Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
History: March like soldiers around our home while reciting the history sentence. Perhaps we'll assign two different rooms to be the United States and Kuwait. English: We're going to write a noun in the center of our chalkboard and add modifiers answering the adjective questions. For example, brothers could be our noun in the … [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...]
Do you see the spirit of revolution stirring in your home, among your family? Do you consider yourself part of that movement? See how Classical Conversations Writers Circle blogger, David Bailey, makes the connection between revolution and teaching our children.The deck is being shuffled in the Middle East. Only time will tell if the changes … [Read more...]
Image SourceHistory - We're going to review the same way we did for week 21. If you aren't on CC Connected to find the history sentence cards, a blank illustration sheet and internet images (or history books) for inspiration would work just as well. English - Use the acronym FANBOYS to remember the list of coordinating … [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...]
History - I love coupling the history sentence cards from And Here We Go with either the history sentence picture page from Homeschooling with a Classical Twist or the blank illustration page from Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood. My littles love the pictures from the sentence cards and the pictures inspire their drawings. Plus the cards … [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...]
Homeschooling parents often find themselves in the tricky dilemma of encouraging their little scholars to independent reading, but having little of their own time to keep up with their growing little's reading. This leaves them in the uncomfortable position of not being fully clued in to what their child is reading. A parent has two main goals in … [Read more...]
Image CaptionHistory - Well, my original idea of visiting the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial during this week will most likely need to be put on hold. While our visit will be put on hold, maybe you can go? If you do, be sure to check out the National Mall Junior Ranger Booklet for your littles to complete. Not going? Most of the … [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...]