Here is a week by week breakdown of what we did to review and enhance our CC* lessons.

Diagramming Scripture

 Essentials

Diagramming Scripture.  Where do I even begin?  Scripture is difficult to diagram because it has been translated from another language.  Here are some ideas of how to break it down, as well as reasons why you should try it yourself!

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Prepping for Challenge

Latin Verbs & Nouns

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CC Lesson Plans & Ideas

Foundations – Cycle 1, 2, & 3

Ideas on how to review and make connections with memory work from Classical Conversations.*  We’ve practiced our memory work.  Is that all we should be doing? What are some other ideas to make deeper connections.

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Saxon Math

Younger Kids (3rd grade & Below)

Don’t try to do it all! This parenting is a marathon not a sprint!  Here are some educational ideas for younger kids.  Ideas that are simple and easy to implement.  You need not have a degree in pinterest.

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Cycle 1

Ideas on how to review and make connections with memory work from Classical Conversations.*  We’ve practiced our memory work.  Is that all we should be doing?  What are some other ideas to make deeper connections.  Specifically, Ancient History, life science, geology, African geography, and English grammar.

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Math

Ideas for math games, curriculum, and more!

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Timeline

Intentionally create connections between Timeline and the Bible, geography, and  with books you are reading.  Did you know that the Boer wars are mentioned in the biography about David Livingstone?  The Protestant Reformation is celebrating 500 years!  What was going on at the time of Biblical Events?

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 * CC stands for Classical Conversations, which is our core curriculum.  We primarily use the library to get resources week to week to expand on whatever we are learning in CC.  Another resource I highly recommend is the Draw * Write * Now series, specifically Book 5: The United States, From Sea to Sea, Moving Forward