My oldest two kiddos are 6 & 8. Last year when they were 5 & 7, they both wanted to do Memory Masters. While I was excited about their willingness to try something difficult at such a young age, I knew that meant I had a lot of work in my future to help prepare them. Since they were so young, I set in my heart that we would work diligently together as long as they were interested, and tried to encourage them. If at any time they lost interest, I was ok with that. They both … [Read more...]
Blog-hop and Giveaway!
Some things are just too good not to share..... Today is the first-ever CC blog hop here on Wisdom and Righteousness! Some CC Mom's out there have been gracious enough to check out the new Orchestra Lapbook and tell you what they think. Each one is also giving away two free copies on their sites! Check out their posts and enter the giveaways! Fellow CC Mama over at The Adventures of Bear writes "I am delighted that Karen has created another orchestra lapbook for Cycle 1.....We … [Read more...]
Next Week…
I just wanted to write a quick note to let you know what is right around the corner!!! Monday I am going to kick off the week on Monday with our first ever blog-hop! Some great CC Smart Mama's out there will be reviewing the new Orchestra Study Guide and Lapbook and hosting giveaways! You can enter all of them! Be sure to jump around their blogs and see what other ideas they offer for your school year, or just encouragement while living in the trenches of raising our kids for Christ!!! … [Read more...]
Lapbook 1.1 Quick-Print Guide
A few of you commented that you would also be interested in the quick-print guide for 1.1 Here it is! Select which guide you will use according to how fancy you want your book to be! Lapbook 1.1 Quick-Print Guide Very Basic, no back-to-back printing, no color paper: Single-Sided Pages on White Cardstock: 6-16 , 19-23, 27-33, 45-53 Single-Sided Pages on White Regular-weight … [Read more...]
Lapbook 1.2 Quick-print Guide
We are having our CC Community Lapbook party tomorrow and I am up late printing copies for a number of us. I created a quick-print guide to assist me, and I thought you all could probably use it too! I can also post the one for Lapbook 1.1 if there is interest! - let me know in the comments! Select which guide you will use according to how fancy you want your book to be! Lapbook 1.2 Quick-Print Guide Very Basic, no back-to-back printing, no color … [Read more...]
It’s Here! The Orchestra Study Guide & Lapbook! {& Free GIVEAWAY!!!}
Introducing the Orchestra Study Guide with Lapbook For Use By Community Directors, Tutors, and Parents! Covering the Baroque and Classical Period, with composers Handel, Bach and Mozart! This resource is a week-by-week curriculum guide which spells out what to say, when to say it, and how to tie it all together! Just open it and go! Each week the student will make a corresponding lapbook page to … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek…The Orchestra Book!
The Orchestra Book is officially written and off to the editor! Designed to be used in a community setting or at home, the Orchestra Book includes a complete study guide for instruction, as well as lapbook components that record what the student is learning! My favorite piece has to be the Music Timeline with pop-up composers and major people and events during that time! I thought I would give you a sneak peek in pictures....Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Our 2012-2013 School Year Resources
I am putting the final touches on our school year plan. Actually, most of it has been planned since February or March! (I was a little excited to get started) I spent some time evaluating what worked well last year, what I hoped for this coming year, and from a practical standpoint, what I could actually be consistent in implementing. Things I learned last year: One thing that worked very well last year was to start gradually. Unfortunately we started school in September so … [Read more...]
New Freebies!!!
The Creator gives us rich gifts everyday for free, so I thought I would join in on the fun today! I have now added the John 1:1-7 Copywork books to the FREEBIES page! These copywork books are available in English or Latin, and each book has options for dotted-print, dotted-cursive, or blank-ruled lines with a corresponding image for the student to color! You print what works for your students! A fun way to review the scripture memory portion of Classical … [Read more...]
Our School Year Recap…(2011-2012)
OK, ok, so I am actually writing this post for my own good. I seem to forget nearly everything these days, and I can be sure it won't get better as time passes on. I wanted to document what we did this past year in our school studies so I have an easy way to recall it. I figure at some point someone will ask me, "so what did you do your first year of homeschooling?" and I would like to respond with more than just a blank stare. Something wise like, … [Read more...]
