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Learning and growing together
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items As a homeschool mom of four, I have tried several different curriculums and books. This list shows what has impacted our life, helped shape our world view, and given us a challenge and desire to learn more. I would highly recommend anything in this l...
This is my “go-to” poetry book when I have read to the kids. We enjoy the beautiful water color paintings that go along with the poems!
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
I cannot rave enough about this book! I am HUGE on gathering as many living history books that we possibly can, and this is the place that has tons of great living books for each specific time period that we are studying. It also has short lessons yo...
TruthQuest History Guide: Middle Ages
If your kids are sick of reading boring textbooks for their middle age history, this one will awaken a deep curiosity into this time period and will then encourage them to desire to find out more information. H.E. Marshall is top on our author list!
Our Island Story: Illustrated Children's History
We have read this for our morning Bible time for going on now for 8-9 years. This is a wonderful bible story book, that gives much detail but also isn't hard for the younger ones to grasp.
The Child's Story Bible
Our kids have loved looking through the pictures of this book over the years (which are very thick and sturdy!), and have learned some neat facts that we probably would not have learned without this book!
Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book
When my daughters were young, I purchased this book for summer practice to instill those multiplcation facts so they won't forget over the break. This book had such fun games for the facts They were easy to prepare for, and changed up the games often...
Multiplication Facts That Stick: Master in 10 Weeks
This is simple and straight-forward book that has been a beautiful help to me when I would struggle knowing how to implement Charlotte Mason's techniques on various subjects. You can quickly find what you need some insight on, find the topic in the t...
A Charlotte Mason Companion: Reflections on Learning
We have used the Good and Beautiful for language for years now, and all of my kids have done great with it. Every lesson is, literally, so beautiful! Also, there is ZERO prep for me to do before the lesson! HUGE plus for me! They also offer the optio...
The Good and the Beautiful
These are very basic, but such intentional practice! This is something that doesn't take our childern long to do, but the repetition forces facts to be mastered. Completely stand behind this!
Daily Grams - Rainbow Resource
This is another great way to learn about medieval times! The chapters are written in such a fun and silly way, and yet also very educational! Great addition to your study of this time period!
Kings and Things
This is perfect for elementary level kids for a simple science/nature study lesson. Pages are beautiful and each page has engaging information….again, not super textbooky!
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature
Another great addition to nature study! Much thicker than I thought it was going to be, so it has tons of information matched with fun pictures to look through!
Nature Anatomy: Curious Parts & Pieces
Over the years, I have loved reading about different countries listed in this book! It serves as a great reminder not only to myself, but to our children, that the majoirty of people in the world live in conditions that we really can't imagine. This ...
Window on the World: When We Pray God Works