Have you ever tried any of Marty Machowski's devotionals? One reads a passage from the Bible, a synopsis of what was read, and then there are some questions afterward for the family to discuss. He has one on the Old Testament, New Testament, Proverbs, and Theology that I can think of at the moment.

I believe that's the one I got. My order is in the US until relatives bring it to Canada so I can't check it right now. :o( I'll have to get them to check it for me to make sure I got the right product.

Placement Help So I was an over eager first time homeschool mom and started my daughter in MFW K when she was 4.5. We did the 1st grade this year when she was 5. She did great...ran into some complaining in mid year but she kept up with the lessons with no problem. I'm so impressed with her reading...

We take about 45 minutes to an hour without art or the music.

Organization - I would just organize it by week. I have done this using a binder as well as file folders. The binder or file folders will work for organizing future years as well. I prefer the file folders now because I have to prep materials for three homeschoolers (eventually four). I'm not sure h...

When I search and seek out the curriculum that I'm looking for, MFW and HOD usually pop up. The problem is, I find HOD lovers everywhere. I hear about their passion, devotion and all out love for the curriculum. They rave and rave about it... and never desire to try something else. We've used the f...

I did K with a little one that turned 4 in October quite a few years ago. My daughter did very well with K even though she was young. She was ready. She sailed through 1st and ADV with no problem too. We ended up slowing down when we hit ECC as the work load was too much for her. We did it over two ...

I don't think I would order 1st grade sheets for a younger sibling. I find a lot of the sheets pertain to the reading lessons in first. I would look for something else to give a younger sibling. I have heard some recommend a set that Rod and Staff has for preschoolers maybe that would be a good star...

My dd11 is working through WS3. She is on exercise 4: Description of a friend. She chose to write about her sister. Background: She was ps'd midway through 5th grade. She has been hs a year and we did very little writing last year, to be honest because she was so resistant and I was new at teaching...

As I am gearing up for school I am continually pondering the reading of history texts to my oldest. He can easily read them to himself. Has this been a issue for you or a struggle? Any counsel? We will be using CtG or RTR. I haven't made our purchase yet. I removed my initial response because thing...

I just ordered RtR today and my local stores are starting back to school sales this week and next week. I am wondering what basic school supplies will we need, like how many notebooks/binders. Thanks Sarah I believe the Yahoo Group for RTR has a supply list. It helps with planning the weeks out, if...

It was very encouraging. Thank you for sharing it with us today.

http://www.smilebooksproductions.com has a set of phonics readers that start off simply and increase in difficulty with each book.

I am juggling three doing MFW right now. My oldest works fairly independently. However, there is some work she needs help with. So, she dives into doing whatever she can do without me while I help my Ker or daughter doing 1st. After their work is done or they are working on their own, I work with my...

I am running three of MFW's programs right now. What helps me is having a shelf from Ikea that has cubby holes (for lack of a better term). I have the various years of curriculum in their own cubby hole/box. It makes it easy for me to locate a given year's books when I need them. So far, I have K to...

How much adding to the program do you all do? I really want to just get MFW and trust the whole program without adding much. How many people do that and were you happy? It would be such a peace of mind to order and not feel like I need to go adding to it. There are only a couple of things I am thin...

I'm following for responses as we're in a similar boat. If you do speak with the office, please share any advice that you get. I'd appreciate it too.

I will be homeschooling a 1st grader (6) and my toddler (2) this fall and will be using MFW1st. Have any of you used workboxes with MFW1st? Just wondering about how many drawers/boxes you used? Also... I need desk suggestions. I was thinking of using some sort of desk or table. Should i get "small ...

Which books did your children most enjoy? Which would you consider replacing if you use Adventures again? Are there any that are particularly suited to boys/girls? I have a tender hearted, worry wart boy. From the description, "Sarah Whitcher's Story" concerns me a bit. My daughter was quite sensit...

I am looking for a workbook spelling program. Thanks! We did Rod and Staff for an extra year. Eventually, it became more complicated without following their program. Erna, Would it have been better to have continued R & S in later grades? (I take it that at some point you stopped using R & S Spelli...

Would I need to purchase the student sheets? I wont' be doing any of the American studies, instead I'll just be using it for the Bible, Science, Art & Music. I only used one of the sheets. So, you can do without them. Okay, thanks! I kinda figured that. Also, did you do any of the suggested novels ...

My question is about spelling for the Bible notebook. Gail is about to start writing her own sentences for the notebook. I read the thread about this [above]. In the thread, most people did as the curriculum suggests... allowing a child to write the sentence and not correcting all the spelling erro...

Just looking for input on using Adventures with a Canadian student? Did you teach it as written and then add in Canadian content too, or did you sub out some of the American content for info on Canada? We subbed out American studies and put in Canadian. I used the US outline to help formulate the p...

So, I am now getting it. My oldest will repeat one extra year while the younger ones will repeat two years at a deeper level before launching into 9th. My original thought was that they were each only to repeat one year of the cycle.

If you have made the African bowls (with material a glue and water mixture), you can fill the bowls with sweet treats, wrap it in cellophane, and add a bow (two of mine made galimoto girls to attach to their gifts). Voila! A nice Christmas gift! We did this with African-themed material for grandpare...