Cycle Two – Week Eighteen

Image CreditHistory - Recite the sentence while coloring a President Roosevelt picture.  If you're curious to learn more about the history of the change from League of Nations to United Nations like I was, check out this site.English - I love how the CC app demonstrated the five kinds of nouns with the same sentence to highlight each of the … [Read more...]

Cycle Two – Week Seventeen

History - We're going to review history with geography this week by tracing or blobbing the countries of the ally and axis leaders in different colors.  I'd say blue and red, but my boys will probably each pick two of their favorite colors.  :)English - We'll simply chant the definition of a noun three times or more for review.  If … [Read more...]

A Day in The Life – Herrs

Guys, please welcome my friend Sarah Herr.  I met Sarah through our CC community and immediately knew I could learn a lot from her.  She's lovely, super cool, and organized…not to mention, generous with sharing her experience.  Please enjoy this peek into a day in their life!Hi, my name is Sarah Herr. I have been married to the … [Read more...]

The 4 Things My Littles Needed When We Flew (For the First Time)

I'm so excited to finally start telling y'all about the three week trip we took in October to some southwest states.  Both my sister with her family (her high school sweetheart husband and five lovely littles) and my parents would be in Texas for a week for work, so we decided to meet up with them there for a mini family vacation.  We've … [Read more...]

Do Not Grow Weary in Grammar, for in Due Time Ye Shall Reap

I've enjoyed many of Courtney Sanford's articles on the Classical Conversations Writers Circle, like Challenge: The Icing on the Cake (How to Manage Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge at the Same Time) and The Art of Going to the Art Museum.  I'm excited to share with you here today an article from Courtney as part of … [Read more...]

Cycle Two – Week Sixteen

Image CreditHistory - Draw or trace a black lined map.  Color in the areas where Germany invaded.  Look in our Kingfisher History Encyclopedia to read about the world wars.English - Practice memorizing the definition of a verb through motions.Latin - Continue using the story prompts to review the Latin endings.Science - I'm a little … [Read more...]

The Making of a Memory Master

As most of us are well into the second half of our CC cycle, it seems like a great time to republish this post on becoming a memory master.  If you weren't thinking about it at the beginning of the cycle, perhaps you are now.  Perhaps your little scholars are asking to "do memory master." Here's what's worked for us --Am I really bringing … [Read more...]

Cycle Two – Week Fifteen

History - Copy the history sentence onto the History Sentence Picture Page for this week.  Use the picture space to draw a map blob of the countries involved in WWI.  Look for books like this one at the library.  English - Craft our own example sentences for the four purposes of sentences.  Latin - Continue using the story … [Read more...]

Eight Great Artists Resource – Review & Giveaway

UPDATE: Carpenters, you are the winner! Please contact me with your e-mail address to receive the Eight Great Artists Resource from Sola Gratia Mom!  Congrats! Thanks to everyone for entering!Y'all know my affinity for an open and go type curriculum, right? Well, I like them.  Especially right now! :) Colleen from Sola Gratia Mom … [Read more...]

How Rearranging Our School Day Is Working Much Better

So, as you might imagine, my pregnancy has thrown our school day schedule for a bit of a loop.  Mainly because I'm a slow riser, tire quickly, and nap frequently. :) Okay, not really all of those things, but that's how I feel.  So our day is moving a little more slowly these days.  I've found that moving our schedule around a … [Read more...]