Heritage Packs: Adding Color to Your Curriculum

Heritage Packs: Adding Color to Your Curriculum | Heritage Mom

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It's no secret that most homeschool curricula is lacking in...well...color. There is certainly room for many lesson plan providers to grow in that area, but I also realize that (1) they're not all interested in taking up the task, (2) their task is not easy and (2) it would be nearly impossible for any of them to fully satisfy me because I don't just want a little. I want a TON of color. All the colors. And the white stuff too. It may sound picky, but as my grandpa used to say, "You can be as picky as your wallet and your will to work allow."

Well, my wallet has certainly been streeeeeetched as I've tried to build a home library that reflects what I want my children to know and believe about our great country and the beautiful world outside our borders. And I'm willing to continue working late nights and early mornings until my children - and yours - have what they need. It requires diligence, but if we work together and share resources, it won't be too much for any one of us.

If you want a truly multicultural curriculum, it is likely that you'll have to build it from the ground up or take what you love about what's available and combine it with your own resources.

That's where I come in.

Ever since I spoke about mirrors and windows, chatted about how Charlotte Mason and your heritage are intertwined, and wrote Should I scrap my Charlotte Mason curriculum?, I've received many messages asking for advice on how to begin including other voices in a traditional homeschool curriculum.

Each time I'm asked about how I do things in my home, I talk about sprinkling my special sauce on our school lessons, and guess what?

I bottled that sauce up to share with all of you by launching Heritage Packs!

These lesson guides include robust booklists with scheduling recommendations to help you shake things up a bit. You can use them as part of the curriculum you're building or weave them into what you've already purchased or found online for free. And if you listened to my talk at the Charlotte Mason Inspired conference then you'll understand what I mean when I say that they can even be "brown bubble gum" this year if that's what you need most!

There are currently three Heritage Packs to choose from, and I'm working on a few more as we speak (so please forgive me if I'm not as responsive to messages for a few weeks). I hope these guides will bless your family and provide you with the one gift that's on the wish list of every homeschool mama I know:

The gift of time.

Time to enjoy your children. Time to enjoy the books. Time to pray and reflect. Time to be present for the man who made you a wife.

And time to enjoy this amazing, enriching, crazy journey we're all traveling together.

I love you guys, and I'm so excited about what this school year will bring our way!

You can find me on Instagram at @heritagemomblog.

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