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- Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:44 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Rome to the Reformation
- Topic: General ideas for Roman Feast
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13761
Re: Medieval Inn in RTR
They didn't use spoons during the middle ages. How about serving a soup . . . with no spoon? My kids enjoyed "drinking" their soup from the bowl.
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:14 am
- Forum: High School Archive
- Topic: Choosing MFW high school - Family togetherness?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15908
Re: Middle School Plans and Questions about MFW HS program
Julie, Thanks so much for taking time to answer my questions! I like some of your suggestions. It's funny . . . A few years ago when I discovered MFW, I was not interested in ECC because I wanted to stay on the 4 year history cycle. Now we're nearly finished with a full cycle of history and I find m...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: Book Basket and Independent Reading Archive
- Topic: RTR book ideas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11341
Readers for RTR
I am getting ready to start planning this year and am looking for readers for my 5th grader to read for individual reading time. I would love some recommendations for books related to the time period RTR covers. I have ideas for other books, but if we could find some age appropriate related books, ...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:33 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: Family - What does "tagging along" look like in practice?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 17484
Re: Changing from HOD to MFW??? Anybody???
As I read through these posts, I feel that I must share this: God did not create schools or little individual pockets for children to be raised in. He created FAMILIES! When we school our children together, they get the benefit of learning from one another. The oldest can practice what he's learned ...
- Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:43 am
- Forum: 6th to 8th grade Archive
- Topic: Independence - Nervous about 7th grader and independent learning...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8359
Re: Scheduling Independent Work for 12yo EXP-1850
How about holding a 10 minute morning meeting together? This could be the time when you kook at the TM and have your daughter make her own notes on what you want her to do that day. These middle school years are a great time to get kids used to taking notes or following a simple schedule/list. You c...
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: High School Archive
- Topic: Math - Saxon includes Geometry?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8815
Saxon question
Does anyone NOT add the Jacobs Geometry and just use the Saxon? If so, did you find that the PSAT turned out okay? We really don't want to take a seperate year for Geometry. My son wants to do Alg II for 10th, with CLEP PROFESSOR and the Clep in the summer, Adv Math over 3 semesters then on to comm...
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:41 am
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Productive activities - Unstructured Afternoons
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25525
Re: Does anyone use any "extras?"
We do devote about 15 minutes per day to memory work. Our Latin program has a really cool activity book that has lots of critical thinking-type activities. My boys both enjoy doing that.
We do Math drill work, but I don't consider Math Drills an extra. I count that as part of our math time.
We do Math drill work, but I don't consider Math Drills an extra. I count that as part of our math time.

- Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:41 am
- Forum: Exploration to 1850 & 1850 to Modern Times Archive
- Topic: EX1850 - Tell me more about the books & topics
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7708
Re: Ex to 1850...History??
I have an 8 yr. old and a 10 yr. old. My boys are in 3rd and 5th grade. We're on week 5 of Exp. to 1850, so I'm certainly no expert, but I'll walk you through my day a little. We usually begin by 8:30 AM and finish by 3:00 PM with 45 minutes for lunch. We also take a morning break and an afternoon b...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:19 am
- Forum: Book Basket and Independent Reading Archive
- Topic: Book Reviews & Extras - Artwork like Dangerous Journey
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5732
Re: The Dangerous Journey...would like recs for others like
The only books that come to my mind that would tie into your RtoR studies are the Hudson Talbott books: Here is his website. Click on a book to see inside: http://www.hudsontalbott.com/pages/kingarthur.html The Sword and the Stone Tales of King Arthur: The Knights of the Round Table Tales of King Ar...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:09 am
- Forum: Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: I Can Do All Things - Experience with different ages & aptitudes?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14421
Re: I Can do All Things Questions
If your not an artistic person, I think "Drawing with Children" would be difficult to implement. It sounds like your attracted to "I Can Do All Things" because it is more laid out for you--open and go! We don't have the videos, but my children very much enjoy the "I Can Do All Things" art lessons. "...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:02 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Lapbooking with MFW
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20528
Re: Lapbooking (esp. Rome to Reformation)
Here are some links: Free Lapbooks Homeschool Share: Knights - http://www.homeschoolshare.com/knights_lapbook.php & http://www.homeschoolshare.com/MTH_k...es_lapbook.php Lapbooks for Sale Live & Learn Press - http://www.liveandlearnpress.com/vie...hp?category=19 Knowledge Box Central (not TOG) - htt...
- Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:55 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Student Sheets - Organizing & storage
- Replies: 72
- Views: 26920
Organization, help!
Okay, I've been diving through everything and I have a couple of questions now. The more I delve, the more I really like this program. Anyway, I have two student sheets packages; one for each girl. What do you do with them? How do you keep them from just being loose paper? Do you use a binder, or b...
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:10 am
- Forum: Rome to the Reformation Archive
- Topic: * RTR is absolutely wonderful!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25594
We recently completed MFW Rome to the Reformation!
We recently completed Rome to the Reformation! After we read the very last paragraph of our history assignmment, we browsed through our history notebooks (as a review of sorts) and reminisced about the hard work and fun that we had on our Rome to the Reformation journey. What a terrific year! I hope...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Rome to the Reformation
- Topic: RTR - Weeks 29 & 30 (including Maya/Aztec/Inca)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7075
Re: RTR - Weeks 29 & 30 (including Maya/Aztec/Inca)
I found some wonderful children's videos at my library about the Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations. The videos are entitled, "Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Aztec Empire", "Ancient Civilizaitons for Children: Ancient Mayan Empire", and "Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Inca ...
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:40 pm
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: 5th grader - Do I squeeze 5 years into 4?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18256
Re: Beginning the 5 yr a year late, what do I choose next?
It would be hard to pick a level to skip . . . But, if you're trying to cover your bases, then you could possibly skip CTG. Read Genesis & Exodus during the summer (maybe from a Children's Bible so you get the main stories). Take the summer to work your way through the major parts of "The Usborne bo...
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Exploration to 1850 & 1850 to Modern Times Archive
- Topic: 1850-MOD - Help when modern history is a lot
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7676
Re: REALLY considering ditching SOTW
A couple of pretty easy things you could do: When you add pieces to your timeline, work WITH your children to summarize/review the person or event that you're addingto the timeline. For example, if you're adding "Christopher Columbus" ask, "Who WAS Christopher Columbus?" I let my kids answer and som...
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: Rome to the Reformation Archive
- Topic: 3rd grade for RtR?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19055
Re: What to do with my 3rd grader?
Last year I did RTR with my 2nd grader and 4th grader. Our studies started well, but around week 5 I began to feel that many of the readings were above their level of interest. I searched for alternative history lesson plans/ideas and even tried pulling my own things together. After a few weeks of "...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: High School Archive
- Topic: Math - Saxon Lesson Plans, DIVE CDs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8553
Re: Saxon Teacher dvd vs. Dive cd
The Dive CD's teach the lesson on a "white board" and equip the student to do the practice problem set in the book. I think they're easy to listen to and follow. Each lesson last approx. 15 minutes. The exact lesson as presented in the "Lesson" section in the math text is not presented, but very sim...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:08 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Rome to the Reformation
- Topic: RTR - Weeks 6 & 7
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18242
Re: The Roman Arch Worked!!!!
AWESOME! Your arch looks great! Last school year we did our Roman Arch. I didn't want to buy 15 puddings, so we did the same type of activity, but we used stones and clay. Here is a link to my blog detailing what we did if anyone is interesed in an alternate activity: http://myclassicalhomeschool.bl...
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:59 pm
- Forum: Language Arts Archive
- Topic: Read-Alouds - Ideas for reading to fidgety kids
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18058
Re: What to do during read-alouds
My boys love to lay on the floor and just wiggle around while I read. My wiggliest (is that a word?!!) boy has certainly been known to lay over the exercise ball or bounce on the bouncey ball while I read. I often serve a snack and sit between them (if there are pictures to look at) while I read. Co...
- Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:14 pm
- Forum: Creation to the Greeks Archive
- Topic: EFRU - Making and storing cards OR notebook pages
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14688
Re: English from the roots up
Each of my boys have a box with one divider tab in it. Blank 3x5 cards go in the back behind the tab and the cards they've completed go in alphabetical order in front of the tab. Each day that we do a card, my boys write the Latin root on the front and then on the back they write how to pronounce it...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:14 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Schedule - Ideas for daily routines, mornings
- Replies: 68
- Views: 34522
Re: Pledge of Allegiance/start of day routine
The longer I homeschool, the more I strive to make learning something that is just natural in our home. We certainly sit down to "do school", but I like for our homeschool to feel like home learning, not "school". We do meet once a week with other homeschoolers, where we recite the Pledge to the Bib...
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:18 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Adventures in U.S. History
- Topic: Field Trip Ideas for Adventures
- Replies: 69
- Views: 46592
Re: Williamsburg trip questions
We took our boys to homeschool week at Wiliamsburg last year. The weather was milds, there were lots of "special" educational activities planned, and I honestly do not ever remember thinking that it was too crowded. You can get tickets as low as $5!! You can't beat the price. We had lots of fun and ...
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: 6th to 8th grade Archive
- Topic: God and the History of Art - 2nd time thru?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5383
Re: God and the History of Art question
I started MFW last year and did RtoR with my 4th & 2nd grade kids. We already owned ICDAT, but I also purchased God & the History of Art with our RtoR package. Both books are great, but no quesiton, ICDAT is geared for younger kids. My 2nd grader is a pretty good artist and loves anything creative. ...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:39 pm
- Forum: Exploring Countries and Cultures Archive
- Topic: Geography - Why is there no history? (author response)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12101
??? MFW ECC and how to incorporate world history,too
I wanted to do ECC for my 4th grade son and 7th grade dd this year. I was planning on doing the 7-8th supplement for dd, but I just have this feeling that since my dd has not had much world history apart from the little bit in her Abeka 5th and 6th grade books, that she should be studying history t...