If you’re looking for mid-year curriculum options, our open-and-go Mission Faith Forgers curriculum can be started mid-year! In January, families can begin mid-way through our Mission Faith Forgers Guide (in Unit 4), which starts with a study of world history and modern missions from the late 1800s through modern day. While reading a living history […]
Curriculum Choices: Elementary through High School
It’s been a whirlwind of activity in our home this month! Our oldest son finished his first year of college, our youngest son finished up second grade, and our two middle sons have wrapped up their seventh and tenth grade years. It usually takes all summer for us to re-set and finalize curriculum selections, but […]
Mission: Faith Forgers Curriculum Plan
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have […]
History of the Holidays: Family Activities
“We reveal to ourselves and others what is important to us by the way we celebrate.” ― Noël Piper, Treasuring God in Our Traditions Although the idea of tradition can come under fire in this age in which we live, our family enjoys establishing traditions in our home because we enjoy making memories together. Our […]
The Making of a History Portfolio
As we’ve plowed through dozens of history curriculum options in search of an optimal scope and sequence for elementary through high school (which complements the Mission Great Commission program), I never even imagined that we would find something like this. (In fact, I never even considered having our high school students develop a history portfolio!) […]
Mission: Faith Forgers Homeschool Curriculum
A full year missions-based curriculum with an integrated study of church history, world history, world geography, and missions focusing on the history of Christianity from the early church to modern missions in Europe and Asia. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. […]
Discovering Wonders of the World
Y’all! I have to tell you about a project our family shared together this summer because it was just so completely fascinating! In previous years, we had memorized the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only to find out this year that there are other officially acclaimed Wonders of the Medieval World, Wonders of the […]
Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Resources
Welcome to our on-line resources for Cycle 1 of the Classical Conversations Foundations program. Here you will find our organized list of supplemental crafts, worksheets, videos, and other quality on-line resources corresponding with the weekly memory work. We offer these lists as a quick reference for those who wish to easily find such resources. This […]
Renaissance Great Artists Picture Study & Art Project Ideas
Great Artists Study – Renaissance & Post-Renaissance Here’s a round-up of fantastic resources we’ve found for studying six artists of the Renaissance and Post-Renaissance movement: Giotto, Ghiberti, Angelico, Durer, Michelangelo, and El Greco (for Classical Conversations, this is Fine Arts: Cycle 1, Weeks 13-18). We also recommend Discovering Great Artists by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim […]