Why we chose Teaching Textbooks for Math
With the books come all the CDs needed to have a math tutor at hand to explain the lessons and every single math problem.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: curricula
Egg-ceptionally Smashing Velocity and Chasing Static Electricity
Smashing eggs and chasing balloons were some of my daughter’s fun physical science labs from Dr. Jay Wile’s textbook.
My son can’t wait to tart the series.
How Bridge to the Latin Road bridged our gap in Latin
The Bridge incorporates lots of dictation which has taught my son to hold large chunks of information in his head while writing out what he hears.
Homeschool Bookfair and Seminars
The Davy Crockett for the Alamo reenactor handed me some paperwork to join their group.
He said that my kids and I knew more about Texas history than most.
How IEW Rescued our Writing
For years my kids struggled with their writing skills. My daughter couldn’t write cohesively, whereas my son was overly verbose. None of it made sense.
How we use Latin Road to English Grammar
Liking the reputation of Latin Road to English Grammar: clear and thorough for the teacher, I was sold.
Following are the details of how we use the program.
Studying Latin with many thanks to Patrick Henry
Known as the Firebrand of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry learned Latin from his father who had classically studied in Scotland.
National Spelling Bee Benefits
How we cracked the secret code to spelling via the National Spelling Bee list, with many thanks to the Greeks, and Romans, etc.
Sourcing our Unique Booklist
Since I didn’t find a single curriculum booklist we needed/wanted, I simply edited and culled our own list.
Many of our books were found at the used bookstore.
Assessing our first year of Classical Dialectic Studies
Except for the classical history curriculum that created more work for me than solutions, I was quite happy with our other programs.
