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Hi!
If I recall correctly, CHC's 2nd grade lesson plans have FHC preparation. Can anyone tell me how adjustable is it for low language skills? Is the FHC prep contained in the daily lessons or is it a supplement? Has anyone used this with a disabled child?
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Deborah, it is a supplement included with the complete lesson plans. It is set up to take 6 weeks, but you can always work at your own speed. I will dig mine out and see if I can be any help to you!
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I don't know that they need much language skills at all. there's very little writing in that section of the lesson plans (it's an appendix/suppliment section in the back).
Most of it is lesson discussion and activites. Well done and enjoyable faith enrichment.
I'll be very honest and say I wouldn't buy the lesson plans just for that suppliment. However, I do think a child with low language skills could use that section just fine.
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Paula,
If you dig yours out, I'd be very happy to hear what you have to say. To give you a benchmark, my son's receptive language varies from preschool to K.
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Deborah
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Martha,
Thank you for the info. Could you tell me what level the discussions are at? This is the crucial thing for me -- my son is severely disabled and his language skills (basic, verbal language skills) vary from solid preschool to solid K levels, depending on what exactly is being tested. He is more intelligent than his limited vocabulary would indicate, but I have found that teaching religion to autistic kids is harder than any other subject.
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Deborah
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the first unit (4 weeks) is all about manners at church, at mass, in prayer and the last week is a review. I'd skip the review. The rest uses Little Acts of Grace, which I think would be fine for a preschooler.
the 2nd unit (another 4 weeks) is about the saints. This I would skip with your little one. It's almost entirely reading saint stories. Even my 7 yr old found it a bit boring. Not that we don't like saints, we do, we just didn't care for this section. There's other more adaptable saint projects that you can find through out the liturgical year.
the 3rd unit is prayer, this was our favorite section. they make there own prayer book and you discuss the different kinds of prayer (adoration, contrition, thanksgiving, supplication) and memorize basic prayers 9Hail Mary, Our Father, apostles Creed, Glory be, and guardian angel. I think it was simple enough for a preschooler.
the 4th unit is reconciliation. what is neccessary for a proper reconciliation and penance. There's a good deal of reading for this in King of the Golden City and Devotional Stories for Little Folks and Rare Catholic Stories and Poems, but you should read them to the child and discuss as you go all the allegories and relation to reconciliation with Christ.
the 5th is holy mass and the 6th is preparing our hearts to receive jesus
The good part of these sections is the mass and "gift of love" books and a bookmark that the kids make. I think a pre-k could do those parts and you could probably explain it well enough to them. However, you are supposed to read the Faith Explained and The Essence of the Holy Mass, which frankly, I think are a bit beyond your average 2nd grader. They are good resources for the parent, but I wouldn't consider them for the kid. I ended up reading them myself and then giving a brief paraphrased explaination and or using other sources to explain those areas. Making the books was very enjoyable and worthwhile though.
So there you have how we use it. 
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We are using the supplement this year and I"m enjoying it. It is actually set to last the whole year for 36 weeks. It's not meant to replace a religion program (like faith and life), but meant to compliment and prepare the child for FHC and Reconcilliation.
There is very little writing the child has to do himself, if any, and there is no reading they have to do themself. Everything is read to the child, and there are some hands-on projects like a prayer book and a mass book that they make for themselves.
The book mentioned above 'the faith explained' isn't meant to be read to the children at all. It's for the parents to read before hand so they have a better grasp of the concepts. It's not necessary, but helpful to get your mind in the correct frame of mind.
Some of the stories to be read to the child (included in the supplement, and others are found in some extra books to purchase like Devotional Stories for Little folks, Rare Catholic Stories, More rare catholic stories, The King of The golden city, and Treasue Cest books... these are mostly all written a century or so ago and therefore are a bit harder to listen to for a younger child. My seven year old does fine with them, but we have been reading aloud to her for years and she has a good attention span. My four year old has a hard time listening to them as the vocabulary is tough and it's just not the twaddle that a four year old might be used to iykwim.
Overall I am very glad that we bought the lesson plans. I don't use them at all for the day to day stuff, and i'm a bit miffed at the copywrite policy (no photocopying even for use in your own family, unless you pay waaaay more money), but we do use them for the Tour of the Continents (just what i needed) and some of the coloring pages and craft ideas.
Feel free to ask any other questions, as we are in the thick of it right now :-)
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Martha,
Thank you for your thorough explanation. I don't know if my son can handle Little Acts of Grace -- the last time I looked at it, it was far beyond him. I know right now that some of the other books mentioned are beyond him. However, some of the ideas -- the prayer book and so on will work although I think he is not ready for the idea of different types of prayer. Joseph is actually an example of *the* exception to the rule of having First Reconciliation before First Holy Communion -- severely disabled people may receive communion without reconciliation first if they are not able to understand sin and so on.
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Deborah
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Melanie,
Thanks for your response. I wish I could buy bits and pieces of the supplement. The rest of the lesson plans are completely useless for me.
I have reading to Joseph for years, but his receptive vocabulary is 3 years, 8 months. I think most of the books used are way, way beyond him. In general I am planning to work at the K level with extra work in vocabulary next year.
Thank you for your help. I am doing some serious pondering. (SInce we don't take the summer off, I am preparing for 3rd grade now.) I really do hope we can get him ready for FHC sometime next year. He *is* understanding more about God and asking questions. (He wants to know why he can't see Jesus.)
Too bad there isn't a FHC Mosaic! Now that would be right up his alley!
In Christ,
Deborah
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