Last year was our first year participating in Classical Conversations and oh my…each week I felt a little like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure I had everything we needed for our community days! Snacks and lunches and presentations and more! I am a list maker so I would make […]
Our Boston Tea Party Lunch
This week our Classical Conversations history focus is on the Boston Tea Party. Naturally, it seemed like a good time for us to have a tea party of our own! Not the throwing tea into the harbor kind, but the delicious kind ;). My kids absolutely love history and they love to eat so anything […]
first grade curriculum picks for the 2020-2021 school year
Summer is flying by and it’s almost time for school to start up again! I wanted to share our 2020 homeschool curriculum picks that we’ll be using with Hudson for first grade (and Parker for preschool too, but we’re super casual about preschool around here so it’s mostly just first grade stuff). Looking for kindergarten […]
2020 – 2021 Erin Condren Focused Teacher Planner Review
It’s that time again…time to get next year’s teacher planner for my homeschool planning! And this year I surprised myself by going with the Erin Condren Focused Teacher Planner instead of the traditional coiled planner! Join me for my 2020 Erin Condren Focused Teacher Planner review – I’ll show you the inside of the focused planner, my pros and cons of it, and why I ultimately picked the focused over the coiled.
Classical Conversations Review: Thoughts After Our First Year
We have officially finished our first year of Classical Conversations! Here’s an explanation of what Classical Conversations is, what we did in Classical Conversations Foundations for kindergarten, and thoughts after our first year.