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After 7 years of homeschooling with Sonlight, we’re moving on. There are a number of reasons, but perhaps our family has simply outgrown Sonlight. This year began with us deciding that we didn’t like the main book that Sonlight used for history, ‘The Story of the World’. (I mentioned this in my formal review of…
There are often things that I want to post about or recommend, but find that I don’t have time to get a full post together. So here are some of our current favorite resources, tools or blessings. ♥ Among the Pond People (and others in this series) – A delightful living science book with lovely,…
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Celee @ Miscellaneous Musings of a 5X Mom who won the $50 gift card to Sonlight. Our family just started our seventh year using Sonlight. I have posted about Sonlight before, how we use it to effectively educate children who are at many different levels and how Sonlight…
I posted about multi-level homeschooling with Sonlight and Celee at Miscellaneous Musings of a 5X Mom wondered, “Since this is my first year using Sonlight and I have little ones, too, I’d love a more specific break-down of your schedule. Do you do your read aloud time all at once or do you break it…
A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers Bright Ideas Press sent our family two products ”A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers” and ”The Mystery Of History, Volume 2: The Early Church and the Middle Ages” If you’ve read my review of “The Mystery of History” you will already be familiar with some of the components of…
The Mystery of History Bright Ideas Press sent our family two products ”A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers” (you may read my review of that here) and ”The Mystery Of History, Volume 2: The Early Church and the Middle Ages” Mystery of History is a multi-level history program for students from Kindergarten through grade 8. It…
I admit as soon as I opened the box I loved what I saw. The Amazing Bible Timeline includes 6,000 years of world history in a circular format. This timeline is big, 37 x 45″ with more than 1000 entries and is color coded by people groups, Shem and his descendants are yellow, Ham, blue…
I mentioned in one of my last question and answer posts that our family has successfully used Sonlight Curriculum as a basis for multi-level teaching in our home. Many of you were interested in a more detailed post about Sonlight pros and cons and using it with multi-levels. If you haven’t read my previous posts…
Have you read about this amazing woman who deserves to be honored? She has been called a female Oskar Schindler, but she saved twice as many people from the Nazi’s. Irena Sendler died last May at the age of 98. In 1942 she joined the Polish underground and began rescuing Jewish children. During her time…
This year and next we are studying the history of the Eastern Hemisphere. It has been one of our most fun and interesting studies in a history program that has been full of fun and interesting. We are currently working our way through China and I just had to tell you about a few of…
Hi, I'm Kimberly. I'm a homeschooling mom of 11 and here on Raising Olives I share about what I've learned; tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home and raising children for the glory of God.
