Betsy, Author at Family Style Schooling

BBQ Chicken Enchiladas

I’ve been hearing of my friend’s family favorite recipe of Chicken Enchiladas for a while now. I was so excited when she posted the recipe! Unfortunately, I had just made a huge crock pot of BBQ Chicken for my family, and was left with an insane amount of leftovers. When her recipe popped up I…

Plans for a New School Year

This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure policy for more details. I love planners, planning, organizing schedules, etc. When I first started homeschooling, I over planned, over organized, and over scheduled to the point that everyone was consistently feeling like a failure. Slowly and painstakingly I have been able to turn…

How Does My Garden Grow

At the beginning of the summer, I planned and planted a container garden. It has been fun to watch it grow, but not everything has been as successful as I had hoped. The month of May was an unusually wet month so I feel like my results won’t be replicated in another year that provides less rain. So…

What’s on my Bookshelf: Resources for the Classical Conversations Essentials Program

This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure policy for more details. I love the Essentials Program. So much of what has given me confidence as a teacher has come from what I’ve learned in Essentials. My husband tutored Essentials while he was working on his Masters of Theology. It just so happened that…

What’s on my Bookshelf: Resources for Foundations Cycle 1

One of my favorite things to do is go to Half Price Books and scour the clearance section for good resources to complement our studies. Over the years, I’ve curated quite a library in my home, which means we have resources at our fingertips when we get curious about our Classical Conversations memory work. In…