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 time. There are … [Read more...] about Primary Arts of Language: Reading
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Answers for Preschoolers
Stop, drop and roll; numbers, matching, science, music, math, cutting and pasting, coloring, calendar and pattern practice, weather and seasons, holidays, physical education, Bible verse memory work and Biblical world view. Definitely a "Complete multi-subject curriculum for preschoolers" ~ Answers in Genesis And, look! Right at the top of each page – plenty of practice in name … [Read more...] about Answers for Preschoolers
Dover Coloring Books
We have many, many Dover coloring books, and they have changed the life of at least one of our children. Miss 12 spends hours carefully coloring fashions of the past. She has learned so much history simply from studying the pictures and reading the captions. In fact, when she looks at paintings she can date them accurately, just by what the people are wearing! She’s also learned a lot about … [Read more...] about Dover Coloring Books
Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World
We love unit studies and were thrilled to be able to begin a trip around the world with Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World ($15.00 instant download) from Confessions of a Homeschooler. In the last few months my children and I have visited China, South Korea, and India. We’re headed to several countries in Africa next, and I have to say we’ve been having a wonderful trip from the … [Read more...] about Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World
Book of Time
Eldest girl was browsing her Tapestry of Grace notebook. “So it says here I’m supposed to keep a time line.” Then she saw the light bulb floating above my head. The Book of Time from our early Sonlight days. The book I set aside for later. I pulled it from the long-forgotten section of the History shelf. She was intrigued. Her enthusiasm drew a crowd. “Aw, you got Joseph. I wanted Joseph!” … [Read more...] about Book of Time
Little House in the Big Woods Notebooking Study
I can’t remember how I stumbled upon September West’s 4RPress, but I was immediately drawn to her beautiful notebook pages for a few of my favorite books, Hans Brinker, The Apple and the Arrow, and Heidi. When her Little House in the Big Woods study was published, I added it to my wish list. A few days later, September offered me a free copy in exchange for a review. I was thrilled! I … [Read more...] about Little House in the Big Woods Notebooking Study
A Little Classical Teamwork: First Language Lessons and Writing with Ease
After publication of their classically-based homeschooling guide, The Well-Trained Mind, mother and daughter Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer continued their streak of parent-friendly curricula with a variety of texts, including Mrs. Wise’s First Language Lessons and, more recently, Dr. Bauer’s first installment in the series The Complete Writer, which is titled Writing with Ease: Strong … [Read more...] about A Little Classical Teamwork: First Language Lessons and Writing with Ease
Apologia Science: Exploring Creation with General Science
Apologia's Exploring Creation with General Science has been a perfect fit for our son, Nathanael, who's in the eighth grade (age 13/14) this year. It is the first course of the Exploring Creation with... upper level Creation-based science curriculum series written by former University Professor, Dr. Jay Wile, especially for homeschool students. Here's a description of the course from … [Read more...] about Apologia Science: Exploring Creation with General Science
Catholic Mosaic by Hillside Education
Catholic Mosiac is published by Hillside Education, intended for K-4th grade, though it has been my experience that these picture book suggestions are so well loved they are part of my families traditional yearly celebration of the liturgical year. Young and older alike will look forward to reading or listening to such classics a: Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Match Girl Song of … [Read more...] about Catholic Mosaic by Hillside Education
English From the Roots Up
Years ago when I was first introduced to the classical method of homeschooling, I was determined to have my boys attempt a Latin program as suggested in The Well-Trained Mind. We tried two different programs to learn Latin. We got a little farther with a DVD based program, but we still were not able to stay motivated. I know I had a bit of a bad attitude about Latin and at some point I made the … [Read more...] about English From the Roots Up
Art in the Style of Eric Carle
There are many ways to incorporate art into a unit study, but one of our favorites has been to learn about and imitate the art of a particular illustrator. Last year during our study of the ocean we read A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle. We enjoyed the illustrations so much that we decided to try making our own art in the collage style that Mr. Carle used for his delightful story about a … [Read more...] about Art in the Style of Eric Carle
Character Building for Families
Character Building For Families Here is a typical scenario in my house: One of my sons decides he wants to make "shooting sounds" with his mouth while he is drawing his civil war scene. My youngest daughter who is also at the table drawing gets annoyed with her brother and starts to tell him he needs to stop making that noise. Ahh, now my son has realized he can now tease his sister with this … [Read more...] about Character Building for Families