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- Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:38 pm
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Schedule - How much time, excluding math & LA?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4890
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:07 am It does not take very long to get things done. Probably about 10 minutes for bible; longer on the days they copy the verse or do a craft. Then there is usually about 5 minutes of reading for history, and sometimes a state page, which would depend on how fast your k...
- Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:10 pm
- Forum: Kindergarten Archive
- Topic: Schedule - Can I teach MFWK units out of order?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8489
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:43 am Changing the order of units with the phonics worksheets will matter most on how well your child knows their sounds. If they know them then the order shouldn't matter that much. If they don't they might have problem with the letters they haven't learned. But do keep...
- Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:59 am
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: ** Testimonies from Users!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 30957
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:10 pm Been there. It was not fun and just turned my daughter off to phonics. She always complained that her little sister got to do a fun kindergarten. Now we don't waste our day doing worksheets and not learning much. Now we do a little bit of everything and it sticks. I...
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:54 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: Academics - Is it enough? Do you supplement?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23835
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:10 pm It is enough. When I have tried to do other programs I would end up skipping stuff and skimming over subjects because we didn't have enough time to do everything. With MFW we can actually do everything and the kids love it. When they love it they learn more. I noti...
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: Language Arts Archive
- Topic: SP - (Spelling Power) - Describe how you use this, time,
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29094
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:29 pm You retest the missed words from yesterday first thing her next spelling lesson. It does have review tests every so often but when I get to the review tests I just start with all the words she missed. I just put a little mark next to each word she misses then I alwa...
- Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:56 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Schedule - Ideas for daily routines, mornings
- Replies: 68
- Views: 35044
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:25 pm I am doing adventures and first and have a 2 year old boy. I start school as soon as everyone one sits down to breakfast. We do the read aloud, bible, memory verse, history reading. Then I have one daughter do handwriting and I do phonics with the other one. I cove...
- Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:34 am
- Forum: Preschool & Pre-K Archive
- Topic: 2-year-olds - Ideas for occupying
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16491
We are doing the same thing this year. ECC with a 7 and 9 year old and an almost 3 year old. He is a boy so he was a lot more work than my girls ever where. I kept him busy with taking out toys only at school time, playdough, coloring, he loves putting stickers in books, he loves the Lauri puzzles a...
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:43 pm
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: Choosing 1st "again" vs. join older sibling; making it fresh
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7471
Yup. My first grader tagged along for read alouds, book basket books, did the coloring for state pages, and enjoyed the activities and did the bible. She didn't always get everything but she enjoyed it and it is much easier to have both kids doing the same thing. I usually have her just copy the not...
- Tue May 22, 2007 1:55 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Schedule - Teaching (& modeling) time mgmt (whiteboard pic)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 32731
Schedule - Teaching (& modeling) time mgmt (whiteboard pic)
Ideas for slow 1st grader Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:20 pm Well I have a first grader girl who has half the school work of her big sister and still takes longer. She has always been this way and is in most things slow and steady. Of course today she did 4 math problems in 1 hour. - I do find that ...
- Mon May 14, 2007 11:57 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: Worldview - Does MFW promote a thirst for Christ?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 48961
The bible in Adventures has been great. I use to think it was too little but lately each day has been a new message to me and my girls. We are studying the names of Christ and it has been really good I have learned alot and so have my girls there seems to be discussion on each thing we read. We are ...
- Thu May 10, 2007 2:10 pm
- Forum: Preschool & Pre-K Archive
- Topic: 4-year-olds - Ready academically but waiting to start K
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10722
On the subject of waiting. I thought of doing k when my daughter was almost five. She has a Nov birthday. So she did a little bit of workbooks but didn't really get into it. SO we ended up doing K when she was almost 6. I am glad I waited because she is first grade and reading is still sounding out ...
- Mon May 07, 2007 11:06 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: Academics - Question for those who have used this a long tim
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23477
Well I looked at the state science objectives for second grade for my daughter it was learning the parts of a flower and parts of tree, learning about seasons. All stuff we covered in Kindergarten. Same with my third grader -- everything she had covered -- and when I looked ahead they had covered ju...
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:36 pm
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Worldview - Is Adventures adequate for African American chil
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7489
Adventures covers a lot of differant aspects of African american history, you will cover alot of things if you read the suggested books in book basket. We have read about Rosa parks and segregation, one book was about a black man registering to vote and then their church getting burned down. It didn...
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:53 am
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: Compare - Is MFW 1st really as good as K?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14080
First was a great year. My girls loved having the bible reader, loved listening to bible stories and loved making their own book. My younger daugther wanted to start 1st early so that she could read the bible reader and write in book. Good short lessons and there are games in there to play with new ...
- Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:52 pm
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: Advice when kids hit a plateau in learning to read
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28723
My girls were slow to get reading. What I did was review the lessons on the second day with the games listed in the back of the book. My girls' all time favorite game STILL is when I hide the cards with words on them and they have to search and find them. "Treasure Hunt." They will search for words ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:05 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Schedule - Ideas for dawdlers who take too long
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9265
The thing that seems to help my daydreaming daughter is using a timer. It beeps every 5 minutes and sometimes that helps remind her that the time is ticking. If she has the timer she goes faster and stays on task a little more. I also use snack time and break time to motivate my kids. I set the time...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:27 pm
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: Readiness for 1st - How big of a jump is it to MFW-1?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10331
The reader looks harder because it has those big bible words but usually the kids don't have much trouble with them because they are reviewed before reading the story and the parent reads the bible story in full before the student reads the simpler story in the reader. So the child usually knows wha...
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:29 pm
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Glimpses of Adventures - How is it going in January?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9361
We are just finishing week 17 SO we are at the halfway point. It is the half way point for PS too so we are right on target. We listened to Farmer book on tape last summer so we are reading the long winter. The are having a Laura Ingalls party at the library based on that book so that will be fun. T...
- Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:22 pm
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: 7-plus yrs old - Using MFW1 for grade 2+ language arts
- Replies: 62
- Views: 33187
It worked really well
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:10 pm I actually did MFW1 for second grade for my older dd and it worked really well. There is a lot of writing and I think it really was good when I did it with my older dd to do all the writing. So even if you did phonics in something else. doing the reader and the note...
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:10 pm
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Worldview - Balance?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4439
Worldview - Balance?
My next question is: Regarding the history........does it sugarcoat history? Making Christopher Columbus out to be this holy man that was completely led by God, when in history books it says his main reason for voyage was to get riches from Asia? Yes I agree that God has a plan.......but I also kno...
- Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:43 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Encouragement - Overwhelmed with cleaning & homeschooling
- Replies: 92
- Views: 46183
Welcome to the reality of homeschooling. Here are a few things that have worked for me. The first is I took my daughter and did one on one cleaning training. I would tell her what to do and she would have to do it quickly. I would set a timer. If it wasn't done on time she would have to do an extra ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:01 pm
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Combining Adventures and 1st
- Replies: 60
- Views: 34156
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:56 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: Special Needs - Success with MFW & Dyslexia, ADHD, More
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16775
Hi we have had the same reading struggles with my daughter. She actually ended up having some eye issues with tracking and one eye going ahead of the other and seeing the last letter of the word. She had vision therapy for 9 months and most of her dyslexia sysmptoms are gone. She has 20/20 vision an...
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:37 pm
- Forum: First Grade Archive
- Topic: Reading - Should I go back, repeat, review?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18095
I would go back and make sure he know's all his sounds. The Leap Frog Videos are great for learning all the sounds and they also have one that explains about the long vowel sounds. If two vowels go walking the first one does the talking. I have had to go back with my daughter because she wasn't gett...
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:48 am
- Forum: Preschool & Pre-K Archive
- Topic: 1-year-olds alongside ages 4-7
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18202
Just want you to know that your house sounds like my house. I ended up picking the thing that the kids had the hardest time concentrating on and doing it during baby's nap time. Keep that morning nap time as long as possible. UGh you make me remember how hard it was a year ago and how hard it was to...