Curriculum choosing and buying can be a very daunting task. So many subjects to cover, so many curriculum to browse though, and so many companies to consider. Today I would like to share with you a product and a company that I have come to hold in high regards. When it comes to teaching writing to the boys I was not sure which way to go, as I would not exactly consider myself a great writer. Then came along Writing and Rhetoric from Classical Academic Press. I heard about it when the second book in a series of twelve just released, and I was immediately intrigued. You see I homeschool classically, and writing is an integral part of it. Classical Academic Press puts out products geared towards classical homeschooling, so there you had the first common ground. I was searching for something that would teach them what writing was, and guide them through the process incrementally, without bombarding them with pages and pages of writing right from the start. I found what...
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I love the mini house! Cute! I am going to try that with my kiddos!
Christine
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Christine
The book we got the idea from (The Kids' Book of Incredibly FUn Crafts): suggested corks, cardboards, shoulder pads for pillows, empty film containers, lids for tops of tables, small yogurt containers, matchboxes.
We used a small playdoh container for the sink. We have not really finished it precisely because, we had trouble finding things. I think our box was not big enough...
I am glad to know I am not the only one with a house like that.