Big Red turned eight this Spring so I knew that it was time to up his academics a little bit this Fall. He is a very inquisitive child who is very good at mental math. He can read on his own quite well even though he was never given formal phonics or reading lessons. I share how I taught him to read in another post for those whom might be interested.
Last year we decided to pick a history and science that everyone would learn together which helped me to keep my sanity. I decided to do the same thing for this year and use Mystery of History Volume 1 as our main spine.
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