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I believe that whole-family homeschooling is the key to beautiful days. Because of this, I schedule reading plans, with living books, around four chronological cycles, and include resource for all of the “forms” (grade groups).

 

 

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Hi, I'm Brenda...

 

I’m so excited you’re here, exploring the work I’ve created! I pray it is a blessing to you in your homeschool journey. May your days with your children be lovely!

I’ve been homeschooling for more than twenty years, and I love encouraging homeschool moms as much as I adore books and making spreadsheets. I combine all of these passions at STAR Homeschool where I create flexible, whole-family, Charlotte Mason-style reading plans around four chronological cycles. 

 It’s nice to meet you!

Admittedly, this photo is a few years old, and we've added another child to our family in the last year. I'll get an updated photo one of these days! Our children are currently: 23, 22, 21, 17, 15, and 9. We have been blessed with three boys in a row, and three girls in a row. We have adopted four out of six of our children.

When I was homeschooling our three boys, I felt overwhelmed by homeschool curriculum that divided my kids into different grade levels, like a public school. Our boys were 13 months and 10.5 months apart, and I liked keeping them together for as many subjects as possible. It’s possible to do this even with bigger age gaps of children, but it isn’t always easy to find curriculum that works like this.

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 "I absolutely LOVE all your resources!  Your schedules, booklists, and planners are amazing!!  Thank you for creating all of this and blessing our homeschool!" 

April

Free Reading Plans!

I offer two options: limited free reading plans, and reading plans with all of the subjects, available for purchase.

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Cycle One

 

History:

Ancients—Creation to the Fall of Rome

 

Science:

Anatomy, Biology, Botany, Anatomy, Animals-General, Animals-Pets, Deserts 

Cycle Two

 

History:

Middle Ages—Dark Ages to Explorers of the New World

 

Science:

Animals-Mountain, Animals-Ocean, Astronomy, Geology, Marine Biology, Mountains, Oceans, Water Cycle

Cycle Three

 

History:

Early Modern Times—Dutch Revolt to The California Gold Rush

 

Science:

Animals-Farm, Animals-Pond, Biology, Birds, Chemistry, Farms, Gardens, Ponds

Cycle Four

 

History:

The Modern Era—The Victorians through Recent Times 

 

Science:

Animals-Forest, Animals-Jungle, Forests, Jungles, Machines, Physics, Safety, Weather

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