As many of you may already know, Eddie and I have a real passion for history. It was our college major after all. With that being said, it has been very difficult for us to find a history curriculum for the kids that we can truly say we are satisfied with. I have actually been [...]
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I had mentioned in a previous post that we were thinking of including Redwall by Brian Jacques in our free-reading list for the boys this year for school. I always like to pre-read anything that we are going let the boys read, just to make sure that it is appropriate for where they are in their development and also to see if the book agrees with what we want to teach the boys, so that if it doesn't, we can be prepared to discuss it with the boys or hold off until they are mature enough to be able to discuss it.
I just wanted to give a quick update on how our schooling is going along with a few links to some great resources I have come across recently.
Part one in the Homeschool and History with Trial and Triumph series. This one is on the first chapter and story, Polycarp.
I will be reviewing the homeschooling text Trial and Triumph: Stories and Church History. There will be short reviews for each of the stories put together by Richard Hannula.
Our first day of homeschooling, a sample of our daily schedule, and a few examples of the boys' first work.
Kimbrah and I fell in love while working on Latin in the summer of 2001. We were under the tutelage of my Koine Greek professor/tutor/mentor; a genius when it comes to classics. The addition of Latin for our kids would be a wonderful complement to their growing knowledge of Koine Greek (they currently have the [...]
