at home, on fire

Jun. 12, 2007

Fun ... for Cheaper!

Posted in Published works

This Cheaper by the Dozen Study Guide is 35 pages of the following fun:

Questions, such as “what does the word apportion mean?”

Using Dictionary skills

Using the Encyclopaedia for research

Using the internet to discover little known facts

Internet links

Ideas for studying different languages (in brief, of course!) like Italian, French and Greek

Geography questions

A touch of math

Lots of creative writing ideas

Questions for discussion as a family

And, mostly, a way of approaching the novel from a Christian point of view (introduction to a Christian World View)

Cheaper by the Dozen deals with prejudice, coming-of-age, family size and topics that a Christian might otherwise choose not to deal with in their school. I decided to have disclaimers written at the start of those chapters, so you could choose to skip them, or you could have the tools needed to cover the chapters without sacrificing anything.

This is a wonderful homeschool novel as a whole, and I know you would not be disappointed in reading it to your children!