Thank you for this great look through video. We used Bookshark for 5th and 6th but it wasn’t quite working. I loved it at first but it got dry quickly. I found Memoria press last year for 7th grade and now we have 8th grade as well. I’m thinking of ordering 9th grade because they are having free shipping this February. Lol. We love the classical approach and the workbooks that come with the reading.
Thank you for making this video! It’s so helpful to see what’s coming down the road. Do you feel geography is difficult without songs or chants to memorize? (We are moving over from Classical Conversations where songs and chants were primarily used to memorize geographical locations.) I have also gone back and forth and back about Rod and Staff math. Have you used it from the beginning? I think it stops by middle grades; will you continue to follow the MP packages as they are?
You are very welcome. Songs and chants are super helpful when it comes to memorizing. I wish this is something Memoria Press provided. (Thankfully, Canadians do not have as many provinces and territories to memorize as Americans do with states!). Up until now, my son has been used to the rigor of Rod and Staff. It is a lot though! In kindergarten and grade one, I also had him doing IXL online Math. Poor kid. There are a lot of many good math programs but I get overwhelmed with the prospect of substituting in this and that. I did too much of this in the early years of homeschool and felt like I was "re-inventing the wheel" so much of the time. Thank you for your comment.
This was so insightful! For someone transitioning over from a Charlotte Mason approach (less emphasis on structured writing/grammar, heavier in literature) would you recommend jumping into his grade in a standard core (I have a rising 5th grader)? Or would it be beneficial to go down a year to get a solid foundation in writing and such? TIA (also Canadian!)
Hi there fellow Canadian! I apologize for not responding many months ago to your question. In my experience, your child doesn't miss anything, and it is easier on both of you, if you begin a grade or two behind what Memoria Press recommends and work up. You want your child to feel successful, not frustrated by the new content. I have even spent two years on the same resource and not followed Memoria Press's schedule when we both needed more time.
Hello there! We type up our son’s schedule each Sunday and print five days of work for him. We use the Memoria Press teacher’s manual as a guide but, of course, we have to adapt as life happens.
