MerryAtHope Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 How long does it take your student to read one of these books? I know it's hard to estimate--just looking for a "guestimate" in hours. Thanks! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 The name sounded familiar, but as it turns out I never read any of her books. They do look like they could be an interesting read aloud for other at some point. Genevieve Foster http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Genevieve+Foster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 It's been a while since we read these, since we used them back in younger years with MFW. And my dd might have used one in high school thru Beautiful Feet, but that would be some 8 years ago. However, since you aren't getting many bites, I'll just say that usually I schedule a chapter a day in most books. Seems like that makes up a "complete thought." And usually my kids will be doing something else alongside the chapter, such as another reading such as maybe an Usborne type encyclopedia, writing about what they read, timeline, mapping, etc. (Not all of those on the same day, but a few.) Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We read a couplE of these last year. How long they took, well it seemed like forever. We hated them. We slogged through but replaced them this year. You might get more response on the k-8 or middle school boards since they are targeted to a younger audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We loved these books, but they aren't really the kind of thing you could just sit down and read straight through - that would be pretty rough slogging. I broke the readings up to coincide the time periods we studies through the year. So we might spend 2-4 months on a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtotkbb Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Ren Learn lists the books at 7.8-8.0 gl for George Washington's World and Lincoln - but I used the Augustus Caesar's World this year w/ dd's 10th grade World History as an additional resource. We did 3 chpts a week but we did them together for the discussion benefit. I plan to have her add in the others this next year when we do Am History. DS will use two in his 8th grade SL program (Core H) but he's more of a history buff and quicker reader than dd. DD is math/science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 We loved these books, but they aren't really the kind of thing you could just sit down and read straight through - that would be pretty rough slogging. I broke the readings up to coincide the time periods we studies through the year. So we might spend 2-4 months on a book. :iagree: We loved Foster's books, but I think that they're better in little chunks. The reading level isn't tough, but the information is densely packed. I coordinated her books with our history studies, and we read them together with lots of discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Lea Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 And started Abe Lincoln's world last week. We have followed Ambleside ONline's reading plan for these books. AO breaks the reading down into a weekly chunk, but my son, who's dyslexic, reads a section 4x a week instead of all in one day. Many of the AO families read each week's schedule reading at one time in one day. You might want to check out how they have it scheduled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twingles Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 These books took my son about a month to read. He enjoyed most of them so I think that helped him get through them pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 :iagree: We loved Foster's books, but I think that they're better in little chunks. The reading level isn't tough, but the information is densely packed. I coordinated her books with our history studies, and we read them together with lots of discussion. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl B in VA Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Greta, What year are these books scheduled? I am looking for the Foster books and I cannot find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 We read a couplE of these last year. How long they took, well it seemed like forever. We hated them. We slogged through but replaced them this year. You might get more response on the k-8 or middle school boards since they are targeted to a younger audience. All of the sources for them that I have looked at say they are for 6th-12th grades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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