Joshua through Malachi & Ancient Greece

9 reviews for Joshua through Malachi & Ancient Greece

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   Inga Johnson – October 12, 2010

   I recently purchased this, although I am still working through how best to use it with our family I really appreciate having it all here for me.

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   Michelle G. – March 27, 2011

   One more question on this – do you give corresponding page numbers for the Vos bible?
   Thanks!

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     Sonya Shafer – March 29, 2011

     Most of the lessons give only the Scripture references. On the couple of lessons that I recommend using the Vos Story Bible as an alternate, I give the suggested page numbers.

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   Friederike – July 30, 2011

   My children are 6 and 8 years old. Would it better to mostly read the Vos bible to them,alternate or read mostly there real bible? Thanks Friederike

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     Sonya Shafer – August 1, 2011

     Hi, Friederike. I like to recommend reading directly from the Bible as much as possible.

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   Dawn – March 10, 2012

   I was looking at the books to order and I was wondering if I order the e-books can I print them off of my computer.

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     Jordan Smith – March 10, 2012

     You most certainly can!

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   Alaina – July 2, 2012

   I’d like to know if it matters what bible version we use. Our family reads the King James version, and i couldn’t find what you created this for. Thanks.

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     Jordan Smith – July 3, 2012

     You can use whichever Bible version you prefer. KJV is fine.

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   Leslie Woodford – January 7, 2015

   I have two children: an 8yo and a 5yo. I know that this course is intended for 6 and above, but since the 5yo doesn’t have another assignment to work on during our family study time, he sits in on our lessons. I love the way that this course is laid out. The daily instructions are clear and concise and easy to follow. I love that each day lists the needed materials for the day, and also gives instructions for ordering materials for upcoming lessons in a good timeframe to get them. I like the oral narration. We are slowly learning how to do this well. This course stretches us. I tried reading the King James version … it was too hard for the both children, so we’ve switched to the Good News Bible for Children. It works (except for the sex scenes when the KJV more enigmatically says “he knew her” and I’ve read those sections from the KJV). Two chapters a day is sometimes a stretch for us. The Story of the Greeks is both interesting and challenging. Some of the vivid stories stick with us, but some days, even I have a hard time remembering what we read. Two chapters is stretch. All of the independent grade level books have been enjoyable: We like Our Little Spartan/Athenian Cousin of Long Ago, and the Jeanne Bendick books. All in all, although I like this course, it is a stretch for an 8 yo. It would work better if we had a couple of older children to help interpret and help with the oral narration. It has been nice on days when dad or the grandparents sit in. They help with interesting comments and questions about the text. Even though it has been hard, I feel like both of my boys have a solid grasp on the basic story OT that we’ve covered so far–Joshua, Judges, and the Kings Saul, David and Solomon. This is the first of this series that we are using.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   suzanne – February 1, 2017

   This is our second series we have used, completing the one on Ancient Egypt last year. I love this history curriculum. We have done story of the world (all four volumes), and building a history curriculum around classical conversations (all three cycles), but this series has been my favorite so far. I cannot say enough about how beneficial it is to read the Bible along with corresponding history. It makes the Bible come alive even more when you have a greater knowledge of what was occurring in the culture. I love that the series does not proceed at such a dizzying pace that you don’t have time to let anything sink in, and that they have made it so easy to teach multiple levels. I would highly recommend this product.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Shelby – July 30, 2019

   My children really enjoyed this history study (no surprise there, we’ve loved all the Simply Charlotte Mason history series!), as did I. I love how it is so masterfully and easily laid out for me every day. Even the things that my kids did not love (not every Visit to the Middle East was their favorite;) ), they admit they “learned tons”. The kids think it was “cool that we read from the actual Bible and saw where Israel’s history matched up with things going on in Ancient Greece.” The additional books were enjoyed as well and added to their studies in a neat way.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Lisaquinn08 – February 16, 2022

   I absolutely love this guide! This is my 4th year homeschooling and I’ve been considering SCM for over 2 years. We have used the artist studies and loved them, but I never committed to the HBG. I am so glad a did! We are about 5 weeks in and it has been wonderful! I can usually tell if I’m not going to love something after a couple weeks and this is the first and only history curriculum that I have loved, not just liked or tolerated. If you are on the fence, I highly recommend you take the plunge!