Beth, I was thinking of you today and re-read your post. I'm so glad to hear about your friend's family, with the new Christian school and moving to a home town where they likely have a lot of support. I am sure your care and prayer are supporting them as well -- it's little things like knowing some...

I will pray also, Beth, for your friend's family and yours. We are not created to say good-bye. But God walks with us.
Love,
Julie

Hello! I was hoping someone would eventually chime in with experience. I had never heard of Fluenz, but I'll just chat a bit about my experience with foreign languages in homeschool, public school, and having a foreign exchange student stay with us for a bit. First, about buying used software, often...

Yes those are the classes we used. It was several years ago now so the website is fancier now

Since you haven't had anyone experienced with Apologia's classes chime in yet, I thought I'd mention that we did Biology with Virtual Homeschool Group online, which is free (or donations). Our experience was good with the live Bio classes, Tammy was an excellent teacher and passionate about the cont...

My best idea so far is to turn the unit's focus on the special bond some animals have within their families, and how beautiful a calf's relationship is with his or her mother. I love your idea :) I'm not sure if you've already started and have enough ideas, but I was reading about your situation an...

This is a great encouragement! Thanks for the play-by-play It's so nice to have other homeschoolers who invite parents to glimpse "inside their homeschools."

Beth, How fun to read about your family's experiences this week, both here and on the CTG Ideas board. It brings back fond memories of times our family was together in the Bible or in Bible experiences like the feasts. I am so happy we took advantage of those suggestions and they are now stored in m...

I don't usually share this because it's not what many families can or should do, but we used Singapore Math and some years I also got MUS as an extra. These were the reasons it worked for us, I think: 1. My boys were very mathy, and we did lots of math extras. Youngest was on a little math team. So ...

I keep telling her she underestimates herself and that everything will be fine. I wanted to reinforce this with my own experience. I do have a college degree but honestly was ignorant in many areas. For instance, history. I remember not knowing the difference between the Revolutionary War and the C...

What a wonderful post of encouragement as homeschoolers get ready for the new school year. Thank you for sharing your journey, both the pain and the joy. I kind of have your experience in reverse - I look back and am glad my son (still living) had experiences at home with his dad (no longer with us)...

We are finishing up LUOA 7th grade and I want to do MFW CTG for 8th for my daughter and my 3rd grade son. Can someone share with me what their 8th grade CTG daily schedule would be including MFW package, an English/Lit/Writing program, science, math and one or two other things (health, foreign lang...

That was a good thread, and I definitely agree with Christy, Jen, and Trish that MFW is twaddle-free and written in Ms. Mason's famous style of structured mornings/unstructured afternoons. I also agree with Lourdes' post about Book Basket, especially because good picture books are not neglected :) I...

I would NOT want Hillyer in the Book Basket because of the inaccuracies taught in the first section, pertaining to the beginnings of man. I had that book once-upon-a-time and was also uncomfortable with some outdated wording about people groups; I'm not sure whether that has been updated? It's just...

Any straight historical/educational documentaries that you've watched? I have been looking on the History Channel but nothing is on right now. 1. Well, PBS has thorough war documentaries. For instance, Ken Burns is pretty reliable ("The War"), as is The American Experience (e.g. my husban...

I'll throw some out but, as you mentioned, I'm not sure what is appropriate for age 10. 1. This thread in the Archives has several movies mentioned: https://board.mfwbooks.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=5000 2. Anne Frank 3. The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom) 4. The Sound of Music, kind of vague about...

Hi Kathy, Good to "see" you here :) I'm just going to answer as a mom, with a son who didn't see the value in literature that he didn't enjoy (he did better in his boys book club, where there was sure to be some conversation he enjoyed). It seems to me that your first task is to ensure tha...

Usually families use ECC before CTG. But whenever you do CTG, there are plenty of hands-on activities! My son enjoyed some of these: - playing the Senet game - reenacting the 10 plagues - making 10 commandments tablets (posters) - making things for the Old Testament feasts, including a tent/booth fo...

Thanks for sharing that! I love maps, even moreso since doing ECC with my son and finally understanding them :) We have a pacific-centered map, which has some things in common with your link, giving a different perspective. It surely helped with understanding the connection of North America to Russi...

Hi and welcome to homeschooling! I agree that HSLDA is an excellent resource, and I believe membership while your oldest is a preschooler is free! About possibly changing to public school, typically students are placed in public schools by age during elementary school, rather than based on a transcr...

HI Cindy, Glad you found something helpful to try. My youngest did Progeny Press guides. They benefited him, since he wasn't likely to see deeper messages beyond "this happened and then this happened." At our house, reading the book was done first - the book was used for the "daily re...

If she is able or allowed to use a computer to create notebook pages, then there are a lot of options available. Depending on how computer-savvy she is, they may be quick and easy for her. If not, it is still a good skill to begin learning, since many college assignments these days (and even job ass...

Similar to ruthamelia, I don't have direct experience with dyslexia but I do have experience with some kids just taking more time to get through learning to read. My grandson struggled to read until he was 9, plodding slowly through sounding out words and often repeating, but finally he was comforta...

Hello, I haven't been here in years, but as you can see, I'm back! I used MFW K and Adventures for my son who will be in "6th grade" this coming school year. See, it has been awhile! Anyway, I am looking at using ECC for 6th grade, but that puts us way behind in the cycle, so is it too la...

Hello everyone, I am just wondering if anyone as advice about how they deal with fear when it comes to homeschooling? Some of the fears I deal with or have heard of are... fear that we can't juggle teaching multiple kids and young ones and so my kids won't get the attention they need and be behind ...