I have been through the entire Logic of English Foundations course A – D, and in this post I share my perspective on the curriculum. Logic of English is an extremely thorough phonics program, some might say excessively so! It is also a lot of fun, with plenty of active games and activities to mix…
In this post I share some thoughts on using Logic of English Foundations in the UK. There are some issues to be aware of concerning accent differences and spelling differences. I think these are mostly easy to overcome. I also have some concerns around differences in the order in which phonograms are taught compared to…
Here are some ideas and resources for teaching Python to children. Children are all so different, and parents will vary enormously in their coding skills and how many hours they are willing to spend helping! In this post I have written about our family’s experience with Python resources for kids, in the hope that it…
This review is intended to share our experiences of working through this excellent maths textbook. It covers questions such as when we switched from Beast Academy, how we used the course, Alcumus, and length of time spent. AOPS is a challenging maths curriculum, which expects quick absorption of new concepts and a high degree of…
We use Susan Wise Bauer’s Story of the World series for our history studies, but I like to give some extra weighting to British history. I should say from the outset that I am not sure whether this is the ‘right’ or ‘best’ way cover history with children. For example, Charlotte Mason taught that children…
This post is part of a series of recommendations for children’s books on different eras of British history. You can read the overview post here. These book suggestions are for England from the succession of George I until the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria. I have included some books about Bonnie Prince Charlie…
Paul Noble’s French courses are an excellent resources for picking up the basic grammar structures of the language. We have now used three of Paul’s French courses, and are working on the fourth course French Conversation with Paul Noble. In this review, I explain how the courses work, and my experience of using them with…
This is the last in a series of articles is for parents who are considering teaching their child to read themselves. I think it is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a parent. Definitely worth having a go! In this final post, I recommend some series of early chapter books for…
This series of articles is for parents who are considering teaching their child to read themselves. I think it is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a parent. Definitely worth having a go! Having taught several of my children to read, here is my favourite step-by-step method. The headline is: prioritise…
This series of articles is for parents who are considering teaching their child to read themselves. I think it is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a parent. Definitely worth having a go! Having taught several of my children to read, here is my favourite step-by-step method. The headline is: prioritise…
