Besides Bible, Apologetics is the most important subject we study.
Form 1+ (or whole family read aloud)
Leading Little Ones to God by Marion M. Schoolland
This is the book that we read aloud during Cycle 2 to Form 1, 2 and 3 students at STAR Homeschool Community throughout the school year.
Note that the “At Home” readings do not include the entire book, because some of the lessons are read in community.
If you would like to read through the whole book, read one extra lesson per week.
This book covers so many important questions kids ask, and can really be read aloud to the whole family and discussed with each child at their own level. The topics addressed in Fearless Apologetics during this cycle line up with the topics presented each week in this book, to provide for whole-family conversation.
You can download the pdf here (at home readings, if participating in a community):
You can download the pdf here (all readings):
Form 2+ (or whole family read aloud)
Long Story Short: Ten Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God by Marty Machowski (year 2 of 3)
This book is scheduled at a pace of one “week,” which is 5 short lessons, per week, throughout Cycles 1, 2 and 3, ending in Week 22 in Cycle 3. This is a whole-family read aloud for all ages of children.
You can download the pdf here:
Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism by Starr Meade (year 2 of 4)
This book is scheduled over all four cycles and finishes up in Cycle 4, in Week 23. You can really jump in to this book at any time. Each week is focused on of of the Shorter Catechism questions. There are readings each day of the week that go along with the questions.
This is a great read aloud for Form 2 and up.
I am a big fan of using music for memory work (see the Bible Memory project on this site!), and I recommend using some music to memorize these catechism questions. Try Holly Dutton’s work, Brian Sauve’s albums, or Colin Buchanan’s album Catechism Kids.
You can download the pdf here:
Wisdom and the Millers by Mildred A. Martin
This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week from Week 1 through Week 27. This is a great read aloud for the whole family, but possibly most interesting for Form 2 and up.
You can download the pdf here:
Form 3+ (or whole family read aloud)
Who am I? And What Am I Doing Here? by John Hay and David Webb
(year 2 of 2)
This book is scheduled over two years: Cycle 1 and Cycle 2.
This can be used as a whole-family read aloud for Forms 2 and up, or it can be used for independent reading assignments for Forms 3, 4 or 5.
You can download the pdf here:
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