lumpofclay
03-31-2005, 12:57 PM
I do like the "classical" homeschooling approach. I definitely want to teach history chronologically. I'm leaning more towards an unschooling approach as well. We're (DH & I) doing a lot of talking about how to integrate everything we think and feel about how our homeschool should work.
Right now, we're using the Greenleaf Press Guide to Old Testament History. We're in Numbers, so we're only about 1/4 of the way through the book. The girls do enjoy listening to the Bible and talking about what we've read. It feels dry to me, some days. I'd like some other things to bring into our "history" studies to really make them come alive for them (and me!). Any books or curriculum you'd recommend?
I've tried a "history/Bible" notebook. I let them draw pictures of what we talked about. However, this would take an hour just to do history! By the time we read the story/chapter, talked about it, and journaled, an hour had passed. Chandler works very slowly. (A side note: This is something that aggravates me, but I'm working on it. I am almost always quiet and let her work at her pace. I do get frustrated, though, and I'm sure that comes out. It's something I'm working on, but I would like to see her speed it up sometimes, especially when we have other things to do which require leaving the house and nothing else gets done.)
Right now, we're using the Greenleaf Press Guide to Old Testament History. We're in Numbers, so we're only about 1/4 of the way through the book. The girls do enjoy listening to the Bible and talking about what we've read. It feels dry to me, some days. I'd like some other things to bring into our "history" studies to really make them come alive for them (and me!). Any books or curriculum you'd recommend?
I've tried a "history/Bible" notebook. I let them draw pictures of what we talked about. However, this would take an hour just to do history! By the time we read the story/chapter, talked about it, and journaled, an hour had passed. Chandler works very slowly. (A side note: This is something that aggravates me, but I'm working on it. I am almost always quiet and let her work at her pace. I do get frustrated, though, and I'm sure that comes out. It's something I'm working on, but I would like to see her speed it up sometimes, especially when we have other things to do which require leaving the house and nothing else gets done.)