Archive for the 'Curriculum Talk' Category
Europe on my mind
Yazan: Clint | 26 December 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Curriculum Talk, Recommended
I knew at the beginning of the year, since we’d be studying European history this year in History at Our House, that I’d want to get a good map of Europe to which they could refer. Well, I didn’t find a good map of Europe. I found a fantastic map of Europe. This one. Big [...]
Watch and learn
Yazan: Clint | 26 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Curriculum Talk
One of my biggest issues with the public education system—and even private school curricula, based on my limited experience—is the degree to which subjects are taught as compartmentalized groups of related facts. History and especially science suffer from this (to the degree that history is even taught as its own subject). With science the method [...]
So many curricula, so little time!
Yazan: admin | 04 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Curriculum Talk, Journey to Homeschooling
When I start looking at all the available curricula, I feel like a kid in a candy store! So many people have put so much thought into this, and there are so many wonderful options that cover whatever learning style your child has, and whatever teaching style you have. You want structure? You’ve got it! [...]
