Special thanks to MasterBooks for providing a sample of this curriculum to try out in our home. Our homeschool journey has come to a close, but learning never stops. With this in mind, we are continuing to work our way through The History of Religious Liberty by Michael Farris this summer. If you’re going to use this curriculum in a traditional homeschool setting, it counts as 1 credit of civics. It is set up to be done over the course of 1 year (34 weeks). The teacher guide includes a weekly lesson schedule, student worksheets, quizzes, a final exam, and…
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Character Studies
Posted in Christian Life, and Homeschooling
For Bible this year, we’re going to be using the Keepers of the Faith Write Upon My Heart Character Curriculum as our spine. Since there are 18 books in the series, I asked Daddy to place them in the order in which he would like Munchkin to study them. Now I’m in the process of creating notebooking pages for each book in the series. (The books can be written in, but since I plan on adding more to the studies, I wanted to create notebooking pages for Munchkin to use. It will also create a nice keepsake for the future.)…
Around here, we tend to chuckle when we start talking about a new school year as one year usually seamlessly blends into another due to our schooling year around. We take breaks as needed and whenever Daddy has off work, so this schedule really does work best for us. We’ll keep going this way until it no longer works or Munchkin graduates. As we enter into this new year, I find myself reflecting on how far we’ve come since we started many years ago. It’s hard to believe that we’re heading into our 8th year of homeschooling. Where did that…
Adding Online Schooling to Our Homeschool Day
Posted in Family, and Homeschooling
As Munchkin moves along in her education, I am finding that she enjoys more independent learning. While this is what we’ve been striving for during our journey, it comes with a different set of challenges. I find that I’m not as connected with the complete learning process, so I have to make a point to really talk to her and stay on top of her schoolwork to continue to gauge how she is doing and what approaches may need to be adjusted. We still work together on some subjects, but slowly, we’re moving away from doing work together and moving…
Learning Latin Can Be Fun with Visual Latin
Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews
Visual Latin… Where do I even begin this review? This program has really changed things around our house. I was one of those homeschool moms who never thought that we’d be studying Latin. It wasn’t even remotely on my radar. I admit that I didn’t place a great deal of value in studying Latin. Boy was I wrong! From day one, Munchkin loved – yes, loved – this program. She wanted to watch the lessons because her teacher, Mr. Dwane, makes Latin fun and entertaining. After watching just the free introduction lessons, she asked me to get her a Latin-English,…