It’s an exciting time of year as we plan for the coming homeschool year.  I love it – new beginnings, new plans, new opportunities. I spent several months researching a general curriculum that would work within our Charlotte Mason/Unit Study learning structure.  I like to use a base for learning and then springboard from there.  I’ve found boxed curriculums do not work for our family or our method, so I tend to piece together several resources and programs. This year we are using Galloping the Globe as our main curriculum.  GTG takes us on a journey to every continent on the globe.  Within each continent, we study various countries, their people, cultures, landscapes,…