We have been homeschooling for many years and I sometimes forget that what we do isn't the same for others. So, I decided to try adding a monthly homeschool recap to this blog 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 November:
The Holy Bible
Color Yourself Smart - Masterpieces of Art
*Kirby McCook and the Jesus Chronicles by Stephen Arterburn
The American Boy's Handy Book by Daniel Beard
*How Not to Suck at Life by C. Boyack
Tuttle Twins Podcast
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Tuttle Twins Show on YouTube
Where On Earth is Carmen San Diego DVD
I Spy in the Texas Sky by Deborah Thomas
Long's Home Geography by CC Long
Facing the Facts by Stan Jones
The Ultimate Guy's Body Book by Walt Larimore
Nasty Pirates You Wouldn't Want to Meet by Fiona MacDonald
Rush Revere and the First Patriots by Rush Limbaugh
*Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Lion's Roar by ML Stainer
Learn Our History DVDs
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
*Our Island Story by HE Marshall
Poor Richard by James Daugherty
*Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
*By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
No Fear Shakespeare - Henry V by John Crowther
Age of Fable by T. Bullfinch
*Mother West Wind books by Thornton Burgess
Curly and the Wild Boar by Fred Gipson
*Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
*Listen to Beethoven CD
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
*Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
*All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
*Paddle to the Sea by Holling C Holling
*Madame How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
The Storybook of Science by Jean Henri Fabre
*Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Bushcraft 101 by Dave Canterbury
*The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs by Tristan Gooley
Selection of Tennyson poems
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Poetry for Young People - Carl Sandburg
Here's a list of more "formal" curriculum products that we have used during the month of November:
Beautiful Feet Books - Around the World with Picture Books
Song School Latin
*Right Start Math
*Math Detective
*Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
*Exploring Creation with Zoology 3
Here are some online classes that we have used:
Webucator.com - Intro to MS Word
Webucator.com - MS PowerPoint
Typing.com
Here are a few games/activities that we have enjoyed:
Risk
*Items marked with an asterisk are my personal favorites and highly recommended.
Here are a few field trips/activities that we have participated in:
We continued with our co-op. The boys participate in Apologetics, IEW writing and Anatomy classes. The girls participate in Bible, PE, Writing and Science classes.
Our son continued to improve his skills with the sawmill.
The girls continued horse riding lessons with Shirley at Riding With Rhythm.
Our daughter received a tea set and hosted multiple parties.
The kids took turns learning how to change diapers.
The girls worked to improve their cooking skills.
Our daughter got her ears pierced for her birthday.
Our oldest spent an evening with his grandmother at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Baby Updates:
She rolled over for the first time!
She played board games.
She learned how to play video games with her big brother.
We are excited to see what the month of December will bring for our learners!
In case you are interested, here are some links to the places/items mentioned above:
Leesburg Christian Church - Co-op
The Tuttle Twins Podcast - The Tuttle Twins
Season 1 | Tuttle Twins | 4k Episodes - YouTube
Online and Onsite Instructor-led Training Classes | Webucator
History for Kids! | Learn Our History - Kids Books & Videos
RightStart™ Mathematics by Activities for Learning, Inc. - (rightstartmath.com)
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