Apologia publishes a full-range of science texts for the Christian homeschool. They began with high school science texts which have been very popular with homeschoolers for many years. More recently, Apologia began publishing elementary texts. Currently, the Apologia Elementary science series includes five titles: Astronomy, Botany, Flying Creatures, Swimming Creatures, and Land Creatures. These texts…
Critical Thinking – Mathematical Reasoning Level B
Last fall, I reviewed a copy of Building Thinking Skills Level 2 that I used with my older children. I was very excited when I also received Mathematical Reasoning Level B to try with my 1st grade son. This 264 page mathematics text for 1st grade … Bridges the gap between computation and mathematical reasoning…
Critical Thinking – Mathematical Reasoning Level B
Last fall, I reviewed a copy of Building Thinking Skills Level 2 that I used with my older children. I was very excited when I also received Mathematical Reasoning Level B to try with my 1st grade son. This 264 page mathematics text for 1st grade … Bridges the gap between computation and mathematical reasoning…
Daily Schedules
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it. I remember first seeing that quote in high school. It really struck me and helped me to understand the importance of setting goals. But what good are goals without some sort of plan to accomplish those goals? Dare I say the dreaded word? schedules It’s amazing…
A Morning in the Life
So what is a typical morning like at my house? (Or is there a typical morning?) This morning: 5:15 – Got up and dressed, noticed the dishwasher didn’t look clean so wrote a note to husband 5:30 – Left for the Y 5:45-6:30 – Worked out, then drove home 6:45 – Quick e-mail check, said…
Organizing Homeschool Supplies
Have you every looked at pictures of other people’s perfectly organized school rooms and had to wipe the drool off your keyboard? There are some people who have amazing school rooms with custom designed desks for each student, wall-to-wall book shelves, special computer areas, and you name it, someone has probably built it. I’ve even…
Math Mammoth
I loved math as a child. I especially enjoyed all the higher maths including Calculus. I think that one of the reasons that I enjoyed math, was that I understood it. I remember thinking how odd some of my friends’ math study methods were. They spent a lot of time trying to memorize how to…
Math Mammoth
I loved math as a child. I especially enjoyed all the higher maths including Calculus. I think that one of the reasons that I enjoyed math, was that I understood it. I remember thinking how odd some of my friends’ math study methods were. They spent a lot of time trying to memorize how to…
Mystery Tracks
One of the on-going projects in Apologia Elementary Zoology 3 is to make a notebook of animal tracks. In addition, the lesson that we just finished has a project to try to collect animal tracks in your backyard using wet cement in a pan and food for bait. Hopefully, an animal will walk through the…
Five in a Row
Five in a Row (FIAR) is a unit study curriculum created by Jane Claire Lambert for students ages 4-8. The unit studies are based on children’s literature. Each day for five days, the same book is read aloud to the child. After reading the book, there are suggested activities to complete. Each day a different…