Consumer Math Success Kit by David Newton is a gem for high school students! This one semester course (53 lessons – some of which can be used more than one day or extended into real-life practice) includes practical math your child will need in the future. Bank accounts, loans, credit cards, taxes, home costs, budgeting, insurance and planning for the…
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Analytical Grammar
“I am a woman on a mission to convince parents that they don’t need to be ‘doing’ a grammar worksheet every day, all year long, for years and years! If grammar is taught sequentially and logically, there is no need for so much repetition.” ~Robin Finley Analytical Grammar by Robin Finley and contributing author Erin Karl is just what the…
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Anno’s Math Books
It is very difficult to find living math books that present complex topics in an accessible way. One math author whose books we have learned to love is Mitsumasa Anno. Anno believes “that mathematics is more than merely manipulating numbers, it is a way of thinking, and that it has bearing on all scholastic subjects, indeed on all forms of…
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Galloping The Globe
Ready to See the World? We are looking forward to a full and fun year of galloping through the continents of the world. This unit study approach to geography incorporates literature, language arts, science, bible, and various activities, as well as holidays and celebrations. Travel and tourism contacts are also included. Galloping the Globe provides a suggested schedule for one…
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Time 4 Learning
What Is Time 4 Learning? Time 4 Learning is an online curriculum for PreK – 8th Graders. It can be used to complement their current curriculum or as an entire curriculum in itself to cover language arts, math, science, and social studies. My Thoughts: The Positive – Age appropriate “cartoons” teach the lessons. Lorelei (age 4) and I tested out…
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A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers
This past year our family was introduced to a study from Bright Ideas Press called A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers. You might already be familiar with Bright Ideas Press if you use their history curriculum, The Mystery of History. A Young Scholars Guide to Composers is a One-Year Curriculum for Grades 4-8. It is Christian based and Chronological. It…
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Primary Arts of Language: Reading
Wow. What a curriculum! Primary Arts of Language: Reading by Jill Pike of Excellence in Writing has put together a fantastic set of materials for teaching reading to your little one. Using the “blended sound-sight” method of phonics skills and sight words-based education with a playful, game-like approach, children are intended to have fun and progress rapidly at the same…
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Grapevine Bible Studies
We’ve been using the Grapevine Bible Curriculum, New Testament, & loving it! The idea is that your children draws the stories & lessons from the Bible as they learn the lessons. The drawings are simple little stick figures, but if your children are like mine they’ll enjoy embellishing them with a few extra details! They will also write and memorize…
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History Through the Ages Timeline CDs
Timelines appeal to me. They aid visual, kinesthetic, spatial, and logical thinkers. What’s not to love? Well, the work of putting together a visually appealing, cohesive, historically-accurate timeline, for one. How about the time it takes to find all of those little pictures? What about deciding which dates to include? What about figuring out how to put the thing together?…
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Loving Living Math
“From the time my children were in kindergarten, I have followed the same basic weekly schedule for math. We typically complete three textbook lessons per week and two living math lessons per week.” ~ Cindy West Cindy West’s Loving Living Math has given my family permission. Permission to learn and enjoy the real life stuff of math. See, I admit…
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