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AO & CM book volumes/numbers … not so different?
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I’m missing something. When I look at the AO list for say History and then I look at the SCM list for History – I’m not seeing a big difference in the number of books (or maybe total pages) per year suggested by either one. The same kind of goes for other areas too but surely I’m missing something because I always hear folks say that AO has many more books each year than does SCM. Can some one point me to what I’m missing? I’m so curious!
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Ok, I purposefully did not hijack the other AO post to ask this …. so help me out here! 🙂 There are umteen posts on here about the rigors of AO. Surely someone has done this comparison too and is seeing something I’m not.
A chapter or two a week from SOM and about 10 pages from another book doesn’t count as overly rigorous in my book for a History curriculum. I’m not saying the AO is a bad idea either, mind you. To each his own, whatevery works for you. But how does this differ from what SCM moms are doing? I’m just curious as to where I am missing what else AO is doing weekly for History.
This is just off the top of my head but I’m thinking that AO’s books have a higher level of reading difficutly than most of SCM’s books at the same grade level-not all, just most. I’m not sure on the page numbers. You’re probably not getting any answers because it would require someone to have the time to go track the page count from one of AO’s years and then come and compare it to SCM’s.
I’m certainly not saying that AO is better than SCM. In fact, I probably would have chosen SCM this year if I would have had the finances. I’m using AO because it was practically free for me this year. It’s working out well because it’s breaking my daughter in to reading much harder books and she’s enjoying them as well! I may switch to SCM for next year, fincances permitting. I think they are both wonderful resources.
I haven’t started AO yet, not until Monday, so I won’t be much help, but I have used SCM for a couple of years and I think things go at a much slower pace with SCM than AO. This is just my feeling from having done SCM and only having looked at the schedules and ordered books for AO. So, please take it with a grain of salt.!
This isn’t a comparison of AO and SCM, but a summary of how many books and pages CM used/recommended. This info is also in the SCM Books and Things seminar. Both were gleaned from the CM original series.
Hope this helps to see how AO, SCM, or your own program stacks up to what CM recommended.
Christie
Also there is a totality of subjects that makes a difference. There is just a lot of stuff in AO. You have more TYPES of books going on at once–history, literature, nature, biography, geography. I’ve done only one year of the actual CM guides, but all 6 years of regular AO. There IS a time difference, and a book difficulty difference. My kids would argue that the amount of Parables of Nature alone made a difference. 🙂 My kids did not exactly love PoN. 🙂 Also, we adjusted AO as we went, substituting other books at times anyway, since we don’t do H.E. Marshall books.
Thanks for the link Christie! It’s very helpful. I’m going to save it on my computer so that I can compare it to our schedule. 🙂
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