Well, this should be an easy post. This week's meme from The Homeschool Blog Awards is called something new. We are to share what new product we are using in our homeschools this year (and where to get it and why we chose it and how we are liking it so far, etc.). My challenge will be to share WHICH new thing!
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The most obvious new thing in our school this year is Exploring Countries and Cultures from My Father's World. And in summary...we love it! I chose it out of a desire for a little more structure, a little more of a Biblical emphasis, the desire to teach Rachel and Mary Evelyn together, everything is included in the schedule, and the history is taught chronologically. I like that My Father's World combines the best of Charlotte Mason's methods with the best of what classical education offers. I have already said a lot about MFW in previous posts, so if you are interested in it for yourself you can go here.
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I am going to also mention our new co-op. It is called Enrich and it is for users of the My Father's World curriculum. We met yesterday for the first time and my kids had a ball! I was the teacher for Betsie's class and as I type she is eating breakfast holding the crafts we made. Rachel and Mary Evelyn had a great time too. Not something you can buy, but new for us and I think a wonderful addition to our school. Plus it only meets once a month, which means we'll still be enjoying it 8 or 9 months from now! LOL!
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I won't go into tons of details but I will also say that I am glad we made the switch to Teaching Textbooks math for Rachel and Right Start math for Mary Evelyn. Math is not the evil around here that it once was. Yay!
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One last thing: we will start using The Learnables very soon for Spanish. We just got this in the mail last week. I haven't had a chance to even look at it, but that will be another new addition to our school. I have always wanted to add foreign language and The Learnables was much cheaper than my first choice and can be done independently on the computer. I'll let you know how it goes and if they learn anything or not!
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Let me know of you do this meme so I can see what's new with you!
11 comments:
I am so glad you are enjoying MFW. When you first mentioned it I had to go look! It looks like a great program!
Sounds like you are all set for a great school year! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Jen
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Sounds like a fun year in your house.
Looks like lots of fun and learning going on! I love it when we're in the groove.:-)
I can't wait to get to ECC. The only reason I chose ADV first was because *I* wanted to do American History! :)
You'll have to let me know how the learnables turns out. ;) That is the one subject we havent started, FL! :)
What great choices! I have heard such good things about the math program.
Hi, thank you for the kind comment on my school room. I remember you from the FIAR boards. :)
Sounds like some wonderful curriculum. :D Hope you have a great year!
Also, I wanted to say "You have a beautiful family!"
Hi Jennifer :) I enjoyed visiting with you here! So glad that you are having fun with ECC. We are doing Adventures this year (after doing MFWK and MFW 1st) - just love it!
Hope that you are having a lovely weekend! Blessings, Q (Mom2mns on MFW board)
Jen!!!!! Where are you!!!!!! I miss reading about you guys on your blog...hope you're doing well. So glad you're enjoying MFW; we still love it here!
Jill
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