Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
HE DID IT! My biggest little is a memory master!Yesterday was our campus' memory master test day. The view from here was like this... We started with a homemade breakfast of brain food. With a 10:30 testing time slot, we had plenty of time for a relaxing start to our day. On the drive there, I tried to relate the testing to … [Read more...]
My biggest guy is doing his first round of memory master proofing with a close family friend today. Anyone nervous besides me?? My son nervous? Nope, he's confident.My husband nervous? Nope, he's confident. I think it's time for me to distract myself by baking brownies. … [Read more...]
We are deep into memory master review here, folks. My little man and I are both resisting the impulse to quit and rest. Rather, we are buckling down and trying hard. Memorizing all the math grammar has been especially hard for him. I'm trying to think of interesting, yet simple ways for him to review. If the method is … [Read more...]
This giveaway is now closed! Comment #7, Superblessedmommy aka Becki Hogan, you are the winner! I'm excited for you to check this out, Becki, as we continue in orchestra studies with CC. Erica of Classical Composers Monthly will contact you with more information. If you're just now seeing this, be sure to check out my review … [Read more...]
At home, I try to implement a variety of different memory techniques; much the same way the tutors do during CC community day. For example, visual cues, physical motions, music, repetition, review games, etc. Hands down, one of the easiest ways we review is listening to our memory music. With inspiration from a friend and help … [Read more...]
We've studied hard this first half of the year and besides keeping school and other responsibilities going, we've added Christmas fun and illnesses to our workload lately. But, with little bits of time scrounged together here and there, I've also been preparing for the second half of our CC calendar. Here is a list of favorite printable links … [Read more...]
Our family was blessed to spend time traveling and with family this Thanksgiving - two of our favorite things! We're excited to spend even more time over the upcoming holiday season enjoying those two things again.However, in all our celebrating, we don't want to lose all the things we've worked hard to memorize over these first several weeks. … [Read more...]
We do lots of little projects on paper in our schooling - copywork, drawing, diagramming, worksheets, cut & paste, etc. My littles really love doing these activities. They're so good for reinforcing memory work and for expounding with more information. We store all of these papers in their notebooks. Each little has a 1.5 inch … [Read more...]
As was previously shown in my school room look, here is our grammar board aka my version of the at home tri-fold board for memory work. I have 8 page protector sleeves hung by binder clips pinned to the cork board with a tack. Each sleeve holds one subject's memory work - Bible passage, Latin, English, History, Science, … [Read more...]
Were you classically educated? Me neither! I have so much to learn! and I've been doing it through my readings about classical education. I finished reading Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons today. Yay! This book was handed out at my local Classical Conversations practicum. Was it at yours … [Read more...]