One of the few curriculum choices that we haven’t changed in our two years of homeschooling is our math program. Although we came very close to trying out Math U See, we realized that Horizons Math is working for us, and if something is working for us, we need to keep it! What I Like About Horizons Math: Spiral Approach…
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Happy Scribe Copybooks
Based on my conversations with other homeschoolers over the years, we have mixed opinions about the importance of handwriting instruction within our homeschools. Why do I bother to teach my children cursive handwriting in this age of e-mail, texts, and instant messaging? My children need to be able to read the cursive handwriting of others. For example, they will need…
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Winners of the Spring Cleaning give-away
We had a great turn out for the blog hop. Thank you to everyone that participated in the Spring Cleaning give-away here on Curriculum Choice and on your own blogs as well. The winners for our give-away are: Rebecca (comment #5) won the Trivium Mastery book. Jennie (comment #33) won the Brain curriculum by Ellen McHenry. Kim (comment #22) won…
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Spring Cleaning Curriculum Give-away
Are you ready for the Spring Cleaning Homeschool Curriculum blog hop? Here’s how it works. If you have any homeschool books that have collected dust on your shelves, then give them away! It’s easy to join the blog hop. You simply paste the code into a blog post, describe the item that you are giving away (a picture is always…
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Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
This is the first dictionary of the American English language. Written by Noah Webster, considered the founding father of American Christian education, this dictionary is an important asset to any homeschool library. I refer to it in our studies daily and Mr. Webster’s definitions have spurred many rabbit trails and offered a lot of insight. The green pages in the…
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Latin for Children, Primer A
When I first attempted to use this curriculum, I had only the Primer. Boy was I lost! In fact, I was ready to simply toss the book in the trash until I realized there are other parts that go along with the Primer – like an Answer Key, an Activity Book, a Latin Reader, and most importantly (to me anyway) the…
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Meet the writers of Curriculum Choice
You may not have noticed that we updated our Meet the Authors page. Not only do we have some new moms joining us, but you can get to all the reviews that each mom has written, her blog and twitter id easily from this page. Take a moment and get to know our writers!
Young Scientists Club
The Young Scientist Club is a hands-on, build-able science curriculum that is geared for ages from 5 through 12. The units can be used as a whole science curriculum, as an enhancement to your existing curriculum, or as an individual unit study. Here is their current listing of scientific themes they have available: 1 Recycling 2 Scientific Measurements 3 Magnets…
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Hands-on History Fun
For some of us the idea of doing hands-on projects with our children can be daunting. I am neither crafty nor artistic, and I don’t enjoy making and cleaning up messes during the course of our school day. However, I have come to the conclusion that with a little bit of forethought and planning, including hands-on activities in our history…
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The Mighty Works of God: Self Government
History textbooks have a tendency to be boring, but I discovered a series of about American history to treasure. These books do not contain dry lists of dates or a simple retelling of events. Instead, they focus on the causes behind events: people and Providence. The Mighty Works of God consists of three volumes for the early elementary years. They…
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