We rarely make major curriculum adjustments partway through the school year. This year, however, we made two huge changes that, so far, are going well. The Little Misses have changed science programs, and Mr. 16 has switched to Veritas Press’s Omnibus for most of his Bible, history, and literature. Elementary Science Changes The Little Misses […]
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Review: Katherine’s Farm, a DVD
Katherine, an energetic, enthusiastic young girl, has written a diary of a year on her family’s farm. She and her mother take turns reading the diary while we tour the farm through the seasons. We begin with the horse, Tim, who’s much nicer than a tractor because he starts even in the cold Manitoba winters. […]
Review: Science Roots by Nancy Paula Hasseler
When your teens begin to study biology, they are suddenly faced with an overwhelming amount of vocabulary to learn. Many modules in our teens’ biology course contain dozens of new words and that is what makes biology so difficult. In Science Roots: Latin and Greek Roots for Biology and Life Science, Nancy Hasseler has provided […]
Review: God and Stephen Hawking
In judo, one uses the opponent’s own strength to unbalance him. That’s what mathematician John Lennox does in God and Stephen Hawking, a compelling refutation of Stephen Hawking’s book The Grand Design. In layman’s terms, and using careful logic, Lennox exposes the flaws and foolishness in Hawking’s proposal that the laws of physics themselves brought […]
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 […]