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Creating a Family Culture that Looks Like You

This entry is part 43 of 43 in the series Homeschool

“I just want them to have the opportunities I never had.” “I just don’t want them to miss out on good things.” Have you heard

Simple Classical Conversations Review – Updated

A few years ago I wrote an article on this blog talking about the simple way we review the memory work at home. And this

Saxon Math 6/5 Prep

This entry is part of 14 in the series Saxon Math

Preparing to teach Saxon Math 6/5 – a step by step tutorial with printable list of resources to copy from the Tests and Worksheets Manual

Classical Conversations Community Day

This entry is part 34 of 34 in the series Classsical Conversations

Our kids have the blessing of only knowing homeschool alongside Classical Conversations. As such, they have always had a sense of community, a place to

The Bridge Cycle One – Schedule

This entry is part 33 of 34 in the series Classsical Conversations

It is finally completed! Whew! It took much of the summer to pull all of the Bridge together, but it is DONE! If you have

The Bridge – Cycle One – Bible

It is time – time for my kids to read the actual Bible for themselves. I couldn’t be more excited about this part of our

The Bridge – Cycle One Science

This entry is part 32 of 34 in the series Classsical Conversations

At the outset of this grand Bridge idea I had, I thought science would be the hardest piece to figure out. And I was right.

Beginning Homeschool with Classical Conversations

This entry is part 31 of 34 in the series Classsical Conversations

We are about to enter our 6th year of homeschooling! It’s crazy to think how much we have learned and grown in these past 5

Gathering: Americana

This entry is part 20 of 20 in the series Gathering

Having just finished our second roll through Classical Conversations Cycle 3, I have American history on the brain. The ideas for this set of Gathering

Rough Schedules: Shakespeare 2021-2022 School Year

Last year we embarked on the first real-deal, read-the-whole-play-like-an-adult Shakespeare studies! It was fantastic! We truly enjoyed each play and loved reading them aloud, playing

Inductive Study for Kids, John 3:14-15

Welcome to more of our Inductive Bible Study for Kids through John! We are going slowly, slowly through the Gospel of John together as a

The Bridge – Cycle One Literature

This entry is part 30 of 34 in the series Classsical Conversations

Writing out the title to this post suddenly had me thinking of some stuffy professor pronouncing it, “lit-ra-ture.” Don’t worry, you won’t find a whole