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This book is written by a mom and former homeschooled daughter from the late ’70s.  They introduce the reader to theclassical education method, a greek influenced liberal arts education  which involves training children based on the “Trivium” (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric stage / age progression).  A complete curriculum, including implementation advice and book lists, is laid out from kindergarten [...]

Contains everything needed to create a winter theme journal.

Cover Page
Dec. 2008 / Jan. 2009 Calendar
3 Journal “Question” Pages
5 Lined Pages
Winter Word Search

Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold
Rules of Practice

Appeal to the experience of the child.  Choose such materials of knowledge as lie close to the child’s experiences in general.
Arrange the materials of instruction so that each step prepares for the next. Each topic should form a strong aid for the apperception of the following topic.
The [...]

I was sent a special learning software program to review for Homeschool Fever - and I must say I had a blast.  If you follow my personal blog over at Little Jack’s Corner, you already know I’m a bit kooky and a huge kid at heart, so is it any wonder that the bright colors, [...]

A Complete Latin Course for the First Year Comprising an Outline of Latin Grammar, and a Series of Progressive Exercises in Reading and Writing Latin, with Frequent Practice in Reading at Sight By Albert Harkness
This volume is intended to furnish the pupil a complete course for his first year in tha study of Latin.
It conducts [...]

The article below was found in Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold, written in 1911.  You can download this entire free book here.

Virtue

Possess the proper religious ideas.
Preserve the mind from notions of spirits goblins fearful apprehensions in the dark, etc.
Form the habit of exactly speaking the truth.
Develop good nature Injustice generally springs from [...]

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A manipulative is any physical object (eg blocks, toothpicks, coins) used to represent or model a idea in order to develop a mathematical concept. These rainbow math manipulatives from Homeschool Fever can be cut out, laminated, torn up, played with, destroyed, and printed out time and time again.
 Why waste money buying expensive rods [...]

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 In mathematics, a multiplication table is a mathematical table used to define a multiplication operation for an algebraic system. The decimal multiplication table was traditionally taught as an essential part of elementary arithmetic around the world, as it lays the foundation for arithmetic operations with our base-ten numbers. It is necessary to memorize [...]

This Thanksgiving day word search, with 6 fall themed words,
 is built with younger kids in mind.