Welcome! I have been using MFW with my youngest since age 3. She did All Aboard the Animal Train (preschool), Voyage of Discovery(pre-k), God's World from A to Z (K), Learning God's Story (1st), and Adventures in US History (2nd), and is currently in Exploring Countries and Cultures for 3rd. By foll...

I'm sorry I don't have the VOD manual anymore, but I'm sure it had something in the back- probably just before the book lists. In my K manual, there is a section just after the "reading plan" pages in the back, on page 243-245, called, "What if My Child is Already Reading?" with suggestions. As for ...

The VOD, K, and 1st manuals all have suggestions in their appendixes on ways to bring more challenge to an advanced child. Even though your child is advanced academically, he will still enjoy the many activities and Bible stories and other read-alouds that are part of these programs (I also have a c...

Hi! You will find that MFW Adventures touches on the US Constitution during an elementary study of US History, and also takes a tour through all 50 states! You can expand on Colorado if you wish, with library books. Lots are listed in the back of the manual by topic and state! Also, more in-depth st...

Just a quick update: I was feeling pretty swamped a few weeks ago, but we have found a rhythm again. So we are just plugging away with Adventures and have made it to week 28 :-) I'm going to go ahead and finish it out and take a break after- our break will coincide with my scheduled vacation time, a...

Thank you for the perspective, Julie! As you can see by my signature, I've been homeschooling a very long time- however, it is the first time in a long time that I am homeschooling only one child, and the very first time I am homeschooling as a full-time student and intern myself! Not to mention all...

Without going into great detail, this past school year has had some unavoidable interruptions and unexpected difficulties, which included me starting seminary and internship, trips out of state for my studies, deaths in the family, my husband getting hospitalized this past winter, and now COVID-19. ...

My daughter just turned 7 this past September 14, and I started Adventures with her before her birthday. It has been absolutely perfect. She reads at a 4th grade level but is right on grade level with writing, perhaps ahead on grammar. But we are using MFW recommendations from all language arts and ...

The Kindergarten curriculum takes no more than 90 minutes a day, if you are doing the whole thing. That being said, since you have older children, it may make more sense to use only the phonics and math from K and let your K child tag along with the olders for hands on activities in the other subjec...

A wonderful former youth leader of my grown kids gifted me with all five years of the cycle. ECC and ctg are the older editions. All the non-consumable items are included. Should I upgrade the teachers manuals? Will I be missing out on anything anything? Or should I just get the student consumables ...

First, I want to send you lots and lots of love. Second, a word of encouragement-you are an amazing mama! You and your family have been through so much, and still are going through! You are not failing! I only had 4 children close in age to raise and teach, but some of what your experiencing still r...

Thanks to everyone who replied. Rest assured this has been taken to prayer and my husband and I have extensively studied the letters of Paul, and their historical context. Not everyone's situation is the same. I recall even the Hazell's had mom working and dad teaching. I should add that while my hu...

I was wondering if anyone could offer advice on how they make homeschooling with MFW work for them when both parents work. With a lot of prayer I applied to seminary and was accepted. It is a 2 year program with mostly online courses, 4 week-long trips out of state, and average 20-hour a week local ...

Both books contain answers for the textbooks and workbooks for the levels they're written for. The home instructor's guide also contains in-depth, step-by-step lesson plans. For the younger grades, I feel it is unneccessary, because the textbooks themselves teach very simply and clearly with words a...

Yes, that's exactly right. And each child continues doing your choice of Language Arts and Math at his or her level.

Adventures does not include language arts and math. You could use Adventures for both children (each child needs his own set of student sheets), add 2nd grade language arts and math for your older child, and use just the phonics and math from LGS for the 1st grader since you already have it (but buy...

I think many families have done exactly that. You can adapt the lessons in Adventures as needed for your 1st grader. Congratulations on the new baby

Hi! I think it would be best to do the Pre K with your two children, and simply follow with K for both whenever you are done with it. The repetition will be good for both of them, and MFW PreK is so much fun! You don't really need to follow the same schedule as public school, feel free to make it wo...

I would go with ECC, as I think you'd need to add more history and science to Adventures to make it enough for a 4th grader. Your children will not have to do any of the advanced assignments for ECC, and your 2nd graders can use the Complete Book of Animals as a fun science supplement. You can also ...

I'm so sorry for the loss of your precious friend. Keeping you and both families in my prayers.

Oh yes! I did have the two things confused. Going to Rolla would be a nice trip one day :) In the meantime we will just remain prayerful about God's next steps for our family. Thank you for your prayers. Our daughter had a better night last night, though she still woke up once or twice. I let a Chri...

We've been wanting to do this since last year, but our daughter has a lot of sleep issues. Thankfully she seems to be on the verge of a breakthrough. When she is sleeping consistently through the night for a few months, we would be willing to leave her with family while we went away for this weekend...

Thank you for the words of wisdom, and a few years ago I would have agreed with you about not looking too far ahead. In my case, I am almost 48 with an almost 6 year old daughter, and wife to a husband of 51 who has a pacemaker yet still works to support us. My husband and I both feel it is God's wi...

Hi! So far, my youngest has done great with the new Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten, and is chugging away with First Grade. What I'm wondering is, I know that the high school guides are intended to be done independently. How do you prepare your child for that, when the family learning cycle is so...

We have truly enjoyed making all the recipes in AAAT, VOD, and GCA :) It has added a lot of fun and togetherness to our days. I love having that reminder in my teacher manual to include my child in the kitchen. My now first grader enjoys cooking and baking with me. Last week, we made some cinnamon m...