Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
Classical Conversations is a classical, Christian education. Some might see those words placed together and not see the connection. In fact, some might go as far as to say they don't connect. It probably won't surprise you to hear me say, well, they do go together! Actually, I'm a firm believer that classical + Christian are … [Read more...]
Y'all, please welcome back my friend, Becki Hogan. Becki and her husband blog at Running with Team Hogan. Through learning about a new subject, Becki was able to learn more about classical education. I can relate! When you understand classical education, you see learning -on any subject- through a new lens. Read to … [Read more...]
Everyone in my home loves nature study. When it's warm and beautiful or even warm and rainy, we head outside to make observations, take photographs, and draw. But, with the combination of my pregnancy sickness and our seemingly never-ending Northeast winter, we've been inside a lot for nature studies lately. Here's how we've … [Read more...]
Sweet friends from my CC campus arranged the most fun mid-cycle family review night. It had to be rescheduled once due to weather, but we were still able to get it in basically midway through the year. Sorry, I'm sharing it a little late here. But, it could be a fun end of year night too! I was so impressed by what … [Read more...]
Image SourceI know I was asking, "Why Latin?" when we first started with classical education. If you've been searching for answers to the same question, I hope you'll read this article by Kathy Sheppard from the Classical Conversations Writers Circle. Kathy sums it up perfectly! We all know that the study of Latin helps students … [Read more...]
Before homeschooling my children, my educational experience was limited to how I was taught, which I would generally characterize as traditional. I grew up attending a private, Christian school and later graduated from a Bible university with degrees in Social Work and Bible. I had no experience and very little information regarding … [Read more...]
A few months back a friend posted a picture of skip counting boards handmade by her husband. I had never seen anything like them! I thought they looked so cool & started asking for details. My friend and her husband based their design off these online tutorials (1 and 2). They made two versions: one with wooden pegs … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]