Penelope Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'd love to hear more about this from someone who has the books in hand. :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I think kokotg has it and has started using it. I haven't seen her online as much lately, but maybe she will pop in. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I'd love to hear more about this from someone who has the books in hand. :lurk5: I think you might be talking about the grade 1 curriculum, which I don't have, but I do have the parent guide. I just finished reading the whole thing today, and I really enjoyed it. It gave me an idea of an overall structure on how to teach the Bible to my children. And it made sense. And it didn't give me the feeling that I need to get all bogged down in detail, character studies, extracting personal lessons from every single verse/passage. It was more about introducing the overall structure of the Bible, the overall message; in a beginning, middle, and end fashion. It's like nothing I've ever read before, and it was very refreshing and freeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We have it. My husband has organized for the first 4 lessons and we will begin this weekend. He is very excited and has read the parent guide book. It will work a lot like SoTW. Read a chapter, color a page, and do a project during the week. So very excited dh is in charge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 We have it, but we haven't been great about getting around to actually doing it...I have the book you read from and the activity guide. We've done maybe 3 or 4 lessons so far. I like the way the stories are told and explained to the kids, and the parent notes are helpful. I'm impressed with the level of analysis he expects such young kids to grapple with (and the way he explains difficult concepts in an accessible way). I haven't seen anything yet to make me question the claim that the curriculum should work well across denominations. I'm not super thrilled with the activity guide, but, then, it may be just that I'm not so good with activities. There's definitely not as much to it as the SOTW activity guide, though; it's all activity suggestions, coloring sheets, etc. no review questions, mapwork, extra reading suggestions. I was hoping that, even though it's targeted at first grade, I'd be able to use it for all my kids (K through 4th). DS9 listens to the stories with us, but it's definitely on the simplistic side for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 We just got it, but haven't started using it yet. I'm about halfway through the book that explains the overall philosophy, and so far it's really good. I love that the curriculum starts with Jesus. That's a huge plus for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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