Singing in the Rain: Curriculum we use

We are a vaguely eclectic homeschooling family. Over the years I have tried different curriculum and this is what we have found worked for us.

Maths:
Math-U-See - a mastery based Maths programme. Uses manipulatives and a DVD

Mathletics - a fun, interactive computer based program
Singapore Maths - we used this for problem solving

English
Bob Jones Writing and Grammar - the grammar is quite heavy going but the steps to writing are great.
Bob Jones Reading - lovely stories, and good start to literary appreciation and understanding
Catherine Mooney Eng and Litererature for iGCSE

History and Geography
http://www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/south-african-homeschool-curriculum.html - South African hands on, literature based curriculum

Considering God's Creation - science and geogrpahy

Science
World Studies - for secondary school
Apologia - General Science and Biology - secondary years
- Human physiology and the notebooking journal - elementary years

Music
Music appreciation
Lina Ng Theory books

Nature Study
Handbook of Nature Study

John Stott

Gary is enjoying the daily Bible readings and Thought for the Day which may be downloaded at Langham Partnership .

Our offering and Christ's
The New Testament authors never express the concept of our offering being united to Christ's. What they do is exhort us to give ourselves (as a sacrifice) in loving obedience to God in three ways. First, 'like' Christ: 'live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God' (Eph. 5:2).
His self-offering is to be the model of ours. Secondly, the spiritual sacrifices we offer to God are to be offered 'through' Christ (1 Pet. 2:5), our Saviour and Mediator. Since they are all tainted with self-centredness, it is only through him that they become acceptable. Thirdly, we are to give ourselves in sacrifice 'unto' or 'for' Christ, constrained by his love to live for him alone the new life-from-death which he has given us (2 Cor. 5:14-15). Thus, we are to offer ourselves 'like', 'through' and 'for' Christ. These are the prepositions which the New Testament uses; it never suggests that our offerings may be made 'in'
or 'with' Christ.

The Daily thought is taken from Authentic Christianity © 1995 John Stott and Timothy Dudley-Smith. Used by permission of Inter-Varsity Press UK, Nottingham. All rights reserved.

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