This test was limited and too easy. It was also biased in it's questions about the author's religious background. Canon Classics is slanted in its worldview guide and the test follows suit.
Having never studied Latin, I chose this curriculum in part because I liked the idea of reading stories, as well as the advertising that it was no prep/prior Latin knowledge required. While I did like the story structure of the book, my children and I were all disappointed that the curriculum did not have actual pictures with the stories, they leave it blank for the students to draw the pictures so it was far less visually engaging than anticipated.
It also had some serious errors in editing: words that students were expected to know that they had never learned and were missing from the vocab list in the back of the book, as well as a lack of explanation on quite a bit of structure. I found myself looking up Youtube explanation videos whenever it was time to learn a new declension, case, adjectives, prepositions, etc.
Over all, now that we have a better understanding of sentence structure, I will purchase the next level of this curriculum in hopes that it will make more sense but for the first level, it required quite a bit of time on my part to research and understand the different rules and structure.
I got these for my 6 year old who's learning to read. He found the stories engaging and loved the pictures. I have found a lot of introductory readers to trend more feminine in topic and illustration style and he wasn't super interested, but he really liked these. Having the sticker map also creates a great visual aid for progress with markers along the way. We've set a prize for when he earns all the stickers.
Every man should read this. Powerful, powerful book.
Well bound proper hardback bookswith nucely printed cover sleeves. Good quality paper and printing.
What a blessing to have a peek into the curriculum you're considering purchasing! I have 4 children in different grades, and this was very helpful in my preparation for our upcoming school year. Thank you for making this available.
What better way to have your kids learn cursive than to learn the letters and then follow that up with practicing their skills with writing God’s word and other sayings that are morally upright and in alignment with a biblical worldview!
Just started a book discussion through My Dear Hemlock. This is helpful in pulling out passage for discussion.
I ordered 10 of these for a book discussion at our church and the went so fast that I had to order 10 more! I read or listened to the book several times before deciding to do it as a group discussion. Fabulous book!
Thank you very much looking forward to reading it.
Thank you very much looking forward to reading it.
This guide is working great for my students. I like the mix of question types: vocabulary, content, inference, application. There's enough there to assess comprehension and get students to think but since each chapter has only 3-4 questions we aren't spending too much time on any given day.
New to vocational ministry. I have found this book directly applicable to not only ministry, but everyday life. From assessing my response to the latest news story or national outrage, to handling conflict within my household. It's a great guide to biblical judgement.
the more deer the advice in this book becomes to me. A regular reread for years now.
semi hilarious at times and full of many gold nuggets of wisdom to ponder. It's very short and easy to read and Rachel's forthright no nonsense way of writing (and bluntness) actually made me take a sigh of relief. Wish I had read this book years ago!
Short, sweet, and convicting. I will definitely be coming back to it throughout the little years.
*Also chapter 18 talking about sleep with twins hit home hahaha.
This science is amazing! We kids absolutely love it! And it is so easy to teach.
not treasures…motherhood uses your body in the way that God designed it to be used.” SO good. This book is filled with Biblical Truth, great parenting advice, and incredible reminders. I love that she states that motherhood is in fact hard work but it's important work. This is my toil and it is a gift from God! I'll absolutely be rereading this book as my son continues to grow and get older. Great book!
Immensely practical, encouraging, helpful, easy to read… with only one part I didn't like (and it was like 3 paragraphs-not much). I have many chapters dog-eared (yes, sue me) for future reference, because I know I will need this woman's firm wisdom to help me love the years with my littles.
(Worth noting, I'm not a subscriber to the Doug Wilson fandom [Rachel is his daughter]. The book is just really that good.)
