Why CC is on probation for our family

***UPDATED 8/24/17*** I guess I never came back here to post that we started our own classical community, Bridges. It’s been so freeing. I posted 5 Steps to Starting a Classical Community a while back, too. ************************ ***UPDATED 7/11/15*** Despite promises to create a working situation for Director, who was grossly, mistreated, our Regional Manager […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 24

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. I’ve added a book list at the bottom which also includes resources relevant to Geography. ___________________________________________________________ Can you believe Week 24 is upon us?  The unseasonably warm weather and upcoming trip to […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 23

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. I’ve added a book list at the bottom which also includes resources relevant to Geography. ____________________________________________________ History: Preamble of the U.S. Constitution Mia decided to be a History Memory Master which CC […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 22

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated (and also includes books relevant to geography). ____________________________________________________ History: September 11 While I came across plenty of lesson plans, I really like these.  They are divided […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 21

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Astronauts and the first moon landing I feel like I’m in the minority, but I can’t get into lapbooks.  The funny thing is that […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 20

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. A book list has been added at the bottom. ___________________________ History: Brown vs. Board of Ed (Civil Rights) We will re-visit Civil Rights using this lesson plan.  PBS also has a great […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 19

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: NATO (and Communism and the Cold War) Intro: From the NATO website. We’ll probably follow this lesson plan.  Other lesson plans: Based on primary […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 18

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Pearl Harbor Like WWI, WWII is covered in Cycle 2 so we’ll focus on the U.S. event of Pearl Harbor and resulting Japanese Internment. […]