What would you buy

Just thought I’d update everyone on this….

Looks like I probably won’t get to buy anything at this point – although maybe in a bit…..   I was able to buy a few things from my church that will be helpful….

As I did ask on a couple of boards, thought I’d give the summary of what people have said…

All Day Seminar – most people really seemed to like this.  Just not sure how valuable it would be for me as it is overall a summary of CM methods, which I think I have a fair handle on…  but I’m sure I could still find good value in it.  Also, I sent my husband links to the things I was interested in, and this one got a Yes from him… (hey, maybe he would even watch some of it?  I can dream….)  – this is still a maybe for me…  and am thinking of doing the “seminar” thing with it….

Map Trek – although I had heard of this product from a review from someone that liked it… nobody on the places I posted seemed to use it much…. so I probably won’t get.

Timeline Figures – I still think they look pretty good and some people like them – but I think we can do fine with google or other sources… (or even better, drawing our own pictures)  The value with the timeline figures is a consistent style… but with no Canadian figures, we would lose that advantage anyway.  So probably not.

Draw and Write through History – I’m still not sure on these… my kids did like the Draw Write Now books which seem similar (are they from the same people?).  I go back and forth on the “draw this by doing this, then this, then this” versus the “draw what you see”  side of how drawing should be done….  But I do think this is high on my list.  It looks like the last few books are very heavy on American History…. is there much world history topics in these???

Mapping the World by Heart – have read a few independent reviews from people that seem to love it…. but haven’t heard much from friends on the message boards, so don’t think many people have it…?  Noticed it is for kids a bit older (around 9 or 10+), so will be holding off until my kids are older.

Yesterdays Classics bookset – Most people I know that have the set seem to love it.  Some of the books apparently can’t be found for free on the internet (yet) even though they are out of copy-right…  many can be.  But apparently the formatting/pictures included/ and other ebook features (table of contents works etc) can be worth it.  I know that I had grabbed a sample from Amazon of “An Island Story” from them because my free version had too many typos – and their sample chapters were really good.  But that said… the $99 sale price is more than I generally have to spend, and I am pretty good at finding good quality free ebooks…. so I’ll have to decide at the time, should I ever have that much at once to make a purchase….