Last year we discovered that Mr. 18 needed grade 12 chemistry and grade 12 physics for all three of the university programs he was considering. We had used Apologia science all through high school and liked their Advanced Chemistry and Advanced Physics, but now we faced a problem. We wanted a grade 12 course in both of these […]
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Review: Temple Grandin
When Temple Grandin (played by Claire Danes) travels to her aunt’s ranch, it does not take us long to realize that she responds to the world in a unique way. Her aunt, however, is up to the challenge of having Temple on the ranch for a summer, and Temple grows to love the ranch cows, identify with […]
Miss 10’s Year Studying Fulbright’s Botany
Surrounded by our plant and tree guide books, Miss 10 sits at the table, half hidden by my 24th anniversary roses. She’s working on her final botany project: making her own guidebook of some of the trees and plants on our property. Then she will be finished an entire year of Exploring Creation with Botany […]
Review: The Way Things Work, Animated
For years we, like many homeschoolers, have enjoyed David Macaulay’s book The Way Things Work. Recently we discovered that portions of this book have been animated! The movies give you both the science and the big woolly mammoths of the book. Originally produced for the BBC, this set of 26 videos, each 13 minutes long, […]
Exploring Augustine College
Update: Similar content but with updated links is available in the 2018 post Looking for a Classical Christian One-Year College? … Yesterday Miss 15 and I were students for a day at Augustine College in Ottawa, Canada, a Christian college that reminds me of both classical and Charlotte Mason education. Our visit was inspiring as well […]