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  1. I have successfully used TWTM recommendations for the past 3 years with my two oldest. They are currently doing 3rd grade work. I feel like the Peace Hill Press materials are pretty much pick up and go, I spend very little time planning in the subject areas of phonics, grammar and writing. What I do spend time doing is coordinating all subjects for the week/year. I will have one child starting kindergarten in Dec. of this year and another starting in late spring next year. I've been looking at Memoria Press Full Curriculum packages and like that they come with full weekly lesson plans. It appears this would make my job easier without sacrificing a classical education, but beyond the planning aspect, I don't have any good reason to switch curriculum. I'm not a fan of switching curriculum just to try something new and spend more money. I'm also committed to my kids having a classical education. Does having lesson plans save enough time to justify switching curriculum? Do you find you spend time modifying the lesson plans anyway? Does Memoria Press take more/less time total per day than using TWTM recommendations? Any thoughts are appreciated! Thanks
  2. I have successfully used TWTM recommendations for the past 3 years with my two oldest. They are currently doing 3rd grade work. I feel like the Peace Hill Press materials are pretty much pick up and go, I spend very little time planning in the subject areas of phonics, grammar and writing. What I do spend time doing is coordinating all subjects for the week/year. I will have one child starting kindergarten in Dec. of this year and another starting in late spring next year. I've been looking at Memoria Press Full Curriculum packages and like that they come with full weekly lesson plans. It appears this would make my job easier without sacrificing a classical education, but beyond the planning aspect, I don't have any good reason to switch curriculum. I'm not a fan of switching curriculum just to try something new and spend more money. I'm also committed to my kids having a classical education. Does having lesson plans save enough time to justify switching curriculum? Do you find you spend time modifying the lesson plans anyway? Does Memoria Press take more/less time total per day than using TWTM recommendations? Any thoughts are appreciated! Thanks
  3. How many notebook pages per week should a 3rd grader complete including the subjects of literature, history, and science?
  4. In TWTM the literature guidelines for 3rd grade suggest the child do literature reading independently, using simplified versions of the classics, unless you want them to read an original text. As long as they are reading independently sometime during the day, is there greater benefit to reading the original text to them aloud? If they are reading simplified versions on there own for literature, do you still read aloud to them? If so what books do you choose for this?
  5. Specific lesson plans, so I can be confident that I'm getting everything done each week. I realize this could be tricky as so many people use different curricula, but something similar to Memoria Press's grade lesson plans would make it easier to play-out on a daily basis. This might not fit in the book but could be a helpful tool to offer on its own.
  6. Thanks to all of you who responded, I really appreciate you taking the time to do so. Your comments have given me great encouragement!!
  7. When I first started homeschooling 3 years ago, I thought it would be most efficient to teach my older two kids together on all subjects except math. They were 6 and 4.5 at the time. The 4.5 year old picked up on language skills quickly, so keeping them at the same pace worked well and we didn't have tears over material being too advanced. Actually she loves academics. BUT..............now I have a 6.5 yr old starting 3rd grade work, and I've finally realized that what is currently working, won't work when she is 3rd grade age starting 5th grade work. Her mind will need more time to mature into logic stage thinking. So what do I do? I'll admit, it's hard to step back when moving forward is working well. I've thought about switching grammar and writing curriculum and repeating 1st and 2nd grade with something else, then coming back to FLL 3 and WWE 3 when she is actually 3rd grade age, or taking 2 years to cover level 3 and two more years to cover level 4. Has anyone tried to cover one level of FLL over a two year period? If so, how did you do it? Any insight would be humbly and greatly appreciated!
  8. When I first started homeschooling 3 years ago, I thought it would be most efficient to teach my older two kids together on all subjects except math. They were 6 and 4.5 at the time. The 4.5 year old picked up on language skills quickly, so keeping them at the same pace worked well and we didn't have tears over material being too advanced. Actually she loves academics. BUT..............now I have a 6.5 yr old starting 3rd grade work, and I've finally realized that what is currently working, won't work when she is 3rd grade age starting 5th grade work. Her mind will need more time to mature into logic stage thinking. So what do I do? I'll admit, it's hard to step back when moving forward is working well. I've thought about switching grammar and writing curriculum and repeating 1st and 2nd grade with something else, then coming back to FLL 3 and WWE 3 when she is actually 3rd grade age, or taking 2 years to cover level 3 and two more years to cover level 4. Has anyone tried to cover one level of FLL over a two year period? If so, how did you do it? Any insight would be humbly and greatly appreciated!
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