Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
Nothing gathers my children's attentions quite like the telling of a good story. They can nearly always goad their grandparents into telling them one at any time. Grammy makes up elaborate stories with creatures and characters of all sorts, while Mom Mom and Pop Pop tell stories of themselves as children. My littles love all the stories and … [Read more...]
Friends, please welcome my friend and fellow CC mom, Becki Hogan, back to the blog today. Becki is an avid reader and enthusiastic learner. In their home, Becki and her husband Seth have created a lifestyle of learning that I find infectious! Want to know more? Start here with how they use books in promotion of that lifestyle. We love … [Read more...]
You've seen my summer plan for my littles, now here's the summer plan for me! Between planning our CC year and having a new baby, I'm hoping to squeeze in some reading. In no certain order, the books on my shortlist right now are...1. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham This classic historical tale of Nat Bowditch occurring … [Read more...]
My crew and I enjoy reading together a lot! I've made a book list to reference that coordinates with our upcoming Classical Conversations cycle, cycle 3. We certainly won't be reading each of these books, but I like knowing what's available and what comes recommended from some of my favorite sources. Getting to the library with four littles … [Read more...]
Do you have any friends you wish would create their own lending library? Friends whose libraries you would frequent even more than your local library, because you trust their selections to be wonderful every time? I have a few friends like that who I rely on and I thought you might like to see what they're reading, too. Christy at Without Love … [Read more...]
A few, fun educational ideas have found their way from my Amazon wish list into my cart for Christmas presents this year. Wanna take a peak at my list? Just don't tell my littles! ;)GeoPuzzle Jigsaw puzzles - these are amazing! The puzzle pieces are the actual shapes and approximate scale of the countries which you are building with to form … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Winner Angela McKeehan was randomly selected today. Congrats, Angela! I'm excited you'll have the chance to read this before entering Challenge next year. Thanks to everyone who entered!I recently shared what I learned from The Question, the newly released book by the founder of Classical Conversations, Leigh Bortins, and … [Read more...]
As y'all know, a few days ago I shared some of what I learned from reading Classical Conversations founder, Leigh Bortin's, new book The Question. Well, I was also able to recently ask Leigh some questions of my own regarding her new book and homeschooling. I'm excited to share her replies with you today! CC at Home: Leigh, first … [Read more...]
If you've read The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education, you'll quickly understand how The Question: Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education is the follow-up. As Leigh Bortins introduced us to the grammar stage in The Core, she does with the dialectic stage in The Question. Our children were … [Read more...]
In ten ways to destroy the imagination of your child, Anthony Esolen writes an "indispensable guide to overcoming today's treacherous trends in parenting and education -- and the overwhelming banality of contemporary culture." Esolen's scope is broad, but my focus was narrow. I looked for how these cultural shifts, which Esolen strongly argues are … [Read more...]