A Day In The Life – Watsons

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...]

The Core of Writing

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...]

You Know You're a Homeschooler When…

You can't resist a good used book sale!  I was so excited to find two great used book sales in the last few weeks of the summer.  My littles are always so excited to tear through the pile of "new books" I bring home.How about you? Do you brake for used book sales? ; )  … [Read more...]

Memory Work System Review & Giveaway

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...]

Catching Classical – Notebook Pages for Cycle 2

One of our favorite ways to practice our CC memory work at home is through notebooking.  Because we're in the grammar stage, I'm not looking to use our notebooks to expound on the memory work at this time, but really focus on nailing in the memory pegs.  We'll be using the Wisdom & Righteousness memory work lapbooks in our … [Read more...]

The View from Here – Butterfly Rescue

My resident bug guy rescued a disabled butterfly stuck in a parking lot; carrying it by its wing and safely laying it in a less-traveled grassy area.  When we returned later, the butterfly was gone! Our optimistic sides believe its condition improved allowing it to fly on to greener pastures.Any butterfly experts? We thought it resembled a … [Read more...]

Catching Classical – Our Schedule

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...]

Catching Classical – Our Curriculum Choices

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...]

Travel: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Since we've started homeschooling our children, my husband and I have realized how great it is to be right where we are.  We are in Pennsylvania, specifically just outside Philadelphia.  All around us are historic locations waiting to be explored.  Plus many more locations well within driving distance.  Just a couple weeks ago, … [Read more...]