The Mission Great Commission curriculum series is a family-style schooling approach built upon a missions-focused, biblical Christian worldview. The program incorporates scriptural truths while teaching world cultures, history, geography, science, art, hymns, and orchestra/composers. While the program has been developed for families that have at least one student in grades 2-8, students older and younger […]
Hide the Word Scripture Memory Work System
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 (NIV) Scripture Memory Work Of all that we memorize in our family, scripture is the most important. And although we memorize scripture in our home, we often fall short in this area. After all, it’s easy to focus […]
Story-Driven Economics Curriculum: Economics for Everybody
“I just love this curriculum.” – David, Age 17 When embarking on a study of high school economics, this was not a statement I expected to hear from my teenage son. I did not expect our 17-year-old to become an economics enthusiast. In fact, I have not seen him this excited about a course of study […]
Great Empires Overview: Hands-On History Study
Over the years, our family has often enjoyed digging into history using an activity-based unit study approach. Our boys have remembered so much more history when we reinforce those lessons with crafty, hands-on messes history projects. Because we didn’t complete these while we were reading through The Story of the World (as I had originally […]
Spring Semester Read Alouds, Plans, & Schedules
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12, NIV I tend to approach this time of year with caution. While part of numbering our days aright is planning well, part of numbering our days aright is letting go of those plans when God has something else in […]
Books we read and what we thought
As I looked back over our list of books for this year, I could hardly believe it. Our family shared over 48 books together as read-alouds this year! (This doesn’t count the personal independent reading of each of our children.) How on earth did we manage close to fifty books together?!? Well, I attribute it […]
Mid-Year Curriculum Option: Mission Faith Forgers
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 […]
Christmas Wrap: 2022 in Review
With Christmas upon us — it’s coming up fast! — And preparing for the chill of a cold arctic blast, Staying indoors with not much left to do, We’ll recount the blessings of 2022. The year started off with sledding in snowdrifts And a trip to the Frist to see medieval long-ago-scripts. Then we jammed […]
On Memorization: Using Art for Remembering
“How did you remember that?!?” I can’t tell you how many times our children have surprised us by spouting off some seemingly random fact or idea. It’s perplexing to consider that we spent so many years focusing on memorization of facts through songs, chants, and hand motions, only to find that over a period of […]