The most important part of the Heart of Wisdom approach is the Bible reading. We read through the Bible chronologically. Each day we read and discuss a section of scripture. After the story, the children work on a project to demonstrate what they have learned, according to their ability levels. Young children draw an illustration, older children rewrite the story or compose a poem.
Students keep all work in a Bible portfolio.
Consequently they have their own Bible Storybook at the end of the school year. This is active in an ongoing project, we read through the Bible in one year, every year. Writing, spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation, handwriting, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills are learned, not as separate subjects, but integrated into each study. The first year, a younger child s portfolio will contain drawings, handwriting samples, memory verses, dictated summary pages, photos of a play costume, pages from a Bible coloring book, etc., while older students portfolios will contain character and event summaries, research papers, essays, computer printouts, timelines, maps, sketches, etc. History, science and math are added in a unit study.