Month: February 2021

Posted on

Curriculum Notes 1.

If I had to home school an 8th grader from public school and need a curriculum here is the list of curriculum I would use:

English/ Language Arts

180 Daily Teaching Lessons Grade 8

Memoria press 8th grade literature guide set with novels

IEW Structure and Style for students: Year 1 level B Basic. DVD with printed materials

Math

Saxon Math 8/7

or

Math U See (Zeta level or the place level of the child)

Social Science / History

Notgrass From Adam to Us

Intregrated Science

Science in the Atomic Age Set by Dr. Jay Wile

or

Novare Physical Science or (Novare Earth Science)

Extras

Write at Home- for extra writing practice

Middlebury Interactive Language courses – if your child is interested in learning Chinese, French, German, Spanish.

Posted on

General Notes 2.

I love learning. Is it useful? Am I good at it? I don’t know but I love doing it. There is not enough time in this life to learn all the things I would love to learn. There is especially, not enough time to teach my children all the things I would love them to know.

I heard it said, “Learn to do something with your mind and your hands.” I believe that statement.

Homeschooling and self education journey that my family has been on is a collection of both the mind and the hand. It is a great pleasure watching as “the people” learn a programming language; knit a sweater for the winter months; learning a language to communicate with someone who does not speak English or cooking a fantastic meal from scratch. There are many things to education besides the limited version we are taught.

One of my goals is that we are a family of lifetime learners and we will share the things that we have learned with others.

Posted on

List of Books for Black History Month

In case anyone is interested in a list of book for Black History month, here is one of many. If there is something a person does not like, “eat the meat, spit out the bones.”

The Life of Josiah Henson Formerly – A Slave The Autobiography of the Former Slave Who Became Stowe’s Uncle Tom.

The Emancipation of Robert Sadler The Powerful True Story of A Twentieth- Century Plantation Slave – Robert Sadler with Marie Chapian

Up for Slavery – Booker T. Washington

Uncle Sam’s Plantation – Star Parker

Nobody Knows – Craig von Buseck

Barracoon The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” – Zora Neale Hurston

Driving While Black – Gretchen Sorin

Black Titan – Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines

Black Fortunes – Shomari Wills

Disintegration – Eugene Robinson

The Wealth Choice Success Secrets of Black Millionaires – Dennis Kimbro

Aristocrats of Color The Black Elite 1880-1920

The Color Complex The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium – Kathy Russell-Cole, Midge Wilson, Ronald E. Hall

Having Our Say – Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth

Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White – David Barton

Maggie’s American Dream – James P Comer, M.D.

The Power of Broke – Daymond John

Blackout – Candace Owens

The Privileged Poor – Anthony Abraham Jack

Wealth, Poverty and Politics – Thomas Sowell

It All Starts at Home – Larry C. Harris

Biased Uncovering the Hidden prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do – Jennifer L Eberhardt, PhD