Articles tagged geography
Beefing Up Sixth Grade
by Courtney and
Thursday, 21 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Thursday, 21 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
In more and more Classical Conversations communities, sixth graders start their final year in Foundations already knowing a lot of the memory work. Many...
Celebrating Community: Foundations Geography Fair
At the end of each school year, our community holds a geography fair based upon the current cycle’s Foundations memory work. This event has given students and parents an opportunity to showcase the geography memory work in a unique and creative way at our End-of-Year...
Travel Tips and Teaching
Our family LOVES to travel! We have adopted the goal of visiting all "50 States before they graduate" as our own. Besides the hundreds of photographs I take while we travel, we have two main methods of documenting our travels.
The first method: my children's travel...
Confessions of a Thirty-Something-Year-Old Memory Master
by Kathy
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
At the beginning of the year, our Foundations Director, Stephanie Ross, posed the question, “Are there any mothers who want to be Memory Masters?” As someone who is a lifelong learner, I secretly wanted this. Besides the fact that I love challenges, I wanted to...
Two Terrific Teaching Tools
by Alison
Friday, 07 September, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 07 September, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Sharpened pencils, new markers, clean binders, shiny new timeline cards, colorful math bears to weigh and count . . . I smile happily as I gaze at our homeschool shelves filled with supplies for the new school year. Next, I turn my start-of-the-year zeal toward our...