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Heritage History Living eBooks Curriculum Review

March 27, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 19 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different living books based curriculum. I started with Sonlight, shifted to Winter Promise, used Beautiful Feet, and now I’ve started falling in love with Heritage History. Although the basis was always living books, there is a definite thread in my choices. […]

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Beautiful Feet Ancient History Curriculum Review

January 25, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 15 Comments

Over the years, I have used three curriculum packages from Beautiful Feet (BF): History of the Horse, History of Classical Music, and now Ancient History Junior High. I like BF Ancient History for the same reasons I like BF in general. All three packages I’ve used have these same characteristics: a foundation of living books an emphasis […]

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Life of Fred Fractions — I Am a Fan

October 7, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 11 Comments

It’s confirmed. I like Life of Fred. Life of Fred (LOF) is a living math book. It’s actually got a narrative story with math woven in. There are practice problems in the book (and answers), but it’s nothing like a math textbook I’ve ever seen. We are using Life of Fred – Fractions, and my […]

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Teaching Textbooks Curriculum Review

October 5, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 23 Comments

We’ve been using Teaching Textbooks (TT) for well over a year now, so it’s time for a curriculum review. Background Sprite has completed TT 5 and is currently finishing up TT level 6. I have every intention of moving on to level 7 as soon as she has worked through level 6. In preschool and […]

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Smart Art Review

December 4, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 7 Comments

We have been using a fantastic art resource for the past few weeks — Smart Art: Learning to Classify and Critique Art. I bought it discounted from Prufrock Press since the topic sounded good and the price was right. I’ve been so pleased with the content, and it came at a perfect time in our art […]

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