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Designing a Home Library
No, it’s not mine. I so wish it was though. There was recently an article floating around Facebook. What it said (in a nutshell… you can read the article here) was that the one thing that determined...
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Early Math
For some reason, mathematics is hard for me. Especially teaching the young ones. I think it’s hard for me to break it down into the most simple, basic concepts. My brain doesn’t work that way, I...
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The Great Conundrum… Too Many Books???
If there is one thing that homeschoolers in general, and classical homeschoolers definitely, have a problem with, it’s organizing the absolutely ridiculous amount of books that you acquire. We have...
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The Language Roadmap
Many people ask us what language, how, and when, we are teaching our children. One of the underlying pillars of classical education is really a study of Latin, which teaches us not only the...
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Sensory Learning
The heart of Classical education at the grammar stage is experiencing life. Not thinking about it, just experiencing and learning it. Putting the pieces together comes later. But, exposing our...
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Sensory Learning: Touch
A few weeks ago, I was blessed to be able to attend the Middle Tennessee Home Educator’s Association convention in Nashville. There, I heard a wonderful man, Mr. Kirk Martin and his son, Casey of Calm...
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Sensory Learning: Taste
This week, we’re going to touch on Taste as our sensory learning experience. This is another one that I think we need to be intentional about, and I’m going to cover it in two different ways. The...
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The Importance of Primary Sources
In classical education, heavy emphasis is placed on primary source documents, especially in the Dialectic and Rhetoric stages. For example, instead of studying about the Constitution, Magna...
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Yearly Recap
As the 2012/13 school year comes to a close, it’s time to take a step back, see what worked, and see what didn’t. History: Some things worked really well for us. Story of the World was one of...
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Fun Copywork for the Early Grammar Stage
Copywork. It’s SO easy to put it on the back burner, isn’t it? Does it REALLY need to be done, when the baby’s crying and the toddlers are running around with sharpies and you realize it’s 2:00 pm...
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Dictation in the Dialectic Stage
I have a new Dialectic (or Logic) stage student this year. ((gasp!!)) I KNOW, I’m far too young for this. But, there it is. So, as she moves on through the stages, much to my dismay, we have...
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Philosophy Adventure Review and Giveaway!
Do you remember that a few weeks ago, we gave you this review of Philosophy Adventure? Well, now that we’ve been using it for a few weeks, we’re back to update, and we’re here with at HUGE...
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Using the New Khan Academy
We signed up for Khan Academy last year, with EVERY intention of using it. After all, it’s free, it’s video, it’s self-grading… what’s not to love?? And, it came highly recommended by, well,...
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