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- Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: God's Creation the same year as Creation to the Greeks?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1999
Re: God's Creation the same year as Creation to the Greeks?
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...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:41 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: To upgrade or not? ECC
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1901
To upgrade or not? ECC
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 ...
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:19 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Need to decide
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2523
Re: Need to decide
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...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:07 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: 2 income homeschoolers using Adventures?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3031
Re: 2 income homeschoolers using Adventures?
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...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: 2 income homeschoolers using Adventures?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3031
2 income homeschoolers using Adventures?
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 ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:17 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Singapore Math lesson plans
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2796
Re: Singapore Math lesson plans
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...
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:53 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: First and second grade
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2808
Re: First and second grade
Yes, that's exactly right. And each child continues doing your choice of Language Arts and Math at his or her level.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: First and second grade
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2808
Re: First and second grade
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...
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:43 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Adventures for my first grader with 3rd?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2736
Re: Adventures for my first grader with 3rd?
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 

- Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:47 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Which curriculum should I simultaneously teach a 3 & 4 yo?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3133
Re: Which curriculum should I simultaneously teach a 3 & 4 yo?
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...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:33 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Adventures for 2nd & 4th Grade?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2618
Re: Adventures for 2nd & 4th Grade?
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 ...
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:08 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Prayers appreciated
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3497
Re: Prayers appreciated
I'm so sorry for the loss of your precious friend. Keeping you and both families in my prayers.
- Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:35 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Have you heard about My Father’s World Vision Weekend?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3653
Re: Have you heard about My Father’s World Vision Weekend?
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...
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:33 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Have you heard about My Father’s World Vision Weekend?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3653
Re: Have you heard about My Father’s World Vision Weekend?
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...
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:09 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: How do you work toward independence before high school?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2788
Re: How do you work toward independence before high school?
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...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: How do you work toward independence before high school?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2788
How do you work toward independence before high school?
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...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:22 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Cooking with Young Children
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1814
Re: Cooking with Young Children
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...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:30 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Choosing Math
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5171
Re: Choosing Math
Maybe get the Home Instructor's guides for Singapore Math? Those definitely have a lot of teacher guidance. Unless you've already tried that. Otherwise I second the Math Lessons for a Living Education. It seems to have an engaging and straight-forward format.
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:58 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Choosing Math
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5171
Re: Choosing Math
Perhaps consider Teaching Textbooks? It has an online subscription that teaches for you and grades the material, and an e-book workbook. Or you can get it in CDrom and printed workbook format. There There are placement tests on their official website so you can see which levels are appropriate for y...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 4:40 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Handwriting in 1st
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1658
Re: Handwriting in 1st
You're welcome :) Boys can tend to take longer developing those fine motor skills. My oldest child, also my only boy, really hated writing at that same age. On top of everything else, he is left-handed :~ It took him time to grow into it. In hindsight I wish I had done more of those activities with ...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 12:47 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Handwriting in 1st
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1658
Re: Handwriting in 1st
How old is he? He may just need time to grow into fine motor skills. Have you done the tactile activities like the ones suggested in K, such as using his finger to write in salt, a stick to write in dirt or sand, making letters out of clay? Writing on a white board with dry erase markers, on the gro...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:49 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: What to do next?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1881
Re: What to do next?
This will be the last year your children do the same guide. You do ECC with both children for the upcoming year. The 8th grader uses 7th/8th grade supplement plus will need to do 7th grade science as recommended by MFW. Each student continues using their own level language arts and math. The followi...
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:51 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Finishing “on time”
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1548
Re: Finishing “on time”
Sounds like a great solution!
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:12 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Finishing “on time”
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1548
Re: Finishing “on time”
Think of it this way. If you started a child in MFW at grade 7, for example, they would only do ECC and CTG before high school.In other words, it is perfectly okay if your children do not complete the whole history cycle in elementary and middle school, because they will get in-depth coverage of all...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Skipping kindergarten
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1353
Re: Skipping kindergarten
It's possible for a 5 year old to be ready for 1st, especially with a sibling so close in age, and having sat in on K with the older sibling. I'd say go ahead and do 1st with both children. There may yet come a point in the future where you have to slow things down for the younger child while contin...