Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum: A Guide to Catholic Home Education Book

This is the first homeschooling manual I have read that has given me a clear idea of what I might do to prepare myself for teaching my own kids. Though this is not explicitly a "how-to" book, it models how one mother organized each year of her homeschooling curriculum in a way that makes it feel much less overwhelming to organize one's own. Especially useful to me were all the resources (including Bible study questions!) for teaching Catechism to kids at all levels. The information about teaching Latin is great as well. I also really appreciated how patriotism-focused her history curriculum is, even though she doesn't start her kids in history as early as I plan to start mine. Her suggestions for writing at all levels were also very useful. I did think the middle school plans she presented were a bit less rigorous than what I will want, but I'm still 7 or 8 years away from having even one middle schooler so who knows how my mind will change during that time. All in all, this was a great read for getting me excited about my own homeschool and I plan to revisit it when my oldest daughter is officially old enough for kindergarten the year after next.