To The Rock Homeschool: Why I Chose My Father's World Curriculum
Now they are pulling non fiction and fiction books out of the library to read on their own. My advice is to move on if what you're doing isn't fun or benefiting either of you. The hands on activities can be crafts, or demos, or cooking project. I look at some of those SL books from the early cores, and I wonder why I felt the need to read those books to my little kids! My Father's World has a solid biblical foundation and the Bible is really integrated in all of the learning. There will always be the occasional hard day but mostly (only 3 weeks in though) the days are good and the children happy. To The Rock Homeschool: High School Curriculum, Tenth Grade: Switching from MFW to Sonlight. People desire what they see for sale. Also, I would really appreciate hearing what an average day using ECC consists of, if someone would be so kind as to share. How does My Father's World compare to Abeka?
Sonlight Vs My Father'S World High School
The teacher' manual is already done and filled out for me for the entire year. I'm happy to use the library & if any books turn out to be favorites, then we can buy them. As a busy mom, I so appreciate this!
Father And Son Light
Reid (21) college student; used MFW 3rd-12th grades (2004-2014). Remember that your teacher's manual is not God. MFW still had a Sonlight feel, but packages included all the essential books you will need for the year, for a 1/3 of the price of Sonlight. The child is grounded in learning about God & Jesus, before they learn the name of Zeus. Sonlight vs my father's world high school. Dd (9) MFWK, MFW1st, EXP to 1850, 1850 to MT. 705emily wrote: This curriculum makes me feel like I CAN homeschool!
My Father's World Vs Sonlight
I personally do not think MFW is "light" or "easy" but rather I would describe MFW as: steeped in God's Word, rich, challenging, lots of great reading, fun, easy to do hands-on projects that truly enrich learning, no twaddle, good, sound science with manageble #/type of experiments... But woven throughout. With the ability to reserve library books online and pick up at the branch closest to me, choosing MFW over Sonlight saved us hundreds of dollars. They say, "you can always add stuff on, " and I guess they even have a list of suggested activities, but I only have so many hours in the day.... yeah. For each level, two package choices are available: basic and deluxe. Another difference with MFW vs. FIAR shows up in "book basket" vs. "book lists". We loved ADV and I think you and your children will, too. I haven't used MFW for upper grades, so I can't comment on them. Father and son light. Llinks to other ideas for activities are nothing like MFW- for example, making Johnny Cakes when you study Johnny Appleseed. I have felt the freedom to leave out, or emphasize, the approach that works best for each child, or season in our life, without having to buy a separate curriculum. So we do most days and get through about 2 lessons done in 60-80 minutes.
I think MFW does a better job of incorporating all 3 learning styles. PRETTY PRETTY BOOKS! Other curriculums that combine CM and Classical start to look more like more of a classical approach the older your child is. The next year we switched to MFW and loved it. It is lit based but has a lot more hands on projects. 9 Reasons Why We Switched to My Father's World Curriculum. Really good book choices for history. The Language Arts were also wearing on me. I find MANY SL books on this list and can just pull them off my shelf. Copyright 2016 Sweet Shoppe Designs The Sweetest Digital Scrapbooking Site on the Web | Site by Lilac Creative.
I went over the university library at the education department to try to find some, and used Interlibrary loan. We have no regrets in using MFW. I really do believe that it was a Godsend for our family!