Wisdom And Righteousness

Our 2014-2015 Curriculum Choices

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...]

If You Need a CC Plan… {GIVEAWAY}

I just love peeking into the lives of other homeschool families to see what they use to create an atmosphere of learning all to God's glory!  I appreciate that parents have different teaching styles and kids have different learning styles.  We also all have different seasons of life that allow us to tackle more or scale back. And so, in the end, each families' homeschool plan looks different and reflects their uniqueness as a family. A few weeks ago in this post I told you … [Read more...]

Why the Classical Method Works for Me

Each year, when I evaluate what we did that stuck with my kiddos and what we learned that left our brain by the end of the year (or sometimes just end of the day), I am continually struck that the things the kids held onto had to do with their memory work specifically, or things related to their memory work topics.  Once the kids memorize a fact about something, thier brain naturally classifies related information with that piece of memory work, and it hangs around in their brain, to be … [Read more...]

Coming Soon……Cycle 2 Lapbooks!

  Ok, Ok, I am skipping the chit-chat and getting straight to the big announcement   Well, at least big to me because........   THEY ARE FINALLY DONE!!!    Yes, the "My Memory Work Lapbooks" for use with Cycle 2 of the Classical Conversations Curriculum*** are off to the editor!!!   I know a lot of you have been asking about them and are anxious to get ahold of them.  Some of you are just planning curriculum for next … [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 1.3 Quick-Print Guide

Hi Y'all! We are fully in the rounds of school here again, and Classical Conversations starts up next Tuesday for us, so review, review, review is on our agenda.  For those of you already digging into the third 6 weeks of CC, I thought I would post the quick-print guide for Lapbook 1.3.   (I also thought I would tell you about a new giveaway coming up this week for the Orchestra Book!  Stay tuned!) If you are unable or unsure how to print double-sided (which varies with your printer),  you can … [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...]