We began this book late last winter, but did not get to finish it. So The King Of The Golden City was the first book we studied when our new school year began in August. There is a study guide available on the Catholic Heritage Curriculum website that everyone enjoyed doing while we were reading this great book. It is a truly beautiful story and we all recommend it highly. (I will re-read this book aloud in the early Spring as Cherub 4 and Cherub 5 prepare for their First Holy Communion.)
After finishing The King of the Golden City, we began reading The New Saint Joseph's Baltimore Catechism - we chose to use the Number 1 edition because of the wide age range in our home. This book has a wonderful way of making the complicated more simple to understand, and has inspired more than a few conversations about our faith. We are so blessed to be able to include our faith in our daily studies - what a treasure it is to be able to grow and share together.
We have almost finished the St. Joseph's Catechism. Our next study will be using Ignatius Schuster's book titled Bible History. We expect this book to take quite some time to read, however our older children have expressed great interest in learning the history of the church. I am sure our TimeLines will be very useful with this study too.
In addition to these more-formal studies, we have been reading through Psalms a little each day, discussing and studying as we go along. The children have been memorizing several complete Psalms as well. "Thy word have I hid in my heart ..." Their current project is Psalm 100, which they have JUST begun to learn.
In past years we used more formal "bible studies" together, and various devotionals. However, this year I asked our 3 older children to select specific topics or entire books (of the Bible) for our Morning Bible Study. The first book they chose was Psalms, and next on their list is Proverbs. Cherub 3 also found some hymns for us to learn that are the Psalms "put to music" which has been a wonderful addition.
At least one or two days each week, one of the older children volunteers to read a story from the Children's Bible aloud to the younger 3 Cherubs - this is an enjoyable (and VERY MUCH anticipated) time that they share together.
Everyone from the youngest to the oldest child enjoys our Bible and Catechism studies - it is the first thing we do together every day, after a time of Prayer.
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