Memory Work – First and foremost, we will be focusing on our Memory Work. Every year when I evaluate what really stuck with my kids and what they can then use to apply to new understanding, the Memory work stands out high above other forms of learning in the grammar stage. In addition to our CC memory work, we will be memorizing the following things primarily using resources that connect it to song. For our CC memory work, I also choose to download … [Read more...]
When You Just Want to Be a Good Mom…
A post from the archives, for Mother's Day... It struck me today How good readers first must read How good runners first must run How good cooks first must cook How a good Momma first must be a Momma When I wonder if I will ever get this right And the earth circles the sun And I still rush the kids when we should go slow and silence them when I should listen And I don't yell by raising my voice, but the tone is just so harsh, so demanding When I teach them about being gentle And … [Read more...]
My Memory Work Lapbooks for Cycle 3!
The Cycle 3 My Memory Work Lapbooks are now available! I have re-vamped the Cycle 3 lapbooks to coincide with the recent Foundations Guide*** (you will need to own this to use the Lapbook resource), as well as updated many of the templates. This is a fun way to get hands-on with your memory work, and to create a fun portfolio of all you have learned over the year. Parents have also enjoyed using them for review, or as a tool for the Memory Masters in their families! Back by … [Read more...]
Plan vs. Reality….a Look at What Really Happened…
I love reading about other homeschooler's curriculum choices, and what goes on in their homeschool days! Many times though, I just see posts of what the plans for the year are, but am left wondering if the year turned out like they planned, and what they would have done differently. So, I decided I should post an update of what I had planned versus how the year turned out for us. I basically cut and pasted my old post with my plans from the beginning of the school year last fall in BLACK, and … [Read more...]
The Question
The Question: Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education Who would have guessed that a book based on the premise of asking questions would answer so many? In January, I mentioned my plan to attack a list of books, most (but not all) of them stemming from the Challenge program of Classical Conversations. The Question is the first of the books on this list related to the Classical Model of education, and I was excited to dive into it. The book begins with a brief … [Read more...]
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