Biblioplan 2014-2015 school year~* Ancients

I am excited to have found the this curriculum !

  I am planning for next school year. We really enjoyed the ACE / Pace curriculum last year and will have it as a backup for days and times life is busy but I wanted to use curriculum that the entire family can do together.
   I have not actually used this program yet but I will list the reasons I have choose this curriculum for this coming school year 2014-2015. Click here to learn about Biblioplan

1. Christ centered /Christian worldview 
2.  entire family can study together k-12th grade so we can take advantages of field trips, movies, read alouds etc. together studying the same time period
3. 3 day a week schedule the other 2 days we will do Science
4. Biblioplan Companion is the text book with pictures and information I need to answer question etc. It has pictures and broken down in to bite size interesting information verses chapters of endless information in other text books. Even with my large library we would always get frustrated wasting time searching for information to research and even worse not being able to find it.  
5. Ancient Cool History (littles, middles, upper middles, & advanced) is divided in 4 age appropriate sections that include: questions, hands on ideas, essay, & research assignments . The information needed to answer the questions is found in the Biblioplan Companion :)
6. Ancients Family Guide~* is the schedule it not only includes the Biblioplan schedule for the week which is all you need for a complete curriculum but has extras. Its like going to Hoss's restaurant. You have the main course but there is a buffet with options to choose your desert, salads etc.The options include  read alouds, literature for the students to read, option spines of other curriculum to go along side etc. I love this because on busy weeks we can stick with the main course or we can add extras. It also has the benefit of adapting to each student. My boys like just the facts mam while my daughter will read books for hours. The suggested books are great living books that are interesting and make the time period come alive. 
7. Biblioplan's website has a section for the extra books recommend that is linked to Amazon  & CBD my two top places to go for buying books. I love that because we have Amazon Prime so I can plan even at the last minute and my books will be there in a few days. Some books I can even purchase for my Kindle. Booklist Link to Biblioplan Ancients click here
8. Ancients Family Discussion Guide ~* Is not required but its for after reading together or the kids assigned to read to discuss the material together. Its a good tool to see if they were listening or read the material while pulling the family together.
9. Ancient Hands On-Maps~* There is one for elementary and one for advanced. I really like that all the information is provided for the maps. The map work itself is very hands causing the student to engage with the map study.
10. Ancient Timeline~* There is a timeline with pictures to cut out and place on the timeline. I love how Biblioplan goes in chronological order. I also like how the timeline has Biblical history on top & Ancient history on the bottom of the timeline so you can see what was going on in the world during that time of the Bible. 
11. Ancients Craft Book & Coloring Book: There are hands on activities suggested in the Cool history but the craftbook & coloring book can add to the study for the younger students.
12. I love that it covers history in a 4 year rotation. That means my younger kiddos if we stick with it can go through it 2-3 times. With the buffet of options we can change it some or repeat it the same way we went through it the time before but they would do it at another age level regardless of which we decide. 
13. The cost is very reasonable especially for a large family. 
14. Once I have all 4 years it would be a good resource for the Wisdom Booklets which I love!
15. Since it uses other popular curriculum as optional spines or work like Mystery of History or Story of the World etc. I can easily find notebooking pages , lapbooks, and ideas to go with our studies.

I am so excited to have found Biblioplan. I hope it is a good fit for my family. It sure looks good to me but as homeschool mom I know until I actually use it I will not know if its a good fit for your family.If you want to download a 3 week sample click here.