Weaver Curriculum - Interlock

   In case you didn't know, my 3 1/2 year old granddaughter has recently come to live with our family.  To my joyous surprise, her arrival awakened the homeschool "mom" in me!  As she is preschool level & I consider myself to be a Charlotte Mason style homeschooler, I know that I don't want to use a curriculum that is too structured. Over the past month, I've been familiarizing myself with the latest and greatest homeschool curricula that has appeared on the market in the 4 years since homeschool ended in our home.  My youngest will graduate from public school next year after entering in 9th & my oldest graduated homeschool in 2010.  Now, I'm starting again with a preschooler!  Whew!
  
   After hours of researching, I have decided that I will be using the tried and true Weaver Curriculum.  When mine were younger they loved Weaver and to this day it was the only curriculum that they used in which they still can recall what was learned.  Weaver is a unit study program based upon the Bible.  Beginning at the beginning in Genesis chapter 1 with the preschool/Kindergarten program, Interlock and continuing chronologically through the Bible with Weaver Volumes 1-5.  My family completed all but Volume 5 in the 8 years that we "weaved" our way through homeschool.

   Weaver Interlock was created for 3-6 year olds and covers Genesis chapters 1-10.  The curriculum includes a Bible story, Language arts, Social Studies, Preschool & Kindergarten arithmetic, Music, and Physical education, finger-plays, and songs.  Interlock is designed to be used 3 days per week which I really like as it allows time for the concepts to stick and for outdoor activities.  I don't want my granddaughter to have just a “Christian Education” I feel the Lord is leading me to provide her a “Biblical Education”, and there is a huge difference. 
The Weaver bases itself on the Hebrew form of education, where you train the heart.  And that is why it has always worked so well for us.

More on our journey through Weaver Interlock starting the week of January 6th 2013, after which I intend to post updates & photos of what's happening in our homeschool each week.