Have you or your student ever struggled with understanding which century is the 15th century? (It’s the one when Columbus sailed the ocean blue.) Have you ever wondered why the Western calendar does not contain the year zero? (We can blame the Romans.) Did you know that the majority of the world celebrated the new […]
Core School Work: What We Fall Back On
As I write my reading plans for the coming school year, I have to share with you something that is so, so important to me, just in case you’ve missed it in the other half-a-hundred posts I’ve shared about reality. Things ain’t perfect around here, y’all. My home’s a mess, I’m not as patient as […]
Cadillac Ranch {50 states before they graduate}
Along I-40 in the Texas Panhandle, just outside Amarillo… The boys left their mark.
CC Cycle 1 Reading Plans
For those in the Classical Conversations Foundations program, you can always just start with the basics. A Bible The Foundations Guide A math program A language arts program (until your children are old enough for Essentials). We use a reading & spelling program that teaches phonics and then we teach sentence structure, punctuation, parts of […]
The Final Three of Cycle Three
Our final three weeks of this year have been (or are currently) occupied by our nearly-transcontinental travels… You could say that the final three weeks for us have been (or are currently) homeschool-ish. While we’ve seized plenty of learning opportunities, it hasn’t been with our normal reading selections and math assignments. It’s been with reading […]
Making Connections
It’s been an interesting few weeks here in the Ferrell household, and as we prepare for our big trip out west, I thought I’d wrap up what’s been a-happenin’ around here as of late. It was another year where my husband and I were separated by thousands of miles for our anniversary, but the boys […]
American History Usborne Book List
And… for those who are wanting to follow up their American history et al studies from this year, here’s a list of Usborne books related to American history & geography, human anatomy, chemistry, and origins along with basic math and fine arts. (For Classical Conversations families, this would correspond to Cycle 3.) For a little […]
Our CC Cycle 1 Booklist
After many hours + hours + hours, I’ve finally finished updating my booklist for Cycle 1. In compiling this list, I have sorted through book reviews and recommendations by others I trust, including (but not limited to) Sonlight, Tapestry of Grace, and Veritas Press, as well as the 1000 Good Books List, Gospel Coalition, Old-Fashioned […]
Where my Love of Books Has Led Me {Heart Talk}
Booklists, Reading Correlations, and Reviews, Oh My! By now it’s probably pretty obvious that I love books. I love to read them. I love to review them. I love to share good ones with others. I’m still considering where this website may take us one day. Can I share my heart with you? Can I […]