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- Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:26 am
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Facts of Life - What age/grade does MFW introduce reproducti
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11686
For those skipping parts (of this or other books), how do you do that with a reading child? My dd reads so quickly that I would have to not allow her to be looking at the pages with me. Is that what you do? Kirsten Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:31 pm Kirsten, Sometimes I use post its to cover the area...
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:56 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Rome to the Reformation
- Topic: RTR - Weeks 6 & 7
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18141
- Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:54 pm
- Forum: Mathematics Archive
- Topic: 6th grade math - Singapore? Saxon?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17483
One more testimony here. Our dd was finishing 6th grade and tested well into Saxon 8/7 (we had been doing Abeka prior to that) . She struggled and started hating math. I talked with David Hazell at our convention this last spring (March 2008). He recommended testing her in Singapore and doing the 75...
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:58 am
- Forum: Language Arts Archive
- Topic: SP - Does anyone use extras? Activity Cards, Student Record Book?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20210
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:46 pm
- Forum: 6th to 8th grade Archive
- Topic: Science - Apologia General help starting/transitioning/Mod 1
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25921
My dd started this week and I was surprised at how long it takes her to complete some of the days. I just want to remind 'us' that in the parent guide somewhere it stated that this is a very challenging course and a college bound student will most likely get a 'C'. Hopefully that will help us to kee...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:54 am
- Forum: Choosing Curriculum Archive--For Those New to MFW
- Topic: 6th-8th grade - Which MFW years to choose? (David Hazell res
- Replies: 81
- Views: 47636
A third option: Skip 1850MOD
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:27 pm We are in a similar situation as you are with your oldest doing CTG as a 6th grader. I have gone back and forth with this decision. After contacting MFW, praying and discussing with dh, we are going to continue in the designated order. As Lucy mentioned, our oldest ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: Ideas - Rome to the Reformation
- Topic: General ideas for science in RTR: The Human Body
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12604
Science video
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:15 pm One video series we borrowed from the library we still remember well. It has been a couple of years. We will be doing RTR in the fall and since anatomy is part of that study, I might check them out again. We liked most of these. They are partly animated (if I rememb...
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Creation to the Greeks
- Topic: Ideas for Spring Feasts & Holy Days in CTG
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16432
Passover Celebration
We just celebrated Passover (not in line with the Jewish Calendar, but this time worked for us). The night before Passover activity was great fun. Instead of hiding real bread my dc cut out small pieces of bread from construction paper and drew on it to make it look more authentic. I hid those and m...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:03 am
- Forum: Book Basket and Independent Reading Archive
- Topic: Encyclopedias - Are these nice to use with MFW?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17298
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:51 pm We just got a World Book set a week ago - there was an offer on our local Freecycle. What a blessing - it came from people who were moving out of state and they had kept buying the update books for several years. It was a great answer to prayer. We have encyclopedi...
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:48 am
- Forum: Ideas - Creation to the Greeks
- Topic: CTG - Weeks 6 & 7
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17074
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:33 pm For the cartouche, my dd's used oil pastels on crumpled construction paper (they thought crumpling would give them that 'ancient' look) vertically. One thing we did a little differently was to make up our own symbols. They thought of symbols that reflected things t...
- Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:01 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Creation to the Greeks
- Topic: General ideas for Creation to the Greeks
- Replies: 63
- Views: 43524
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:08 pm Just wanted to share a neat book we are using for CTG. It is called Unwrapping the Pharaohs by John Ashton and David Down. It basically addresses how Egyptian archaeology confirms the Biblical timeline. It includes a DVD - which we have not yet viewed. Very interest...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:05 pm
- Forum: Other Subjects Archive
- Topic: Foreign Language - Choosing & trying out different ones
- Replies: 50
- Views: 23037
We started by letting the children play around with the demo CD to hear the different languages available. One dd wanted to learn Japanese more than any other language (still does,,, maybe someday). We did the first year requiring them to do Spanish the first semester, then French the second semeste...
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:23 pm
- Forum: 6th to 8th grade Archive
- Topic: Credits - What if subjects are done before 9th grade?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7008
High school work in junior high years
Hi Kelly, The Inge Cannon Transcript Boot Camp (EdPlus) was the class I attended. As I have pulled the seminar notebook from the shelf (I need to work on being more high school focused than I have been...) here goes... It says if the student was ready to begin studying subjects normally reserved for...
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: 6th to 8th grade Archive
- Topic: Credits - What if subjects are done before 9th grade?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7008
All in One, Algebra, transcipt
Ladies, One additional note on the Algebra/H.S. subject. I too went to a transcript class recently and the presenter said that any high school level work the student does prior to high school should be duly noted on the transcript . Being a first generation home schooler, I so appreciate this board ...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:11 am
- Forum: MFW Curriculum -- Share Your Experiences
- Topic: Creation to the Greeks -- Share Your Experiences
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31909
CTG current mummies web link
We are doing CTG and watched a interesting video on the pyramid(s) at Giza. In the process I found the following website of a key Egyptian archaeolgosit has current info and pix of mummy type findings. It is an interesting site. One word of caution, the guy is not a Christian and some of his comment...
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:25 pm
- Forum: Language Arts Archive
- Topic: WS - Praise & describe how it works
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20000
Re: Concerns about teaching
I had a similiar experience in thinking I could hand over the book to my children and they would write well. I have since purchased the Evaluating Writing book and iIt reminds me of how to approach my children's writing (attitude wise...) and helps with balancing my expectations. Taking a week (or a...
- Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:59 pm
- Forum: MFW Curriculum -- Share Your Experiences
- Topic: Creation to the Greeks -- Share Your Experiences
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31909
Thanks
Thanks Tina - We will be starting CTG soon and this has been great to read!
- Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:20 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Exploring Countries and Cultures
- Topic: General Ideas for ECC
- Replies: 165
- Views: 133791
Missionary book to include
As we began our ECC year, we also began reading
The Adventures of Missionary Heroism by John C. Lambert aloud.
This book contains lots of missionary stories from around the globe. Lesser known stories. It was a nice addition throughout the year.
The Adventures of Missionary Heroism by John C. Lambert aloud.
This book contains lots of missionary stories from around the globe. Lesser known stories. It was a nice addition throughout the year.
- Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:13 pm
- Forum: Ideas - Exploring Countries and Cultures
- Topic: Weeks 25-26 China
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29614
Great China book
In addition to the recommended books for China ,
we read God's Smuggler to China by Brother David.
It is a true story about smuggling Bibles into China. My 4th and 5th graders really liked it.
we read God's Smuggler to China by Brother David.
It is a true story about smuggling Bibles into China. My 4th and 5th graders really liked it.