The boys and I have been reading through various books of the Bible through the school year. It’s been an enjoyable process for us, but I like to keep the boys focused on what we are reading and be sure they understand, to some degree, what we’re learning/reading as well. A few years ago I spotted the Picture Smart Bible…
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Review: The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History with Internet links is a comprehensive introduction to world history, covering prehistoric times, Ancient civilizations through to the early 21st century. I have used this book as a reference book in our home for many years. We would read the first few pages of our time era or civilization to get a general feel…
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Rod and Staff Bible Stories to Read and Bible Pictures to Color Review
My little ones always sit still longer and learn much more when their hands are busy. I’m sure you’ve found this to be true as well. That’s one of the reasons we’ve so enjoyed Bible Stories to Read and Bible Pictures to Color by Rod and Staff. As we start the school morning, I open up the Bible Stories. I…
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Nancy Larson Science Review
For many years we never used a formal science program in our homeschool. Most of our science consisted of nature walks, field trips, bird watching, and just observing nature while playing outside. For a long time that worked very well for us, it was exactly what we needed to be doing. This year at the request of my 12-year-old we…
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Animal Stories by Oak Meadow – Review
When my daughter was little, she loved reading about animals, especially cats. Probably because we have two cats who have always lived in our house. So when we happened upon a chapter book called Animal Friends, we knew we had a find. We found this heartwarming book one year, as it happened to be included in our Oak Meadow curriculum…
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Winter Promise Children Around The World
I wanted my children, especially my eldest, to have a big year of geography again. I had noticed some of his skills were lacking. Not to mention it was time to expand upon some bigger geographical items as well. I looked at both Winter Promise’s Children Around {CAW} The World and Sonlight’s updated Core F. They both had resources I…
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Inkblot by Margaret Peot
What do you see in an inkblot and what artistic creations could you make with one? I found Inkblot: Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to Creativity to be very helpful in inspiring me and leading me to know just what to do! With lots of inkblot examples throughout and several ways to use inkblots with any age, it proved…
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Apologia Exploring Creation with Marine Biology Review
There are plastic sea creatures in my bathtub – an octopus, several sharks. There are also family passes to the Georgia Aquarium in my wallet. And, thanks to Apologia, we have wonderful textbooks, a multimedia CD and elementary level journals at the ready in our homeschool. I’ve shared before how we are doing a family study of marine biology this…
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Art Projects For Picture Books Using Storybook Art
Storybook Art is a book of Art Projects Inspired by Picture Books. Art is a wonderful way to make learning more fun!
The Writing Road to Reading Review
The Writing Road to Reading was one of the first purchases I made when I began to teach my son. It was recommended on classical-homeschooling.org as being a great resource for teaching reading to children. It really is a great resource! The Writing Road to Reading teaches a phonics based method for learning to read. Unlike other phonics programs it…
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