Planner work if not completely using CM approach?

I don’t follow CM completely elthough I do for literature and history and most language arts with my high school age dauighters.  I have tweaked the organizer with all the things we use and I find it a wonderful addition to our homeschool.  If nothing else adding all their reading books and being able to track what they are doing is a huge blessing to us all, it helps the girls stay on track and lets me know things are moving along.  Apologia Textbooks are already in the book finder section to add to the organizer and there is no reason why you cannot add other texts if you use them, only you will see what you add in your own resources.  As long as I can afford it, I will continue to use it – and I would go so far to say I would sacrifice something else, to make sure I could afford it.  Have you tried the trial yet – I did that at the start and that is when I knew it would work for us – so if you have not tried the trial, then I highly recommend that you give it a go.  Adding the resources can be time consuming, but they have added some features that make it go much quicker now – also once the resources are in, they are always there unless you delete them, or stop subscribing to the organizer – personally I think it is an invaluable tool for anyone to use.  Good luck, Linda

OOps sorry, did not answer your question, too early in the morning!!  Yes the DVD is also invaluable to those of us who are mixing CM with other things.  I have the DVD, and planning was a breeze once I started following the very clear instructions.  So I highly recommend this resource, well worth time and money.