How much time?

I’ve been doing module 1 with my first and third grader this year, and typically the lessons seem to take us 20 to 30 min. That would be not counting the geography lesson/activity. It depends on the day, and I generally add more geography extras in than the module calls for, so that takes a bit longer sometimes. I think they are worth it though and the kids enjoy them.

I’ve found that using the Exodus: Commentary for Children (which I really like) can get a bit long for them, so sometimes I need to summarize or I lose them.

Hope that helps. We have really been enjoying it, and both kids seem to track well.

We are doing Module 1 with a first and third grader.  I sometimes read the Exodus commentary myself beforehand (to give me ideas for discussion), or pick a portion to read aloud.  I definitely find it is long for my kiddos otherwise.  We spend about 20 minutes on history daily and are really enjoying it.  We substitute our own geography program, however.  I really like “unschooling” geography since hubby and I are total armchair travelers, so we are watching a lot of documentaries about Africa.  We also play GeoPuzzles and read a lot of the SCM book suggestions.  I may try the SCM geography program when the kids are a bit older (maybe next year with the fourth grader…); at their ages, I think the mapping would have been challenging and a bit dry.

It took us 20 minutes or so as well.  I think Letters From Egypt would be a bit much at their ages, but you can download a free sample of the first few chapters to give it a try.  You may choose to go through a children’s Bible instead of reading straight from the Bible, if it’s a bit much for them.

Some extras they liked were the Geopuzzles (they’d put it together as a refresher before we did the map drill) as well as the Bold Believers series from Voice of the Martyrs (these are a free download).