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…
Charlotte Mason Recitation Memory Binder
Charlotte Mason inspired teachers to bring an array of knowledge and experience to children. They should experience many facets of the feast of knowledge and we should not withhold the beauty of the world. This includes music, art, poetry, the awe and wisdom of nature, so many aspects of our daily living can be celebrated…
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…
How to Teach Vowel Sounds
Teaching vowel sounds using fun hand motions When I began teaching kindergarten, I discovered that children can have a very difficult time distinguishing between their vowel sounds. This is to be expected! Consonants are much easier to teach and learn. A “Ss” sound and a “Mm” sound are both very different in their sound and…
Simple & Beautiful Preschool Alphabet Lessons
Sharing our lovely four day alphabet lessons focusing on one letter, very gently, at a time in our home preschool. I’m sharing our daily preschool time that we focus on with my five year old. This is all very relaxed. She, and I, love having a short ten minute time together. She also does her…
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…
Waldorf Art in our Homeschool
How we brought the Waldorf method of art, in both sequence and materials, into our home learning environment. Incorporating beautiful art has been more of a joy for us than I ever could have imagined. My son, for his entire life, has “hated art”. Now, I never pushed him. I have, asked him to write…
How to incorporate the Waldorf Method into Charlotte Mason Homeschool
I have written here how our newly planned Charlotte Mason homeschool schedule had saved my sanity. Also, at the same time, it convinced me to be more consistent with my children. No more flouncing around through the days and the “oh we’ll get to that subject” attitude. You can see my posts on it here:…
a day in the life of our charlotte mason homeschool
Day in the life of our Charlotte Mason Homeschool! I cannot contain my excitement for my newfound hope in our homeschool. The methods of Charlotte Mason have, and will continue, to transform our homeschool and our home life. As I shared in my last post, Why I needed a schedule and how Charlotte Mason has…
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…
learning to read with living books
The story of how I learned that living books and teaching my son to read using the methods of Charlotte Mason would help him to excel in reading. My son was hitting a wall with learning to read. And as a former kindergarten teacher I really thought I had it all figured out. After all, I…
