Ancient Civilization Booklist

This year my boys and I digging into Ancient Civilizations for the first time. It was perfect timing because my eight year old became obsessed with Greek mythology over the ...

by jessr90 • December 28, 2025December 28, 2025

Membership, Nature Study

Spring Nature Study

Spring is the season of new life, of renewal. Plants and animals are waking up from their long rest and hibernation during winter, and we are reminded that the world ...

by jessr90 • November 1, 2025November 1, 2025

Membership, Nature Study

Object Lesson

Object weekly lessons to focus on a specific plant or animal. You observe the real, living thing, either at home or in its natural environment. You then ask questions to direct ...

by jessr90 • October 28, 2025October 28, 2025

Membership, Nature Study

Nature Notebooks

The nature notebook (or journal) is where you record your observations of your special study topic, or anything else you see on your nature walk. The purpose of nature notebooking ...

by jessr90 • October 28, 2025October 28, 2025

Language Arts, Membership

Copywork | The Why, What, and How

In this audio lesson you’ll learn what copywork is, why it’s so effective, and how to conduct a lesson. Copywork Lesson Steps

by jessr90 • September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

Language Arts, Membership

Handwriting | The Why, What, and How

Before children can begin copywork they need to know how to write their letters. Over the years I’ve figured out a good method and resources for teaching handwriting. In this ...

by jessr90 • September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

Language Arts, Membership

Dictation | The Why, What, and How

Dictation lessons are the next level of copywork, and is like an all-in-one language arts curriculum. But in this case its a method, not a curriculum. It teaches spelling and ...

by jessr90 • September 25, 2025September 27, 2025

Language Arts, Membership

Narration | The Why, What, and How

Narration is the act of telling back what you learned, or what you remember. And in the act of verbalizing what you learned you solidify that knowledge in your mind. ...

by jessr90 • September 25, 2025September 26, 2025

Gather, Language Arts, Membership

Family Writing Lesson

In this video lesson I show you what a family-style writing lesson looks like. Specifically, we are doing a sentence imitation exercise based on the method by Jeff Anderson. Charlotte ...

by jessr90 • September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Language Arts, Membership

Word Sorts (Spelling + Phonics)

“Naturally; for though many of our English words are each a law unto itself, others offer a key to a whole group, as arrow gives us sp-arrow, m-arrow, h-arrow; but ...

by jessr90 • September 7, 2025September 7, 2025