Showing posts with label Charlotte Mason Method. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlotte Mason Method. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2018

A Day in the Life....Homeschool Edition(10, 8, 6, 4,& 2yo)

Our family follows an eclectic approach with mostly a Charlotte Mason based curriculum and feel. I use what works well for us and try to tailor learning to each of my kiddos as they are so amazingly different! We do many of our subjects together as a group with everyone listening in and then different children narrating back, starting with the youngest and then each one going a little deeper into understanding as their age allows.

We love learning together as it gives us all common topics to discuss and helps the kids act and play out what they learned that day. I regularly hear battles being reenacted, speeches being recited, and adventures being taken with multiple kids included and it does a momma's heart good to hear their love for learning being shared with siblings!

If you look back through previous years of my curriculum posts, you will notice that some favorites haven't changed but that in some areas we've really mixed things up. Beautiful Feet is still our favorite core curriculum and no matter which pack we've completed, we've enjoyed every moment of learning and  been sad to see it end. My kids still think Teaching Textbooks is a computer game and I'm happy to allow them to remain under that impression. ;) We still love Simply Charlotte Mason's Resources for nature and science and their method for memorizing Scripture is solid and lasting.

Some new things we have tried this year are Science Shepherd's CD based Introduction to Science and A Year of Playing Skillfully. Both have added another exciting level of learning to our days.

Science Shepherd clearly and concisely presents science from a biblical perspective beginning at Creation and gives a brief survey through many scientific topics. We have learned a lot  and everyone looks forward to this program, but we wish the sound was better on the disks and that the speaker was more engaging in his presentation.

A Year of Playing Skillfully has been everything The Homegrown Preschooler claimed it to be and MORE! I'm not a proponent of formal learning before age 6, but we LOVE to play in our home! While you can easily get overwhelmed by all the options each month, I use it as a idea springboard and pick 5-7 activities for the month. My Littles love the fun play and my Bigs always join in as well! The best part is that no one realizes they are learning but many important skills and concepts are being imparted as they all laugh and giggle together.

So without further delay, here are our 2017-2018 curriculum picks!

Group Learning:



Grant (age 10): 



Grayson(4) & Olivia(2)


What are you using in your learning this year? What have been your new favorites?
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Curriculum 2015-2016

Happy January!

This school year has been a blur and change has been the name of the game! We've bought a house to flip, lost a job, added two new jobs, had a baby, and are just about to move into our newly refurbished house! (That alone was enough learning for all of us!)

I went back and read my curriculum post from 2014-2015 and seriously, I could have copied and pasted most of it directly into this post. No matter what our family has planned for the year God always brings more excitement and adventure than we ever thought possible!

I know this post is horribly late, but again this year we are loving most of our curriculum picks, so I want to take time to document what we have been up to!


Group Learning:
Grant (age 8): 
Paige (age 4): 
We are STILL loving learning as a family and the Beautiful Feet core has worked great for everyone. This year we picked up in the 1800's and have moved into the Civil War period. We enjoy cuddling together every day on the couch as we read great classic books, adventure stories, and other great read alouds as we journey through early American history.

Most of the other items we are using in a group setting tie in with our history core. It has taken our learning to such a practical level that allows us to apply what we've learned in our every day lives!

We will be finishing up our Horizon's Math this year, but I believe we will be moving on to something new when our workbooks are full. We have enjoyed learning the basics with Horizon's but as we progress along, I'm beginning to see gaps and areas where we weren't clearly taught the why but only the how and with more advanced concepts coming up, we really need to review the why. If all goes as planned at least Grant will be using Teaching Textbooks next year and possibly Morgan as well.

While plans may change, we hope to continue using many of these resources next year and continue learning in such a relaxed and easy format. I hope to review more of what we are using this year and share some things we hope to adventure into in the future! 
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