While our family enjoys using technology to practice our states and capitals (like Seterra and Sheppard Software), we enjoy playing file folder and card/board games with each other. Here are a few file folder and flashcard games that encourage interaction between people (instead of with a computer)! Show Me Tell Me Show me. With state/capital […]
Trivial Pursuit Cards Template
Trivial Pursuit is a fun way to review memory work! Here’s a little template for those who wish to design cards for memory work review or to quiz various subjects. You can download the Trivial Pursuit template in PowerPoint format here! But… designing cards is not necessary! You can simply grab a Trivial Pursuit Game, […]
What we’ve been up to…
Introducing… Isaac Henry Ferrell! June 11, 2014 12:52 pm 8 lb 9 oz, 21.5 in. My water broke six hours before our scheduled cesarean. What a whirlwind of unexpected surprise! Delivery went very well! Recovery is still in progress, but we are at home and recuperating …and lovin’ every minute! Thank you for […]
Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Resources
Welcome to our on-line resources for Cycle 3 of the Classical Conversations Foundations program. Here you will find our organized list of supplemental crafts, worksheets, videos, and other on-line resources corresponding with the weekly memory work. We offer these lists as a quick reference for those who wish to easily find such resources. This portion […]
U.S. History Resources
Here’s our resource link buffet for U.S. History!. As we come across new and improved resources, we hope to update this website to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often! American History Resources & Activities All Years – American History Overview (Scroll down for individual topics) The Great […]
English Grammar Resources: Verb Principal Parts & Sentences
Welcome to our list of resources for practicing verbals, principal parts of verbs, sentence parts, and sentence structure/pattern. This list of grammar resources provides practice with learning and applying these elements of English grammar. This Principal Parts of Verbs Chart provides a simple way to practice writing in the principal verb parts each week. Students […]
United States Geography Resources
Our geography focus for the coming year includes U.S. states & capitals, territories, trails, great lakes, rivers, and other prominent features. Memorization is our first goal using the show-me / tell-me method, along with tracing or drawing the outline of the United States (and individual state outlines if you or your child feels so inclined). Of […]
A Less-Stress Summer School
We’ve wrapped up our year, and though we will be taking it easy this summer, there are a few things we’ll be working on so as to not go completely brain-dead this summer. In the past I’ve had better plans (like last year’s Calendar Quest study, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants a […]
Utopian Plans vs. Everyday Reality
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it’s the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 Raise your hand if you ever make plans that don’t go as planned. If you’re not raising your hand, then this post is likely not for you. But for anyone else, let me give you a little background. […]