Math Resources for teaching multiplication, unit conversions, geometry, math laws and more… The following links may be used for basic math facts at the elementary school age. This list includes online games, printable games, activities, worksheets, and more for memorizing skip counting, math facts, math formulas, and math laws. (The links also correlate as supplemental math […]
Improving Our Vision: Many are the plans…
For all those planners, perfectionists, and overwhelmed moms out there… Here’s my little story to provide a dose of encouragement and hope for you! At the beginning of this summer, I had it all figured out. I had plans to make plans to make more plans. My plans included planning these wonderful, thorough lesson plans that […]
Native American Study
In light of the American history we will be learning this fall, we’re using this summer to learn a bit about Native Americans. Because I am originally from Oklahoma, I have always been fascinated with the Native American culture. Sadly, this is oftentimes left out of American history books and curriculum, or at times the history and culture […]
Online Organization for Classical Conversations
If you are following us to discover our supplemental resources in the form of great on-line freebies for History, Geography, Science, Timeline, Math, and Fine Arts, then you may want to go ahead and create an on-line organization system for saving all of this… stuff. Otherwise, you might get overwhelmed and not use anything. (I’m speaking […]
American History Literature Resources
You’d think that since this is the close of our school year I’d be ready for a break, but I am SO excited about studying U.S. History for the first time. There are hundreds of great resources out there to study American history! I’m just glad we’ll be cycling back trough it again in a […]
Nature study for beginners
As we settled into our slower-paced life here in Middle Tennessee, we couldn’t help but marvel at the beauty abounding all around us. We came across so much LIFE while taking walks or playing in the creek. But as we discovered the vast assortment of plants and animals here – and the boys asked me […]
The Thirteen-year Cicada
I’ve seen these interesting, big-bug-eyed insects several times over the course of my life. I recall hearing their loud, deafening cadence somewhere in the distant past. But I’ve never seen them quite like this: They were all over the boys’ playhouse… and the trees… and the grass. Hundreds of thousands of these insects can emerge from a […]
Nim’s Island Unit Study & Lapbook
Sometimes I get in over my head on something. Like telling Stephen we could lapbook Nim’s Island, only to find that there were no lapbook templates out there for us to use. Thus, we embarked on an adventure as mother and son, creating our first lapbook from scratch. An unexpected benefit from doing this was that […]
Rub-a-dub-dub
When little boys tried to convince their mom that they didn’t need a bath, it went something like this: Me: “You need a bath.” David: “Why?” Me: “Because you’re dirty. Just look at your feet.” About this time is when I became distracted with doing something else. When I walked back into our bedroom, I saw this: Levi and David […]