I didn't read through all the replies as there are several pages by now. But I want to include my information as well. We just completed (last week) our 7th year of using MFW curriculum. I still love it and plan to to ECC for the second time next school year. Previously with our older children I did...

Just wanted to say that I have used Seton testing in the past and have been pleased with their company. It is nice to be able to administer the test myself.

Jen, I am so glad our legislature passed the home school bill! Way to go ND! It was nice seeing you at convention.

Reading Karen Andreola's books helped me understand and appreciate the Charlotte Mason aspect of MFW alot better. Loved them.

We started doing one for each child as my daughter in 1st wanted to do that. After a few weeks she lost interest. I kept up on her model for awhile then let it go. We just do one model now. When the cutting gets too much for my son I help him with it. He needs help taping the pieces together as well...

Anyone ever used crayons on fabric? I need a step by step and what crayons you used. I don't think we can have "Fabric" crayons here in time. Will regular ones work? I'd like us to trace the challah table setting from the Feasts book onto our cloth and color it with crayons. Rather skip the fabric ...

There are so many good ideas here. I've already printed out several of the craft ideas and saved the links to websites for the online activities. I can hardly wait to do them! I just wanted to add a link to a neat book we read, http://lib.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0152023259/LC.GIF&client=alfred...

I have used a lot of things throughout my homeschool journey. It is much easier when you use something you and the children love. Adventures was so much fun. 1st was really great, too. And dd(5) and I are looking forward to K as that looks like it is going to be wonderful as well. You have a lot of ...

I started my ds(9) in 1B. He did well for the most part but it would have been better for him to start in 1A. Sometimes it seemed like we were missing a piece of the puzzle. He will start 4A in the fall and really gets the math now. I love Singapore math! With dd(5) we will start at 1A (when she get...

I have only used MFW 1st through ECC. But we have loved the science so far. It is just enough for us at this level. My olders did not use MFW. We did unit studies and a kind of eclectic approach in those early years until they hit 7th grade then they did Apologia General Science along with the other...

Yes, I remember getting that same feeling when I looked at all that ECC stuff last year. We were doing ADV and ECC seemed like so much more. Then I realized that we wouldn't be using all those books every day. That helped to take the anxiety away. The others' advice is great. I am confident you will...

Good Job. We, too, are just finishing ECC. Ds (8) is in 3rd grade. He only knew the USA on the pretest also. And I think I coached him a bit on that. So far this week he has done North America, South America, Europe, and Africa post tests. He really has done well. I am so proud of him. I will have h...

I would call ahead and ask if they sell them. Then you wouldn't have to drive all over town.

My 8 yo (ds) didn't do many of the pages. So I just copied the ones I thought he could do.

For those of you who have used several different MFW studies, I would love to hear which you & your children enjoyed the most & why. I am mostly wondering about the 5 year cycle - ECC, CTG, RTR, Ex to 1850, 1850 to Mod. We have used ECC & CTG so far & will use RTR this fall. Even though I have like...

We are using ECC this year, almost finished with our school year. It has been a great study. I remember feeling overwhelmed when I first got my box and saw all the books we would be using. Then I realized that we don't use every book each day. The manual is so well written. I always know I can jump ...

Maybe writing on forums isn't real writing (???) and we can use all the punctuation marks we like?

Your replies made me laugh, thank you!!!

On a light note...as I was reading through Writing Strands 3 this morning I read that you should not use exclamation points. It looks like amateur writing. She said to only use one a year. Ha! I must have used up more than my life time's worth already. It looks like a great writing program. I have o...

I can hardly wait! Our CTG box is scheduled to arrive today. I got to look at CtG at our convention but couldn't order until April. Now it will soon be in our hands!!! Yay! I just wanted to say (again) how much I love MFW. In our 14 years of homeschooling we have tried many things: Konos (that was h...

With my younger two children I have things much easier as the card catalog is online. I can look for all the books at my leisure in my own home. Then I can save them to a booklist and print that out. I still find that my library does not have most of the books on the list. After I check for specific...

I know! It is so interesting for my ds(8). And the length of each page is just perfect for him to read. I am also having him read the Bible portion for each day so he is getting plenty of outloud reading. Prior to this year he struggled with his reading but is doing so well now. This week I starting...

We haven't made any pages either except one time I had him trace a picture with tracing paper. But that didn't work so well for him. My ds is 8, too. I do have him narrate after I read the science pages. And we occasionally do the nature notebook.

We, too, got the one Apologia recommended. We are still using it as ds (8) wanted to get it out the other day and look at different things with it.

I remember having trouble with Johnny Cakes as well. But we ate and liked them. I love the milk story! Isn't Advs fun? We just loved it. I was sort of disappointed to start ECC as I thought it couldn't be as enjoyable as Advs was! But you know what? It is!! We are having a great year so far. Thanks ...

You make it so much easier and enjoyable to homeschool, MFW! We are having a great year. Thank you!

At first we weren't going to try making a pinata during our Mexico study. After reading all the posts about your successes I decided to try it. Ours turned out well and we are waiting for the weekend to break it during our Fiesta. After checking online I found a recipe for liquid starch that we used...