Posts by Betsy
Instilling God’s Word In Our Hearts – Road Map Month 7
Mid-year check-up. How’s it going? Are you still reading through the Bible with us? Well, to be honest, we have struggled consistently reading together since the summer hit. It’s not that we’ve stopped reading our Bibles altogether, it’s just that we’re not all together as a family when we read. This has been a little…
Read MoreBecoming a Contagious Reader: My Second 25 Books of 2018
I’ve been working on cultivating the quality of the reader that I would like to become. I’ve found that reading is contagious not only for those around me, but for myself. I’ve awakened an appetite for books that has kept me going through the first half of the year. Even though I wasn’t reading for a certain…
Read MoreSimple Homeschool High School Curriculum from 7 Sisters
This next year I will have two high schoolers in my homeschool. I am realizing how quick the time passes and how much I still want to be a part of their education. Even though we’re a part of Classical Conversations, I still am the teacher of my kids. That means that I get to…
Read MoreTwo Student’s Perspectives on the Classical Conversations Challenge Programs
I’ve been able to speak at a couple of Classical Conversations Parent Practicums this summer, and one of my favorite parts is the afternoon Challenge panel. This is where parents get to ask questions of Challenge students of various experience. If you’re a tutor, you often miss these times of insight into the minds of…
Read MoreOur Adventure with the One Year Adventure Novel Curriculum
It was no accident that we stumbled across the One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) curriculum at the Great Homeschool Convention this year. My son Andy bought it to dig into over the summer, and then we ended up signing up for their Summer Workshop in Kansas as well. God lined up this adventure for us, and…
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