Thanks, bookworm 

The issue is the same for the Story of the Greeks.  The ones to which Christine added or changed significant content are Story of the Ancient World, Story of the Middle Ages, and Story of the Renaissance and Reformation.

I was wondering the same about The Story of the Greeks.  Should I get the Miller version?

Mandi, for this particular work of Guerber's, the differences are not huge.  The content is essentially the same---Christine Miller added a little formatting, some artwork, and a timeline and resource list.  You can read the one you have with little difficulty.  The differences are more substantial for a few of the other books, but you can still use the one you purchased.

I just purchased The Story of the Romans by H.A. Guerber.  It just came to my attention that there is a specific editor and edition:  edited by Christine Miller (Nothing New Press edition)I don't see an editor on mine, so it looks like I may have purchased the wrong one.  What is the difference and is it recommended I get the one listed on the resource list for Matthew through Acts? 

Yes, you don't buy it from amazon, but directly from YC. You load them to the kindle with a usb cable, or email them to your kindle's email address, or there are programs you can get to help move them. (send to kindle, or calibre)

I recommend getting calibre to help organize ebooks no matter what ereader you get...

Thank you, Melissa! Yep, this is exactly what I'm looking for. 

I think this is what you're looking for ~ http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/o/ebooks.php

I don't own any YC books on my Kindle, but I'm sure someone will chime in. I do know from history that YC does have sales on this set every so often for $49, so if you can hold out for a while you might be able to save yourself some cash.

I read a thread here about Yesterday's Classics, how the complete set can be purchased for Kindle. I looked on Amazon to see how this is done, and what's included, but I couldn't find it. I don't have a Kindle yet but we're considering an e-reader. 

Can anyone chat with me about YC?

Bumping this up. Wondering if there is anyone out there who has used this?

Has anyone had any experience with David Quine's World Views of the Western World curriculum - Cornerstone Curriculum I think?  It looks interesting for my high schooler.  If I varied at all from AO it would be toward this, but would love to hear from someone who has used it.

Katafus,

I think I have settled n doing the BFIAR with my three year old starting this summer! I've planned to spend a lot of quality time with him so this will really work well for us. I would definitely prefer to buy a used copy and save some money!

I was a single working Mom for 8 years with my older set of kiddos.

My best advice is to make sure you are getting the most benefit for each educational "activity" that you do with your kids. Copywork is a great example of this- you are working on so many different things at once! Spelling, penmanship, grammar, diligence, attention, etc. I found CM methods to be VERY good for these types of multi-area activities.

Books on tape! You can listen to read-alouds in the car with your kids, or while you are fixing dinner, or bath time, etc. Even if you only have 10 minutes at a time it is still 10 minutes you didn't have to set aside from other things and over time it really adds up.

Remember that it is enough. You are enough mother for your kids. If you are consistently adding to their education, it will be enough. Over time your diligence will pay off.

I work full-time on second shift and my DH works first shift and I home school four kids.  My youngest will be in K this coming fall.  I think the best advice I can give someone in this situation is the advice that was given to me by a chance meeting at Wal-Mart with a check-out lady who also home schooled her children.  She said "just don't try to do everything every year".  Actually I think I still am trying to do it all, but things get pushed aside and I have to let it go.  BUT we cover what we skipped over the summer break.  For instance, last year science was getting pushed aside alot so over the summer we did a unit study on the solar system and made our own model and dug really deep into it.  Deeper than if we had covered it during the school year.  We don't normally do unit studies so we had a blast with this.  This year I have been doing science more consistently buy now geography is being left out, so this summer . . . that's what we will be working on.  Also the "extra's" like art, music, and poetry only happen about every other month if we are lucky.  Not as much as I would like but it is still something and more than I remember learing about.

You have to be extremely organized and also learn to "let things go".  My kids do their own laundry and fold their own clothes and CRAM them into their dressers, but at least they are put away where I don't have to see it so it gives me peace of mind.  I struggle with the letting go of things but am getting better about it.  Things always had to be just so.  My kids have a morning routine where they get up, do their chores and get their own breakfast and start exercising all before I even get out of bed as I don't get to bed until 1:30 or 2:00 in the morning and need as much sleep as I can get.  I teach my kids piano lessons but the weekends are so crammed with stuff that it usually is only every two weeks that they get a lesson, but for now this is how it has to be.  (BTW my kids are 10,9,7, & 5).

Meal planning is a great help and if there is any family available for these families I hope they can help. 

HTH

If you go to the bookstore here, each book has a generous sample, so you can get a good feel for what each book is like.