Our family reads so many living history books! In some ways, you could say we are shaped by them…. Here are some of our favourite history authors for all ages: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Of course! Her books have probably changed the face of North America. As you probably know, there’s a recipe book, a song […]
High School
Review: Thriving at College by Alex Chediak
“I pray,” writes Alex Chediak in Thriving at College, “…that by God’s grace my life and this book will be used of God in some small way to help Christians thrive at college, maximize their God-given potential, embrace full-orbed adulthood, faithfully develop their talents, and take their places as salt and light in God’s […]
Almost Free Homeschooling with Ambleside Online
Every few years in our decade and a half of homeschooling, we’ve reevaluated how we homeschool. Now it’s happening again, and we’re leaning more heavily towards Charlotte Mason learning, partially because the best year we’ve ever had was totally based on the Ambleside Online curriculum. Unfortunately, it was too much for me at the time because […]
Review: Comprehensive Record Solution by Lee Binz
Occasionally I hear of well-qualified homeschool graduates not being accepted into universities because their records were not clear and convincing. And I hear of parents who quit homeschooling for fear of this, or who are too overwhelmed by it all to continue. These things don’t need to happen. You can keep on homeschooling, and your […]
Is this Course Grade 11, Grade 12, or AP?
A question came up while I was preparing my review of Apologia high school science: “Since the advanced Apologia courses are AP level, at what point has a student finished a ‘normal’ grade 12 course?” (AP stands for Advanced Placement level, representing courses that can be used by high school students to be credited for […]