Creating a Geography Table in Your Homeschool

When children are in the grammar stage (elementary years) they are ripe for memorizing facts and yearn for more.

Geography is the perfect subject to let them sink their teeth into.  There is just SO MUCH they can learn.

Being a part of Classical Conversations has brought to light the importance of geography. It has equipped me to organize facts about geography and assist my children in memorizing them. 

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Gearing Up For Cycle 3: CC June Blog Carvnival

Welcome to the first edition of the Classical Conversations Blog Carnival here at Homegrown Learners! I've been a bit nervous taking over this task from Brandy at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood, but the new friends I have made through the carnival and the many wonderful blogs I have read far outweigh any fears or nervousness.

Our journey in Classical Conversations began last year, when my son entered Foundations and my daughter entered Challenge A. Our year was FABULOUS. I cannot speak highly enough of the quality of material my children learned and the caliber of friendships we have made in our community. Our entire family is also thinking much more deeply about education - thanks to the Classical approach to learning. 

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Using Notebooking Pages with Classical Conversations

Is the Foundations memory work enough? 

I asked myself this question multiple times over the last year. In theory, yes - the memory work is enough. Classical Conversations provides 144 facts which children in the Foundations program memorize during each cycle.  That means if they participate in 3 cycles there will be 432 grammar facts memorized.

That is AMAZING! 

There were many weeks when we just focused on the memory work, and that was enough!

There were weeks, however, where we had more time and my son was showing a particular interest in an area of the memory work. During those times I alwasy turned to notebooking, and our favorite resource Notebooking Pages.

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