Connect the Thoughts is still going good for us. They are moving a long in it and doing well I think. They both really enjoy the creative writing and I'm glad. Now they are both writing all the time and writing well. I'm proud of them.

Just wanted to add a quick update. If you are looking for something different... take a look at Connect the Thoughts. It just might be for you.

Connect the Thoughts...

This curriculum is really going well for us. DS even told me he was enjoying the creative writing course! DD does it with out any complaints and they seem to be moving through it well.

The only problem we seem to have is that sometimes it acts as though you are in a regular classroom setting which is hard for us. We've had to make some trips to the library to do some "observing" but it works out okay. Well, sometimes, this week, DS needed to do some "observing" so we planned a trip to the library and I asked DD if she needed to do it too for her lessons. She said no but I asked her to look ahead a little but she didn't and said she did so now she is needing to do it too but we don't have the time to go to the library so....

Anyway, over all we are really enjoying it and I think we can recommend it to you all out in cyberspace. They have free sample lessons you can look at to see if it is for you and your family before you buy so you have nothing to lose. hehe I sound like a commercial!!

Going well....

The Connect the Thoughts is going pretty well. We are well into the introductory courses and the kids are learning lots. I can't wait to be finished with it but I'm glad we have them to get us used to these courses and they way they work. Maybe if other curriculum did this we might would have stuck with them but I'm glad we found CTT.

Connect the Thoughts...

Well, so far so good. We are enjoying the curriculum. We are just on the second intro course but we are enjoying it. It's the Information Right or Wrong. I like that they are learning how to discern between fact and opinion. We had fun yesterday with it. We watched the "Daily Show" to look for opinions and had to, of course, pause it every few seconds to write down an opinion. DD, who hates the show, came in just minute ago and said, "Okay, it's time to watch the "Daily Show" to look for falsehoods this time. It should be an easy show to find those too!" I'm sure we'll be pausing every few seconds again.

I can't wait to get past these early courses so we can get into the meaty ones. I'm really looking forward to it. If you haven't checked out "Connect The Thoughts" yet please do.

Well, I've got to get back to work. Have a wonderful day!

How we're doing....

Well, we are going through different curriculum again. We still haven't found the perfect one for us yet. Well.... we may have now but we are already doing different curriculum from when we first started out... We don't like TRISMS and the Oak Meadow we purchased was too easy so... We've moved on...

We are now trying to Connect the Thoughts. It is very interesting. We've only started the introductory courses but even they seem a good fit and I like how it explains everything so well and how it builds. I'll let you know how it goes. You can check it out at Connect The Thoughts.

For DD we have been using a neat little book I found online (probably through homeschool radio) called "Grammar Land". She is really enjoying it and getting a lot out of it. It's really pretty cute and it builds as well which I seem to like.

DD was struggling with her times tables so we are using Memorize in Minutes: Times Tables and she is really improving.

For DS we are still loving Teaching Textbooks Geometry. He's doing really well with it and I'm very pleased.

So... I guess you are sort of updated... it will have to do anyway, because the darlings are calling for lunch to be prepared so.... off I go.

Have a glorious day!