Some other ideas to help with the mapping: 1) Have her point to and tell you the names of the countries for you to write on the map for her. 2) print the names of the countries on sticker labels so she just needs to find the correct sticker and place it on the map. 3) if you number the countries (or...

Hi, I am looking at purchasing ECC for my 4th and 7th graders next year, but I am having trouble getting a real feel for how much teacher time it will take. For those using this with upper elementary/jr high, how much do your students do on their own? I currently can't guarantee more than 2-2.5 hou...

I know someone who is doing ECC with a second grader this year and they are loving it. She plans to do CTG next year and keep going. (He's her oldest -- the younger two are k and a toddler). I am still debating ECC with my 4th and 7th graders for next year. I have plans to meet up with this mom tomo...

I know what you mean about wanting to complete the cycle. It also helps to know that our younger children will be able to reuse many of the resources we are now purchasing for our older. It may also help to spread some of the purchases out. If you are sure you are using general science, you could pu...

I am famililar with most of the titles you mentioned. My boys were in Public School until a year and a half ago, and I helped out in the library. Most of these would be considered high interest early chapter books and are very popular with the grades 2-4 (sometimes younger or older depending on the ...

Thanks for the reply, Dawn. The upcoming year is going to be very expensive for us with Apologia General Science and [math] and a language arts program (not sure which one yet) and starting French (not sure yet for that either) so adding to that an ECC package (deluxe or not) with the grade 7 and 8 ...

Thanks to everyone who has answered my questions on the topic of using ECC with our upcoming 7th and 4th graders. I like what I'm seeing and reading so far. Now I'm wondering how easy it is to adapt to our schedule. I see that there are countries scheduled for 34 weeks with room in week 35 and 36 to...

Deb, I certainly understand. I think if we kept independent subjects going through the summer (they have to come with me to the office anyway, so they can use at least half that time for math, reading, copy work and typing -- skills that can drop off if not practiced regularly) that would allow us t...

Thanks again, ladies. I see your point about doing more as they get older, especailly reading, and therefore it taking longer for them to complete independent work. I can live with that, but I can rarely give more than 2-2.5 hours of my own time without all of us being done in. By 3 or 3:30 my kids ...

I am Canadian also, and trying to sort out what to use with my boys who are older than yours. We have a new homeschooling family at our church using MFW. Their oldest is second grade and they skipped adventures and went right to ECC. Given your situation, and time constraints, could you use ECC with...

Thanks Deb, Yes, our boys are similar ages and sounds like our 12 year older are reading the same two series. I am encouraged by your comments and wonder if you could tell me how long your school day takes and how much your boys can do independently. How much of your week is spent on handicrafts. Ho...

Thanks for your reply, Julie. I see what you are saying about the highschool and elementary programs not really lining up, but I want to avoid a situation where my older son would be doing CTC followed by highschool ancients. We did Egypt the first half of this year, even though he already covered E...