Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
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February 4, 2009 at 8:09 pm
baileymom
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We are currently using My Father’s World, Creation to the Greeks. We will finish it in mid May. I am torn between using MFW’s next year and Yr 3 Bible/History/Geography on SCM. My main question/concern is having lesson plans for those weeks when I won’t have time to plan for myself (I have 6 kiddos 8 mos. – 6th grade). I use my MFW Teacher’s Manual about half the time, and am considering using the CM Organizer next yr also…would the lesson plans be on it?
February 4, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Des
Participant
I don’t think the plans are actually in the organizer, i’m hoping that they will be ready when we them as well.
February 4, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Misty
Participant
I can’t say much for year 3 but I have (or will have soon) 6 kids also 5th – due Monday. We used Sonya’s Gen – Deut and have loved the lesson plans all I have to do each Friday is look to be sure I don’t need something for the coming week. And at the beginning the books are all layed out in her handbooks (which maybe they don’t have one for that yet?? opps then I don’t know what to say) so I know what I need and when.
Anyway. I love doing the 3 all together and the kids enjoy it. I also wanted to mention how much I love the CM Organizer!!
Misty
February 4, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Des
Participant
Misty , did you buy the actual book or the ebook? I’m going to using this study in the fall and i’m thinking of just getting the ebook. It would certainly be quicker and then I could just go ahead and begin my planning.
February 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
The handbook for Module 3, Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome, is scheduled to be released this spring. It will include the daily lesson plans, like the Joshua through Malachi & Ancient Greece handbook does. The CM Organizer doesn’t detail lesson plans; it helps you keep track of which lesson you’re on.
February 5, 2009 at 3:54 am
baileymom
Member
Thank you Sonya. The bible/history we are doing now ends with Alexander the Great, and a few verses from Nehemiah…I’m assuming yr 3 would be the proper placement, is that correct?
We’ll finish up in mid May. I will probably just wait until Yr 3 lesson plans are available and purchase them.
Even so, I think the CM organizer will help a lot in our busy home!
MISTY…thank you for your post. It always helps to see other large families making something work. Combining kiddos together as much as I can is a MUST for me!…did you mean you are due to have baby #6 Monday? How exciting!
February 5, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Yes, it sounds like you would be at a smooth transition point into Module 3.
February 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm
ChristyH
Participant
I also don’t know if we are going to go on with MFW. We are on CTG. We haven’t ever covered any American History. So if we don’t go on, I know I want to cover that. DD is going to be 12 this summer and we need to get to Am. History sometime soon.
February 7, 2009 at 12:39 pm
baileymom
Member
Christy H-
My oldest dd will be 12 this Spring. She’s covered a little American History so far. But we school year round, so we’ll be starting to REALLY cover it by next summer.
Thanksgiving/Independence Day are good times we’ve found to do small “unit studies”…the kids usually pick up a few new tidbits of info each holiday.
My dh is a Recon NCO in the Army, so American/Military history is always being talked about, read about, or watched on the History Channel. We kinda can’t wait to really study it 🙂
Not so excited about the Middle Ages…
-Kathi
February 10, 2009 at 8:27 pm
waynesweakervessel
Participant
Kathi, I kind of had to giggle when I read that there isn’t much excitement about the Middle Ages. I wondered if you were not excited or your kids weren’t? <smile>
I am frequently glad that CM stressed that history didn’t have to be studied in chronological order. We have done that for the most part but each child has such a strong interest in one specific area that each tends to gravitate toward their “era”. My 21 year old LOVED Civil War, my 19 year old LOVED Middle Ages (even built his own forge and made a tunic out of chainmail. My 16 year old wishes with her whole heart that she had been born 100 years ago during the great pioneers westward expansion. So… you see I’m glad that CM has assured me that they pick things up and piece the puzzles together just by reading LOTS of good books! PTL!
Same with a big family – they all some how by God’s grace get what they need when they need it if they have a mom who cares! I have 7 children and reguardless of what the people who think I’m crazy say, they all really do get lots of attention and what they need – only by the grace of God <another big smile>
Keep up the good work and I hope this encouraged you some,
Brenda
February 11, 2009 at 1:33 am
baileymom
Member
Brenda
I have dreamed a few times of skipping over the Middle Ages for now.I was unaware CM didn’t back the whole “chronological order” history sequence.I’m one of those guilty moms who have read For the Children’s Sake, Karen Andreola, and Catherine Levison…but not CM’s originals.Like another mom, I can’t get beyond the language.Not with 6 little ones running around anyway.Maybe someday.
So far, we have used My Father’s World, and they just about had a heart attack when they realized we had skipped their Yr 1 overview, ECC (geography).I’ve just used our globe, wall map, Geography From A to Z, and mapwork for that.
You’ve got me thinking though.My kiddos are pretty smart little whippersnappers if I do say so myself 🙂 A year of early American History might be great for us right now while everyone seems to be interested and excited about it.Especially after a year of Ancient History…there’s some pretty tough stuff we’ve gone over here recently!
But..you were also pretty correct in thinking it’s me that is not so excited about the Middle Ages.It just seems like so much gloom and doom to me.I would however, miss studying Rome and the life of Jesus (which we would probably do anyway, just not so much in context with our history studies).
Thank you for your post.It was encouraging for sure 🙂
Kathi
February 11, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
If you want to approach history out of chronological order, I think a key is the Book of Centuries. (It’s a key for history in order too, for that matter. 🙂 ) If you are faithful to enter events and people as you study them, the kids see how things fit together with other historical events as they look at those Book of Centuries pages. It’s a great tool to tie everything together.