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The rhetoric stage is essentially the high school stage. This level bumps up in difficulty quite a bit, as students are able to handle deeper and more difficult books. I expect my rhetoric students to be fully independent, except they do join us for Morning Basket. I keep all my kids running along the same …
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The logic stage in homeschooling lasts from about fifth or sixth grade through eighth grade, depending on the child. This is what we'd all typically call "middle school". The logic stage is a bump up in difficulty, and I expect my logic aged children to be pretty much independent. I do not read the scheduled …
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The grammar stage in homeschooling spans from about kindergarten or first grade through fourth or fifth grade, depending on the child. I include my young ones in our grammar schooling, as they usually want to keep up with their siblings and they enjoy the readings and such. Some things are specific to the actual place …
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I mentioned in my review of A Gentle Feast that we aren't going back to it this coming school year. I figured I'd share our full curriculum plans for this coming year, which include all three classical stages or all four Charlotte Mason forms, whichever way you want to look at it. We've got a …
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This school year, we're going back to me fully planning the year. My home education ideals fall somewhere between Classical and Charlotte Mason. We've fully done both, and find that a mix between the two works best for us. I rely heavily on real books, but we don't rely heavily on narration. I wanted to …
This year, I deviated from my usual homeschool planning. Being in school full-time and trying to homeschool 5 kids, I didn't have the time to put into planning my own curriculum out like I usually do. So, I turned to A Gentle Feast. I initally chose A Gentle Feast because it has four cycles, where …
I realized that I haven't shared my favorite homeschool resources lately. I have been finding some really awesome things for the kids that we have all really enjoyed. I've also found a few things I thought would be awesome that were complete duds. Firefly Nature School I happened to get a resource from Firefly Nature …
Since we are winding down with the school year, I figured it was time to update you on my thoughts on the curriculum we used this school year. Now, we technically school year round, so we aren't really done with the year, but we are winding down and I'm planning next year already. You can …
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I explained previously our plan for science this year. I'm making self exploration boxes. Each box has a topic. I rotate the topics out so the kids have new material to explore. How much they find out about any particular subject depends on their level of interest. They can read every book and do every activity …
