Learning About The Civil War

I'm a firm believer in learning "evolving" on its own. 

Our study of the Civil War has been a beautiful example of Interest Led Learning. 

Yes, the Civil War is on our history "schedule" this year, but the specifics of studying it are not. I like to leave those specifics up to my children. My job is to provide a variety of resources, field trip opportunities, and inspiration so they can soak in as much about the subject as possible.

This is why I consider myself more of a homeschool GUIDE than a TEACHER. 

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Our History Notebook: Classical Conversations Cycle 3

The organization for Classical Conversations Cycle 3 continues!

Last week I shared our geography table and notebook with you. Today I'd like to share our history memory work notebook. 

I learned so much last year; the biggest lesson was to KEEP IT SIMPLE. The memory work is enough. Make sure the grammar pieces are being memorized and provide a few low stress ways for my child to expand upon the memory work if we have time. 

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Learning Classical Conversations History Sentences with LEGO

It's no secret how much we enjoy learning with LEGO in our homeschool. 

These bricks speak to my son in a way nothing else can.

I had no doubt we would be able to incorporate LEGO Learning with our Classical Conversations homeschool work. 

Perfect.

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