sarahrb Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 For anyone who has used or is using Wayfarer's curriculum (http://barefootmeandering.com/site/wayfarers/) -- did you use the schedules provided? If so, did you do them as written / leave things out / add things in / substitute another great curriculum for part of it? How long were your lessons? How long were your typical homeschool days? This fall will be the start of my first homeschooling year and I am in the process of buying 90-100% of this curriculum to start on with my soon-to-be first grader in the fall ... it looks really excellent, but also like a lot to fit in a day for an active 6-year-old boy (whose mom plans to be working part-time at something besides homemaking and homeschooling). Looking forward to hearing from you and learning from your experiences :)!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymomtime Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I'm a newbie too, who is also planning on using Wayfarer's next year. Although right now I'm not using ELTL. I am thinking about using the history and geography in a loop schedule with Mr. Q science. I am thinking about looping Language Arts subjects in their own loop. I plan on using the bible reading, math, Wayfarer's literature readings (both the ELTL and what is scheduled as Literature in Wayfarer's) and handwriting daily. I have no idea if it will actually work. I am thinking that each loop will be 45 minutes to an hour. But I really have no idea. I am not going to use her art stuff because it isn't my forte and he will be doing art at co-op. We will do the music appreciation. I have included on my loop schedule the Activities section of the Wayfarer's plan on my history/geography/science loop. I also have an active 6 year old boy. BUT he loves to listen to stories about history, science, and a wide variety of fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I'm also planning it for this fall. I'm not using any of the language arts, math, or art suggestions. I'm going to keep using what we've been using for those areas (AAS, FLL, WWE, Pictures in Cursive, RightStart, and Artistic Pursuits). I'm using it mainly for the History, Science, Geography, Bible, and Health. And, I'm also adding in Latin. I'm excited to start! I don't think it will take longer than we currently spend on school work (3-4 hours). I'm planning a morning read-aloud time and then may also add some of the reading to bedtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I'm using it with my kids, grades 2, 4, and 7. I take a highlighter and highlight what we plan to do. I use the Bible reading (not the other religion books), ELTL, we happen to use Singapore for the younger two (older uses AoPS Algebra), geography read aloud (I looked at the tracks and decided which track we wanted to do), mapping, history, history core reading (one track), science for the younger two (oldest wanted to continue with Apologia General Science), art (I'm not good at art, but these the kids can do quite easily), logic for the older, and the read aloud. Since ELTL is only 3 days per week, and history is 3 days and science is 2 days, our days are not that long. Even when we've been out in the morning or the kids have slacked off half the day, we're still done by dinner time. Note that I have a toddler who shrieks during read alouds. So we have to wait until afternoon to do most of our reading. :) I've been very happy with Wayfarers so far. We're on week 6. This is our 7th year of homeschooling, so I've used a lot of different things. :) Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAttachedMama Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Can you tell us what a typical day looks like for you? What would a schedule look like to fit all that in? I love details. 😊 I'm drawn to wayfarers, but not sure how I would fit it into our days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Can you tell us what a typical day looks like for you? What would a schedule look like to fit all that in? I love details. 😊 I'm drawn to wayfarers, but not sure how I would fit it into our days.We start the day with Bible reading, between screeches from the toddler. Then I usually have them do math. Only one kid really needs me for that. Then we do English. One kid needs me the whole time, but the other two can do most of it on their own. The kids do their extra reading on their own. After lunch, we read while toddler is napping and finish anything that's not done. I don't really schedule things beyond doing certain subjects on certain days, which Wayfarers already has done for me. I just follow that. Our days are a bit shorter with language arts combined into one streamlined subject only three days per week. My only issue is trying to stay awake if we have Golden Goblet and A Wind in the Door to read on the same day (this happens twice a week right now). Both have somewhat long chapters, and lately I've been getting the afternoon slump. [emoji38] Ideally I'd read one in the morning, but toddler screech owl doesn't really allow for that. ;) Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Pack Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I tried to use it at the beginning of this past school year with my 6 year old 1st grader (and K sister tagging along), but I realized that I was substituting so many things that I might as well not bother even trying to follow the schedule anymore. I like the idea of CM and Classical inspiring the curriculum, as well as the usage of modern books, but it just didn't work for us this year. The reading selections were getting way too long for my kids to sit through. I even had to abandon ELTL partway through, even though I LOVED it to start with because the reading was getting too long every day, and I didn't have time for other read alouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahrb Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Thanks everyone for replying!! It's good to hear what worked and didn't work in other real families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahrb Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 I'm using it with my kids, grades 2, 4, and 7. I take a highlighter and highlight what we plan to do. I use the Bible reading (not the other religion books), ELTL, we happen to use Singapore for the younger two (older uses AoPS Algebra), geography read aloud (I looked at the tracks and decided which track we wanted to do), mapping, history, history core reading (one track), science for the younger two (oldest wanted to continue with Apologia General Science), art (I'm not good at art, but these the kids can do quite easily), logic for the older, and the read aloud. Since ELTL is only 3 days per week, and history is 3 days and science is 2 days, our days are not that long. Even when we've been out in the morning or the kids have slacked off half the day, we're still done by dinner time. Note that I have a toddler who shrieks during read alouds. So we have to wait until afternoon to do most of our reading. :) I've been very happy with Wayfarers so far. We're on week 6. This is our 7th year of homeschooling, so I've used a lot of different things. :) Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk Boscopup, thanks for replying (and for sharing your "typical day" in the other post). I tend to want to do _everything_, so seeing what pieces you used when you are using the majority of the curricula is helpful to me. I'm hoping that homeschooling a half-day at a time works for us as well. One follow-up question about the geography/history - it's hard for me to tell from the schedules how much these really overlap. Do you like how they go together or do you not find them particularly connected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 The geography and history don't have anything to do with each other. At first I thought it weird, but it's going fine. We're mapping the entire world over the course of the year, I think 3 times, iirc. Just labeling countries. I've already seen my kids have a better understanding of where the countries are just by doing that. They use Google Maps to get the names, then they zoom in to street view in various areas to see what they're like. Amazing resource! The geography read alouds focus on a certain country at a time, and they deal more with the culture side of things. For example, we just read The Golden Goblet, followed by Pyramid. Those taught us a lot about ancient Egyptian culture. Next we'll be doing some reading about Africa, then Canada. These have nothing to do with the medieval time period we're doing in history, but they're good things to learn, and we're enjoying it. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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