First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind

We are using First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, by Jessie Wise, for our English and Grammar curriculum. These are simple lessons that teach a lot in a few minutes. This book is for first and second grade study. I just cannot gush enough about how much I love The Well-Trained Mind method.

The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!

Basher's, The Periodic Table: Elements with Style! is great fun. I heard about it from a friend and bought it for Sterling for a Christmas present last year. This would be a great coffee table book! If I had a coffee table. We got rid of ours when Sterling was a baby because we were worried about corners and bumps. In  the book, each element has it's own avatar and has a blurp about the element.  along with facts like color, density, place on the periodic table, etc. It's fun and it's chemistry.

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

This book, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, is a giant resource book for the classical education home schooling approach. I LOVE it. It's support, it's smart, it has guidelines for curriculum, it has lists of recommended methods and books. It was written by a woman and her grown daughter (whom she home schooled) and both (I believe) are qualified educators. It talks methods first, amazing, and then it is broken into three sections: Grades 1-4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12. They also go over some things to do pre-grade 1. It's been a couple of months since I looked through it. Maybe I need to revisit that section because Carter is there:) Seriously, WOW, if you are thinking about home schooling, you like the classical approach and you want a find-it-all resource book this is it!

So the highlighted text is linked to the book's website if you want to find out more.