KINGDOM TALES MFW MANUALS

He is getting 100% and excelling in this program, so at this time, I am not concerned about this jump.Įxploring Countries and Cultures means we go on lots of “trips” every few weeks. You will find school grades are not nearly as important in homeschooling, and do not start and end with “regular” school months either. He also jumped up to 3rd grade in Math and will go until he maxes out on his 2nd grade knowledge, then we will review, or move on to multiplication tables. We are doing Exploring Countries and Cultures this year, and jumping Tylan up to a 3rd grade level on Geography, per the suggestion of the man who helped me set up our curriculum for the year. A 2nd or 3rd grader continues in the cycle for 6-7 years, repeating material previously learned in 2nd or 3rd grade at an advanced level. Our five year-long programs begin with a one-year foundation in geography and cultures followed by four years of chronological history. Each 7th and 8th grader has an additional one to two hours of independent study in more advanced math and science. All our recommendations for 2nd – 8th grades are designed to be completed together in about four hours each day. Add grade level language arts and math for each child. You purchase only one INVESTIGATE package per year for all 2nd – 8th graders. The Multi-age Family Learning Cycle keeps the family together when possible and assures that the parent is only teaching one complete curriculum package each year. A 7th grader will complete assignments more thoroughly than a 3rd grader while using many of the same resources.

KINGDOM TALES MFW MANUALS

Our Teacher’s Manuals provide guidance for grade level expectations as needed. Bible, geography, history, literature, science, music appreciation, and art activities can be enjoyed by a range of ages. My Father’s World’s unique INVESTIGATE Multi-age Family Learning Cycle is designed for children through 8th grade to be taught together using the same program. The first thing you should know about MFW, is they work in what is called “Family Cycles.” Family Learning Cycle I will talk about schedule Wednesday, but let’s look over the different topics and subjects we do daily and weekly. Perfect! It frees me up so much quicker in the day, to deal with household tasks and life, then it ever would have, had I tried to teach 7 subjects to each of my 4 children, individually.Ĭome on into our classroom and I will show you around! Then, assignments are handed out based on age and abilities. I am teaching about 5 of the 7 subjects together, all as a family. It was formulated by a large family, and for large families with a wide variety of ages and grades in their home. The reason I chose MFW (My Father’s World) is because I loved the “One room schoolhouse” approach. We will discuss what we chose and love a bit later in this post. Plus, I hate math and didn’t want to have to a) teach it b) spend an hour going over problems to grade it after. There is just too much controversy and wide-ranging opinions on Saxon Math. We would do My Father’s World for everything except Math. Finally the Lord answered my prayers and gave me direction: In addition to reading, I called each of my top 3 choices on the phone and spent 1-2 hours with them talking about pros and cons and pricing each one. I know, because I spent hundreds of hours, no kidding, researching it a few years ago, and then again this summer. Sonlight, Tapestry of Grace, Ambleside, Abeka, Apologia, Christian Academy of America….and on and on it goes. You Google, CHRISTIAN Homeschool Curriculum, and there are just a many if not more, fascinating and overwhelming opinions and articles to pour over. You will be met with hundreds of thousands of suggestions, and strong opinions. If you have ever Googled the words: Homeschool Curriculum

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