It's that time of year...

ETA: Okay, if nothing else pure sticker shock will make me keep my original plans! No Oak Meadow for us... plus as someone reminded me on a message board, I did this last year too-- bought OM, and ended up selling it within a few weeks. I realize that a lot of people don't think of Oak Meadow as expensive, but for me it is, with two kids - the syllabi for everything alone (well, and a couple of the books they print, like Folk Tales for third grade) add up to almost $600. I didn't consider the packages because I already own so many of the books they use! Then add on Teaching Textbooks, which we really want to use, and we're looking at $900 or so, plus main lesson books, general supplies, etc., so $1000+?!? We generally homeschool for around $300 a year, total, for both kids.

Every year I promise myself I won't look, and then I do... Oak Meadow has their annual sale in May, and inevitably, I find myself browsing lesson samples on their website and drooling.

While Cyrus is only going into 5th grade, it is not the 5th grade syllabus I am drooling over... no, it's the 6th grade one (take a look at sample lessons here) I could easily see stretching OM 6th and 7th over the next 3 to 4 years. And OM3 looks fantastic for Cassia. I love the project ideas, the subject matter, the overall approach. I wouldn't use the math for either, just the social studies/history, science, and English.

I do this every year though, make all my plans and then start second guessing myself, fantasizing about what could be if I just used whatever. Reading blogs like this one don't help me stay away from OM in my mind either!

Oh well, I'll probably get over it. Probably.