I believe it is a beautiful thing when you can combine homeschooling and play. State-shaped puzzles are great for teaching geography and also for play for the kiddos. I saw a picture of a puzzle magnetized a few months ago. I thought it was a great idea, but our stock …
This year is our first year doing Classical Conversations and we’re learning the U.S. Presidents and their order. I needed something handy and with one President per card so today I’m sharing the U.S. Presidents Miniature Cards – FREE Printable I made up. We’re listening to the CC Song and they …
Today I’m excited to share with all of you fellow CCers my Classical Conversations Cycle 3 YouTube playlists. First – My Disclaimer I’ve gone through and watched most of the videos on my playlists, BUT you may find some of them inappropriate for younger children. Basically…please use your discretion. I …
For our Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 4, we got to explore the Declaration of Independence. There are so many wonderful videos for this part of our history that we’ve been watching all week. Here was our week…. History For my non-readers… my whiteboard. The P with a circle is …
Our Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 3 went off without a hitch! This week I delved into my artsy (or not artsy side) for History. Also, I’ve followed all the wise advice from those who have gone before me in tutoring for Classical Conversations. Their advice: KEEP IT SIMPLE. So with …
Here is the breakdown of what we did for Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 2. I’m personally loving the material and extra sources for supplementing our curriculum! Here are our highlights for week 2… Geography (at home) For review, we printed these super cute maps to color in as we learn …
This is a great and simple little fishing game. I made this fishing game for my Classical Conversation Abecedarian kids! Bonus is this game is quick to make inexpensive, and the kids love to play it. For supplies you’ll need branches, a hot glue gun, scrap yarn, safety pins, magnets, …
We made a dramatic change in our homeschooling this year! We started Classical Conversations a few weeks ago and today I’m excited to share what we did for Cycle 3 Week 1 at home and as an Abecedarian tutor. For all you Abecedarian tutors, hopefully, my ideas (many gleaned from …
Now that everyone has recovered from being sick, we’re finding that we have more free time. It’s been nice the past couple of days! So nice! Since Mark was off of work the other day, we decided to fire a few rounds at the gun range. The Gun Range Gun …