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I have been considering this for a summer type activity. We have used the Prairie Primer and loved it. I am eager to hear responses on this.
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I bought it over the summer to use this year and found it so uninspired and dull we never even tried it. Rather than being set up like Prairie Primer where you read the whole series over the year, in WBRM you only read Anne of Green Gables and the activities and projects and reports are dull, dull, dull.
Knit and afghan, make a paper lacy fan, make a bead ring from a piece of wire and a bead. It has recipes for Raspberry cordial in the back and a few of the poems in full form but you could google those (the Highwayman, for instance). Lots and lots of Bible reading.
Every time the word catholic appears in the book (example: kids are to memorize the Apostles Creed at one point) she stars it and explains that it does not refer to the Roman Catholic Church but rather the One True Church of Jesus Christ.
Hope this helps, dh just got home, gotta run!
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I loved Anne and so did a few of my daughters, so we bought it 4 years ago. I first tried it with my 10th grader as that was the age it was recommended for, but it was far to light weight for regular school work. Next I tried it with my 7th grader, but she's a very strong student and it was too light for her too. I think your idea of using it over the summer is excellent. You would want to read through the book first, and I imagine both of you already have, and then go through some of the activities at a comfortable pace. I thought many of the projects and assignments were very interesting. There were typical ones in the program too, but it saved me a lot of footwork. The accompanying anthology and treasury are woven into the program very well. It's very strong on poetry and the writing assignments, while light for a strong student, would be ideal for the summer or for an average writer in junior high. I think it's worth the money and you can often find it used on ebay.
I do plan on using it again with my next dd during her 13th summer. Younger than that is a little too young for the research projects.
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I only recently heard about this. I copied this quote from the web site, which I find intriguing.
***While following the lively, imaginative Anne into young womanhood, students will be led to look at their own journey into maturity. From discussions of self-acceptance, appearance, friendship, and romance, they will move beyond to reflect on character-building questions. What does it take to be a good friends? What should be the topic of our conversations? What are the effects of unforgivingness? For, at the heart of this study is the author’s desire to see young women grow into the grace of womanhood and the fruitfulness of the Lord.***
Can anyone comment on how useful this part of the project is? Jennifer, I especially appreciate your review. I like to know the down and dirty of programs before investing!  Was there anything redeeming about it? And if I wanted to incorporate the rest of the series of books, would that be doable?
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Nedra, my 14yod is currently using Where Brook and River Meet for her 9th grade year. We began the curriculum in January, as I school year-round from Jan-Nov.
This is a very challenging unit study. I'm so glad I didn't attempt to use it with her at a younger age, because it would have meant skipping a lot of the meatier assignments. Some moms have said they even held off until 11th grade to do this unit study.
My daughter loves to write, so she is enjoying all the research and paper writing assignments (using Writers Inc. as a reference), as well as the poetry study and letters of Montgomery detailing her writing process.
Catherine enjoys the reading assignments, even though she's a slower reader. In addition to reading from Green Gables and resources pertaining to it, she is also currently reading the legends of King Arthur, Oliver Twist, and the book of Job.
She is doing her math, Apologia Physical science, Latin, grammar and separate religion study. It's a very full day! She should finish the year with a minimum of 10 credits for high school. It might take us 18 months to finish this study. I'm ok with that, too.
I highly recommend it. Used to it's fullest, it's the most amazing unit study I've ever seen! Please feel free to ask more questions, if there's anything I can help with. Also, there is a Yahoo group called BrookandRiverMeet.
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Books, I think that blurb must relate to the Bible study section, which I thought was very good. Although we do Bible study, our approach is quite different from the approach used in this guide. I opened the guide and randomly picked this example from Chapter 18
Bible. Anne is not a fair-weather friend. Diana is blessed to have a friend like Anne. Read Proverbs 17:17 and Ecclesiastes 4:10. Being a good friend can be an important task. Frequently our friends are people who enjoy being around. There are times, however, when these same people may need us around and it will not be fun.
and two other random lessons from Ch 34
Bible 7. Some people have difficult personalities; Josie Pye is one of them. How does Anne deal with Josie Pye?
With your instructor, discuss a person who you find has a difficult personality. Discuss some strategies for dealing with this difficult person.
Read Matthew 5:38-39; Matthew 5:44-45; Proverbs 25:4; and Psalm 5.
Memorize Matt 5:44-45
Bible 8. Anne has ambition. Ambition is not wrong, only self-ambition.
The Apostle Paul had ambition. Read Romans 15:20.
With your instructor discuss: What goals do you have?
We can make plans, but we must remember that God takes us on adventures we cannot foresee. Read Isaiah 55:9.
As you can see, the topics themselves are something that we would normally discuss with our children on a daily basis, but the dimension of having the children read related sections of the Bible is not something we commonly do. They study the Bible as it relates to the catechism, for meditation or for familiarity with people and stories of the Bible, so this approach was a good experience for the girls. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we did not stick with the program because it was either too easy for the child or just not the right timing.
The Occupational education assignments (crafts, etc.) are not particularly clever and need some creativity infused into them. They are probably best seen as a starting point.
I'm debating when to try this program again. I think it's outstanding. The author of the guide doesn't seem to have missed a single opportunity to explore something mentioned in the book. It's almost overkill. It is definitely Protestant in tone, but not something that would take away from the study unless you let it.
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Thank you for the examples. I am still intrigued by this program...I think I'll keep it in the back of my head as a possibility for the future. 
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