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In this episode, Elizabeth and Bonnie discuss math options for homeschool families, pros and cons and what kind of program might suit your child or family.

Bonnie makes wine recommendations. 

They discuss some options for studying history and social studies.

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Books guide for choosing good literature for your family to read and discuss and developing a family library. 

They also discuss some tools for discerning good literature.

1:47 - How to choose resources for your school year
7:52 - Suggestions for Math curriculums
10:26 - Tip for teaching Math from a textbook
15:28 - Helping children avoid competition
20:53 - Avoid buying under pressure
 "Will this add to or detract from the quality of our family life?"
23:04 - Suggestions for teaching History
28:05 - How far do you take a rabbit trail before you circle back?
31:05 - How to choose historical fiction for teaching History 
37:13 - Ideas for growing your library
41:02 - Vocabulary and grammar

Math Resources

Saxon

Life of Fred

Chocolate Chip Math

Book for Chocolate Chip Math

Podcast episode on chocolate chip math

Teaching Textbooks

Key to….math books

Jacobs mathematics

Math U See

Commercial break, seriously, gotta try this wine:  Link Here

HISTORY RESOURCES

What is social studies

The Story of Civilization 

World Book 

Eyewitness Books

Great Search Books

https://www.thriftbooks.com/

History Colouring Books by Dover

What does it look like all day? (blog post on studying history without curriculum)

CHOOSING GOOD LITERATURE

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