? for MOH 2 users

[OnTheBrink]

If you're using MOH 2, do you like it as much as MOH 1?

[Guest]

We loved both Vols! My son is desperately awaiting the release of Vol. 3, hopefully around the end of May. The lessons in Vol. 2 are longer and more detailed than Vol. 1, because much more is known about the time period. Since ds was only 2nd grade when we did Vol. 2 we took 2 days on some lessons so as not to overwhelm him. But we definitely enjoyed it as much as Vol. 1.

 

HTH!

[Kendra]

We liked it more. It is "meatier" and covers historical Christians I'd never heard of, and I was raised in a Christian home by well-read parents. It was really delightful to discover those who took the Gospel far and wide in the earliest years after Christ's resurrection.

[nutmeg]

We didn't like MOH2, but MOH1 was great for us. I cannot put my finger on what was wrong with 2; all I know is the girls were not retaining anything, and even I was dreadfully bored. We switched back to SOTW2, rearranged by continent, plus lots of extra books.

[Dayle in Guatemala]

We liked it better, too. It was a lot of fun to read about so many things I've never learned before and I thought the lessons were better written with a lot more content.

[siloam]

If you're using MOH 2, do you like it as much as MOH 1?

 

Yes, my dd was only in 2nd grade and I offtered sevearl times to stop because I thought it might be too much, but she refused every time. She adored MOH 2 and so did I.

 

Heather

[Laura in VA]

We really liked both volumes. I wish her other volumes would be released in order for us to use them all. Oh well, by the time my youngest is ready, they should be finished.:)

[HollyDay]

I did not like vol 2. We adored vol 1 and were very excited to use vol 2, but it just fell flat for us. For me, it was too much church history. I understand the premise of needing to know much detail of the catholic church in order to understand the reformation movement and such. But, I really found it very heavy handed. We switched to SOTW vol 2 and enjoyed it - to a degree. My oldest found it talked down to her too much. It glossed over too much we wanted to spend more time covering. So, what we did was combine the 2 along with Streams of Civilization vol 1 and lots of readers. Streams is dry and was not used as a primary resource for my youngest, but it was invaluable as a reference tool.

[Chris in VA]

I liked Vol 2 more than 1. I think combining it with SOTW leads to a very strong Year 2 of the 4 year rotation. I want to use it the next time we go thru, for logic stage--we just used it as a supplement this year (2nd grade).