Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
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...]
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...]
This year my third child is starting Classical Conversations as a 4 year old Junior Abecedarian. Whenever possible, I like to prepare my littles for new experiences before sending them off. I asked my friend and son's tutor for recommendations on getting my little guy ready. If you're like that too, here are 3 things you might … [Read more...]
So, I checked in with Saxon Homeschool two days ago via e-mail. I had been hearing mixed reports about changes occurring to their curriculum due to new common core standards. I wanted to hear directly from the company. Here is what they told me, "Since the Common Core Standards do not apply to homeschools nothing has changed. All … [Read more...]
... your children cheer the arrival of the box full of new curriculum, quickly search the box to claim their new math book, and proceed to carry it around with them for the remainder of the day (or longer if you let them). : ) … [Read more...]
Did you attend the Classical Conversations practicum with your child in a camp this year? If so, you received this month's book club selection, ten ways to destroy the imagination of your child (I kept the title lowercase here, because that's how it's printed on the book cover! Which by the way, I like!). I have yet to crack the spine on this … [Read more...]
Classical Christian Education Made Approachable (henceforth called CCEMA) felt very much like a simplified synopsis of much of what I've read about classical education this summer and before. It is a short, simple, and meaningful read defining classical, Christian education and answering the questions of how then shall we study and what then … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Congrats to Ina Daniels Patton, winner of the lapbook giveaway! Ina has been contacted via email. Thanks to everyone who visited & entered! Karen from Wisdom and Righteousness contacted me with a chance to review the My Memory Work Lapbooks she created to complement Classical Conversations Cycle 2. I was … [Read more...]
He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust, He knew no more that he was poor, Or that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy ways And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings. - Emily Dickinson, The Poems of Emily Dickinson "Children don't stumble onto good books by themselves; … [Read more...]
I'm excited to announce that I've partnered with Classical Conversations Writers Circle to swap blog posts. I'll be sharing articles I've written for them to post on the Classical Conversations site and their writers will be sharing an article on my site with all of you. Fun, right? My first article is Taking A Summer Break Without … [Read more...]