POE Supplemental Resources

We will be starting Paths of Exploration by Trail Guide to Learning in April of 2013.   We homeschool with a very hands-on (Montessori) approach to education, so I am creating a Paths of Exploration Supplemental Resources pages for those that want to take this curriculum in a bit of a different, more hands-on direction with your children.  Most of these resources are free resources with a few exceptions.  I hope this resource will be a blessing to you and your family.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.  

Please note, I will be adding resources to each Unit before and during our study, so be sure to subscribe to the site to continue to receive the updates.  We are really looking forward to this curriculum!  

Volume One  – Columbus Unit 1:

Required Reading Resources:

• Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Book)
• Christopher Columbus by Bennie Rhodes
• Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (Middle School)

Optional Supplemental Reading Resources (We added these books in our homeschool library):

Lesson 1 Supplemental Resources can be found here:

Lesson 2

• Lesson 2, Part 3:  Spices Free 3 part cards; Make your own Montessori Smelling Bottles;
• Make Saltwater Crystals and you could even add another variable such as yarn thickness by sure to do a Scientific Speculation Sheet with their hypothesis
• World Oceans Free 3 part cards from Montessori Etc (BEAUTIFUL)!!
• Continent and Hemisphere Study Free also from Montessori Etc.
• Sailing Ship Vocabulary Nomenclature Cards 
• Types of Clouds Nomenclature Cards, again from Montessori Etc. and Free
• Types of Weather Nomenclature Cards from Montessori for Everyone
• Geometric Solids 3 part cards from Montessori Etc and Free.
• Planets 3 part cards Free from Montessori Mom and Online Planet study and another
• Label Dolphin Anatomy 
• Parts of the Sun Nomenclature from Montessori For Everyone and make a Model of the sun out of playdoh
• Constellations Study:  Montessori inspired solar system / constellation studies for younger children

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Jamestown Unit

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Pilgrim Unit

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Volume 1 

Required Resource List

• Meet Christopher Columbus by James T. de Kay
• Christopher Columbus by Bennie Rhodes
• Stories of the Pilgrims by Margaret Pumphrey (2nd Edition, Christian Liberty Press)
• Stories of the Pilgrims Answer Key
• Squanto, Friend to the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
• A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier by Gail Karwoski
• Profiles from History by Ashley Strayer Wiggers
• Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock
• North American Wildlife Guide published by Reader’s Digest
• Eat Your Way Around the World by Jamie Aramini
• Intermediate World Atlas published by Rand Mc Nally
• RealEarth®GlobeMap™
• Large-Scale U.S. and World Outline Maps
• Student Notebook pages (printed from CD-ROM included or available separately)

Volume 2 Required Resource List

• Daniel Boone, Frontiersman by Janet and Geoff Benge
• Daniel Boone, Young Hunter & Tracker by Augusta Stevenson
• Munford Meets Lewis and Clark by Jamie Aramini
• Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark by Gail Karwoski
• Trouble for Lucy by Carla Stevens
• Johnny Appleseed by David Collins
• 1911 Boy Scout Handbook
• United States History Atlas
• Lewis & Clark Hands On by Sharon Jeffus (©2009, Geography Matters)
• Going West!: Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a FrontierTown, a Kaleidoscope Kids book
• Student Notebook pages (printed from CD-ROM included or available separately)

Note:  A  few items above are linked to my Amazon affiliate account.  The very small amount of money that I make on Amazon is used to augment our curriculum needs.  Photos are shared from  Amazon.

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Trish Corlew

Founder and Author at Live and Learn Farm

Trish has been married to her best friend, David, for 16 years and they have three sons (aged 13, 12 and 9). Trish is from the coast of North Carolina, but they now live in rural West Tennessee on a 40+ acre farm. She has been homeschooling since 2009 and her homeschool style leans towards a Montessori approach with a heavy emphasis on hands-on learning. They also own a small business that Trish runs from home. Trish’s family is Messianic and they love studying the Scriptures, learning Hebrew and growing in their faith and walk daily. In her spare time, Trish loves to write, work in their garden and can regularly be found trying to learn something new, modeling that learning is indeed a life-long endeavor!

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