Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
image sourceIt is seriously time for some blog love! In previous posts, I have told y'all about Suzanne Shares' Latin printables. But, there is so much more to Suzanne's blog! Squirrel away some time and putter around Suzanne Shares for a bit. You'll find more great CC printables, book recommendations for yourself and your littles, … [Read more...]
http://classicalconversationsathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/canadian_flag_by_bbboz-d45f6o3.pngHistory - Watch this video on the history of Canada (I have not watched the entire video yet, so please use discretion!). Use this Canada Day word search to review the history of Canada. We'll check some books out of … [Read more...]
Using paper bags, mail sale flyers, cardstock, glue, and staples, we wove like the Anasazi and fashioned our work into a bag. The weaving was not exactly easy for my guys, but we worked through some frustration to complete the task. I think they were quite pleased with their determination and work when it was all done. Obviously, … [Read more...]
Our family joined other CC families for a trip this week to see The Philadelphia Orchestra perform Beethoven Lives Upstairs at The Kimmel Center. Our campus has made this trip before, but it was our family's first time. I was so excited to experience this with my guys! The production had two actors, one playing a young Christoph … [Read more...]
Melody of And Here We Go recently shared about a classical music resource service called Classical Composers Monthly. Well, I checked it out! And it's great! Please allow me to tell you about it...Essentially a (CC!) homeschool mom, Erica Johns, and her son have searched, reviewed, and compiled the best online resources … [Read more...]
History - Read about Canadian explorers, John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain. I like the idea of adding in navigation studies whenever talking about explorers. So, we're going to mark longitude and latitude coordinates on this worksheet. Learn about the Canadian flag while coloring it. (Other worksheets about Canada available too!) … [Read more...]
Sometimes I get so caught up in the must dos of school that I forget about the fun freedoms that homeschooling affords us. Like....playing in the mud in the middle of the day!Like...getting a mid day bath (following above mud play) and watching a video on moundbuilders while sitting around in snuggly bathrobes on your "bird nest" made of … [Read more...]
Do you remember this idea from week 18 links & ideas? My nephew, J.C., is a part of a CC campus in a different state that is ahead of my family at our campus. After his mom provided the supplies and image from the week 18 links & ideas, J.C. independently made the ocean floor model pictured above. Isn't it great? I … [Read more...]
I snapped some pictures of our fine arts project from week 16. We used dull pencils to carve our images into the bottom of styrofoam bowls. Next we painted the carvings with a paintbrush dipped in washable paint. And finally, we each stamped our images onto brown craft paper using different colors to distinguish between the images. Can … [Read more...]
Y'all, I genuinely love your feedback, comments, questions, suggestions, etc. So, thank you & keep them coming! (p.s. - I updated week 13 to include new train engine and car printables. I hope these work better!) … [Read more...]