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Classical Conversations Week 16 Memory Work
This is a first time post experiment. It is my goal to help you in any way I can in our mutual Classical Conversations/Home School experience. I hope you’re able to view and or print this weeks...
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Teaching The Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
I’ve been working, thinking and reflecting about this post all week. We’re working on history for Week 16, Classical Conversations Cycle 1. This history involves learning about the Olmecs, Aztecs,...
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Teaching Science: Volcanoes
In Classical Conversations, Cycle 1 weeks 16 and 17 we’re learning about the anatomy of a volcano and the different types of volcanoes. We’ve studied volcanoes off and on over the years, but never had...
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Teaching Fine Art: Albrecht Durer
I really love learning about the Great Artists in Classical Conversations. Having an artist a week encourages us to look up one person per week and do a little detective work. Students young and old...
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Teaching Kids How to Make Cake Balls
Kids make EVERYTHING more fun! They see the world through a completely different perspective and display enthusiasm in such an exuberant way. I love teaching kids to cook because it reminds me that...
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Kids Can Cook: Bread Bowl Chicken Stew
When you make it a mission to raise kids who can cook, there comes a time when they kick you out of the kitchen, develop their own menus and tackle any recipe they find. My girlie is taking over and...
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Teaching Science: The Ocean
While living in a beach town in southern California, we became so connected to the ocean. The smell of the ocean air, the sound of the rushing waves, and the sand found EVERYWHERE in our house are...
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A Kid Definition of Lent
I love how kids think. One of our kids reminds me of my Papa. He will quietly contemplate life and when he puts something together, he’ll share his words of wisdom. Yesterday, in the still, quiet...
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The Season For Bubbles
Finally, it’s warmed up enough to venture outside! It has been a COLD, grueling winter. The Midwest was kind not to dump a ton of snow on us for our first winter, but it’s been bitterly cold. Two...
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Teaching Kids About Weather: Fronts, Clouds, Meteorology
This week we’re learning about weather and weather fronts (Classical Conversations Cycle 1, Week 22, 23) We’ve compiled a number of videos, songs and educational resources in our quest to become...
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Field Tripping to a Dairy Farm
Early in the morning, on the last day of April, we crossed the state line and ventured into Indiana for a homeschool field trip with our Classical Conversations group. To be honest, I didn’t research...
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Yummy Goodness: The Ocean Floor
Making learning fun and reinforcing terminology through activity works well for our kids. When learning about the Ocean Floor I thought it would be fun to recreate an ocean floor with Rice Crispie...
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Classical Conversations: Mock Trial 2013
We survived! Our first year of Classical Conversations has come to a close. We made it! I haven’t blogged much since we finished as I feel like we all needed a little break. An interruption from the...
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Field Tripping: Cahokia Mounds
Welcome to Cahokia Mounds! The Cahokia Mounds are located less than 10 miles from downtown St. Louis and if you’re visiting the Gateway to the West, this field trip is a must! St. Louis is a unique...
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First Day of School, Kind Of
Like public school families, I like to try to kick off the new school year in some sort of memorable way. Some years, our first day of school has been a field trip, other years are not so eventful....
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Schoolwork Organization: Hitting All Subjects
I love systems! Having an organized pattern of doing life minimizes chaos and saves so much time! Last year, I wanted to set up an effective visual system for our kids to complete their homework and...
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Here We Go! Cycle 2 Week 1
It’s that time of year again. Kids are heading back to school and we’re heading back to structured homeschool life. It’s good! I like the structure as I feel like we use our time more efficiently while...
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Writing a Character Sketch: CC Challenge 1
Our oldest son is sitting in front of me toiling over his Character Sketch due this coming week for his Classical Conversations Challenge 1 class. The character sketch is based on one of the...
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A Word of Encouragement
Homeschool is in session and feelings of excitement, dread and overwhelming panic are plaguing many moms as we undertake the endeavor. As we began our 10th year of homeschooling, I admittedly still...
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