tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post2291475969740020035..comments2023-10-12T10:28:33.580-04:00Comments on Trivium Academy: Comparing SOTW and TOGJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-36701606822758232022007-08-09T07:42:00.000-04:002007-08-09T07:42:00.000-04:00I just wanted to say something about TOG- we'll us...I just wanted to say something about TOG- we'll use it more fuller at the dialectic and rhetoric stages (middle & high school). Using it in 3rd grade will consist of picking what will work for us best. Our TOG year will probably look very different from most TOG users. <BR/><BR/>I'm still in the stage of figuring things out and at the beginning of our 2nd grade year with all the problems that it entails (behavior, insecurity about whether the decisions made about curriculum were correct, etc.)<BR/><BR/>I hope that if you're not a TOG user that you don't assume everyone using TOG is using it the same. It is one of those programs that can be used a million different ways.<BR/><BR/>Blessings!<BR/>JessicaJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-15305290476360318842007-08-09T07:35:00.000-04:002007-08-09T07:35:00.000-04:00Well said, Kristy! The amount in TOG has seemed o...Well said, Kristy! The amount in TOG has seemed overwhelming to me in the past, thus I have felt like it will be overwhelming for my kids at this point. We're looking at it for maybe 4th grade, or starting it at the beginning of the rotation in 5th grade. I am impressed with the amount of things they have planned, but for now we'll keep adjusting our SOTW to fit our family. Any time I'm tempted to begin incorporating it before 4th grade, I look at the sample lesson plans they have up on their website :) Thanks so much for your insight on this.<BR/><BR/>Kathy D.<BR/>www.homeschoolblogger.com/myquiversfullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-86770155869796865572007-08-08T21:57:00.000-04:002007-08-08T21:57:00.000-04:00Don't worry about it! Re-read what Charlotte Mason...Don't worry about it! Re-read what Charlotte Mason says about the over prepared teacher connecting all the dots for the children and killing their joy and enthusiasm. Good luck, it will all work out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-30147214713995047842007-08-08T18:26:00.000-04:002007-08-08T18:26:00.000-04:00It sounds like TOG is extremely complicated. I've...It sounds like TOG is extremely complicated. I've taken a look at the TOG website and it seems to me that they are trying to do too much. This in my opinion is never a good idea since it almost always results in doing nothing particularly well. I feel that the map work and any answering of natural questions that come up when we study SOTW is more than enough for geography at my son's young age. If you try to talk to a youngster about different mountain ranges and so forth that weren't even in the lesson, you lose the interest. I just really feel that the way SOTW is laid out in an intense study of one specific area/event for each section or chapter makes it much more easy to plan and be prepared for, not to mention more interesting for the child. Also, I feel that a curriculum that leaves you feeling inadequate and overwhelmed is a bad curriculum, no matter how large the mountains of material they contain. Just my two cents. Good luck.Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533065229382099556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-8209970891634696282007-08-08T17:42:00.000-04:002007-08-08T17:42:00.000-04:00I can definitely see how involved TOG is. It is im...I can definitely see how involved TOG is. It is impressive to say the least. I also love that you can pick and choose just how involved you want to be. I also did not know that TOG has SOTW listed as a supplemental resource. TOG is something I am going to seriously consider. <BR/>Thank you for taking the time to note these things. I think that it is so easy to get overwhelmed. Been there, done that. Keep up the good work!Jenny L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04907199300740526764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451298.post-90856721499058344402007-08-08T12:01:00.000-04:002007-08-08T12:01:00.000-04:00Jessica my cyber friend! Try not to feel this way!...Jessica my cyber friend! Try not to feel this way! Your plans are great and perfect for you and Camille! It worked last year for you, correct? You had a grand year and your daughter learned a lot from her wonderful mum!<BR/><BR/>I’m not going to tell you to keep your plan, or tell you to toss it. I won’t encourage either….. but do want to mention and remind you that all that work you put into your schedule was perfect! You did a wonderful job!<BR/><BR/>Camille is young and you will come back through this all again. Your boy will still be in grammar level when you get back to it right? Won’t he be about 7? 8? You will experience this wonderful curriculum!<BR/><BR/>I admire you so much….. what ever you decide to do…. stick to it and tell yourself its fine. No matter what it is. Because it is fine! Either route! ok…. Both paths you have in front of you will be worth the trip…. Especially the one you mapped out already.<BR/><BR/>Have a great day my cyber friend!Lisa~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02106054654024629775noreply@blogger.com