Echo In Celebration

A lot of you have asked.  YES.  I am planning on blogging about Cycle 2 for Classical Conversations.  It’s going to look a little different again this year.  I’m still sorting through resources and thinking about our routine. In the meantime, I highly recommend reading Echo In Celebration…even if you’re not a homeschooler or CC […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 24 Science

In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 23 and Week 24 History

In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]

{Review} Vocabulary Spelling City

When we started homeschooling, PJ was already spelling above grade level and Mia wasn’t reading yet. I falsely assumed that she needed to be reading better to spell so we started the year without spelling. Then, I started doing more research and realized that reading could be taught using encoding (spelling) and decoding (reading). We […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 22 and 23 Science

In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]

Mid-year Makeover

The blessings (or curses) about homeschooling are that it’s flexible and you’re in control so you can make changes as needed.  With the emotional needs of our kids from hard places constantly evolving, our school day (and my coping mechanisms) have had to echo the changes.  Since cloning myself is not in the budget, here […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 21 Science

In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 21 and Week 22 History

In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]