Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
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...]
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...]
As many of you now know, we are expecting our fifth this summer. Yay! :) As amazingly lovely as babies are, pregnancy can be just as strongly terrible for me. At least in the beginning…and then again a little at the end. :/ Besides being a physical battle for me to remain upright (I'll spare you the gory details), it is also … [Read more...]
Guys, get a fresh cup of coffee and settle in for a warmly honest talk with my kind friend and fellow CC mom, Sarah Keating. Her family is dear to mine and it is a joy to share life and learning with them. I hope you find the peek into their day (especially if you have a new baby at home too!) refreshing and maybe you'll even find some … [Read more...]
Friends, please welcome Kirsten Gregoire to the blog today! Kirsten has been a friend for many years, before any of our children entered the scene, and I've been happy to be a step behind her for each part of the journey because it has allowed me to learn so much from her! Kirsten was the first of my friends to talk homeschooling (I thought she was … [Read more...]
Are you on break right now? We're on a short Thanksgiving break before squeezing in a bit more before Christmas break. Now's the perfect time to make sure those memory pegs are in before the next 12 weeks of material make an appearance. A friend's family shared with me that they do Mini Memory Master testing during this time. I loved the idea … [Read more...]
Hi, my name is Julie Largent. I’m a Midwestern girl who has been planted in the Northeast. I have been married to Gibson for 15 years. He is a pastor/church planter here in PA. We are Oklahoma Sooner fans, but for some reason can’t seem to find many others in this area who share our passion. The Lord has blessed us with 4 beautiful, funny, and … [Read more...]
Guys, welcome back, Classical Conversations Writers Circle blogger Jennifer Courtney. Today, she's sharing with us the results of her polling of seventy Classical Conversations families for the reasons why they homeschool.Recent news coverage of homeschooling has revealed a 75% increase in homeschooling in the past eight years. In addition, … [Read more...]
In the summer I found this tutorial from The Crafty Homeschool Mama for making our own paper mache model of the planets. I was immediately sure we'd make it this year while we learned about the solar system. Why?1. It will help us learn the names and characteristic features of the planets.2. It's creative work that we can keep … [Read more...]
New to classical education? Or interested in learning more? Follow along as Jennifer Courtney from Classical Conversations Writers Circle shares with us the core of classical education. You can see her other posts here, here, and here.Why do we need classical education? What makes it different from modern education?1. Classical education … [Read more...]