Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
When we begin Classical Conversations Cycle 3 in the fall, my littles will be ages 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11. This is our second time through this cycle and my oldest son's last time. I've decided to create a book list all my own this year. (As opposed to previous years where I've layered over an AO list.) I have consulted my best "book buds" - Five in … [Read more...]
The Hogan family sure were kind and brought the Flat Littles on their whole journey, including this next stop at Cummins Falls State Park in Tennessee. According to TNStateParks.com, Cummins Falls State Park has been listed as one of the top ten swimming spots in the United States by Travel & Leisure and Conde Naste magazines. The park contains … [Read more...]
Each week, I'll post a fun idea or two related to the CC Cycle 3 memory work. In the past, I posted an idea for each subject, each week. But, it was a bit of overkill - at least for us and the time we have. I'm keeping it simpler this year. If you're keeping it classical, remember, the first goal is to memorize the memory work for each subject. … [Read more...]
A few, fun educational ideas have found their way from my Amazon wish list into my cart for Christmas presents this year. Wanna take a peak at my list? Just don't tell my littles! ;)GeoPuzzle Jigsaw puzzles - these are amazing! The puzzle pieces are the actual shapes and approximate scale of the countries which you are building with to form … [Read more...]
Our family LOVES to travel! We have adopted the goal of visiting all "50 States Before They Graduate" as our own. Besides the hundreds of photographs I take while we travel, we also have two other main forms for documenting our travels. The first, my children's travel notebooks. They each have a 3 ring notebook in their favorite color. … [Read more...]
Oh boy, is this a weak area of mine. I've often felt lost in my own county (okay, even the mall), because I am lacking a mental map. My husband on the other hand loves maps and is great at geography. He easily forms mental maps of new areas. Think those characteristics are connected? Yeah, me too. Like my husband, we want our littles to … [Read more...]
History - Review our history sentences, by playing like the Mesoamericans with bouncy rubber balls - without using our hands & trying to get the ball through a ring. (without the element of human sacrifice and brutal competition - naturally.) Each correct answer gets a turn or 3 tries, depending on how hard this turns out … [Read more...]
Map Trek: Ancient WorldCheck out this link to download a FREE pdf of Map Trek: Ancient World. It is full of labeled and blank ancient maps, which may come in handy during Cycle One's ancient history scope. There are also some lesson plans, if you want to create more study around each map. … [Read more...]