Homeschooling for His Glory

Here we are at day 3 of the 5 days of  ... blog hop. I have been having a blast reading my other crewmates' blog posts on topics such as Traveling with Kids, Artistic Expression, Social Media, Classical Education and lots more. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my different curriculum evaluations. Today we will be tackling Tapestry of Grace . I heard about tapestry of Grace a couple of years ago. Considering myself more of a classical homeschooler, I was very attracted to Tapestry. Why? because Tapestry's philosophy of learning is classical. It follows the Trivium's stages of grammar, dialectic and rhetoric. On top of that it also follows the classical 4 year cycle through History. We are now in our second year and will definitely continue on with this program up to grade 12. Tapestry of Grace is more of a unit study kind of curriculum but it is literature, living books and Great Books based as well. The core of the program rests on the reading of good l...

We finished Unit 1 of Tapestry of Grace on the Middle Ages era and here is the list of the resources we added to our study: Atlas: The Kingfisher Atlas of the Medieval World World Historical Atlases: The medieval World by Rebecca Stefoff Series: Medieval World Series by Crabtree Pubishing Medieval World by Smart Apple Media Weapons of War series Uncovering History: Everyday Life in . . . I Belong to the . . . Faith You Wouldn't want to Be ... Armies of the Past The Usborne Illustrated World History: The Viking World Life and Time The Viking Library At a Glance Ancient Civilizations That's Their Stories Ancient and Medieval People The Age of Castles DK  Discoveries (Castles at War; Crusades) Books: Charlemagne from Biography from Ancient Civilizations Series Medieval England by Cathryn Hinds from Cultures of the Past Series Barbarians! by Steven Kroll Back to Basics: The Vikings Sightseers: Essential Travel Guide to the Past How to be a Medieval Knight by Fiona Macdonald Nav...