Favorite Geography curriculum: Beautiful Feet
I don’t post tons of curriculum reviews. I guess it’s primarily because there is already saturation online to choose from. Possibly it’s also because, like most long term homeschoolers, we’ve found that 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺. I’m not opposed to new curriculum; quite the opposite. The surge of new curriculum these past two years is much needed and overdue, a blessing indeed. If I share curriculum here, it’s something we’ve used, often a minimum three times. It’s been vetted, satisfies my multi-sensory standard. It’s benefited our education journey, not merely just something to do. It’s part of a CM feast, spread before us. It’s taken us on living journeys.
Our third time through A Beautiful Feet geography, a year long expedition courtesy of a tusked bird, lowly turtle, sturdy tree, and child-carved canoe took us around the world. We spread maps across dining tables and shared a geographical journey around the world.
Together.
There were weeks I couldn’t imagine reading Paddle one more time, but I know Paddle faithfully has ushered conversations into our days that wouldn’t be there without.
That’s what a solid curriculum offers.
Whether the curriculum looks flashy or feels flashy or has lots of bells and whistles isn’t the point. What, at its core, is the curriculum going to offer your child? Curriculum needs to have depth to offer impact.
And that’s why I reached for this curriculum four different times, spread maps across the table weekly.
Note: If you look specifically for creation worldview resources, please preview to see if this will work for your family. There are references in Minn of the Mississippi as to the earth age. We shared meaningful conversations with this portion-it offered opportunity for the mancubs to offer their perspective. For this alone, it was a worthwhile read for us.
Each book offers this:
Hope is a beautiful catalyst for humanity. It stirs us in ways complacency cannot. That not only are we carving into this earth, life journeys carve into us and mold us as well.
