February 9, 2017
Every now and then a book goes out of print – sometimes it happens to several books… It’s the downside of creating and using literature-based curriculum. But when that happens, I do my best to find replacement books that are just as good, if not better. Unfortunately, three books in our Grade 2 curriculum recently all but … Continue reading "Updates to Level 2 – The Medieval World"
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January 30, 2017
General Tips for Incorporating More Art into your Homeschool There are tons of resources out there about how to do simple arts and crafts projects from popsicle stick houses to egg carton caterpillars… But what do you do when the extent of your art ability is somewhere between macaroni necklace mastery and building a cotton ball … Continue reading "How to Homeschool Art, Even if You are Not Artistic"
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January 25, 2017
It’s National School Choice Week 2017! All week the SEA Homeschoolers has been sharing their School Choice Week Podcast series. Today is my interview with Mari Buckroth, in which we discussed secular homeschooling with Charlotte Mason and living books. Have you been wondering how to secularize the Charlotte Mason philosophy? How to make time in your … Continue reading "School Choice Week Podcast: Charlotte Mason Homeschooling"
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January 23, 2017
What exactly does the Build Your Library curriculum contain? If you are new to our curriculum programs, you may not yet be familiar with the layout of our secular, literature based homeschool products. Build Your Library prides itself on providing a time-saving and stress-reducing secular homeschool program for your family to use, full of meticulously chosen living … Continue reading "What’s in the Box?!?"
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January 15, 2017
It is time to head back to Hogwarts for Harry’s fourth year with Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4)! I’m excited to share this newest unit in our Harry Potter unit study series. This time around, Harry and his friends see the Quidditch World Cup, meet wizards from around Europe at the … Continue reading "Unit Study: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
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January 9, 2017
Two years ago, we went to the 2014 N.A.S.H. (National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers) convention in Atlanta, GA. Since then there really hasn’t been a good opportunity for us to attend a secular homeschool convention within a reasonable distance to us. But this year we are happy to announce two conventions we will be attending this year in … Continue reading "Build Your Library on Tour 2017"
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January 9, 2017
Build Your Library – secular homeschool curriculum, literature based – building young minds, one book at a time! Have you been looking for a literature based homeschool curriculum that is secular? How about a way to incorporate narration, copywork, dictation and memory work into your child’s education? Or art study that ties into history? What about … Continue reading "About Build Your Library Curriculum"
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October 13, 2016
I have spent the better part of the last three weeks working on updating our Level 0 (Kindergarten) – Around the World curriculum, and I am happy to roll out the newest version. If you have already been using this level, already have the required books and are happy with it, carry on! You can still use … Continue reading "Kindergarten: Around the World Has Been Newly Updated!"
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August 1, 2016
I am very excited to announce that Level 9 – Prehistoric World curriculum is ready to purchase! This level has been the most challenging, yet the most fun to write, and I am so excited to share it with all of you! Please checkout the details in the link below: Purchase Level … Continue reading "New at Build Your Library – Level 9 – Prehistoric World"
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May 20, 2016
One of the challenges when homeschooling more than one child, is figuring out how to juggle different grade levels. One of the questions I’m most frequently asked is how to use one grade level with multiple ages. If you have children who are relatively close in age (less than a 4 year gap), then combining … Continue reading "Tips for Teaching Multiple Grade Levels"
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