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I downloaded Mission-Minded LIFE: Teaching With God's Heart for the World last fall, looked through it, was very impressed, and never used it. :-) I already had a pretty packed homeschool schedule, but I knew I would want to use this at some point. However, the book may not be available for free much longer, so I wanted to make sure I posted about it.

The curriculum is written by Ann Dunagan, a homeschooling mother of seven, author, and co-founder (with her husband, Jon) of Harvest Ministry. She blogs about being a mission-minded family at the Missions and Your Family section of the Harvest Ministry website.

Teaching With God's Heart for the World is a two-volume out-of-print book that "presents a 'whirlwind tour' of God's enduring passion for missions - all-the-way through world history and all-across-the-globe."

I cannot give this extensive curriculum full justice here. You could use this as a year-long, multi-level homeschool unit study; stick mainly with the devotionals; pick countries or sections to enhance history or geography studies; or focus specifically on the missions teachings. There are also a number of teaching tips that are valuable apart from a study of missions.

This 600-plus page book is broken up into several sections because of its size, which makes it a bit difficult to navigate. Printing out the tables of contents for each volume and marking them with the downloaded section numbers would be very helpful.

This curriculum may not be available as a free download for long, so I encourage you to take advantage of it. The download is available here. Day 1 of the Daily Lesson Plans in Volume 1 Part 3 is missing, so don't miss the link for that, which is in the description paragraph of the Volume 1 Part 3 download.

If you download this and decide to use it, I would love to hear how you are using it. I am still trying to figure that out. :-)

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~Andrea

Dana at Principled Discovery is offering a free gardening unit study (click link for info)! I was going to add this to my previous gardening post, but that one was already so long that I decided to write a separate entry.

This would be a great study if you're looking for a way to get in some extra outdoor time and still "do school." I'm always looking to spice things up once the weather starts getting nice again!

Enjoy!

~Andrea

Tapestry of Grace is offering another free mini-unit, this time for Year 2 Redesigned. It is a colonial America unit called "Sail to the New World." As with the Ancient Egypt unit, this 3-week trial offers not only the basic curriculum, but also the "extras" for all 3 weeks, including Map Aids, Writing Aids, Evaluations, Pop Quiz (for dad), and a Lapbook sample that is coming soon.

Go here to see how this 3-week sample fits into the rest of Year 2. The sample includes weeks 20, 21 and 22.

~Andrea

Please note that many Tapestry of Grace links on my blog go through my Share & $ave account with Tapestry of Grace. I get credit at the Tapestry Bookshelf for any purchases referred through my links. My Share & $ave code is TOG4jp6 (case sensitive). Anyone who has ordered $300 worth of products from Tapestry of Grace is eligible to sign up for their Share & $ave program, so be sure to remember that if you ever decide to purchase from them!

Tapestry of Grace is offering a free trial of the first 3 weeks of Year 1 Redesigned. This is their entire Ancient Egypt "mini-unit!:" Not only do you get to use everything included for the first 3 weeks of Year 1, but they have also included all of their supplementary materials for those 3 weeks!

I started using Tapestry of Grace last year with their Year 4 plan (The Twentieth Century). I had previously been using Ambleside Online, which I really liked, but I had a hard time implementing the program the way I wanted to. It was easy for me to leave things out and feel like I was "behind." Tapestry offered me the structure that I felt I was lacking with extensive teacher's notes and easy-to use overviews and student pages, along with discussion suggestions. As a bonus, my children really like Tapestry.

We are now using Year 1 Redesigned, and I am so happy that we stuck with this curriculum. It definitely costs more than Ambleside (which is free), but I am able to obtain most of the books I need from the library, and I don't regret the money I spend.

This free trial would be a great way to get a unit of Ancient Egypt in while trying a great curriculum at the same time. In my opinion, you really have to use the program to get a good feel for it. I had a friend who lent me her materials for a week, so I was able to use it before buying it. I am so glad that Tapestry is making this sample available. Enjoy!

~Andrea

Please note that many Tapestry of Grace links on my blog go through my Share & $ave account with Tapestry of Grace. I get credit at the Tapestry Bookshelf for any purchases referred through my links. My Share & $ave code is TOG4jp6 (case sensitive). Anyone who has ordered $300 worth of products from Tapestry of Grace is eligible to sign up for their Share & $ave program, so be sure to remember that if you ever decide to purchase from them!

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