Anne Elliott has offered several of her products for free on her personal website (Anne's School Place) for a number of years; and I have frequently seen both her Bible curriculum and her P.E. curriculum recommended. Recently, Anne finished three full levels of her Bible curriculum and began offering these for sale in both bound and e-book editions. Cost for the bound version is $24.95, and cost for the e-book version is $19.95. Sample pages are available on Anne's new website.
Homeschooling Bible can be purchased at three levels: Foundations 1, Foundations 2, and Foundations 3. Each level is a chronological study of the entire Bible. Each level of Homeschooling Bible is designed to be used with the entire family, and thus allows the entire family to be studying the same material at the same time. This is a big deal for those of us teaching multiple children!
Using Homeschooling BIble, your student read a new section of Scripture daily. Your student will also be memorizing one verse per week by working with it a different way daily. In Foundations 1, the first day you illustrate the verse with a drawing; the second day you write the verse out, etc. Each day your children will review the books of the Bible as you teach the list. Many days also include Bible drill (practicing finding passages of Scripture), links to coloring pages, and extra activities such as journaling or auxiliary reading. The prescribed daily lesson is presented on an easy-to-read grid-schedule for Monday through Friday, and is followed with instructions for exactly how to teach the week's material. The teacher's notes are the meat of the schedule, while the grid makes it simple to see at a glance what you need to cover.
I will preface these remarks by stating that I have just received my copy of Homeschooling Bible Foundations 1 in the past week; and have therefore not used it with my family. However, I have indeed spent time looking over the material. Homeschooling Bible is a thorough study of the Bible from start to finish each year; with many optional fun activities to help reinforce each lesson. Homeschooling Bible looks like a great study to use for your entire family!
The bottom line is; We try not to insist on parent-led learning or gravitate toward child-led learning. We try instead to focus on God-led learning and ask for His input and perspective on every aspect of our home school. That way, when others fuss about what Dan and I are doing and make me second guess our decisions -- I can go back to our decision process and find God's fingerprints, reminding me that this is His way.
