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If you’ve read any of my homeschool posts, you know we take time to reevaluate each year. So this year we have made a decision to homeschool without doing the hybrid way we had been doing.
Lincoln is going to be in 3rd grade and Julia is going to be in 2nd grade. London, our 2 year old will be just playing, puzzling, playdoughing and other fun things like that. Coby, well, he’s just along for the ride. 
We plan on starting our day with a morning basket that I will discuss in another post.
So without further ado, here are our curriculum choices:
Language Arts
- Bob Jones University English (Julia 2, Lincoln 3) BJU emphasizes traditional grammar, such as parts of speech, sentence structure, and mechanics, and provides practice with essential reference skills. As well as the writing process. **review
- **if we do spelling, we’ll use Spelling city (use words from reading curriculum)
- All About Reading 2 & 3(Julia) interactive hands on approach to reading and becoming a fluent reader for life
- Christian Light Education Reading Level 3 or 4(Lincoln)reading and comprehension
Math
Penmanship
Bible
- Verities Press (check out their free trial)
History
- Story of the World v.1 and Activity guide
- multiple resource books
Geography
- Expedition Earth
- multiple resource books
Science
- Apologia Botany
- Nature’s Workshop Science kit for apologia botany
- multiple resource books
Others & Extra-Curriculuar
- Several STEM activities, games, math games, etc from timberdoodle.
- Critical Thinking workbook julia, lincoln
- typing instructor
- various things for art and maybe some online art
- interest-based research (project)
- Youtube videos for digging further into subjects
- karate
- gymnastics
- piano
- co-op classes
- etc.
…And here’s a video recapping all of this:
If you’re homeschooling, what resources are you using, any of the same ones we are using?
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Written by Contributing Writer, Kelly @ Eyes On The Source
In a recent series at church, our pastor taught on the greatest gift we can bestow upon our children…”The Blessing.” He spoke on ways to work through things we may or may have not received from our parents and how to bless our own children. Simple really, but sometimes the words may not come as easily as they should. What our children really need to hear is that we LOVE them and that we are PROUD of them. No. matter. what. And even more importantly, they need to know the love of the one true God. They need to know about the relationship our God longs to have with each and every one of us. God’s Word can be misunderstood as a book of rules, but it’s real message is RELATIONSHIP.
“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”Dueteronomy 6:7
Teaching our children should be part of our everyday life, not just during church or family devotions. While family devotion time is an excellent idea, if we are not living what we are teaching, we will just push our children away from God instead of drawing them nearer. Teaching them as we walk in the way will keep it fresh and natural instead of forced and uncomfortable.
I love what our pastor said about this, “You know what’s so special about sitting, walking and lying down? NOTHING!!” Just being a godly example to our children can have the biggest impact on them!
Incorporate it into your daily life, make it fun, be the example of love and relationship.
This knowledge has caused us to relax more in our family devotion time. We have mixed it up more, by reading from the Bible one day, a picture book another day or watching JellyTelly Videos, etc. Just making it fun!!
These are some of our favorite books and resources that we have been using as we “walk by the way.”
(I’ll include links so you can easily find them, not affiliate links.)
1. “Leading Little Ones To God”
Teaches the basics of the Christian Faith in a very simple way, short daily devotions.
2. Max Lucado Children’s books and “The Tale of Three Trees.”
Beautiful stories that teach a godly lesson. Perfect for snuggling up on the couch with the kiddos!
3. “Wee Sing Bible Songs” and “Sing the Word” music.
I love to hear my boys singing sunday school songs and memorized scripture. The Sing the Word Cd’s make memorization fun and easy!
4. Children’s Story Bible. We use “Ergermiers” and the “Illustrated Family Bible.”
I like that the Illustrated Bible has realistic people in the pictures, instead of typical cartoonish pictures. I want my children to know that these are events that really happened, not just some warm fuzzy stories!
5. “What God Has Always Wanted” and “What Happens When I Talk to God”
Both of these answer our little ones questions of the heart.
6. “Inspired Evidence” and “Dinner Table Devotions”
For families with older children, I love these two books. “Inspired Evidence” provides daily devotions including scientific evidence for the Christian faith. And “Dinner Table Devotions” has conversation starters to discuss as your family gathers for a meal.
7. “My Creation Bible”
So many great resources from Answers in Genesis! This is one that my boys read over and over. It comes with a CD that sets the whole book to music. A simplified overview of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
8. “The Answers Books For Kids”
Also from Answers in Genesis! Four short volumes full of questions and answers on Christian faith/life. Easy to understand truths.
There are endless amounts of amazing resources to encourage our children towards a love of God’s Word and truths, what are some of your favorites??
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