?s for MFW 1st and MFW Adventure Users

[ally]

Next year I will have a 1st grader who is a beginning reader, and two 2nd graders, one who is reading very well, and one who is reading so-so. I'm thinking of using MFW 1st and MFW Adventures. Is it doable to do these two programs and sort of combine on certain subjects. I thought I'd have my weak 2nd grader do the phonics part of MFW 1 with my 1st grader. Or should I add a stronger phonics program for the 1st and 2nd grader.

A little background, the two second graders are from Ethiopia and have been home 2 years. The 7 yr old is reading great. The 8 yr old is struggling. All of the girls have been in a good public school for K and 1st. They have been taught to read with a combination sight/phonics method. Needless to say, I prefer phonics. I am not new to homeschooling but it's been a while since I've had kids in these early grades. I felt like the girls needed the ESL program so I sent them to school knowing I'd bring them home at some point.

The other program I am looking at is HOD Beyond or Bigger. I would prefer to do American History this year and start the Ancients next year.

Thanks for any advice you have.:)
Ally

[Dawn]

Next year I will have a 1st grader who is a beginning reader, and two 2nd graders, one who is reading very well, and one who is reading so-so. I'm thinking of using MFW 1st and MFW Adventures. Is it doable to do these two programs and sort of combine on certain subjects. I thought I'd have my weak 2nd grader do the phonics part of MFW 1 with my 1st grader. Or should I add a stronger phonics program for the 1st and 2nd grader.



I have used MFW Adventures with a 2nd grader and had my 4yo "tag along". It worked great, but I know my 4yo didn't retain much. It's a fun program, but with your situation (young kiddos needing to hone reading skills), I'd focus on the phonics and just add in other stuff as you'd like. Have the Ker doing it too. I have a friend who loves MFW's phonics program and her kiddos are all strong readers.

I personally feel that a complete phonics program like MFW is more than enough for a K'er if you supplement books from the library. You could use Five in a Row alongside or get the CLP History for Little Pilgrims book etc...

I think it would be a lot to have to juggle 2 MFW programs at the same time and your kids are close enough in age to be able to combine with one. You can try asking at the My Father's World forums too! HTH!:001_smile:

[dhudson]

I did several years of two MFW curriculums and it was doable. I have an older son and then twins who are three years apart so this year was the first year that I have only done one curriculum. You can do it if you make sure that you teach each child how to be independent on a few things so that you can work with the others.


MFW1 has a great phonics program which I used even though all of mine were already reading as it is so foundational. I wouldn't skip either years as they are also great Bible foundation years.

[Cadam]

MFW assumes you will be teaching a larger program to older siblings when you are doing K and first so they are not too time consuming. There is a ton of information on the MFW boards (http://board.mfwbooks.com/) about how to combine K or first with on of the other programs. You can ask your question on the general board or check out the archives for those programs. Scroll down a bit on the Adventures archives and you will see a lot of threads like this one (http://board.mfwbooks.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2307).