Little House Learning Co. — Curriculum Review

Our family has used the Ambleside Online homeschool curriculum now for two years so I wanted to do a more in-depth curriculum review of why we chose Ambleside Online and how it varies from similar Charlotte Mason curricula.  If you're just getting started or are curious about Ambleside Online, check out this post: Getting Started with Ambleside Online. Why We Chose Ambleside Online First, I love that it is free. There is nothing more discouraging than paying tons of money for a curriculum and then finding out it isn't a fit! You still need to buy all of the books but you're not paying for the "curriculum...

What is Ambleside Online?  From their website, amblesideonline.org "AmblesideOnline is a free homeschool curriculum that uses Charlotte Mason's classically-based principles to prepare children for a life of rich relationships with everything around them: God, humanity, and the natural world." Ambleside Online is essentially a free book list and schedule for each year of formal education, starting at age 6, for history, literature, poetry, geography, and science. They also include information about artist study, composer study, folk songs, and hymn study. You have to pick a separate curriculum for math and foreign language.  The tricky thing about AO is that you...

Easter season is upon us again and I can hardly believe it. Here in Minnesota there is still snow on the ground but the birds are starting to return and we're gaining sunlight daily, so spring does feel like it is coming!  Easter is a special celebration for our family, as we reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe that our only hope in life and death is that we are not our own but belong to God through the death of Jesus. This good news, this Gospel message, is so central to our family and is...