I am finally back on the blog!  I have been so busy the past two years working hard to build content over at Catholic Sistas’s Homeschooling Series that I had abandoned this blog.  Sorry about that.  I did try to keep in touch through the Facebook page and Pinterest pins but I know it is not the same.  After much thought, I have decided to continue blogging about our new found love for Catholic Schoolhouse, a Catholic Classical approach to education.  It is lovely, think of the one room school house but in your home and Catholic!  I blogged about our decision to use Catholic Schoolhouse at Home last month over at Catholic Sistas under Raising Saints. 

This year we will be using Year 2 which involves Creation until the 1500’s.  I am very excited to share my book selection for this year to come. 

This is the Year 2: Creation to 1500s Tour Guide.  This guide is a 24 week detailed guide to teaching History, Geography, Religion, Latin, Math, Language Arts, Fine Arts, The Orchestra and Art.

Here are the additional materials I am using to help me teach all four children

The CSH History Cards are fantastic.  On one side there is a picture of a historical event, on the back is the title and a gist of the event.  While you can just teach from this I like to add activities and resource books for further investigation.  

My textbook spine for History this year will be Founders of Freedom from the Land of Our Lady series.  I am using Kolbe Academy’s Answer key as well.

I use the History Pockets on our notebooking composition books.  🙂  There is clearly much more in these books than what we will actually use.

The ones I am using are Ancient Civilization, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Egypt.

This book has activities for the children to make and do.  I am using Classical Kids as a resource for lesson planning.  

I am also using Ancient Egyptians and their Neighbors: An Activity Guide.:

This is the Science (HANDS ON) Guide for year 2.  I love this guide because I do not really love Science BUT my children do and it helps me pretend like I do – hahaha!  Well I should say I do like to read about Science (as a Reading Specialist I better like that huh?) but the hands on part I am normally horrible on.  Since we started using CSH, we do hands on science!  YAY!  

Here are some of the resources I will be using for this coming year:

Another amazing product by CSH, Their Art Guide for Year 2, which follows what we will be learning in History!  Perfection!

Here are some additional resources for Art:

In addition to the individual Religion lessons, we will be using these books to compliment the Memory Verses/Songs that go with the CSH program:

Aside from using Catholic Schoolhouse at home, we are adding a Math, Writing, Reading, Religion, Grammar, and Spanish text to our schooling.  I will present them to you one by one by grade:

Lingua Mater: Intermediate Language Lessons
Living through God’s Gifts
Learn Spanish with Grace
American Cardinal Readers Book Five
Ray’s New Intellectual Arithmetic
All About Spelling 5 (not pictured)

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