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Supplementing Genesis With a Living Book

Jacquie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:24:33 +0000

If you haven’t already heard of Adam and His Kin: The Lost History of Their Lives and Times
by Ruth Beechick, you’ve got to read it! As a read-out-loud book, it has my 7 and 11 year olds (and me!) asking for more each time we pick it up.

Recommended by many homeschool curriculums as a companion to biblical history studies, this awesome, easy-to-read, living book vividly recreates the events of the bible from creation to Abram.

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Teaching the Ten Commandments Revised

Jacquie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:00:34 +0000

We started our co-op a few weeks ago and one of the things they taught the kids was the Ten Commandments. My son’s class used a very inexpensive, bilingual and effective curriculum that you can download instantly for only $4.99.

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American History Comes to Life at Williamsburg

Jacquie — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:50:22 +0000

Looking for a way to supplement your American history studies? Try physically or virtually visit Historic Williamsburg in Virginia. Williamsburg, officially charter in 1722 was the center of political events in Virginia leading to the American Revolution and as such does a wonderful job in recreating every detail of what life was like in colonial times.(...)
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