Using Modules without guides

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  • October 4, 2009 at 8:27 pm
    tandc93
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    I love how God just gently nudges us along until we are where He wants us.  This is our 6th year of homeschooling.  I have a 12, 9, 4 and almost 3 year old.   We started pretty traditional/workbook.  Did some dvd.  Started branching into SOTW and more reading.  Now we do LL for elementary children, poetry, composer, artists, A Child’s Geography.  Now I am at a place where SOTW is not CM enough for me, I find i am doing it too much like a text…I know, my approach is skewed.  I need more CM!!  LOL  I’m addicted.

    My question is that after looking last week, I think we really need to be doing Module 4 which doesn’t have a “guide.”  So do I just start reading the books in order or as we’re reading the spines (which are on order from Amazon) do I just add in as we go?  I did look many of them up and they are at our library, so that’s a BIG praise as I’m trying to cut down on my other addiction–buying BOOKS!  Thanks!

    October 5, 2009 at 12:09 am
    Rachel White
    Participant

    Well, your older ones that you’re “schooling” are old enough for the Truthquest guides for that Module’s time period.

    I opt for adding in the books as you come along the time period in the spine and/or Truthquest guide. That keeps things in order and cohesive.

    Rachel

    October 5, 2009 at 3:07 pm
    karoleeg
    Member

    Ok, maybe this is a silly question, but what in the world is this “spine” that I keep seeing??? LOL I’m relatively new to CM and homeschooling altogether.

     

    Thanks!

    Karolee

    October 5, 2009 at 11:34 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Good question, Karolee. That phrase sounds more like a science book than a history book, huh? Wink

    A “spine” refers to a book that gives an overview of a historical time period in chronological order. For example, Famous Men of Rome tells about various men who lived during the time period of ancient Rome and it tells their stories in sequence. Many homeschoolers like to use a “spine” like that to see how the events of a time period follow each other and then add in more books about certain people as they come to them in the spine.

    I’m not even sure how we got to calling those types of books “spines,” but they do sort of form a backbone for a time period study and we can branch off as we desire.

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