A Mind in the Light Forum

I know the lesson guides are being prepared, and I'm not trying to pressure. (I promise I'm being patient, in spite of all my questions.) However, what are your thoughts on purchasing the study guides for the books mentioned in the program outlines? This would be to get started while waiting for the full lesson guides. For example (as I'm looking specifically at year 3), the Children's History of the World or the one about birds. Would this just be a waste as I'd be doubling up, or a smart move because the lesson guides won't be available in the next six months? (I know the curriculum writer is doing a ton of great work right now. I so appreciate it all.)

I keep seeing mention here and in other places about AMitL booklists for different grades but it doesn't seem that they are published for most of them? I will be homeschooling a 3rd grader and 6th grader. I purchased the program outline and a portion of level 2 to use in the interim until level 3 is up if it makes it by fall but I'm a little confused about what books I should gather for 3 when it comes and for 6 if I use the outline. ETA: just wanted to add that I did not intend this to be a criticism so I hope it doesn't sound like that. Looking over the Year 2 guide and the woods, fields, and forest study, I'm very impressed. This is laid out so clearly it doesn't overwhelm my poor ADHD brain.

I was looking at the curriculum by program pages. I see that there's the required resource of the outline guide, but it also has a recommended resource of the lesson guides. Are these just not available at this time? I didn't see them in the shop, but there's a note at the end of program 1 that the lesson guides for year two is different than the complete guide. So I wondered if I was merely overlooking them.