We have been homeschooling for many years, and I sometimes forget that what we do isn't the same for others. So, I am writing a monthly homeschool recap to demonstrate one way (there are so many methods out there!) that homeschooling can work.
We use an eclectic method of homeschooling that leans very heavily towards the Charlotte Mason method of teaching. Without going into too much detail about this method, it can be described as very literature-heavy. We read and discuss A LOT of books. We don't spend a lot of time on workbooks, worksheets, etc., We have gravitated toward this method over the years and found that it works very well for our learners and family lifestyle.
Here are some items that we have read, listened to or watched during the month of January:
*The Holy Bible
Watch The Myth of Low-Serotonin & Antidepressants - Dr. Mark Horowitz on YouTube
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas Stanley
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
The Story of Painting by Janson - we purchased this version used but there are other versions that are a better price than listed here.
The Age of Chivalry by Thomas Bulfinch
The God Who Is There by Francis A. Schaeffer
Watch Compost Tea and Extracts - RAFI on YouTube
Complete readings and assignments from FFA teacher related to Vet Science
Watch various videos assigned from the FFA teacher related to Vet Science
Watch Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego? DVD
Listen to The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat
Bright Valley of Love by Edna Hong
Heroes of the Bible Devotional by Joshua Cooley
Adventures with a Microscope by Richard Headstrom
Watch microscopic slide videos on YouTube
The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
The Rodale Book of Composting by Jerry Minnich
First Studies of Plant Life by George Francis Atkinson
The Wonder Book of Chemistry by Jean Henri Fabre
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
The Tripods Collection by John Christopher
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
English Literature for Boys and Girls by HE Marshall
The Boy Scientist by John Lewellen
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Story-Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre
Read various current event articles
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard J. Maybury
Our Island Story by HE Marshall
The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog by James W. Sire
Stories from the History of Rome by Mrs Beesly
*Abigail Adams by Natalie Bober
*John Adams by David McCullough
Read Historical Document: Declaration of Independence
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Four Great Americans by James Baldwin
Great Astronomers by Robert S. Ball
A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart
The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Listen to The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald on Audible
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
Isaac Bickerstaff by Sir Richard Steele
One Race One Blood by Ken Ham and A. Charles Ware
Watch Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of the Left and Right - National Constitution Center on YouTube
A Child's History of the World by VM Hillyer
Watch Liberty Kids DVDs
Listen I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni on Audible
Watch How to crochet a frog - Toristory Creations on YouTube
Watch How Amish Clean Their Homes Without Store-Bought Products - Frugal Solutions on YouTube
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton
How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? by Jacqueline Morley
Poor Richard by James Daugherty
God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew with John & Elizabeth Andrew
The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
*Five Little Peppers and How they Grew by Margaret Sidney (we have an older copy but this one is comparable)
Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Watch The Devil and Karl Marx - Dr. Paul Kengor - Jordan B Peterson on YouTube
Listen and study various hymns and folk songs
Listen to various works of Mozart CD
Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull
Read various poems by Emily Dickenson
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
Read various poems by Sara Teasdale
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Marco Polo by George Makepiece Towle
Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel
1,000 Years Ago on Planet Earth by Sneed B. Collard III
The Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp
This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall
Answering the Cry for Freedom by Gretchen Woelfle
Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Read Historical Document: Burke's Plea for Conciliation with American Colonies, 1775
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
The Book of Virtues by William Bennett
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
Pond and Stream by Arthur Ransome
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Warlord's Fish by Virginia Pilegard
The Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill
Sailors and Seababies: The Fairy Tales of Charles Kingsley by Anne E. White
Watch Alpine Rivers: The Cradle of Life - Free Documentary-Nature on YouTube
*Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A Price
No Fear Shakespeare - Othello by SparkNotes
The Plutarch Project Volume One by Anne E White
Here's a list of the games that we played during the month of January:
Phase 10
Here's a list of more "formal" curriculum products that we have used during the month of January:
Artist study of Jean-Honore Fragonard with A Humble Place
Correct and rewrite misspelled words for spelling practice
Update a personal quote book
Update historical timelines
Asgard to Athens by Anne E. White
The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel Bluedorn
A Walk through the Heavens by Milton Heifetz
Exploring Creation with Physical Science by Jay Wile
The Art of Problem Solving, Introduction to Algebra by Richard Rusczyk
Life of Fred - Beginning Algebra Expanded Edition by Stanley Schmidt
Life of Fred - Goldfish by Stanley Schmidt
Fix It Grammar
Life of Fred - Cats by Stanley Schmidt
A Bluestocking Guide: Justice by Kathryn Daniels
Getting Started with Latin by William Linney
Mind Benders by The Critical Thinking Co.
Completing entries in a Nature Journal
Apologia - Anatomy and Physiology
Signs and Seasons: Understanding the Elements of Classical Astronomy by Jay Ryan
Here are some online classes/resources that we have used:
Stockman Grass Farmer - The Grazer's Business School Course
Turning Point Bahnsen Economics Course
All In One Homeschool Online Spanish Course
Hillsdale Online Courses - Constitution 101
All In One High School - Biblical Hebrew I Course
*Items marked with an asterisk are my personal favorites and highly recommended.
Here are a few field trips/activities that we have participated in during the month of January:
- M. and G. attended 4H Embroidery Club meetings where they created pieces to submit to the fair this summer.
- M and G. attended Livestock Judging classes.
- We attended the play The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Ark. It was a great performance!
- We participated in a local Bible study group.
- The kids participated in our church's youth group.
- E. worked on his FFA vermiculture project.
- P. worked on his FFA woodworking project.
- M. worked on her FFA photography project.
- P. and E. prepared speeches for their FFA regional competition.
- They attended their FFA meeting and vet science classes.
- We attended the FFA site visit at the Shelby Veterinary Clinic. The kids were able to observe a surgery.
- The Hubby, P. and E. attended Krav Maga self-defense classes.
- M. and G. practiced crocheting.
- E. worked with hubby to fix the brakes on the 4-wheeler.
- They enjoyed sledding in the snow.
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- M. attended Bluegrass United Middle School soccer practice. They are excited to start their season this spring.
- P. and E. are volunteering to help with the children's ministry at church.
- They prepared meals from scratch including ham steaks, butternut squash pasta, pork chops, Denvir ribs, egg bake casserole and deviled eggs.
Our lives are not what is considered normal, but we are loving it this way!
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