Your walk-through of the family guide helped me so much! I recently bought Ancients, but we haven't started it yet. Looking through the literature / read-alouds / resources section was overwhelming me. I opened my guide and followed along as you went through yours, and it makes a lot more sense now. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. Thank you!
Great job!!! BiblioPlan owes you 😘. You did a great job summarizing the actual tools we have available. I felt a little overwhelmed but seeing your review, I think I can do this. Thank u
So glad I found this review! This was a blessing to me! I just found year one at a local homeschool bookstore to look through in person and I was so excited to see how they have so many amazing resources listed and scheduled in their teacher guide! I was trying to do the very same thing they've already done on my own over the last few weeks so I could do history with all my kids together. What an amazing resource! I'm ordering the year one from them now since the one I found earlier was several years old :)
I love how you explain how you do it for your family. I love having a spine and options, but I hate being too chained to a curriculum. Do you have a favorite language arts that you work in for your kids? Do we buy the living books and text books with these guides or do you buy them separately. Thanks for this video!❤
I buy the spine texts and the accompanying audiobook. I sometimes buy the literature (we like building a home library of excellent literature and history books) but I also get a lot from the library and haven’t had trouble finding books. It’s handy! The language arts question is a big one. Lol! I don’t really have a favorite. I really should write a blog post about that. We rely on oral narrating (summarizing back in your own words), then around 3rd grade have them start using drawing/written narrations / notebooking to relate what they’ve read. If they need a lot of spelling help (not all my kids do) I use All About Spelling or for older kids IEW Phonetic Zoo or Logic of English. Around 5th - 7th, depending on the kid, we introduce some formal grammar and writing resources, and they’re different depending on the kid. Right now my two girls are enjoying Writing and Rhetoric a lot. My oldest got a lot out of the middle school writing curriculum Jump In by Sharon Watson. For grammar my oldest started Easy Grammar Plus in 7th/8th and it was a good fit. The two girls coming up behind him are trying a different style with CM options: Simply Grammar and The Mother Tongue (a vintage grammar resource adapted for modern students). That hot mess of an LA reply probably wasn’t helpful but that’s what we do! Most of their language arts skills are built up by narrating and notebooking about the Bible and history readings we do, so we get more done in a shorter amount of time each day. It works well!
Love this in-depth look into this curriculum since I'm going to attempt homeschooling officially this coming school year with my littles. Looking through the website alone makes it feel a little overwhelming but your explanations help make this doable for us.
This was fantastic! Do people usually get US and world history from one of the 4 plans? Maybe plan 3 for US history for high school credit? How long does it usually take for y’all to get through history per day? Thanks for sharing!!
Hi, great review!! I have a question regarding the audiobook. Is the audiobook the narration of Remember the Days book? Is the voice pleasant to hear? I’m a working homeschool mom and sometimes we struggle to do history because I’m exhausted. We really like Biblioplan, but after reading for Language Arts, explaining math, reading for science or Spanish (depending the day) I feel I have nothing left in me. I think if I have the option to have an audio book for the main book would help me to be more consistent with History. Thanks!
I hear ya! Audiobooks are great for that purpose. Yes, they’re a reading of Remember the Days. I think the voice was fine - I would check out the sample audios here to make sure it works for your family! >> www.biblioplan.net/rememberthedays/
Very great flip through and explanation! Trying to decide whether to use biblio plan or mfw next year with my 3rd,5th & 7th grader … I think especially after this I’m leaning to biblio plan … we did ECC this year abd it’s good but there’s a lot I cut out lol so not really worth $500 a year!
Hi! I’m wondering how much time you spend each day on this-are the readings from Remember the Days book long? Also, does their timeline match up with MOH as well? Thanks so much!
Sorry I missed this. Catching up! :) If you use BP’s reading schedule for MOH then yes, it would line up. However, it most closely matches the BP spines. We spend about an hour 4 days a week. The readings are from the RTD book and the family read alouds, and we hook in a short video on occasion. My older kids spend a bit more time on their own doing the map work, timeline, etc. but I’d say it’s about an hour total, 4-5 days a week, covering history literature and geography. :)
Thanks for this helpful video. How does Remember the Days compare with Mystery of History? Is Remember the Days also written chronologically? The timeline book pictures look beautiful but it does not look like a linear timeline after your student pasted the pictures in. Is it confusing for your child at all?
Good question! Both Mystery of History and BiblioPlan are chronological, but MOH is more strictly so. In the author's words: "BP is designed so that you stay in the same country or region for an entire week instead of moving from place to place. This allows for immersion in geography, literature, hands on etc. BP is also designed on a modified unit study system... Each year is set up by units so that again, you can go deeper into cultures and literature studies. But BP does try to maintain chronological study as much as possible within those parameters. It just makes it easier for children to grasp the flow and to enjoy what they are studying." Although I personally love tying in MOH chapters as a supplement (schedule provided in BiblioPlan) I actually prefer the way BP does the timeline aspect. My kids aren't confused by it. Our timeline resources keep things in context.
I have an upper elementary/lower middle school student. How thorough is the discussion guide? Do they have good questions for the lesson of history taught that week? (I am not sure if my question would make sense....just started learning about BibloPlan.)
Sorry for the delay. Just catching up! :) Their discussion guide covers all levels. If you’re starting with year 1, they’ve updated it to indicate which portions of each week’s discussion applies to which level. Super helpful. The other levels have not had that update yet so sometimes it can be a little confusing because high school level content from their upper level spine text is covered but isn’t necessarily obvious. We got the hang of it eventually. The “cool histories” are available for each level and may be a good option for a discussion guide / group review as well. But they’re designed to be short answer questions for kids to fill in to review each chapter. The high school one has essay prompts, I believe.
Thank you for info. During their independent reading do the kids have questions they have to answer somewhere? Is there info regarding stories in the family guide to check if they are reading the material?
They also have answer-the-question notebooks called Cool Histories that go with the BiblioPlan spine texts (Remember the Days for younger kids, Companion for olders). There is also a family discussion guide. As far as the literature read alouds and independent reading, they do not provide questions for them to answer. The Family Guide does have a brief description of each literature selection. Some book selections have literature unit guides that can be purchased from other companies - the Family Guide will tell you which literature selections have something like that available. We don’t really use those, though. I have my kids do oral or written narrations (telling back in their own words what they heard/read). If I haven’t read the book myself, I sometimes pre-read it but more often I look up study notes about it online or will skim a chapter before/while they do an oral narration. I can usually tell from that whether they are actually reading the books and making connections. Hope that helps!
thanks for sharing this detailed walk through of biblioplan. This curriculum looks very well laid out with all the pieces. You mentioned in the beginning of the video that you had some suggestions for resources to help with the christian world view for new Christians. I would be interested in those resources. Thank you.
I would recommend Sound Words for Kids, Lessons in Theology. Adding in Mystery or History with BP’s suggested schedule can help as well because it has great Christian worldview conversations woven in. We sometimes pull them in when I feel like a lesson needs more of that. The books Deadliest Monster (about various worldviews), Mama Bear Apologetics, and Cooley’s Help Your Kids Learn & Love the Bible are great reads for parents as well. I’m sure there are more but those come to mind! :)
Hi. I am thinking of using Biblioplan next year. I will have kids ages 3-12. (obviously the three year old won't be doing school). I was wondering if they include fairy tales? I believe fairy tales are important for young children.
Sure! When my kids were all younger we tried a chronological history program and quickly realized we needed to learn more as a whole about such things. So we put that on pause and spent a year focusing on what we could learn about it from the Scripture itself. That was a really helpful exercise for me and it also counted as history and Bible for the year. ;) With that foundation, we've used Window on the World to read about and pray for different cultures, and it does a good job of discussing differences in religion as well. We also read through missionary biographies together and that's an excellent way to learn about other cultures and religions from a Christian perspective. Here are several that I like >> www.proverbialhomemaker.com/missionary-biography-books-resources-printable-notebooking-pages.html When I need to look something up myself, I've had additional help from resources like GotQuestions.org, Ligonier ministries, and Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem. There's a series of books called World Religions and Cults that I'm considering going through with my teen in the next year or so as well. You can find it at Master Books. (referral) >> www.masterbooks.com/r/yZyR2ZL5/
@@TaunaM thank you!! Yes, I am very interested in the master books series as well. My kiddos are too young now, but I’ve been considering going through it myself and then again when they’re older. We have just recently started reading the YWAM then and now series also and we love it. I will definitely be looking into these other resources too. 🙏🏼
We have been debating between Biblioplan and Tapestry of Grace. We went with Tapestry for this year for kindergarten, but I feel like I'm not the biggest fan of the lower grammar literature selection. It sounds like you have littles... Did you feel like the reading was good for your youngest family members?
I'm sorry I missed this! I like the literature selections for the younger kids in BP, as well as the family read aloud selections. They've been a memorable and fun part of our history studies!
I saw another homeschooler on youtube say that you are to read 21 pages per day. That sounds like a lot of reading. Is she correct? I hope to homeschool a 5th and 7th grader and trying to decide what is best for them.
I’ve never even looked at page numbers. I think it depends on how you’re using it. We read the spine aloud (or use the audio) and it’s more like 20-30 minutes for 3 days. As a reference, the Remember the Days spine has 11 pages for chapter 34, scheduled across the whole week. Then the fourth day we do an activity or video. My older kids also do their own literature readings sometimes and do map work, timeline, and some notebooking. In all, it is about an hour average for 4 days a week. Some weeks are more if we want to dig in, do more audiobooks / read alouds, or do extra activities, some weeks are less. Considering it covers history literature and geography, I think that’s pretty good!
You mentioned resources and approaches for addressing topics of false religions and other theological sticking points. Have you shared those anywhere? I'd love to see them.
Such a good review video, Tauna! 👏👏👏. Very helpful! I have you a thumbs up 👍. Can you please do a comparison video between Biblioplan and Mystery of History? I'm trying to decide between them and it sounds like you have experience using both. Would love to hear your thoughts comparing the two. Thanks in advance for your response 😊
I'll add that to my list! A few things for now: First, BP includes an optional reading schedule for MOH for those who want to use BP but use MOH as their spine. MOH adds more commentary from the author with biblical perspective when discussing different cultures, events, individuals, etc. Both curricula are Christian, for sure, but MOH adds more commentary in that area which I find helpful. BP covers more actual content, however, and does a fantastic job at making literature and church history a more integral part of learning history. Not to mention their geography aspect and supplemental materials. SO, I would consider MOH a great curriculum for those who want a simple and straight forward history with biblical perspective. BP is great for those who want to do a complete history, literature, geography that focuses on living books / literature to teach, and then use MOH as a supplement or spine. Personally, having MOH on hand during the BP middle ages study was invaluable and I wouldn't want to do it without it. For our upcoming early modern studies, I have another supplemental spine I may use instead, but I wouldn't turn down a used copy of MOH volume 4 at a good price. Lol! All the books! 😆
As an example, in BP middle ages there was a lesson on Dante's The Divine Comedy. Now, that piece has some serious theological issues, in my opinion. BP provided info about Dante and his works, and the cultural and literary impact, but it didn't really address the theological issues. That may be fine - it's a teachable moment for parents and a good rabbit trail to take. But for families who may not necessarily know how to discuss those theological issues, or just want some good material to help discuss it, resources like MOH are great. We picked up MOH and went to the section on Dante (the BP schedule told me where it was) and read those few pages as well. It was excellent, discussing those theological issues while not diminishing the cultural and literary value, and helped enhance our conversation. On the other hand, BP is a LOT MORE than just a spine text with some activity ideas. So we're very much enjoying all that BP has to offer.
I've been looking for something to do with all my children, well at least 2 of them. One is in 2nd this year and the other in 8th. Next year he will obviously be in high school and so I'm just wondering if I'm going to have to read to my younger ones out of the Remember The Days and my oldest will have to read on his own? I was trying to have a family style curriculum, but thinking it won't work on the reading material. Can you tell me what you do with your older. It seemed in your video that you read the Remember The Days to all your kids and you did not read the high school one even though you had a high schooler, but planned to do it later on like in 11th or 12th grade?
We still do the read-aloud of Remember the Days Together. For a while I was having my high schooler also read his chapter on his own, take notes, and then narrate it to me. Doing both really helped with his understanding and retention. (I noticed that BP is coming out with audiobook versions of the high school text, so I may have him do that next year instead of reading the high school chapter, since he's such an auditory learner.) Right now, I've pulled in another main reading assignment for him temporarily (it's a biography series about American faith) so I actually only have him read certain pieces of the BP high school text each week. As we are reading RTD together, I'll note what the family guide has planned for the high school text and assign one or two pieces based on what I want him to learn more about. For example, last week after our RTD read aloud I had him read the Companion section on the reconstruction period after the Civil War and the section on Charles Spurgeon. It's all very flexible. I hope that helps! :)
@@TaunaM Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me more. I really appreciate it. I'm excited to try this curriculum. Thank you for the wonderful video, it helps so much to see things before making the plunge. We have tired several history's and I'm just having a hard time trying to find one that fits our family since I have a huge age gap. Too hard having everyone do their own thing, especially when I want to be involved and spend time as a family learning. This one looks like it just might be perfect for us.
Hmm... They have both ebook and print versions available. I don't know of any plans to discontinue their print books. They recently added a "Zoom Through the Ages" feature which offers live online classes. But even then, the books are available.
I think it can be easily adapted for special needs. They actually have a really helpful page on their site that includes a couple of sections with tips on using BP for "Struggling, Sensory, and Special Learners" - you can find that here! >> biblioplan.net/adapting-bp-main/
Your walk-through of the family guide helped me so much! I recently bought Ancients, but we haven't started it yet. Looking through the literature / read-alouds / resources section was overwhelming me. I opened my guide and followed along as you went through yours, and it makes a lot more sense now. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. Thank you!
Great job!!! BiblioPlan owes you 😘. You did a great job summarizing the actual tools we have available. I felt a little overwhelmed but seeing your review, I think I can do this. Thank u
I'm so glad it was helpful! :)
So glad I found this review! This was a blessing to me! I just found year one at a local homeschool bookstore to look through in person and I was so excited to see how they have so many amazing resources listed and scheduled in their teacher guide! I was trying to do the very same thing they've already done on my own over the last few weeks so I could do history with all my kids together. What an amazing resource! I'm ordering the year one from them now since the one I found earlier was several years old :)
I love how you explain how you do it for your family. I love having a spine and options, but I hate being too chained to a curriculum. Do you have a favorite language arts that you work in for your kids? Do we buy the living books and text books with these guides or do you buy them separately. Thanks for this video!❤
I buy the spine texts and the accompanying audiobook. I sometimes buy the literature (we like building a home library of excellent literature and history books) but I also get a lot from the library and haven’t had trouble finding books. It’s handy!
The language arts question is a big one. Lol! I don’t really have a favorite. I really should write a blog post about that. We rely on oral narrating (summarizing back in your own words), then around 3rd grade have them start using drawing/written narrations / notebooking to relate what they’ve read. If they need a lot of spelling help (not all my kids do) I use All About Spelling or for older kids IEW Phonetic Zoo or Logic of English. Around 5th - 7th, depending on the kid, we introduce some formal grammar and writing resources, and they’re different depending on the kid. Right now my two girls are enjoying Writing and Rhetoric a lot. My oldest got a lot out of the middle school writing curriculum Jump In by Sharon Watson. For grammar my oldest started Easy Grammar Plus in 7th/8th and it was a good fit. The two girls coming up behind him are trying a different style with CM options: Simply Grammar and The Mother Tongue (a vintage grammar resource adapted for modern students).
That hot mess of an LA reply probably wasn’t helpful but that’s what we do! Most of their language arts skills are built up by narrating and notebooking about the Bible and history readings we do, so we get more done in a shorter amount of time each day. It works well!
Love this in-depth look into this curriculum since I'm going to attempt homeschooling officially this coming school year with my littles. Looking through the website alone makes it feel a little overwhelming but your explanations help make this doable for us.
Once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty easy! Just think of it as a buffet and start with a small plate. ;) You’ll find the right balance soon!
This was fantastic! Do people usually get US and world history from one of the 4 plans? Maybe plan 3 for US history for high school credit? How long does it usually take for y’all to get through history per day? Thanks for sharing!!
Hi, great review!! I have a question regarding the audiobook. Is the audiobook the narration of Remember the Days book? Is the voice pleasant to hear? I’m a working homeschool mom and sometimes we struggle to do history because I’m exhausted. We really like Biblioplan, but after reading for Language Arts, explaining math, reading for science or Spanish (depending the day) I feel I have nothing left in me.
I think if I have the option to have an audio book for the main book would help me to be more consistent with History.
Thanks!
I hear ya! Audiobooks are great for that purpose. Yes, they’re a reading of Remember the Days. I think the voice was fine - I would check out the sample audios here to make sure it works for your family! >> www.biblioplan.net/rememberthedays/
@@TaunaM thank you so much for your response!
Very great flip through and explanation! Trying to decide whether to use biblio plan or mfw next year with my 3rd,5th & 7th grader … I think especially after this I’m leaning to biblio plan … we did ECC this year abd it’s good but there’s a lot I cut out lol so not really worth $500 a year!
Hi! I’m wondering how much time you spend each day on this-are the readings from Remember the Days book long? Also, does their timeline match up with MOH as well? Thanks so much!
Sorry I missed this. Catching up! :) If you use BP’s reading schedule for MOH then yes, it would line up. However, it most closely matches the BP spines.
We spend about an hour 4 days a week. The readings are from the RTD book and the family read alouds, and we hook in a short video on occasion. My older kids spend a bit more time on their own doing the map work, timeline, etc. but I’d say it’s about an hour total, 4-5 days a week, covering history literature and geography. :)
Great video!!! My girl is kinesthetic learner her loved touch everything…and the history curriculum is so hard to search. Thank you for share!
This review is excellent!!! Helped me to decide!!
Thanks for this helpful video.
How does Remember the Days compare with Mystery of History? Is Remember the Days also written chronologically?
The timeline book pictures look beautiful but it does not look like a linear timeline after your student pasted the pictures in. Is it confusing for your child at all?
Good question! Both Mystery of History and BiblioPlan are chronological, but MOH is more strictly so.
In the author's words: "BP is designed so that you stay in the same country or region for an entire week instead of moving from place to place. This allows for immersion in geography, literature, hands on etc. BP is also designed on a modified unit study system... Each year is set up by units so that again, you can go deeper into cultures and literature studies. But BP does try to maintain chronological study as much as possible within those parameters. It just makes it easier for children to grasp the flow and to enjoy what they are studying."
Although I personally love tying in MOH chapters as a supplement (schedule provided in BiblioPlan) I actually prefer the way BP does the timeline aspect. My kids aren't confused by it. Our timeline resources keep things in context.
@@TaunaM thanks!
I have an upper elementary/lower middle school student. How thorough is the discussion guide? Do they have good questions for the lesson of history taught that week? (I am not sure if my question would make sense....just started learning about BibloPlan.)
Sorry for the delay. Just catching up! :) Their discussion guide covers all levels. If you’re starting with year 1, they’ve updated it to indicate which portions of each week’s discussion applies to which level. Super helpful. The other levels have not had that update yet so sometimes it can be a little confusing because high school level content from their upper level spine text is covered but isn’t necessarily obvious. We got the hang of it eventually.
The “cool histories” are available for each level and may be a good option for a discussion guide / group review as well. But they’re designed to be short answer questions for kids to fill in to review each chapter. The high school one has essay prompts, I believe.
Thank you for info. During their independent reading do the kids have questions they have to answer somewhere? Is there info regarding stories in the family guide to check if they are reading the material?
They also have answer-the-question notebooks called Cool Histories that go with the BiblioPlan spine texts (Remember the Days for younger kids, Companion for olders). There is also a family discussion guide.
As far as the literature read alouds and independent reading, they do not provide questions for them to answer. The Family Guide does have a brief description of each literature selection. Some book selections have literature unit guides that can be purchased from other companies - the Family Guide will tell you which literature selections have something like that available.
We don’t really use those, though. I have my kids do oral or written narrations (telling back in their own words what they heard/read). If I haven’t read the book myself, I sometimes pre-read it but more often I look up study notes about it online or will skim a chapter before/while they do an oral narration. I can usually tell from that whether they are actually reading the books and making connections.
Hope that helps!
thanks for sharing this detailed walk through of biblioplan. This curriculum looks very well laid out with all the pieces. You mentioned in the beginning of the video that you had some suggestions for resources to help with the christian world view for new Christians. I would be interested in those resources. Thank you.
I would recommend Sound Words for Kids, Lessons in Theology. Adding in Mystery or History with BP’s suggested schedule can help as well because it has great Christian worldview conversations woven in. We sometimes pull them in when I feel like a lesson needs more of that. The books Deadliest Monster (about various worldviews), Mama Bear Apologetics, and Cooley’s Help Your Kids Learn & Love the Bible are great reads for parents as well. I’m sure there are more but those come to mind! :)
Hi. I am thinking of using Biblioplan next year. I will have kids ages 3-12. (obviously the three year old won't be doing school). I was wondering if they include fairy tales? I believe fairy tales are important for young children.
I can’t remember specifically which ones but there are some fairy tales, tall tales, and fables woven in as read aloud / independent reading options.
I’d love to know what recourses you have used to bring Christian view to presentation of other religions. 😊
Sure! When my kids were all younger we tried a chronological history program and quickly realized we needed to learn more as a whole about such things. So we put that on pause and spent a year focusing on what we could learn about it from the Scripture itself. That was a really helpful exercise for me and it also counted as history and Bible for the year. ;)
With that foundation, we've used Window on the World to read about and pray for different cultures, and it does a good job of discussing differences in religion as well.
We also read through missionary biographies together and that's an excellent way to learn about other cultures and religions from a Christian perspective. Here are several that I like >> www.proverbialhomemaker.com/missionary-biography-books-resources-printable-notebooking-pages.html
When I need to look something up myself, I've had additional help from resources like GotQuestions.org, Ligonier ministries, and Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem.
There's a series of books called World Religions and Cults that I'm considering going through with my teen in the next year or so as well. You can find it at Master Books. (referral) >> www.masterbooks.com/r/yZyR2ZL5/
@@TaunaM thank you!! Yes, I am very interested in the master books series as well. My kiddos are too young now, but I’ve been considering going through it myself and then again when they’re older.
We have just recently started reading the YWAM then and now series also and we love it.
I will definitely be looking into these other resources too. 🙏🏼
We have been debating between Biblioplan and Tapestry of Grace. We went with Tapestry for this year for kindergarten, but I feel like I'm not the biggest fan of the lower grammar literature selection. It sounds like you have littles... Did you feel like the reading was good for your youngest family members?
I'm sorry I missed this! I like the literature selections for the younger kids in BP, as well as the family read aloud selections. They've been a memorable and fun part of our history studies!
I saw another homeschooler on youtube say that you are to read 21 pages per day. That sounds like a lot of reading. Is she correct? I hope to homeschool a 5th and 7th grader and trying to decide what is best for them.
I’ve never even looked at page numbers. I think it depends on how you’re using it. We read the spine aloud (or use the audio) and it’s more like 20-30 minutes for 3 days. As a reference, the Remember the Days spine has 11 pages for chapter 34, scheduled across the whole week. Then the fourth day we do an activity or video. My older kids also do their own literature readings sometimes and do map work, timeline, and some notebooking. In all, it is about an hour average for 4 days a week. Some weeks are more if we want to dig in, do more audiobooks / read alouds, or do extra activities, some weeks are less. Considering it covers history literature and geography, I think that’s pretty good!
Very helpful, thank you!❤
You mentioned resources and approaches for addressing topics of false religions and other theological sticking points. Have you shared those anywhere? I'd love to see them.
Worldviews in Conflict (Generations), World Religions and Cults series (Master Books), and carm.org are helpful.
Such a good review video, Tauna! 👏👏👏. Very helpful! I have you a thumbs up 👍. Can you please do a comparison video between Biblioplan and Mystery of History? I'm trying to decide between them and it sounds like you have experience using both. Would love to hear your thoughts comparing the two. Thanks in advance for your response 😊
I'll add that to my list! A few things for now: First, BP includes an optional reading schedule for MOH for those who want to use BP but use MOH as their spine. MOH adds more commentary from the author with biblical perspective when discussing different cultures, events, individuals, etc. Both curricula are Christian, for sure, but MOH adds more commentary in that area which I find helpful. BP covers more actual content, however, and does a fantastic job at making literature and church history a more integral part of learning history. Not to mention their geography aspect and supplemental materials. SO, I would consider MOH a great curriculum for those who want a simple and straight forward history with biblical perspective. BP is great for those who want to do a complete history, literature, geography that focuses on living books / literature to teach, and then use MOH as a supplement or spine. Personally, having MOH on hand during the BP middle ages study was invaluable and I wouldn't want to do it without it. For our upcoming early modern studies, I have another supplemental spine I may use instead, but I wouldn't turn down a used copy of MOH volume 4 at a good price. Lol! All the books! 😆
As an example, in BP middle ages there was a lesson on Dante's The Divine Comedy. Now, that piece has some serious theological issues, in my opinion. BP provided info about Dante and his works, and the cultural and literary impact, but it didn't really address the theological issues. That may be fine - it's a teachable moment for parents and a good rabbit trail to take. But for families who may not necessarily know how to discuss those theological issues, or just want some good material to help discuss it, resources like MOH are great. We picked up MOH and went to the section on Dante (the BP schedule told me where it was) and read those few pages as well. It was excellent, discussing those theological issues while not diminishing the cultural and literary value, and helped enhance our conversation. On the other hand, BP is a LOT MORE than just a spine text with some activity ideas. So we're very much enjoying all that BP has to offer.
@@TaunaM 👏👏 wow. Great explanation and thorough response. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain. Looking forward to the video! ❤
Very thorough thank you!
I've been looking for something to do with all my children, well at least 2 of them. One is in 2nd this year and the other in 8th. Next year he will obviously be in high school and so I'm just wondering if I'm going to have to read to my younger ones out of the Remember The Days and my oldest will have to read on his own? I was trying to have a family style curriculum, but thinking it won't work on the reading material. Can you tell me what you do with your older. It seemed in your video that you read the Remember The Days to all your kids and you did not read the high school one even though you had a high schooler, but planned to do it later on like in 11th or 12th grade?
We still do the read-aloud of Remember the Days Together. For a while I was having my high schooler also read his chapter on his own, take notes, and then narrate it to me. Doing both really helped with his understanding and retention. (I noticed that BP is coming out with audiobook versions of the high school text, so I may have him do that next year instead of reading the high school chapter, since he's such an auditory learner.) Right now, I've pulled in another main reading assignment for him temporarily (it's a biography series about American faith) so I actually only have him read certain pieces of the BP high school text each week. As we are reading RTD together, I'll note what the family guide has planned for the high school text and assign one or two pieces based on what I want him to learn more about. For example, last week after our RTD read aloud I had him read the Companion section on the reconstruction period after the Civil War and the section on Charles Spurgeon. It's all very flexible. I hope that helps! :)
@@TaunaM Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me more. I really appreciate it. I'm excited to try this curriculum. Thank you for the wonderful video, it helps so much to see things before making the plunge. We have tired several history's and I'm just having a hard time trying to find one that fits our family since I have a huge age gap. Too hard having everyone do their own thing, especially when I want to be involved and spend time as a family learning. This one looks like it just might be perfect for us.
Thank you! This was helpful!
I saw on the website that they are switching to ebooks?
Hmm... They have both ebook and print versions available. I don't know of any plans to discontinue their print books. They recently added a "Zoom Through the Ages" feature which offers live online classes. But even then, the books are available.
How do you feel this curriculum would be for a special needs child? I’m debating between this, MFW or Heart of Dakota (which we use now)?
I think it can be easily adapted for special needs. They actually have a really helpful page on their site that includes a couple of sections with tips on using BP for "Struggling, Sensory, and Special Learners" - you can find that here! >> biblioplan.net/adapting-bp-main/