This Educational Resource is on my top 5 list because it outlines very clearly how to educate a children at different ages. I don’t agree with everything in this book, but here is a list of books I use because they were recommended by the authors:
- Saxon Math
- Writing Strands
- Abeka Grammar
- English for the Thoughtful Child
- The Story of the World (History)
- Spelling Workout Series
- Mudpies to Magnets Science books
- Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Here are educational methods and subjects that I teach because I like this book:
- copy work
- dictation
- narration
- outlining
- timelines
- memory work
- compositions
- language study in the elementary school years (They recommend Latin. We’re going for German and Spanish)
- history notebooks full of drawings, writing, timelines, and maps
- language notebooks full of rules, spelling lists, exercises, memory work and compositions
- classic literature
- logic (I’ll start this in the 2009-2010 school year… I promise!)
This book gives me a framework and specific texts to work with. From there, I adapt the curriculum to meet our needs, beliefs, and schedules. This is my How-To Guide. Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the book that really shapes my educational philosophy.