Why do we choose to use a Montessori approach to homeschooling? There are two components to the Montessori curriculum. There is the well developed curriculum with a fleshed out scope and sequence and some amazing materials. The majority of the materials are still used today exactly as they were designed by Maria Montessori over 100 years ago. Over time various… Read more →
The Classic Learning Test (CLT) is a collegiate entrance exam standing independent of the Common Core, accepted by 120 colleges, and tied to over 10 million dollars in scholarships! The CLT is taken online in 2 hours and students receive same-day test results. Classic Learning Test offers 3 examinations: The CLT Proper is the collegiate entry examination (Grades 11-12) The CLT10 is the PSAT version of the CLT. (Grades 9-10)… Read more →
In God Schooling: How God Intended Children to Learn, Julie Polanco offers faith-based Christian reasons for pursuing an unschooling approach to homeschooling. While there is certainly no one “right way” to approach education, Polanco shows how listening to God’s will for her family brought her peace as a homeschooling mom. The Scripture passage she uses as a guide is Galatians… Read more →
My daughter is a baker. When people ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she responds breezily: “A baker, but I already am one.” You see, with unschooling there is no postponement of living and doing. There is no preparation for some amorphous future, no working toward something unknown. There is simply life. There Is No… Read more →
I read the original Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise many years ago when I was new to homeschooling. My older two children were quite young at that time and I had great dreams for my homeschool. The reality of educating two children with special needs soon intervened. Nevertheless I… Read more →
Writing and Rhetoric is the writing program from Classical Academic Press. The goal of the program is to prepare students for the art of writing well and speaking persuasively. In this series, you can expect your students to grow in all forms of modern composition – narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive. Each exercise is intended to impart a skill or… Read more →
From Classical Academy Press: The Classical Reader (this is a link to a print edition) and this companion website has collected and analyzed the K–12 reading recommendations of classical educators from around the country and sought those readings that have been important and pleasurable to generations of students. It is an invaluable resource for every school and homeschool family… Read more →
The CLRC promotes excellent education by establishing an online space where students meet outstanding instructors in an educational community. We partner with homeschooling parents, public and private school teachers to provide an exceptional learning experience. We connect teachers who love their subject matter and love to teach with students whose natural curiosity and enthusiasm is like tinder waiting to alight. Classes… Read more →
I had heard several other homeschooling moms praise Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler’s Guide to Unshakable Peace (Classical Academic Press )by Sarah Mackenzie. When I recently had the opportunity to read it myself, I was not disappointed. This is a homeschool classic in the making. “The work of homeschooling and raising hearts and souls and bodies is hard.” None of… Read more →
“The Well-Trained Mind” is a homeschooling mainstay for those who wish to pursue a classical education. This is from the Well-Trained Mind Academy website: The Well-Trained Mind Academy is based on the expert advice, carefully selected curricula, and classical model described by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise in The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (first published… Read more →
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