Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
You've seen my summer plan for my littles, now here's the summer plan for me! Between planning our CC year and having a new baby, I'm hoping to squeeze in some reading. In no certain order, the books on my shortlist right now are...1. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham This classic historical tale of Nat Bowditch occurring … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Winner Angela McKeehan was randomly selected today. Congrats, Angela! I'm excited you'll have the chance to read this before entering Challenge next year. Thanks to everyone who entered!I recently shared what I learned from The Question, the newly released book by the founder of Classical Conversations, Leigh Bortins, and … [Read more...]
As y'all know, a few days ago I shared some of what I learned from reading Classical Conversations founder, Leigh Bortin's, new book The Question. Well, I was also able to recently ask Leigh some questions of my own regarding her new book and homeschooling. I'm excited to share her replies with you today! CC at Home: Leigh, first … [Read more...]
If you've read The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education, you'll quickly understand how The Question: Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education is the follow-up. As Leigh Bortins introduced us to the grammar stage in The Core, she does with the dialectic stage in The Question. Our children were … [Read more...]
In ten ways to destroy the imagination of your child, Anthony Esolen writes an "indispensable guide to overcoming today's treacherous trends in parenting and education -- and the overwhelming banality of contemporary culture." Esolen's scope is broad, but my focus was narrow. I looked for how these cultural shifts, which Esolen strongly argues are … [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 Aimee Zoppi Confer, you are the winner! Aimee has been contacted via email. Thanks to everyone for entering and congrats again to Aimee!CC at Home Book Club selection #3 is Classical Christian Education Made Approachable. Have you read selections #1 and #2 with us? I hope so! If so, this is 3 out of 4 we'll be … [Read more...]
"Teaching reading is best done with a child on someone’s lap. Teaching math is best done sitting near a student as they work through a text. Teaching writing is best done through sharing the joy of words on paper." (p.63)Oh, friends, I was due a reminder that teaching my children at home is a JOY! I often feel the weight of the responsibility and … [Read more...]
Looking to understand the nuts and bolts of how to begin a classical education without much other commentary? Check out The Well Trained Mind. The authors, Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer (mother and daughter team), give specifics on how to classically educate from preschool through twelfth grade. This is why it's considered standard … [Read more...]