CM Planning

Hi, we are new to this also.  I just quit the curriculum I bought and switched over to following the SCM guide completely. Click on her curriculum guide and see recommendations for every subject.  We are using Module 6 for History.  You could click on the one for Middle Ages. I found every book so far at the Library.  I got books for Poetry, Music and Art there also. We do not have a Spine per se, but just using Notebooking to combine it all together.  I really like the books by HA Guerber, you could probably use that as a spine or something similar. She has Middle Ages and Renaissance books.  If you already have the planner just write out your new schedule and plan to start the week after tomorrow, so you can collect all your library books.  Most libraries allow you to search onlilne and request books online, so you only have to run in and pick up your pile.  If your library doesn’t have the exact books you could always search for books on the same topic and get those instead.  There are tons of free grammar and math sites online that are free.  You could probably incorporate a little of what you already have too.  I had Easy Grammar, our math curriculums and Artistic Pursuits that I plan to keep.  Instead of using an expensive Bible Study Curriculum we are now just studying our bibles, which we already owned.

I also find this easier on me so much because I am now combining my kids for almost every subject.  They are 4th and K.  With a regular curriculum I would have 2 different everythings, but now they listen to the same books with the older adding in more after the K student starts drawing in his notebook.