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I’m considering using SCM module 1 next year with a first and third grader. I’m wondering how much time it would take on average each day?
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.
Thank you. That helps very much. Have your kids been able to enjoy “Letters from Egypt” or is it above them?
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.
I agree with vikingkirken – we do a lot of documentaries for geography. We are doing the maps, but often I just do the writing for them as they tell me country names. It usually takes less than 5 minutes, and we only do the map work on Thursdays.
I didn’t get “Letters From Egypt” since I thought it was for older ages, and I was only getting things that I knew we needed. They really enjoyed Boy of the Pyramids though, and were sad when it was over.
If you are looking for a good way to expand on geography a bit for Africa, we found a website called Our Africa – http://www.our-africa.org/ which works with children that live in SOS Children’s villages. They have a lot of clips of that country shown by some of the children. Our kids have really learned a lot from it.
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).
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