a link to the textbook? It is challenging to find these materials in the U.S.! I ended up having to order one of the books directly from the publisher.

There isn’t a specific textbook in this range. The UK follows a national curriculum which specifies what must be learnt at Key Stage 3. From what I remember of studying German at that age is that it’s mostly teacher led and then you usually have a book with conversations and articles to read aloud in class together. CGP make revision books for students to use at home to solidify what they have already covered in class. Home schooling is not very common in the UK so there aren’t many textbooks for that purpose at this age. GCSE is the next age group and there are tons of resources for that as we have official exams. Hope that helps

Very helpful, thank you so much for sharing!!

There is lots of families who home educate in the UK Foundation stage is age 4/5 Key stage 1 = school year 1 (age 5/6) year 2 (age 6/7) Key stage 2 = school years 3 (age 7/8) year 4 (age 8/9) year 5 (age 9/10) year 6 (age 10/11) Secondary / High School Key stage 3 = year 7 (age 11/12) year 8 (age 12/13) year 9 (12/14) Key stage 4 (I/GCSE exam years) = year 10 (age 14/15) year 11 (age 15/16 - exams taken) End of compulsory school education Sixth form/further education Key Stage 5 (IB/A Levels/Btecs)= year 12 (16/17) year 13 (17/18yrs) University from 18yrs Obviously home educated children can sit their exams spread out over their high school years rather than all in year 11 (end of key stage 4) I’d be interested to know the equivalent in the US system. I HE my son, we are using the books in this video to supplement German studies Hth

They do. Very well. We struggled with the pace of FSR (too fast for her) so that the phonics weren’t really engrained until after this lesson. It’s a very solid phonics based program!

Thank you for watching! 🩵

Thank you for watching! 🩵

The workbook is just all of the black and white worksheets in one place. You use the instructor guide to know which manipulatives and books to use, then the worksheet is utilizing that lesson. Does that make sense? It’s kind of a different set up than other curriculums. (I highly recommend downloading the sample so you can get a feel for the richness!)

I think you could easily make everything read aloud and oral questions versus written. There are different worksheet options for each activity, which could also work well!

No, we are doing the full thing. We just finished 7-9 completely, and are now into 8-10. However, I do skip ahead to different levels as necessary for particular topics. So when we did the 7-9 fractions, I could see that my son was ready for more challenging work so I incorporated fractions from 8-10. I hope that makes sense!

charter.memoriapress.com/latin/

@@ddchomeschool thanks!

You’re welcome! 🩵

Welcome 😊

Yay! Unsolicited advice: I would try one thing at a time rather than everything at once. It’s much less overwhelming that way. You’ve got this! 🫶🏻

@@ddchomeschool thanks 😊 we’ve been doing reading math and handwriting for a bit now so this will be icing on the cake for us. I’ve already learned to take it day by day.

Yes, we did! Long story short, I think it’s a much better fit for second grade and I wish I had realized that sooner. While she did eventually catch up with the reading level by the end of first grade, she did not have the stamina or fine motor skill (lots of writing) to do the curriculum. I wish I had known all of this in advance because I definitely would have saved it! I think it could work better for a precocious reader, and you could perhaps ask all of the questions orally! Hope this helps! 🙃

On top of complete Memoria press, Waldorf, and the CMEC. For history & literature. We’re totally able to do it with grammar and science, etc. I meant it’s best to just do it only and not try to add entire programs on top of it 😂 Does that make sense? I’ll link to my 5th and 2nd grade picks so I don’t confuse anyone else with the complete lack of context lol

@@ddchomeschool ah I see, that makes total sense. New subscriber here,…..wasn’t sure of what other curriculum you use. I’ll look for those other videos, :)

No worries! I realized towards the end of this that an intro would’ve been helpful! 😂

So far we are loving it!!

Thank you for sharing! 🩵🩵

Ugh, that sucks!!! I do not know, but I will try to find out and let you know!

I believe so- I purchased the streaming lessons for intro GSL on the charter site & it has the vocab and recitations for each lesson!

@@ddchomeschool I purchased the streaming audio for IGSL but it only has the pronunciations and vocab for each lesson. Maybe I'm missing something.

Lesson 1 doesn’t have a saying, lesson 2 does. Do you have it there? First half of the pledge of allegiance! 🇺🇸

@@ddchomeschool I think we are thinking of different things. I'm wondering about the weekly recitations that are typically included in the back of the curriculum manuals. Or you can buy them separately by grade on MP. They cover all kinds of info from the various subjects taught. Like the 5th grade recitations would cover Geography 1, Insects, Famous Men of Rome, etc

Oh yes, it contains weekly recitations, but not in Latin. 😂

I am not familiar with that curriculum, so I have no basis for comparison. However, we have tried Saxon, Singapore, Spectrum, and others. This is the only curriculum that both my kids and I can get excited about and it’s very effective. Both of my kids are testing in the 94th+ percentile for math!

@@ddchomeschool thank you for the feedback. Would you say it’s well laid out for a parent who is not great at math?

@@benaturalbefree630yes! Which age group are you looking at? I’ll be happy to make a video walking you through a lesson. I think that might be the most helpful! 🩵

@@ddchomeschool 7-9 I think I just watched that one from you actually 🙂but just wanted to get an idea on the parents Manuel, the samples are great and I am like love them. Thank you for these videos, I’ve been binge watching ☺️

You are so welcome! Still thinking about what to film for you, FYI. 🩵

I have not, that sounds super interesting! Thanks for sharing. 💚

I’m so glad you found it helpful, thank you for subscribing! 🩵

It does not. However, I would either have her draw and write something about the book we had read or I’d print a worksheet from education.com on the same or a similar topic. Plan B would be to do studies weeklies for the samples & spend the rest of your time on MP. I’ve also ordered the little social studies and science workbooks for K to use for samples.

@@ddchomeschool Thank you! We did the "180 days of" books for work samples for TK, so maybe I could just do that again. I was planning to do MBtP 5-7, but after looking at the samples, I think it is too advanced for K even if our IST says it is fine 😩

Yep! Those are the ones we had! LOL. Definitely look at MBTP 4-5 for math- remember MBTP started out as a curriculum for gifted students so the content is advanced/more challenging than typical.

The charter we were with follows the California state standards, which are basically only US history until 6th grade, and the science standards are very specific as well. I don’t follow standards per se because I feel qualified to evaluate developmental appropriateness, level of engagement, and intellectual development- these things are going to vary by student. I think of standards as helpful if you’re not sure where to start, but they’re just a random set of topics that bureaucrats have deemed most important, they’re not necessarily inherently to be preferred. If that makes sense?

@@ddchomeschoolit does and that’s the ideology I have followed, but you mentioned it in your post and it piqued my interest!

We’ve been in a charter several times over the years and they require work samples that follow these standards- so my 4th grader had to do studies weeklies for fourth grade history for them even though I would’ve preferred to not do those. 😂 I guess the silver lining is that it’s not necessarily a bad thing to learn those things in addition!

@@malvarez4575 we started it this week, and I’m in LOVE! It is so good!!! 😍

The version I have does not, but I believe that’s because parent will often be reading aloud to their children so they’d know the answer. Bookshark and moving beyond the page do.

It was originally from the college board, like 20 years ago 😂 here is a similar list! www.fenwick.org/uploaded/Library_Misc/CollegeBoardList.pdf

The Memoria Press books are from here: www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/twelfth/