Thanks everyone. My concern was not in whether it was worth reading ACW at all. We actually enjoy it. We usually draw pictures and act it out in some silly way. My only concern was that to do that meant that we would be taking a long time doing it. We will xerox those pages and they can work on that...

Thank you for your thoughts. I think we will put it down. We have often read books that are above their reading level and have enjoyed every one of them, until this one. It seems to work when it is read aloud. I think we could cope with the confusing language if the story line would get a little mor...

Can you tell me details about the State Sheets/Cards, the State Flag Stickers, and the Celebrate America CD? What is their intended use? Is the CD an integral part of the lessons? For all the books, do I only need one set of books for both children? We are starting homeschooling after Christmas. (M...

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 We did both programs this year with a 6 and 7 year old. I think the 1st is worth the effort. You can make it very simple and concentrate only on the phonics and reading. But the program progresses in such a way that it is working on her writing (as in narration and composit...

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:22 pm I sure do wish you well. I love the tracing idea and if needed you could easily do it and let him cut it out in circle around the perimeter and tape it in the notebook. The snapshots are a great idea too. I don't really have anything to add except that I understand ...

I'm dealing with a little bit of self-inflicted guilt right now, and I was wondering if I'm the only one who skips some of the projects in CTG? I know that we are supposed to make this curriculum our own, but I just want to make sure that we are not missing out by skipping some of these things. Wha...

How do you all plan and schedule or make happen the independent reading part? Do I simply give her some of the easier books on the book list from the back of the Adventure's Manual? Do you all assign this or simply wing it? Do you give a list or a stack? Tell me how I should approach this. Posted: ...

How well does your child need to read for MFW1? I have heard it reviews the alphabet quickly then progresses from there very quickly. How quickly? I didn't do MFWK with her, but I have about a 6-8 week break with my dd's and just want to know what to work on. She loves the Bob books but can only re...

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:21 pm

One suggestion might be the McGuffey Readers. My 1st grader found them enjoyable. We have also enjoyed the Rod and Staff Readers. We just use the books and read the stories. They are very wholesome to say the least. My dd loves them.
Connie

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:39 pm

We used the Bible study that you mentioned with our children and considered very good.

We used it on the days when we were not using curriculum. It created nice discussion. They were younger then, but I think they would benefit from it again.

Connie

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:19 am We did this last year and got bogged down in exactly the same way. Maybe we have girls that love to talk! I really began to see this in two different ways. I think we have to narrow down what we are asking the children to do. Summarizing a story and retelling a stor...

My dd is reading incredibly well. So this is my question. Is MFW1st going to be to easy in terms of reading level? In the descriptions I have read, it seems aimed towards beginning readers, which she is not! I do love the concept of the biblical journey that it offers, but could probably supplement...

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:44 pm This is my second year with MFW. I am not a "hand's on" person. I confess that I don't do many of the hands on projects. I think that that would be great and beneficial just not me. That is not to say that pulling me out of my comfort zone is not a good thing. But.....

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:51 pm I do encourage you. I think you have struggled with this question for a while. I do believe that MFW was a good choice for us. We started it 4 weeks ago (adventures and 1st grade). It is a perfect fit for the ages of my girls. Next year we will be doing the same thi...

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:07 pm

We too are doing MFW 1st and Adventures with our 6 and 7 year olds. We are on week 7 now. I am so enjoying myself. I was so stressed last year. This year I am a much happier person.

Welcome.
Connie

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:27 pm I guess you could say we ditched everything and went with MFW. I spent my first year trying to be everything: classical, charlotte mason, units, fun!! I was frustrated and my children were unhappy. I didn't know how much to push and tried multiple programs in vario...

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:41 pm We are presently doing Adventures. I understand the desire to get going with the geography but I do recommend the Adventures. It is not just American History. The first eleven weeks have been Am. History but now we are getting into looking at each state which is ver...

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:51 pm Thank you for your responses. I have been functioning much the way both of you described, I just wasn't sure if it was "right." I know she is a good reader but I also wanted to make sure I was challenging her a bit. They have a quiet time each day and she reads duri...

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:03 pm Teaching my 8 yr old son is like pulling teeth sometimes. He just hates to write. It's so hard, because I have a hard time knowing if it's a discipline issue or if I should modify the work?? WEndy Wendy, I do think I started out asking too much of dd (8). PLL requir...

Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 1:16 pm We did PLL lessons this year in 2nd grade. I consider my dd a fairly good writer but I found that she fatigued quite easily. I realized that with many of the PLL lessons I needed to back off. In hindsight I didn't do it enough. I think it expects quite a bit. It was...

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:38 pm I have chimed in before on speech and language issues. I am a speech therapist but I do hesitate to "diagnose" without seeing the child. I think so many people do that and that it is a mistake. It could be something as simple as developmental and something more comp...

Hey, My dd is definitely a visual learner. She is older than your son (7 and 1/2) and is my "late bloomer". She is reading but not that great and doesn't like it. I see her making steady progress however. We started using a program called All About Spelling. Granted it is a spelling program but it s...

Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 1:16 pm We didn't memorize it all. I did have her practice standing tall, reading with expression, and typing it out and putting it on the wall for us to look at. It means a lot just to talk about the poem, what it means, the examples, rhyme, whatever. It would be weeks of ...

On the first week, day two it has your child color a sheet from the apendix w/ the memory verse John 3:16 and it represents Greece. However, Nowhere else do we seem to be studying Greece? Thanks, Mary Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:31 pm I remember doing those pages wondering how that picture of Greece...

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:23 pm I tried a program called cursive first. It provides an auditory component based on the face of a clock. In other words to write a 'd' she might say "short stroke to 2 and around and all the way up to the attic then a connector stroke" (that is not exactly right but ...