Carting it All to Community Day at Classical Conversations

This post may contain affiliate links.  Please see my full disclosure policy for more details. Once you hit Essentials, all of the sudden you’re faced with the dilemma of how to carry all of your gear to and from your community.  Often, you’ll see a fleet of rolly carts rolling into a church as the…

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Using a Sketch Notebook for Taking Notes

When I was in college, I loved to doodle while I was taking notes.  Even though it may have looked like I wasn’t paying attention, the doodling slowed my brain down enough so that I could pay attention to what was being said.  Occasionally my drawings related to the materials, but more often than not…

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Ready, Set, Race! 5 minutes of Rapid Recall

Essentials Chart Race

So often our homeschooling day becomes filled with tasks that need to get checked off of a list, that essentials like drawing maps, copying charts, or memorizing vocabulary are overlooked and forgotten. To make things worse, the only way to memorize maps, charts, or vocab is through daily repetition.  When we started Challenge A, we…

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What’s on My Bookshelf: Challenge B Resources

Classical Conversations Challenge B Resources

In the Classical Conversations programs, Challenge B would be equivalent to the 8th grade, however any student (I’m talking about myself here) could have a rich year of study in the materials assigned.  There were so many new things to learn like formal Logic, the history of astronomy, and Mock Trial.  Much like Challenge A,…

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Questions for a Challenge Student

Classical Conversations Challenge Student

    Today’s post comes from a guest writer…my son Andy (14).  He is about to enter his 7th year as a homeschooler, and 6th in the Classical Conversations programs.  He spent three years in Foundations and Essentials, and then completed Challenge A and Challenge B.  Hope you enjoy!   A few weeks ago, a…

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