Betsy, Author at Family Style Schooling

Setting Up Your Latin Resources

Finding success in your Latin studies starts with setting up your Latin resources well. While there are many ways to set up your resource, I thought I’d share how we set ourselves up for success. It’s easier to show you than to tell you, so check out the video and then there are closer pictures…

9 Excellent Resources for Drawing Geography by ArtK12

Since we joined Classical Conversations in 2010, we’ve been working on our map drawing skills. I didn’t realize how incredible it was to hear a country named in the news and know where in the world it was! Drawing geography has brought such a richness to our studies, and the step-by-step books by Kristin Draeger…

July Homeschool Mother’s Journal

In my life last month… June has been a peaceful month. We cleared our schedule to help my mom recover from her knee surgery, but she surprised us all and recovered much sooner than we expected. That has given us a lot of time to rest in ways that we needed. This past year I have…

5 Essential Hospitality Skills to Teach Your Children

Summertime is filled with hosting guests around our home. From having friends over to swim to hosting family from out of town, opportunities for practicing hospitality abound. The other side of summer is that my kids tend to get lazy about cleaning the house and sharing their stuff. It’s easy to get self focused in…

Don’t Fear Messy Learning with the Clean Squad

I am one of those moms who looks through the science book or art curriculum to see the level of mess required in order to decide whether we’ll tackle that learning activity or not. I don’t like a huge mess mostly because I don’t enjoy cleaning them up! However, I’ve realized that with the right…