Showing posts with label 5 Days of Curriculum Choices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Days of Curriculum Choices. Show all posts

Friday 9 August 2013

Day 5 - Fine Arts

Welcome to Day 4 of the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is Fine Arts.
I first discovered fine arts when I started reading Karen Andreola's book: A Charlotte Mason Companion.  I was greatly intrigued with the concept of listening to great composers and studying the masters in art.

What is Fine Art

Definition of FINE ART
  1. art (as painting, sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects —usually used in plural b : objects of fine art 
  2. an activity requiring a fine skill
Resources
Blogs
Curriculum
Homegrown Learners
Confessions of a Homeschooler


Homeschool in the Woods
Classical Composers Monthly

Pinterest
This area of homeschooling is relatively new to me and I'm really keen to know of any other curriculum and or bloggers you recommend.

Blessings
Chareen

 So Far in the series

  1. Geography 
  2. History
  3. Science
  4. Math 
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Thursday 8 August 2013

Day 4 - Math Curriculum

Welcome to Day 4 of the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is Math.
One of the defining moments of understanding teaching math came after I read the article History and Research on the Teaching of MathI highly recommend you read this article before you make a decision on your math curriculum.

Scope and Sequence
When looking at changing math programs remember to take  scope and sequence into account.
  • Scope refers to the content.  In other words these are the topics covered(A to Z)
  • Sequence is the order in which the scope is taught (IE the order in which things are covered within the program)
It is important to know this about your math product or you might end up redoing math your child is already familiar with or you might end up skipping a whole lot of important content that your child needs in order to succeed at math.

Resources
Teaching Textbooks. 
I ♥ this curriculum.  Easy to use and home school friendly.
TouchMath
I used this earlier this year and am very impressed with this hands on approach to teaching math.
Saxon Math
Singapore Math
Horizons Math
Miquon Math
Math U See
More Companies to look at
Pinterest
What are you using to teach Math ?  I'm looking for a few more links for my page
Blessings
Chareen 
** List updated 9 August

So Far in the series
  1. Geography 
  2. History
  3. Science
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Wednesday 7 August 2013

Day 3 - Science Curriculum

Welcome to Day 3 of the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is Science.
Over the years of my home school journey I have come to appreciate the value of hands on science learning and as a result I am purposing to do more experiential learning with Sir N.

We've done things like go on a 7 000 km trip to see a total Solar Eclipse, got up at 4am to see a total lunar eclipse and taken an early morning drive to go see an annular eclipse, spent hours at the science museum exploring and handing him broken appliances to dismantle.  Day trips to museums are amazing sources of scientific experience.

I recently shared some thoughts on  Science in the highschool years here on the blog and while writing this I discovered that there are some amazing science resources available.  

Resources
Here are some Science Resources to explore
On Pinterest

 In Your Kitchen
 A Living Book Approach
Sonlight

Noeo
From a Christian Perspective
Apologia
Creation Ministries

Answers In Genesis
 Charlotte Mason Inspired 
A few others
FREE on the internet


For Fun
 Krissy from over at Venspired created this fun science graphic.   Take a look and tell me what sort of science you are doing at the moment ?


And what curriculum if any are you using that I could I add to this list ?

Blessings
Chareen
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Tuesday 6 August 2013

Day 2 - History Curriculum

Good Evening to my fellow Australian friends and good morning to my round the world friends welcome to the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is History.
My personal passion is teaching/learning history chronologically. My reason for this is that dates help us to anchor our learning. I loved the stories of history from school and loved even more seeing the cause and effect of history but hated memorizing dates. My love affair with history grew when I started home educating.

Resources
On Pinterest

A Living Book approach

Sonlight has compiled  years of Chronological history with living books and readers
  • Sonlight B {Explore the story of the world from Creation through the fall of Rome.}
  • Sonlight C {Journey from the fall of Rome through modern world history!}
  • Sonlight G {Witness the rise and fall of ancient empires.}
  • Sonlight H {Explore the ever-changing world of the past 500 years}
  • Sonlight W {Journey through the highlights of World History}
Simply Charlotte Mason
Trivium Education
Well Trained Mind
Mystery of History by Linda Lacour Hobar
  • Volume I – Creation to the Resurrection
  • Volume II – The Early Church and the Middle Ages
  • Volume III – The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations
  • Volume IV - Wars of Independence to Modern Times 
Tapestry of Grace by Lampstand Press

 Classical Conversations

From a Christian Perspective
Sonlight has compiled  years of Chronological history with living books and readers
  • Sonlight B {Explore the story of the world from Creation through the fall of Rome.}
  • Sonlight C {Journey from the fall of Rome through modern world history!}
  • Sonlight G {Witness the rise and fall of ancient empires.}
  • Sonlight H {Explore the ever-changing world of the past 500 years}
  • Sonlight W {Journey through the highlights of World History}
History Alive

Diana Waring has published history from a biblical perspective
The Mystery of History 

Written by Linda Lacour Hobar
  • Volume I – Creation to the Resurrection
  • Volume II – The Early Church and the Middle Ages
  • Volume III – The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations
  • Volume IV - Wars of Independence to Modern Times 
Unit Studies
Truth Quest History
Speaking God's Truth . . . embedded in the flow of history! This has multi levels to choose from and you can choose from a 1 - 8 year plan.

Homeschool in the Woods
Konos
 Primary/Elementary
High School


  • History of the World Year I: Ancient World (hard copy)
  • History of the World Year II: Medieval World (hard copy)
  • History of the World Year III: Renaissance and Reformation (download)
  • History of the World Year IV: American History (download)

Time Lines
FREE on the internet

"In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction,
drawing the materials of future wisdom 
from the past errors and infirmities of mankind."
Edmund Burke

What are you favourite resources for history ?

Tomorrow I will share with you some of my favourite Science / Biology resources.
Blessings
Chareen
Day 1 Geography

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Monday 5 August 2013

Day 1 - Geography Curriculum

Good Evening to my fellow Australian friends and good morning to my round the world friends welcome to the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is Geography

Over the years I have found that this is one area that is mournfully neglected in the home school community.   There are a few ways of teaching this interesting subject after all everything that has ever happened in history happened somewhere in our amazing world!

Incidental Geography 
One way is to do incidental geography. This is done a couple of ways.  One is to have a world map on which you mark the countries you learn about in history or your current read aloud. Sonlight uses this method. Another is to pick a continent and do it the traditional school way which is to start memorising the countries and their capitals. It's all simply a matter of drill work.

Books
There are some really great books to work through here are some I've used

The Geography Puzzle is a fun thing to build and learn the countries and capitals of the world.

Pinterest is one of my favourite Geography resources
Mapping 
  •  Megamaps.  I love this website.  You choose the size (as small as one page or as large as 7 feet accross) and then print on A4 sheets of paper to create the map of your choice.  Best of all it's FREE!
  • Wondermaps from Bright Ideas Press.  Love this.  You add Geography skills to any lesson.  You can chose from historical to modern day maps.
  • Uncle Josh's Outline Map Collection has over 260 printable Maps.
 Curriculum


Expedition Earth

Sir N and I are currently working through Expedition Earth: A Journey through God's World. This curriculum was written by Erica from over at Confessions of a Homeschooler. We have been working our way slowly through this download watching YouTube clips, cooking and extra Notebooking pages. Sir N is enjoying it so much that he calls it our Travel School.


Trail Guide to World Geography


Trail Guide to World Geography  This particular package is my all time favourite.  You can purchase this as a book or an eBook download.  This little big book is chock full.
If you do this book with your children they will have covered geography from A-Z in three years.  You do each section once.  Once in primary school, once in middle school and once in high school. Each time your student does a year they go deeper learn more and practise more.
Each level is a complete 36 week school year course.  The teachers manual comes with everything you need to successfully and comprehensively teach geography without any prior knowledge of the subject.  There are also student work books available for each grade level.

On the www
Milk and Cookies has the most comprehensive collection of Homeschool Geography resources I have seen on the web.

Homeschool giveaways has an excellent resource list of printables too


FREE on the internet


What are some of your favourite resources ?

Tomorrow I will share with you some of my favourite History resources.
Blessings
Chareen

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Wednesday 31 July 2013

5 Days 90 Bloggers = 450 Articles

Summer Blog Hop
 Starting next Monday

5 August at 6AM  USA EST (for my Aussie friends that will be 8 pm Australian EST).

The Schoolhouse Review Crew will be bringing you a 5 day blog hop covering all things Home school.
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