Home School Resources
What’s On My Bookshelf: Challenge II Resources
The Classical Conversations Challenge II program is one of my favorites. With British literature, artists and composers, and Socratic dialogues, I feel a bit indulgent as a tutor to walk through these studies with students. I love that many of the things I collected from my Foundations years are revisited in Challenge II. It is…
Read MoreCreative Graduation Gifts that Come with a Blessing
My husband is tutoring my son’s Challenge IV class in Classical Conversations this year, so we’re full on in graduation season. I tutored this class for a couple of years and my husband has had them for the last three, so these kids seem like family to us. As I thought about what I’d like…
Read MoreFree Summer Reading Tracker for CC Students
As we’re wrapping up the school year, I generally start looking at what’s coming next and looking at how to keep the learning going. We’ve participated in many summer reading programs over the years with our local library, and that got me thinking about new fun ways to track our reading. Combining my love of…
Read More2019 Great Homeschool Convention Shopping Confessions
This year my husband and I took a different approach to the Great Homeschool Convention. Typically, we attend this conference because we love all of the speakers that attend and we love hearing from them because we already use their curriculum at home. My kids were really the driving force of us attending the conference…
Read More4 Ways to Remix Breakfast with Hiland Cottage Cheese
This post is sponsored by Hiland Dairy but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. We’ve been in a breakfast rut lately. Do you ever find yourself in those? I’ve been looking for ways to revitalize our routine, but it needs to be quick and healthy if it’s going to make the cut.…
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