Bigger Hearts for His Glory

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Yes, Bigger Hearts for His Glory is a complete, Christ-centered, literature-based program that covers all necessary academic areas.  These areas include history, geography, read-alouds, Bible, hymns, science, art, poetry, literature, spelling / studied dictation, and choices for math, grammar, and handwriting.  All subjects are scheduled in the daily plans.

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Bigger Hearts for His Glory is a one-year biographical overview of American history covering the time period from the 1500’s – 1970’s.

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Bigger Hearts for His Glory features 34 units with complete daily plans.  Each unit contains 5 days of instruction. The program is not tied to any specific day of the week, month, holiday, or season; so it can be started at any time.

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Bigger Hearts for His Glory has engaging daily lessons that take approximately 3 to 3 ½ hours to complete.  More time will be needed if you linger on activities or draw out discussions.

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Little to no preparation is needed to use Bigger Hearts for His Glory. It is designed to be open-and-go, so you can simply wake up and teach. Plans include supplies that are common to most household kitchens or art supply areas. Substitutions for supplies are also suggested. For example, the plans might say to find a beanbag, a ball, or a rolled-up pair of socks to throw in a basket, a tote, or a box. For this reason, there is purposefully no required supply list in Bigger Hearts for His Glory. Simply read the “Introduction,” first week of plans, and “Appendix” of the guide, and you will be ready to start.

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Bigger Hearts for His Glory is written to mainly be teacher-directed, recognizing your child’s need for guidance and instruction at this crucial stage of learning. Many of the skills taught within Bigger Hearts for His Glory will help your child move toward greater independence in the next guide, Preparing Hearts for His Glory.

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The full-color Student Notebook pages for Bigger Hearts for His Glory are an important part of the history study. Activities assigned within the notebook include mapping, sketching, copywork, listing historic facts, and completing a poster-sized timeline.

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If you have more than one student using this curriculum, you will want to order additional copies of items that are consumable (one-per-student). In our website’s online store, we list all the consumable items for each guide, as well as the package where each item is included. In this way, you can decide which consumables to order based on the packages you chose to purchase.