We love, love, love Apologia Educational Ministries and are thrilled to review volume 4 of the What We Believe worldview series! 
We received the following:
- What on Earth Can I Do? (hardback book for ages 6-12)
- What On Earth Can I Do Notebooking Journal (for ages 10-12)
- What on Earth Can I Do? Junior Notebooking Journal (for ages 6-9)
- What on Earth Can I Do? Coloring Book (perfect for preschoolers)
Liz has completed the whole series now.
What is covered in the What We Believe series?
The series includes four volumes:
- Volume 1 – Who Is God? (And Can I Really Know Him?) Biblical Worldview of God and Truth
- Volume 2 – Who Am I? (And What Am I Doing Here?) Biblical Worldview of Self-Image
- Volume 3 – Who Is My Neighbor? (And Why Does He Need Me?) Biblical Worldview of Servanthood
- Volume 4 – What on Earth Can I Do? Biblical Worldview of Stewardship
Why do we love Apologia Christian worldview curriculum?
We are bombarded with the world all the time – through TV, radio, Internet, billboards, print media, friends and family, and even church. I am continually amazed at how Christians compromise the gospel and teachings of the Bible in favor of the world and concern over offending someone.
I say: “Take back your family and stand firm in your convictions that are Bible-based.”
I have never found a discrepancy Apologia worldview helps immensely by affirming our beliefs and why I teach my children what I do.
We are different and I am ok with that.
What did we do with this curriculum?
I read aloud from the book each morning and we discussed the lessons, stories, biographies. The journals have schedules for each day, but we found ourselves reading, reading, reading and loving it so much that we did above and beyond the daily lessons. The journals make things so easy, but they’re not necessary to have.
Alex was super excited to have a coloring book and he’s just the right age and ability to complete a page during or after our read aloud time. The coloring pages are the same as in the junior journal and he loved coloring in his book while his sisters colored in theirs.
Tori and Kate shared the Junior Notebooking Journal so sweetly (since I couldn’t find an additional one for a few weeks). Tori was thrilled when her own journal arrived!
The girls love the lapbooking components, coloring pages, copywork, and puzzles. Some of the free writing assignments we skipped since the girls weren’t ready to do those. Kate and Tori really loved making blueberry and lemon walnut muffins as one of the assignments.
Liz had her own Notebooking Journal and completed the assignments daily. Occasionally, she had to complete the reading if she missed the read aloud time.
I am amazed at how God has orchestrated events in our lives the past couple months.
We’re in the transition of moving from Utah to Germany and it’s been quite stressful and confusing for our younger three who have no memory of past military moves. (My husband is Air Force and this is the first PCS I’ve experience not being pregnant or nursing a newborn!)
The opening stories in the first few lessons about World War II and German and British characters delighted my kids who are eager to learn everything they can about our new home. Great images and biographies accompany the stories. And we all love history.
We haven’t quite reached this era in our history studies, but God’s timing is always perfect. My children immediately related Colin and Jenny’s experiences to the Pevensie kids in the Narnia books! They’re excited to visit these historical places mentioned and read more about the historical events. And they’re tickled to realize that the BBC existed that long ago as a radio station before the modern TV station with the Doctor Who shows they know and love.
Even Dad enjoyed listening to the read alouds during our roadtrip. The stories and fictionalized retelling of Jesus’ parables are real page turners. This is my favorite in the series, I think.
We continue to read our lessons aloud and complete the journals while we are staying in temporary housing on Ramstein AFB in Germany. We found a house and are awaiting our household goods. How appropriate is our lesson on greed and not coveting too much that we don’t need. We downsized a great deal before we moved, but we will not have room for some of our stuff in our new German house. I love how God is pruning us in this area. Good thing I don’t really have emotional attachments to many of our things.
I discovered neato devotional on YouVersion app called What On Earth Am I Here For. It’s so complementary!
No teacher manual needed. Great for the whole family. My kids are 4, 7, 8, and 13. The lessons are even powerful and interesting enough for family devotional time.
What on Earth Can I Do? is $39.00
What On Earth Can I Do Notebooking Journal is $24.00
What on Earth Can I Do? Junior Notebooking Journal is $24.00
What on Earth Can I Do? Coloring Book is $8.00
I do think it’s amazing how God orchestrates even our curriculum. There have been many times when I got the opportunity to review just the perfect thing for the Crew- either something we needed to study and hadn’t or something that complemented what we were studying perfectly or was something that touched on a spiritual area that we needed.
It’s so cool how God does that!