How can we find and provide good, quality reading material for our middle grade children? After children have learned to read, we must provide well-written reading material so they continue in their love of reading, while also emphasizing strong moral character and values. We want to promote good morals and values with Classical Choices for…
Books for Classical Conversations Cycle 1
Recommended Books for Classical Conversations Cycle 1 from Usborne Books & More Geography: Geography Encyclopedia with Complete World Atlas: This newly updated book will introduce you to the whole field of geography, from rocks and their formation, the Solar System, weather and climates, and oceans, to human settlements, population trends, diverse ecosystems and environmental concerns….
using classical conversations at home
We love using Classical Conversations in a way that works for our homeschool. Watch to see how we incorporate into our Charlotte Mason, sometimes classical, homeschool! Here are the notebooks we use and love! Classical Conversations Notebooks from Amy Snider Designs I talked about Three Living Books to use for Classical Conversations at this post….
Books for Classical Conversations Cycle 2
Classical Conversations is a wonderful, hands-on curriculum for children when they are in community. But for during the week, when you want to dig deeper into the grammar and memorization, these books from Usborne Books & More will help your child to make the topics come alive in an exciting and invigorating way! Listed below…
Living Books for Medieval & Modern History: Classical Conversations Cycle 2
Our list for Living Books for Medieval & Modern History: Classical Conversations Cycle 2 is below! I hope you enjoy! Most of the books below could be found in your local library. I always suggest searching online, from home, and holding lots of books and going in to pick them up without children. This is…
The Good and the Beautiful Supplement for Classical Conversations Cycle 2
Here is a list of The Good and the Beautiful history resources that can supplement Classical Conversations Cycle 2 history memory work. The Good and the Beautiful has a four year history curriculum for grades 1 to 12. And this is the perfect supplement to the Classical Conversation history memory work. I love how pick-up-and-go…
Living Books for Ancient & World History: Classical Conversations Cycle 1
Our list for Living Books for Ancient & World History: Classical Conversations Cycle 1 is below! I am so happy to share these with you! We are on the threshold for a new school year. With a new fifth volume, Classical Conversations has updated their guides and CDs. I am very pleased with the history…
The Good and the Beautiful Supplement for Classical Conversations Cycle 1
Here is a list of The Good and the Beautiful history resources that can supplement Classical Conversations Cycle 1 history memory work. I tend to get a bit overzealous with my reading choices with the children. We are on a continuous cycle of read alouds — and while I’d love to always align these with…
Living Books for American History: Classical Conversations Cycle 3
I am thrilled to bring you a list of living books, by week, for American History that can be used with Classical Conversations Cycle 3. I love the relationships and community that my family has been so richly blessed with from our Classical Conversations community. It has taken me a while to get used to…
Can Reggio-inspired learning and Classical education work together?
I am learning, alongside all of you, what it means to bring Reggio Emilia inspired learning into my home and homeschooling. This approach to early childhood learning believes that a child is capable to cultivate learning through their own interests and curiosities. We have drastically improved our art play by incorporating Reggio ideals into our…
Why read nursery rhymes with my child?
Why should I read nursery rhymes with my child? Why recite these silly verses together? Rhyming with children helps them to develop and understanding of sounds and words — and they are fun!! Here is a compilation of some of our favorite resources for how to incorporated learning these rhymes at home and at play! {This post contains…
Prayer Cards for Children {free printable!}
Reciting poetry, and prayers, develops little minds towards a love for language and memorization. I created these little cards in hopes that I would have a simple, yet meaningful, way to bring God and words into our hectic daily lives. We are trying to memorize at least one verse and poem per week in our…