Molly at Counter-Culture mom wrote a good article on the value of catechising children. It was a good reminder for me. We have been memorizing the Westminster Shorter Catechism for a couple of years now. Our memorization has slowed down over the summer though and I am planning on working some on it every morning in our …
My son finished his creation book today. Once again, he really got into this assignment and enjoyed doing it. He even wrote a page on why the days were literal 24 hour days without me asking him to. (It’s not in the pictures though. )
We completed Week 4 of Year 1 of Tapestry of Grace (TOG). This week we studied creation from Genesis Chapters 1-10 which include Creation, the Fall, and the Flood. I am really enjoying TOG and so are my children. My oldest son even said he liked it! (Last year he told me that he …
My son completed his 10 plagues book yesterday. He did a really good job on it. It took him forever and it about drove me crazy, but I was mostly successful at holding my tongue and letting him work at his own pace. That is a huge accomplishment for me. The pictures are hand-drawn, then scanned …
We have completed, well almost, week 3 of TOG Year 1. Rather than focus on Egyptian gods, we focused on the 10 plagues and passover. I assigned both of my bigger kids to make a booklet about the 10 plagues. My daughter chose to make a fan book. It’s a little difficult to see, but …
I am an organization junkie. (Is that an oxymoron?) Anyway, I do love organizing around the house, and I love to make sure that my days, weeks, and months are planned out ahead of time. That’s why I am so excited about the new Schoolhouse Planner from The Old Schoolhouse magazine. It is an amazing collection …
Yesterday we had our first Tapestry of Grace (TOG) co-op meeting. We went over weeks 1 and 2 of Year 1 Unit 1 which is Egypt. The day went extremely well considering all of us are new to TOG and co-ops of this kind. We started off with salt dough maps of either Egypt or …
My family spent a gorgeous afternoon at Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia. We have been a few times before and I think it is one of the most beautiful places to hike. The views are spectacular, because after a fairly steep climb straight up, the rest of the hike is along a relatively treeless ridge …
Last school year we used Elementary Greek Year 1 with my 4th grade son and 2nd grade daughter. I highly recommend this program for teaching Koine Greek to children. It is broken down into 5 daily lessons per week. I did the lessons orally with my kids. Our oral lesson was followed by a workbook exercise that went with the …
We recently purchased a brand-new resource to use in our homeschool this upcoming year. It is called Animals in the Bible and is published by Piedmont Educational Services. The set consists of a 40 minute DVD filled with interesting information and spiritual insights to be gained from the animals in the Bible. It is a …
