A World of Adventure?

We have used it. It has everything but math. My daughter liked it.

The first one is ancients through exploration. It is supposed to be completed in one year. We didn’t finish it in a year.

swineygirl, I stopped using it for a silly reason.  I listened to some one on another board who didn’t think it was rigorus enogh, I was trying to Classical education at the time and didn’t think anything that my kids actually loved could be good enough, I have come to my senses since then, lol.

I started using AWOA this year after much thought and contemplation. At first I found it very overwhelming and I was used to making my own lesson plans based on Charlotte Mason. I had to tone down some of the writing to meet my child’s skill level. I ended up splitting each day into two days in order to get it all done. I like it but I find it is very parent involved. I couldn’t really encourage independent work. The author has done a very thorough job putting this curriculum together though. She offers an extensive list of books to get for each unit study and at first I found that overwhelming too thinking I needed to get most or all of these books. In reality, you probably need only 5 or 6 of the books to use. I found that I didn’t have enough time to use all those books. I would like there to be more Bible. At this present time, I am deciding whether or not to move ahead with it or go back to the CM plan. I have a loyalty to CM that I cannot explain and continually feel pulled back to it. In doing AWOA I still wanted to incorporate the music, art and hymn studies that you grow to love doing CM but it was difficult to fit that in. I originally sought it out because it  came highly recommended and I was looking for something more hands on because I felt like my son was becoming bored with my CM plan. It is hands on in some ways but I’ve realized I can incorporate more hands on into my CM plan if need be. I often find myself scared to step outside the box. I know I am going back and forth giving you my pros and cons but these are my honest opinions. For what its worth, every review I have ever read about it was exceptional. Just pray about it before you commit to it. The curriculum is very reasonably priced. Hope that helped in some small way. There are just many things to think about before changing to something new.

If your history spines are boring everyone to tears, maybe hop over to the Truthquest/SCM discussion and check it out? Perhaps adding in TQ recommendations might spice things up without having to do a totally different curriculum; many people use TQ without a spine, using the commentary and then choosing books they find most interesting or applicable from the list provided. I’ve not used AWOA, though I’ve perused it several times. I was thrown off by the huge amount of material and, to me, the daunting task of planning it all. It also seems to me that CM felt that children should be doing more independent work at a certain time than it allowed, and that they should be making their own connections over time, rather than us making the connections for them, so that steered me away – though I’ve heard many love it!

Have fun at the book fair!