Comments on: Creating Unit Studies using Biblical Principle Approach Methodology and Content http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/ And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.--Deut 6:5 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: PrincipledMom » Blog Archive » Realizing a dream http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-322 PrincipledMom » Blog Archive » Realizing a dream Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:11:08 +0000 http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-322 [...] In this postI said that as a home educator I hope you are always evaluating what works. To me this is one of the best things about what we do. We are free to try new things and evaluate what works–and what doesn’t. For us a struggle has been the whole idea of separate subjects. I understand that the BPA philosophy keeps the subjects separate so they retain their distinctiveness. They have a reason for the traditional “school” model and I have no problem with that, in general. However it has not ever worked so great in my home. (see Dee’s poston BPA unit studies) [...] […] In this postI said that as a home educator I hope you are always evaluating what works. To me this is one of the best things about what we do. We are free to try new things and evaluate what works–and what doesn’t. For us a struggle has been the whole idea of separate subjects. I understand that the BPA philosophy keeps the subjects separate so they retain their distinctiveness. They have a reason for the traditional “school” model and I have no problem with that, in general. However it has not ever worked so great in my home. (see Dee’s poston BPA unit studies) […]

]]> By: lovinghim4ever http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-156 lovinghim4ever Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:59:52 +0000 http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-156 Kim, yea, the NP Lessons and even Guides are structured in a 'different' sort of way :-). I had a hard time myself but I just had to 'break' away from that and trust that what God gives me to write, no matter how elementary it may seem, is what me and my children need and so I'm learning to go with that....now the guides are a wonderful resource especially for the history of each subject. I LOVE them all and use them all the time...I'm glad I was able to help. I'll keep sharing as I make progress. Kim,

yea, the NP Lessons and even Guides are structured in a ‘different’ sort of way :-). I had a hard time myself but I just had to ‘break’ away from that and trust that what God gives me to write, no matter how elementary it may seem, is what me and my children need and so I’m learning to go with that….now the guides are a wonderful resource especially for the history of each subject. I LOVE them all and use them all the time…I’m glad I was able to help. I’ll keep sharing as I make progress.

]]> By: Kim http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-154 Kim Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:52:35 +0000 http://lovinghim4ever.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/15/creating-unit-studies-using-biblical-principle-approach-methodology-and-content/#comment-154 Thank you so much for sharing!!!!! I too lean toward unit studies and a couple of years ago, I thought that I'd start writing some that corresponded to the chronology of the Bible....and then I was led to the Weaver curriculum; and thought, why reinvent the wheel. ;-) And now learning about BPA...well, I (we) really want to use this method in our home school (and I can see the differences in this approach and other Bible based approaches), but I still "think" in terms of unit studies, and was having a hard time with the way the NP lessons were structured. So thank you again for sharing, because I'm so excited to see how you are doing this and to better be able to "see" how to write a unit study using the BPA foundation. And to be able to tailor everything to our home and stage in life and learning.....exciting! :-) Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!
I too lean toward unit studies and a couple of years ago, I thought that I’d start writing some that corresponded to the chronology of the Bible….and then I was led to the Weaver curriculum; and thought, why reinvent the wheel. ;-) And now learning about BPA…well, I (we) really want to use this method in our home school (and I can see the differences in this approach and other Bible based approaches), but I still “think” in terms of unit studies, and was having a hard time with the way the NP lessons were structured. So thank you again for sharing, because I’m so excited to see how you are doing this and to better be able to “see” how to write a unit study using the BPA foundation. And to be able to tailor everything to our home and stage in life and learning…..exciting! :-)

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