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My Father's World is a full package curriculum (math & language arts are from other vendors) with a Christian perspective that, like Sonlight but less intense, has history as its backbone, and relates the rest of the curriculum to it. It was originally created for missionaries.
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Cons: none
Grades Used: k-8th
We have used this for the last eight years, first with my son now with my daughter. We love using it and all look forward to doing school. It is very easy to use, the directions are easy to understand and follow. There is very little prep work and it is very affordable.
Grades Used: 2nd/3rd Gr (for 1st & PreK)
We used My Father's World (I believe it was the 2nd gr level) when my oldest was in 1st gr, as she was a very good reader. We really enjoyed it. Lots of fun hands on activities, my preK daughter also enjoyed it and joined in on much of it (read alouds & hands on). I didn't really intend to continue on with it (originally had my sights on Sonlight and since have decided to go eclectic), but as I recall that yr with how nice & easy it was to have everything pretty much all together & the schedule pre-made (very easy to find out what you needed for the week to prepare ahead of time) and the wonderful list of additional reading sources (for the library) in the back, I'm thinking we might re-visit this curriculum, as we all enjoyed it. And I know they have a nice multi-level factor built-in for the older levels.
I love this curriculum! It's one that is at the top of my recommendation list, especially for new homeschoolers. This curriculum works well for teaching multiple grades, which makes for a great value. One of my favorite parts is 'the book basket.' Even though I didn't have reluctant readers, it really encouraged my children to read more and more and more. I never considered it to be 'curriculum in a box' because it was so outside the box - fun and educational, and easy for Mom to use 🙂
Cons: none so far
Grades Used: 2nd
I just love this program - it is so easy to use and as laid back or intensive as you make it yourself. My son loves the history, science, art, music and bible portions. We use time 4 learning for the language arts and math as we were using them since kindergarten, but My Father's world has been a blessing this year, no tears and tantrums, when its time for school. I can't wait for what next year has in store!