Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
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April 29, 2011 at 7:40 pm
momto2blessings
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Hi Gals,
I see many of you here who combine different CM resources. I was just wondering if some of you could share how you go about picking and choosing from each. Do you pick one for your base and just add in others? I’m asking just for history. I love the TQ guides and just plugging in AO/SCM history selections. But I’m attracted to the SCM guides and think that might simplify things (I haven’t actually used one, we’re always one cycle ahead of the new guides coming out!)
I’d like the organization of the SCM guides and being able to have Bible/history/geography planned out for me. I love the TQ commentaries and the depth they provide. And in a few years I’d like to add in some of the depth of the AO history selections. What to do? 🙂 Thanks for any input!   Blessings, Gina
April 30, 2011 at 2:08 am
Sara B.
Participant
I have to ask… What is TQ???
April 30, 2011 at 3:15 am
Cindie2dds
Member
TruthQuest History. Great resource!
April 30, 2011 at 9:06 pm
botanicalbecky
Member
I don’t know how to tell you how to choose – I think they are all good resources! I think SCM is good bc it lays it out for you on a daily basis – do this, then do this. TQ is good bc of the insight and you have all possible resources listed for you to choose from, a great help if you only want to use books your library has, for instance. I think AO is only ok in the history dept, to be honest. I wasn’t that excited about it – though I think Our Island Story looks like a good read as does A Child’s History of the World, but you can use those as your spines w/TQ if you want and then add whatever books to that you think look interesting. I also didn’t like how the sequence was laid out w/AO, but I do think having one year to really focus on the 20th century was a pretty good idea (yr 11 or 12). Its been my conclusion that I will probably use the TQ resources and just hit the books I like from SCM and AO. I decided I wanted to use the Guerber books as a “spine” so that sorta clinched it. I don’t feel like I need the daily plan that SCM guides offer. That may change in the future, though 🙂
April 30, 2011 at 10:22 pm
6boys1girl
Participant
There has been some talk about combining TQ and AO on the TQ yahoo group. Most of those who were doing this used the TQ for history and the AO for everything else, skipping AO history.
I know that there are some (myself included) who combine TQ with SCM. Most of us use the TQ commentary, placing the SCM books in the right place in the TQ book.
I do not know of anyone who combines the history of all three programs.
HTH, Rebecca
May 1, 2011 at 1:22 am
momto2blessings
Participant
Thank you for the input:) I’m currently plugging SCM into TQ, which is working well. But I’d like something more in-depth/planned out to go through the Bible. This and the planning of geography is what interests me in the SCM guide. I do own “Planning your CM Education” and wouldn’t need to buy the guide. If you don’t buy the SCM guide, do you have any suggestions for a chronological study of the Bible? Thanks again! Gina
May 1, 2011 at 2:24 am
6boys1girl
Participant
TQ is coming out with a Creation/OT guide sometime this summer. I know it’ll cover the early civilizations (including Egypt) with the Old Testament.
Just something to consider.
-Rebecca
May 1, 2011 at 11:42 am
momto2blessings
Participant
Thanks, Rebecca! That looks great and I plan to use it. I’m just having a hard time figuring out whether to also get the SCM guide. I’d like Bible planned out for me for the whole Bible. Have you used the SCM guide for high school? If so, did you feel like you had to add much more in for high school history? Thanks for any more input:) Gina
May 2, 2011 at 9:25 pm
6boys1girl
Participant
We used the first SCM guide this year for our Bible time. Since it wasn’t for history (we used TQ middle ages and ren/reformation for that), I didn’t consider adding more. So I can’t really answer that.
At this point, I plan on using the second SCM guide for our Bible this next year. By using the SCM guides, we combine Bible history, ancient history and geography as well as theology and scripture memory into our Bible time.
-Rebecca
May 3, 2011 at 4:38 pm
momto2blessings
Participant
Rebecca,
Thanks, that’s helpful. I’m leaning towards the SCM guides for some structure to our Bible time, and for the geography….good to hear that’s working for your family!
Becky,
Thanks, too.   I think that’s what I”ll end up doing for history…it’s pretty much what we did this year and it worked well. I love the freedom of the TQ guide to pick the resources we like…the struggle is just in the picking:)
Thanks!!!!! Gina