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I will be using MtMM for my son's first year of high school for the upcoming school year, combined with the science from the new guide. My question is: will I need the actual guide to do the science, or can I do without the guide? My plan is to use HOD all the way through graduation, but I would rather wait and buy the guide when I buy the rest of the Geography curriculum the following year.

Time is a rather critical element for this fall because of an upcoming move. It will take a chunk out of our school year, so I was planning on trying to get an early start on his 9th grade year this summer. However, the Geog. guide won't be ready by the time I was hoping to start. By the time the guide is out, we will be beginning our move/travel in which school will not be happening. So, I am just wondering if I can do the science without the guide. Will he miss something significant by not having the HOD guide?

I guess this is more of a Carrie/Julie question...

Thanks!
Wendy Miller

Wendy,

I wish I could tell you that you didn't need to have the World Geography guide for the science portion, since you're using it with MTMM. While you could certainly do the readings and follow-ups for science without the guide, you'd still have to figure out how to pace them to finish on time. Another factor to consider is the labs. While you can do the labs on your own schedule as well, in order to know when to do them to match the readings you'd need to have the guide.

Also, there are 36 labs, which means that even if you forego matching the text, and just did the labs independent from the text, you'd still need to determine how to get the labs in while balancing that with the readings in the text. With this in mind, from my perspective, it would be much more cohesive and balanced to do the science with our plans as written in the World Geography guide. I think it is always better to have the labs match the text, and these two programs actually ended up going very well together, once I got it all figured out for the plans.

So, as you ponder what you want to do, I will share that if you do decide to purchase the World Geography guide for the science portion of the plans, then the following year, you can still order the Economy Package for World Geography and receive the discounted price and receive money back for your guide! Simply include in your "Ordering Instructions" box at checkout that you purchased the World Geography guide the previous year for the science plans, and now you're ordering the rest and won't need the guide. My husband will then credit you back the entire price of the World Geography guide as well as giving you the package discount! So, it is like we are loaning you the guide for a year, and then you receive all of your money back for it as part of your package purchase the next year.

Blessings,
Carrie

Thank you, Carrie!!! I am already so thankful for the curriculum you produce! Now I know your customer service is the best, too!


Wendy