Art study is one of those things that often gets shoved to the side in our home. Every semester I set out to do better in my follow-through with our art study plans, only to later find the semester wrapping up with our family having completed only a fraction of what I had intended. (Anyone […]
Our favorite reading curriculum and why
Flash back six years. In our first years of homeschooling, few things frightened me more than teaching a struggling child to read. (This fear was almost as bad as the thought that maybe our toddlers would never be potty-trained.) Although our first son had picked up on reading quickly, I fought feelings of inadequacy when, […]
American History Leveled Readers
Welcome to our list of American history leveled readers! This collection includes books related to U.S. history with text and vocabulary that young children can easily read and understand. Although we own many of the books on this list, we don’t own them all. The links here are affiliate links, which means I earn a […]
CC Cycle 3 Planners with Booklist & Correlations!
Due to special requests from Classical Conversations families, we’ve updated our CC Cycle 3 Planners to our new design, which includes reading correlations and booklists (updated to Foundations Guide 5th Edition), along with a Memory Work Review plan to keep the memory work fresh without it becoming cumbersome and overwhelming. There are two versions of […]
Introduction to Cursive Program: The Roller Coaster Writer
“Cursive sounds like it would be hard, but it’s actually easier.” -Levi, age 8 As a homeschool mom, I think one of the hardest things for me to overcome is my own tendency towards defaulting back to how I was taught. Anything I come across that’s different throws me for a loop. I resist changing […]
U.S. History Bites & The War Rages On
It’s amazing to consider what children can accomplish. Take Solomon Schmidt, for instance. At age thirteen, Solomon has already written the first two books of an educational history series for young children. His 16-year-old sister, Cecelia, has also published two works of historical fiction set during the American Civil War era. Let’s take a moment […]
Cultivating Virtue through Poetry
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 As a child, I did not learn to value poetry, […]
Sneak Peek at Six Weeks
I’ve been intending to provide a weekly sneak-peek-at-our-week for about seven weeks now, but… our weeks keep running together! Instead, I’ll provide a six-week snippet of how things have been going in our neck of the woods. Most of our efforts have surrounded the launching of a new family side-business venture: Half-a-Hundred Acre Woodshop. I’m […]
Loops Schedules: Fine Arts, Hymn Study, and Western Civilization
We wanted to take a moment to share our loop schedules of the past with you, but when our family returns to a study of world empires, we will be using a different reading plan called Mission: World Wonders, a study that incorporates a cohesive, integrated study of missions, geography, hymns, and science, along with […]