My dd learned to read fluently for a 1st grader using only MFW phonics. We are on day 107 in 1st and she wants to read more than what is offered so I let her pick out as many library books as she wants. She picks out some she can read on her own which are most of the picture books and now is startin...

How about going to the pet store? There are lots of critters there that can turn into "nature study." And then some days when mommy just can't handle a nature walk shhh don't tell anyone but we watch discovery channel or animal planet or similar. I know it isn't the same but in a pinch when I don't ...

If you're able to go outside, try writing the numbers in chalk on the driveway and she can run to the answer....

Here's an FYI. Highlights currently has two kinds of geography games for purchase. One is Top Secret Adventures game for $19.99. This isn't the monthly subscription but a board game. We bought this and my 6 y.o. and 9 y.o. love to play it. It is geared more toward the younger end of the ECC crowd bu...

I am a mom who usually tells it like it is to my kids, maybe a little too much. Because of some things I read on the boards I did pre read the missionary books. I had originally thought I would skip this book because of what I consider poor family decisions by Mr. Livingstone. Also my children are a...

Salmy, I went to a homeschool lecture one day that opened my eyes to helping and not just drilling or quizzing my child. The end point was that if your child isn't getting something give it to them. It is ok. For me it was very eye opening because for my older ds I had been quizzing everything and w...

I am encouraged by other posters and where they started their children and how far they are now. I started my 9 y.o. in 2A after spending almost a whole year just on cementing his addition, subtraction and beginning his multiplication then starting Singapore. We had a bad public school experience. H...

When is anatomy and reproduction introduced? :) Edie Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:37 am We used Adventures last year and I don't know which week (somewhere in the last half of the year), there is a science unit about the body or skeleton. Anyway we checked out the big body books from the library from...

Here's a little of my experience. My dd now 6 1/2 is in the middle of MFW 1st. It is very easy for her but we are not skipping ahead. I don't want my 16 year old going to college. So I thought down the road to what my pushing ahead would mean. I also don't want a year of what do I do now because she...

We are going back to do the Thanksgiving week from Adventures too. We made the placemats. It was tough. DS could not get the over under concept and the papers kept moving and he got mad. We measured the Mayflower with sidewalk chalk on the driveway. It was the entire length plus a little bit and mor...

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:32 am Just thinking out loud. I have a dd who only turned 6 in May. I know she could do more copywork physically but at six I don't want her to be a superstar. I just want her to be six. I pushed my now 9 y.o. ds and we hit a big wall in 2nd/3rd grade and are still recove...

Posted Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:10 am I send a prayer out to you. I do have one 9y.o. with ADD and one very active 6 y.o. I would like to suggest that some children do very well with a schedule. Six might be a little young to understand time but when we have a strict schedule and it works a lot better. W...

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:55 pm We were trying to do a stained glass window. But this time I used too much crayon. I think a little crayon goes a long way. It just doesn't look like enough when there are big gaps in the crayon shaving. Next one I will use some black tape inbetween the "window pane...

I have taught my mildly dyslexic, dysgraphic, ADD and auditory processing deficit child to read using MFW fairly painlessly - though we are still working out spelling and math facts (she has the "dys" for numbers too whatever it is called) - she is also extremely bright, artistic and musical. I hav...

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:00 pm We school almost exclusively at the kitchen table except for reading and book basket. Anywhere else in the house and there is too much "outside interference" to distract him. He knows the rule is when he is at the table it is seat work time and the more he concentra...

Thank you. We tried "sharing equally" means dividing and it's amazing how skittles work so much better than blocks!!!

I think he has the concept in general now but we will definately practice more around the house as well as a few more days in school before we move on.

Brenda

Last year we really didn't use a "curriculum" for math but spent most of the year on math facts for addition and subtraction and started multiplication. I introduced division but didn't really work on it at all. Of course we did some other stuff but the bulk of the year was review and mastery of add...

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:43 pm It's funny. I thought I would be purchasing a lot of books because we love books. Both my kids have their own bookshelves and we have adult bookshelves, school bookshelves, extra bookshelves, books in the closet....we love books. Now I go to the store and I can't st...

I started my 9 y.o. at 2A this year thinking it would be too easy because it was addition and subtraction but he really needed the review and some of it was new to him. I couldn't believe he hadn't caught some of this before. One thing that has helped us beyond measure is that I physically write his...

Shalom, I love to read the forums but rarely post. So let me quickly re-introduce myself. We are an Australian missionary family living in Israel. I am homeschooling our 2 kids, ds 7 (MFW1) and dd 5 (MFWK). We really enjoy MFW and look forward to starting ECC with ds in the Fall and MFW1 with dd so...

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:26 pm We are just finishing K and used it along with Adventures. My dd loved K because she could quickly get through it and then go play. At first I was a little worried that it wasn't enough. How silly of me. We have one week left and she is doing great in math and it is...

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:16 am We do both. Sometimes I assign an easy book from the book basket because I know the only way it will get read or looked at is if I read it or assign it. Other times I tell him to pick any book he wants and read. Unfortunately this usually means something from his si...

1. We completed lesson 2A today and so far dd has not followed directions correctly a single time. Do I walk her through the excersizes? 2. And how much expectation should I have? For example, when she came close to following directions (today's lesson) she simply took their core sentence example (...

I have a 1st and a 9 y.o. ECCer. I school my 1st from 8:00 to 9:00 then add in my ECCer. It helps that my 1st is an early morning person and my 9 y.o. likes to sleep a little later. I have him do his morning chore and then play quietly in his room until 9:00. This allows me to do the calendar stuff ...

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:27 pm Another thought is to try to find some of the antique or older books from the used bookstore. Something that maybe your grandparents read from the Dick and Jane era. These tend to be a lot more sensitive in subject matter. Also try more nonfiction books. Just some t...