Late last year author, Kimberly Garcia, contacted and asked if we’d be interested in reviewing any of her books in the Write From History series. Did we ever! One look told me that my boys would enjoy them and I wasn’t mistaken at all. The books are wonderfully done and written with the homeschooler in mind. They are geared, especially,…
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Amazing Apostles’ Creed Catholic VBS Review
“Exploring the simple beauties and richness of the Catholic faith fosters children’s knowledge and love of Jesus.” Each summer my children looked forward to attending Vacation Bible School at our parish. It was one of the highlights of their summer! Most of the parishes in our area used a non-Catholic program. Nothing wrong with that of course, the over-arching theme…
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A Healthier You by A Beka Books
It seems to be that time of year again, when we begin to think about the coming year, and our children’s needs for curriculum. One of the areas that I sometimes have missed in our homeschool has been in health education. We have always added PE into the mix, but did not start working with a health curriculum itself until…
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Elemental Science – Biology for the Grammar Stage
My son is five years old this school year and I decided at the beginning of the year to include science into our curriculum plans. We had done lots of Charlotte Mason style nature studies in his preschool years, but I wanted to be a little more formal this year. At the same time, I wanted something simple enough that…
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Review – Nature School
** Don’t miss the exciting giveaway opportunity at the end of this post! ** In April 2013, I wrote a review here on The Curriculum Choice on a delightful little book called Nature Adventures. The authors of the book were kind enough to give me a copy to giveaway in my review. Well, a little while after that they sent…
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Seton Religion for Young Catholics
While we have made many changes in our homeschool over the years, the one thing that has stayed consistent has been our use of Religion for Young Catholics from Seton. Ever since Jacob started kindergarten eight years ago it has been our one mainstay. We have stayed with the Seton books for religion instruction because they work! Our children have…
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Stack the States {Kindle App}
Did you know that Tennessee is nicknamed the “volunteer state”? Can your child identify his states and capitals with ease? What about the state flags, any of those looking familiar? States and capitals are something we want our kids to know. But, we don’t want to make a big fuss over it and have it consume tons of valuable school…
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Introducing Your Kids to Computer Programming with Scratch
“Your kids must learn how to code!” Read any education or technology blog on a regular basis, and I guarantee you’ll hear that at least once. The reality is that not every child will grow up to become a computer programmer. Saying that every child needs to learn to code is like saying that every child should learn to be…
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A Beka’s Vocabulary Spelling V – Review
My family has used A Beka’s spelling and vocabulary programs for many years, starting with middle school. We liked how these course were set up. We also appreciated that they were aligned to state standards and included a poetry section in each book. So when we were looking for a solid vocabulary program for my 11th grader, we again turned…
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How To Draw Animals
I have always found teaching art – drawing and painting – a challenge in our homeschooling. Which is quite funny because I loved art in school and trained in Fashion Designing which has quite a large drawing/designing side to it. But I just could not pass that on to my children. Even now I have teamed up with a friend…
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