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I do use lesson plans... but I go through a charter school, and they give me funds to use so I can pick and choose as I please. I like having the guidance because I feel I have so much going on, the lessons keep me on track. And my kids help me pick... so they enjoy what they do too.

Homeschooling rocks!


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Anita -- we aren't members of a co-op, but briefly (then moved a month or so into it) tried one in VA. In FL, one mom kindly ran a high-school level literature discussion group, which we enjoyed participating in, and I did some logic stuff with a small group who were interested. But nothing formal.

Where we live now, there really isn't anything for older kids in that vein. A couple co-ops are trying to get worked out and off the ground, but I think they are better suited for the younger set. And ds is about to graduate. I often feel like I have one foot in each of at least three worlds. (I realize I must look funny with at least three feet!)

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Cela--

Yes, you can really be as flexible as you want using Sonlight. People are all over the map on what they think about it, but I have found that the company itself is very easy to work with and very supportive of doing what's best for your family.

I just can't say enough about the literature they offer. Being a bit of a "classics" snob, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading books to the kids that I never picked up when I was a kid or would have incorporated into my own lesson plan. We just finished "Across Five Aprils", for example, where I learned more about the Civil War than I ever did in my own studies. ;-)

One of the things I love best about Sonlight, besides having it all laid out for me, is that it's intellectually honest but with a Christian worldview (so at the very least our faith isn't ridiculed--at the same time, it shouldn't be held up without a blemished past, if you know what I mean); Charlotte Mason with a bit of classical thrown in; lots of great literature and reading; a bit of unschooling for good measure; and incredibly supportive with what I think are some of the best homeschooling forums around!

I've also heard that Tapestry of Grace has great reading lists, although I've never personally explored them.

:-) Cate

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