Sep. 20, 2008 - My Plug for (What I Consider) the Greatest Christian Unschooling "Curriculum"!
If you are Christian school-at-home family and yet you really would like to relax and have fun more with your children I have a great suggestion. I have been using the Bedell Curriculum for years now and it has fit my relaxed style better than anything else I have tried. Now before you go saying I have forgotten what unschooling is, please consider for a moment how we use it.
I pretty much let the kids immerse themselves in whatever they like for most of each day. I do have bedtimes (more for my sanity than anything) and Bible time is something we all do together at meal times. This is where Bedell comes in. At each meal we read a lesson and learn all these fun scientific and historical facts that are derived from the Bible text. I ask them to narrate or to tell me what they remember. That's it, but they really REMEMBER a lot. My youngest son (7) just came out of bed and expained that Calvin and Hobbes were talking about taste buds and he remembered how they worked from our bible lesson. Neat huh?
Bye the way, Calvin and Hobbes IS there major "curriculum" at the moment. All three of my boys have pretty much trashed four different books because they drag them absolutely everywhere with them.
Just one more thing about the Bedell books. We are personally reading through nearly all of them every year. Just by repetition they are gleaning so much more than if I did any kind of formal testing. Also, they cover Genesis to Revelation so the whole book is covered along with copious amounts of the science and history that stem from the verses.
We love it!
Comments
Oct. 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by ams
Hi. I was browsing Fl blogs and came across yours. We have moved a lot the past two years but nothing compared to what you have. We are now in Fl and I pray this is the final place for us. I have added you to my friend list and hope you do the same. Lord bless your homeschooling!
