Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
As you know, we're studying the United States of America this year for cycle 3 geography of Classical Conversations. I have a fun idea that I would love for you to participate in! In the spirit of Flat Stanley, I've drawn a cartoon-like picture of my littles, which I'll send to participating families through e-mail. You'd print them out, … [Read more...]
I can't remember a time when Awana was not a part of my life. I first attended Awana clubs as a kindergartner in Sparks. Over the years, my Awana club, as an extension of my home church, became like a large close-knit family to me. I learned so much of God and His word, the Bible, through memorization of Bible verses and through relationships … [Read more...]
I shared with you the set-up for our classical notebooks this year, but I realized I may have been jumping ahead. I'd like to take us a few steps back and explain what notebooking is by answering some common questions about notebooking. What is notebooking? Notebooking is essentially a way for students to document and collect … [Read more...]
When scheduling our year of homeschooling, I consider two parts: 1. a daily order and 2. a yearly plan. Because I think of our daily schedule as more or less an order for our day rather than a strict time schedule, I like to keep it simple. Well, generally speaking I like to keep things simple. :) I do write with times though, because it … [Read more...]
I just love fun, free printables. Here are delightful ones I've found for back-to-school use {updated for the 2014-15 school year}. First Day photo prop - Print and cut for your child to hold for their back to school photo. Chalkboard Style First Day photo prop - There's even a series of "I'm a first grader", etc. printables. So … [Read more...]
Guess what? Our curriculum choices for this year are pretty much the same as last year. After researching, thinking, and praying, we have found things that work with our family and our goals for homeschooling. Plus sticking with what works is just one of the ways I keep our homeschool simple. Bonus? I think my guys rather appreciate the … [Read more...]
Today I thought I'd try to answer some common questions I hear people asking about Classical Conversations. I'll do my best to answer them here and please comment below if you have more questions you would like to see me include! Is CC a co-op? Along these same lines, Is CC a drop-off program? No, it's a community. From the CC website, … [Read more...]
I recently had a first-time CC mom message me to ask advice for her first year homeschooling her four and six year old sons. At first reading, I thought I might not have any advice to offer! But, after a little thought, I realized I had learned some things since beginning to homeschool my young ones three years ago. So, if you were to ask … [Read more...]
I recently shared the list of printables we'll be using for our classical notebook this year. I listed only printables found on CC Connected (aka C3). But, guess what? You don't need access to CC Connected to make a classical notebook for your student. As CC Founder Leigh Bortins shares in The Core, "Copy work is the tool used to … [Read more...]
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...]