These unit study reviews will show you some of the better known unit studies on the homeschooling market. Many families enjoy them as a permanent way to learn. Others, like us, dip into them for a season as our childrens delights lead us. This style of learning is designed to let your child study a theme or period from all angles of language, history, geography, science etc.

Weaver Curriculum, Volume 1
The Weaver Curriculum is a unit study for children from preschool through high school that teaches all academic lessons based on themes drawn from daily Bible reading and use many hands-on activities to achieve the greatest retention.

The curriculum is supported by daily lesson plan books, teaching tips and techniques, information on child development stages, graded skills evaluation and an on-line discussion group of 300 Weaver users worldwide.

Volume 1 covers amongst other things:

Map making,

Family history,

Transportation,

Famines,

Ponds & rivers,

Botany, plant uses,

Uses & care of animals,

Money,

Wars,

Astronomers,

Relationships,

Slavery,

Geologists,

Speech

Written by an experiences public and home educator, the Weaver is taught in conjunction with Bible-centered resources on topics such as history, science and social studies by well-known Christian authors and publishers, many of which can be substitued with books from your local library.

All academic studies are drawn from Bible readings - Character lessons & memory verses included.

Weaver Curriculum, Volume 2

Weaver Curriculum, Volume 3

Weaver Curriculum, Volume 4

Weaver Curriculum, Volume 5

Each Weaver Volume has a Curriculum Supplement which extends the life and usage of the volume for highschool students.

For other areas of curriculum Weaver also has Wisdom Words, Penmanship to Praise, Success In Spelling and for Highschool students High Way To English Grammar.

If you are a South African, be sure to visit the South African Homeschooling Curriculum page where you can see a literature based unit study reviews for ages 4 - 16 yrs.

Below is Heart of Wisdom's main program, but their are a variety of other unit studies available which I have reviewed on my Heart of Wisdom reviews page

Ancient History: Adam to Messiah
By Robin Sampson / Heart Of Wisdom

If you're looking for an integrated, multi-level curriculum dealing with the Bible, Ancient History has all that you need. Utilizing the Charlotte Mason approach, 4-Step lessons and traditional unit study techniques, this world history teaching resource covers Creation through Christ, focusing on the greatness of our privilege and the faithfulness of God. From the Mesopotamian world of the Patriarchs to the Persian royal circles of Esther, the focus is upon Israel--as is 78% of the Bible. Delve into other cultures and beyond, learning about geography, literature, government, agriculture, science, economics and more. Written to be used for more than one grade level, it's appropriate for grades 4-12. Pages come loose and three-hole-punched; a three-hole-binder is included to put the pages in, along with side tabs to mark different chapters.

We recently discovered the Homeschool eStore when looking for a unit study on horses for our daughter. We were also delighted to find a host of other unit studies in e-book format. Many of them were written by Amanda Bennett. They also have a great selection of lapbook unit study kits from In the Hands of a Child.

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