As I settle into the first week of June, I am already excited about round 2 of homeschooling. We had such a great year using a mostly “classical” approach, that now we are ready to add-to and take-away and make it even greater.
I absolutely loved using ancient history as our guiding light throughout the past year. We started with Story of the World volume 1 and even though my daughters were in grades 4 and 5, it worked beautifully. Being an avid reader and writer myself, I enjoyed creating my own worksheets, reading comprehension pages, and tests for my girls. I have recently made some of these page available for download through the Teachers pay Teachers site! (Please email me if interested!)
We started with the dawn of civilization in the Fertile Crescent, and we didn’t rest until we had memorized the first 15 emperors of the Roman Empire…
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