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by mamanlait
Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:30 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Geography Questions - Now and Future Guides?
Replies: 6
Views: 1828

Re: Geography Questions - Now and Future Guides?

I have been using a Countries and Continents board game recently and feel like this is a very gentle approach to learning geography. Every time we hear anything about another country, I pull out my planner from my purse (that has maps in the back) and show my children where something is. I really li...
by mamanlait
Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:21 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide
Replies: 14
Views: 3201

Re: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide

Carrie, Kathleen, and Julie, Thank you all for taking the time to post. After a time of sincere contemplation (yes, it that's serious for me :) of my curriculum choice for the year and reading and praying and reading some more. I feel at peace with choosing Preparing. I do think Bigger would be an i...
by mamanlait
Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:01 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide
Replies: 14
Views: 3201

Re: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide

Julie, I'd love to share with you... Books she has read recently: the new Wanda Brunstetter Amish series (Rachel Yoder series) -- she loves these, by the way. She read these books in a weeks time (so about one a day last week). She reads the A-Z Mysteries and all of the SL Core 2 Advanced readers. W...
by mamanlait
Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:59 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide
Replies: 14
Views: 3201

Re: Preparing vs. Bigger...can you help me decide

I'm following this thread carefully. We, too, did MFW Adventures this year and although I really appreciated the schedule, it was not exactly what we were looking for. I have an 8 y.o. soon to be 3rd grader and am struggling as you are between Bigger and Preparing. Because MFW Adventures is American...