Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
Guys, I'd love to introduce you to my friend, Becki Hogan, as she shares A Day in the Life of her family. Their family's enthusiasm for learning is truly infectious. In fact, I think I learn something new in each conversation with Becki and her resource recommendations are always spot on! Please enjoy this look into their day. … [Read more...]
Do y'all remember my series entitled At Home with the Classical Method? In it, I shared some things I learned from reading The Core. Do you want to know more, but can't quite find the time to read The Core yet? Then these series of articles written by guest poster, Jennifer Courtney, from the Classical Conversations Writers Circle are for … [Read more...]
I've made my Popsicle Pick game...finally! I had the idea last year, but just made time to bang it out. I'm excited to add it to our short list of simple ways to review our memory work.I took the color assigned to each subject on the memory master flashcards and painted one end of a popsicle stick to match. They're shown here … [Read more...]
Please welcome my friend, Michelle Balisalisa, as she shares A Day in the Life of her sweet family. Michelle and I met a few years ago through mutual friends and have gotten to know each other better through our shared CC campus. Michelle and her husband Ralph are generous, fun, and hard-working. I hope you enjoy this look into … [Read more...]
In history this year, we'll be doing lots of memory work and reading around king and kingdoms. I will often hear my littles reenacting our history for the week. So for fun and for review, I thought it would be fun to make crowns for them to wear. I used this tutorial as a guide with a few changes.I bought 4 different laces to use … [Read more...]
Raise your hand if every day is homeschooling utopia with your family. No? No hands raised? None here either! One of my most favorite things about my group of friends is no matter what kind of day I’ve had with my littles, if I tell my friends, at least one of them can relate. Good? Yup, they’re all cheering me on and sharing their … [Read more...]
Remember our introduction to Classical Conversations Writers Circle's Jennifer Courtney from her arithmetic article shared here earlier this month? Here's another from her, this one on the core of writing for each stage of the Trivium - grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. Without further ado...Let’s turn to the core of writing which Leigh … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Rachel Tate Seely is the winner! Rachel has been contacted by e-mail. Thanks so much to everyone for visiting & entering! Congrats again to Rachel! I hope you enjoy the ease of this system as much as us! : )Guys, I'm excited to share with you today a memory work system created by another CC mom, Jaime from Homeschool Story. … [Read more...]
As y'all know, I've spent a lot of time this summer reading more about classical education. I'm convinced if we work the classical model, the classical model will work for us. Through implementing what I've learned about classical education into our curriculum choices, scheduling, and memory work review, I'm hoping to … [Read more...]
One of the best parts of homeschooling is the customization it allows. Over the last few years, I've had the chance to learn what I like in a curriculum and what works for our family. I'm sure this will change in slight ways over the years, but keeping these criteria in mind as a guide when making selections for our family is very helpful to … [Read more...]