Legends and Leagues is a journey around the world, including history where relevant, and just to keep you on your toes, there are fantasy creatures involved. (How else are you going to travel across Europe in a couple of hours?)

The first book and workbook are for young children, ages 5-7. This is just a fun story awakening a youngster’s mind to charting a path, and how one could do that.

The next four courses are for ages 8-12. These can be done in any order since they don’t build on each other, they just cover the countries as follows. Each course includes a review of Continents and Oceans:

North: British Isles, Europe, Scandinavia, Former U.S.S.R.
South: Africa, Middle East
East: Asia, Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
West: North America, South America

Each course includes a read-aloud book, which could be a stand-alone but the workbooks really enhance the stories and give a more practical look at the country being studied. It includes flags, questions about major landmarks, historical events that changed geography, recipes, crafts, and activities. There are a few questions that need answers, and those are divided into easier and harder categories so this book can be used for a range of ages simultaneously. Yes, it would make a perfect Morning Basket curriculum. A few missionary read-alouds would be the perfect pairing for this curriculum that will tell your children about other nations. The Taste of Asia devotional would be the perfect way to pray about the countries that you are studying in the Legends and Leagues East.

While I was reviewing this, I couldn’t help thinking that this was the next step for the Around the World with Picture Books I and II packages. Those are the best introduction to the world around us for young children, ages 4-8. If you have completed those, this is certainly the next step in your geography curriculum.

Quick facts:

• First book and workbook for grades 4-7 (or you could do the Around the World with Picture books packages).
• The next 4 levels can be done in any order
• There are two sets of questions directed to younger and older students
• This can be done with children of multiple ages simultaneously
• Includes recipes and activities

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by Hester VanBraeden

Hester is a second-generation home-educating parent who is keenly aware that her own education is not complete, and comfortable that it probably never will be. She has many years of experience with children, books, and curriculum. She loves to travel to worlds and times beyond the present with her children through many books. Hester and her husband have four children and live in the lower mainland of BC.

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Advent has a long and interesting history with various traditions popping up throughout.  Advent means “coming” in Latin.  Today Christians use the season of advent to celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world and it is also symbolic as the church waits for Christs’ return.

It is common to light a candle and read from the scriptures on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas Day.  There are numerous ways that a family can use this season to teach their children about Christ’s birth and his return. I encourage you to develop traditions that mark this time.  The traditions can be used to draw you away from the overwhelming pace that is so typical of this season.  They will remind you and your family about the joyous anticipation that awaits believers.

This package will take you through 24 days of Advent with a wonderful 25th book to open on Christmas Day. Each book has been carefully selected to help kids think about waiting and preparing. It includes classic tales of the season, from the real story of Saint Nicholas, The Nutcracker, and of course the tale of a Grinch who stole Christmas. It ends with a beautiful book that tells the story of Christmas using art masterpieces and texts directly from Scripture. This package will have a little something for everyone to revisit every year.

Package includes:

The Littlest Watchman
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The Little Fir Tree
Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend
White Snow, Bright Snow
The Little Drummer Boy
The Christmas Story
Christmas around the World
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Mitten
Christmas Day in the Morning
The Little Match Girl
The Nutcracker (W/CD)
Christmas in the Big Woods
Papa Panov’s Special Christmas
Katie’s London Christmas
The Polar Express
An Orange for Frankie
The Miracle of St. Nicholas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Snow
Good King Wenceslas
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
A Promise Kept

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