Hello to the My Father's World Kindergarten Visitors!
I've taken pictures & written about our experiences to have a digital scrapbook of our year, but I have also blogged our journey because it was so helpful to me to read about other families and their adventures with MFW K. We hope this will help you as you research your options or work your way through this wonderful program!
Follow Our MFW K Blog Posts
{CLICK HERE} to view all of our MFW K blog posts, or scroll down to select the week you'd like to view from the list below.
Find Our MFW K Printable Pages
I've designed a variety of pages to use with my kindergartener and preschooler as we work on MFW K. You can {CLICK HERE} to visit my page of free downloadable sheets designed to use along with My Father's World Kindergarten.
I'd love to hear from you! Share a link to your MFW blog posts, leave a comment on one of our posts, or send an e-mail. It's so much fun hearing from others who are using the same program!
In His Love,Dawn
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Below are the unit-by-unit links if you're looking for ideas on a particular theme.
Creation, part 1
Creation, part 2
Creation, part 3
Sun
Moon
Leaf
Apple
Nest
nest craft/snack (peanut free)
Turtle
Us
Dinosaur
Dinosaur Field Trip
Octopus
Water
Insect
Goat
Cow
Horse
Elephant
Penguin
Kangaroo
Zebra
Rock
Jewel
Butterfly
Butterfly Update
Frog
FoX
Vegetables
Quail
Yellow
7 comments:
Too bad I didn't find this blog sooner - we are on lesson 20 of MFW K and just ordered MFW 1. My daughter was not a fan of the MFW K reading, so we are doing "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" each day, instead of those pages in MFW K. Now, she gets to pick which lesson she wants to do next, since nothing else ever changes or progresses week to week. Last week we did butterflies, this week it's jewels. We are also doing a week on coins at the same time, since they just started. (I've gathered lots of fun coin printables.) Can't wait to look around your site!
What is MFW K?? How do I find out more about it?
Lizzie Ater
lizzieslovelies@hotmail.com
Hi Lizzie,
MFW K is short for My Father's World Kindergarten. My Father's World is a Christian homeschool curriculum publisher with a very hands-on, simple approach to learning. It's very gentle in comparison to what you would find in an average American kindergarten classroom.
We are choosing to use it for my son, who isn't quite ready for the intensity of a typical kindergarten program, yet he's beyond most of the preschool programs we considered.
Here's a link:
http://www.mfwbooks.com/products/M50/20/0/0/1
I hope that helps - glad to answer any more questions if needed :)
Dawn
Hi, I really like your blog. I've commented a few times and enjoy reading about how you plan your day and do homeschool. I embarked on a homeschool preschool journey this year and love it (although challenging with a 20 month old too) :) and I was wondering- your son is not yet 5 years old but you are doing a K program with him? Did you just feel like he was ready? Also, I hear so many good things about both MFW and Sonlight... how in the world do you decide which is best for you? I have no idea how I will pick a K program next year, I like them all :) Are there any major differences you can point out? Thanks! I plan to get both your Christmas printables this weekend! :)
Hi Holly,
My reply got SO long that I had to send it as an e-mail. I happened to have your e-mail address in my sent items folder from a few weeks back! :)
Dawn
For anyone else who might happen upon Holly's comment & wonder, here's a snippet of my long reply:
I think using this with a 4 year old will totally depend on the child's interest and ability level. Alex (4 yrs, 8 months when we started MFW K) is the type of kid who just soaks up knowledge; he's more serious/studious.
By 4.5 yrs old, Alex had mastered everything in our preschool packs, he had a STRONG desire to learn how to read, and I was running out of ideas for what I could create to do with him during our school time.
I started researching our options. I think I have probably at least taken a quick glance at the website of every Christian preschool/kindergarten curriculum
available! ;)
Going into this, I knew we would use MFW K as a K4 and I would simply adjust anything that didn't work well for him. I also knew that it was likely he wouldn't be ready for MFW 1st when we completed MFW K. I think anyone desiring to use MFW K with a 4 year old has to be prepared for that possibility.
As far as deciding on MFW K, I loved the hands-on, activity oriented, literature-rich approach. I also liked the price tag.
I don't know much about Sonlight, other that that it's VERY literature-rich. I have heard that it is not nearly as hands-on, and I know that it is quite a bit more expensive than MFW K. Sonlight is a much-loved program, and it's a perfect fit for some families. It just didn't appeal to me.
Pray, seek out local homeschoolers to see if you can take a peek at their curriculum, or check out a homeschool convention next spring. You'll find the right fit for your family in time! :)
@Holly
I know this may be too late but i was SOLD on Sonlight.... until i found MFW! What I loved about Sonlight is that it used LIVE books and it made learning look fun and not quite as stressful as trying to get your kids to do nothing but workbooks. My son would not do well with nothing but workbooks. I went to a HS convention a few weeks ago to check out the Sonlight materials in person and stumbled upon My Fathers World. I had prayed that the Lord would open my mind and heart if Sonlight wasnt for us. When I looked at the MFW material, I realized it was the best for us. It is literature rich with live books like Sonlight, but it has some worksheets and some hands on as well. I thought this was absolutely wonderful seeing that I really am not sure what method my son would learn best at and perfect if you are HS multiple kids because that way no matter if one learns with worksheets and the other is hands on, you dont have to purchase 2 different curricula.
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