Harmony Fine Arts Back-to-School Sale & a Giveaway!

Hi friends!  I just wanted to let you know about a great Back-to-School sale over at my sponsor, Harmony Fine Arts.  From now until the end of the month, you can get 25% off of your entire order using discount code: BACK2SCHOOL

Also, as an awesome bonus for adding Harmony Fine Arts to your curriculum, you will be entered to win an awesome giveaway!  Check out all this great stuff:

 

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Trivium Tuesdays - Classical Link-Up #120

Welcome to another week of Trivium Tuesdays!  For those of you who are new here today, this is a link-up aimed at encouraging and informing other homeschoolers who use the Classical model of teaching.  Here we can share with each other and learn from one another.



Don't forget to follow my Pinterest boards that are a part of the All Things Classical List!

Also, please remember to only link up posts that have to do with homeschooling using the classical model of education.  Thank you for understanding this link-up's theme.

Featured Post from Last Week

Everyone is talking about curriculum plans this month.  I especially loved this post from Tonia at The Sunny Patch because she talked about checking boxes vs integrated learning.  Personally I am a box checker, but I'm finding that it doesn't work that well for our school days =)  How do you schedule your school day/year?

This Week's Link-Up

Here are the rules:

• Your post must have to do (in some way) with classical homeschooling (any age children).
• Your post may be from your archives as long as you only post it one time on this link-up.
• Please link to your direct post, not your blog in general.
• Please link back to this post in some way. You can use my Trivium Tuesdays button (found on my right sidebar) if you'd like so others can learn about this link-up! Button code: <a href="http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/" target="_blank" title="Trivium Tuesdays"><img alt="Living and Learning at Home" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bYsfMVF9tdI6haQLUiZ1rvZIf1kDaqnjHIOJA46X62tWXnlPDkU-5OqujsZyjoDp39J7dbhUx9CRFPyV991_BapG9dHciT8osyXwMtDtG6mV_TDyoECv_e5-oKFc2ZavhE4Ds9rj_8Kn/s1600/Trivium+Tuesdays+-+button.png"/></a>
• It may be helpful to state in your link description what stage of the trivium or what subject your post is about, if applicable, so others can easily find posts they are interested in looking at.
• Remember, everyone loves comments =) So don't be shy, and tell someone if you liked their post!

I reserve the right to remove any link-up that does not have to do with classical homeschooling.         

If you are a regular here at Trivium Tuesdays and have something to share that is a little off topic, but still would be an encouragement to the readers here, please still share it =)  I'm referring to people who are just trying to get their blog more exposure without following the rules above.

I will visit each of your blogs this week and feature my favorite link-up for all to see next week!  Also, if your blog has a button I will place it on my sidebar (under Friends to Visit) for the week until it is replaced by the next week's favorite =)

Charlotte Mason Quotes

This post has an affiliate link to the book that the quotes are from. 

I had a really nice time reading through Home Education by Charlotte Mason this summer with all of you!  I loved underlining quotes and then sharing them with you on the blog.  I thought it would be neat to gather all of my favorites quotes from the book into one place.  So here you go!  I hope you enjoy them and find yourself encouraged =)

"Do not let the children pass a day without distinct efforts, intellectual, moral, volitional; let them brace themselves to understand, let them compel themselves to do and to bear; and let them do what is right at the sacrifices of ease and pleasure."  Charlotte Mason

"There is no knowledge so appropriate to the early years of a child as that of the name and look and behavior in situ of every natural object he can get at."  Charlotte Mason

"The parent's chief care is, that that which they supply shall be wholesome and nourishing whether in the way of picture books, lessons, playmates, bread and milk, or mother's love."  Charlotte Mason

"Never be within doors when you can rightly be without."  Charlotte Mason

"Mothers work wonders once they are convinced wonders are demanded of them."  Charlotte Mason

"Habit is Ten Natures."  Charlotte Mason

 "Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales, even where it is all impossible, and they know it, and yet they believe."  Charlotte Mason

"Whatever the natural gifts of the child, it is only so far as the habit of attention is cultivated in him that he is able to make use of them."  Charlotte Mason

"Thinking comes by practice."  Charlotte Mason

"Whatever be the advantages of kindergarten or other schools for little children, the home schoolroom ought to be the best growing-ground for them."  Charlotte Mason

"A morning in which a child receives no new ideas is a morning wasted."  Charlotte Mason

"All children have it in them to recite."  Charlotte Mason

 "Composition is as natural as jumping and running to children who have been allowed due use of books."  Charlotte Mason

 "It is a delightful thing to have the memory stored with beautiful, comforting, and inspiring passages."  Charlotte Mason

"Let him linger pleasantly over the history of a single man, a short period, until he thinks the thoughts of that man."  Charlotte Mason

"Give the children one thought at a time, and every time some lovely example of loving-kindness that will fire their hearts with the desire to do likewise."  Charlotte Mason

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Trivium Tuesdays - Classical Link-Up #119

Welcome to another week of Trivium Tuesdays!  For those of you who are new here today, this is a link-up aimed at encouraging and informing other homeschoolers who use the Classical model of teaching.  Here we can share with each other and learn from one another.



Don't forget to follow my Pinterest boards that are a part of the All Things Classical List!

Also, please remember to only link up posts that have to do with homeschooling using the classical model of education.  Thank you for understanding this link-up's theme.

Featured Post from Last Week

God and the Trivium, from Expanding Wisdom, was such a great post.  Jennifer goes past the trivium and starts talking about the heart of classical education.  If you missed it last week, definitely take a minute to go read it!  She even talks a bit about Charlotte Mason and some of the things we discussed in our book club a few weeks ago.

This Week's Link-Up

Here are the rules:

• Your post must have to do (in some way) with classical homeschooling (any age children).
• Your post may be from your archives as long as you only post it one time on this link-up.
• Please link to your direct post, not your blog in general.
• Please link back to this post in some way. You can use my Trivium Tuesdays button (found on my right sidebar) if you'd like so others can learn about this link-up! Button code: <a href="http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/" target="_blank" title="Trivium Tuesdays"><img alt="Living and Learning at Home" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bYsfMVF9tdI6haQLUiZ1rvZIf1kDaqnjHIOJA46X62tWXnlPDkU-5OqujsZyjoDp39J7dbhUx9CRFPyV991_BapG9dHciT8osyXwMtDtG6mV_TDyoECv_e5-oKFc2ZavhE4Ds9rj_8Kn/s1600/Trivium+Tuesdays+-+button.png"/></a>
• It may be helpful to state in your link description what stage of the trivium or what subject your post is about, if applicable, so others can easily find posts they are interested in looking at.
• Remember, everyone loves comments =) So don't be shy, and tell someone if you liked their post!

I reserve the right to remove any link-up that does not have to do with classical homeschooling.         

If you are a regular here at Trivium Tuesdays and have something to share that is a little off topic, but still would be an encouragement to the readers here, please still share it =)  I'm referring to people who are just trying to get their blog more exposure without following the rules above.

I will visit each of your blogs this week and feature my favorite link-up for all to see next week!  Also, if your blog has a button I will place it on my sidebar (under Friends to Visit) for the week until it is replaced by the next week's favorite =)

Cycle 3 Teaching Plan from Solagratiamom - GIVEAWAY!

I've got a neat resource to share with you today!  It is designed specifically to enhance a Classical Conversations (Foundations) based curriculum, but would be great for anyone wanting to save some time finding materials to use at home.

So what is it?  Colleen, from Sola Gratia Mom, has gathered 24 week's worth of material to make your work at home easier.  The Teaching Plan gives links to resources all across the web that will enhance each of the 7 subjects that Classical Conversations covers.  It gives ideas to fill two days a week, plus extra ideas for a third day, plus weekly match-ups for Draw Write Now, Lyrical Life Science, Science Cards, Acts & Facts Cards, and Story of the World.

It covers 3 days a week because the idea is that you would be in your Classical conversations community one day and then have the option of doing Wonderful Wednesdays (I'll share about that below) for another day.

Really, what this is a huge time-saver!  All the work is done for you, all you have to do is look at the sheet for the week, click a few links, and you have what you need.

Wonderful Wednesdays

The other part of this is detailed instructions on how to do Wonderful Wednesdays in your home or with a group of friends.  If you are not familiar with Wonderful Wednesdays, you have to visit Sola Gratia Mom.  You will be inspired!  Colleen takes what was learned that week in Classical Conversations and makes it super fun!  For each week there is a plan for a science experiment, some kind of project or activity, dress-up ideas, and a themed snack.  When I read Coleen's blog, it always makes me wish that I was there partaking in all the fun!  Well, now I have all the information I need to have my own Wonderful Wednesdays!  (Of course, you could do it on any day of the week, or even spread it out over the week...whatever works for your family.)

What I love is that there are jut so many ideas here, all on topic, and all in one place.  No more spending hours searching for idea online =)

Who Will Love the Cycle 3 Teaching Plan?

If you do not have a ton of time (or energy or desire) to gather extras to supplement your CC studies, you will love the Cycle 3 Teaching Plan!

If you desire to make Classical Conversations a full curriculum, instead of just a once-a-week experience, you will love the Cycle 3 Teaching Plan!

If you enjoy supplementing your school days with resources on the computer (videos, reading info from websites, looking at pictures about what you are studying, etc.), you will love the Cycle 3 Teaching Plan!

If you desire to make a deeper connections with the families in your CC group, you will love the Wonderful Wednesday part of the bundle!

If you are still wondering if this is right for you, visit Sola Gratia Mom to read straight from Colleen what her vision was for creating these plans and even more details (and a sample!) about what is in them.

Teaching Plan Giveaway and Discount Code

Now for the part you've all been waiting for!  =)  I have two special opportunities for you today.  Colleen has given me a discount just for readers here at Living and Learning at Home!  You can use the code LIVING to get $9.95 off of your Teaching Plan bundle.  What is included in the bundle?

• 24 Week Teaching Plan
• 24 Week Wonderful Wednesdays
• 24 Week Pin Maps (learn more about pin maps)

Normally this all costs $29.95, but this week you can save $9.95 with the code: LIVING (code good through Monday, August 11th)

Or you can enter to win one of two copies!  Of course, if you buy a bundle this week and end up winning the giveaway, Colleen will refund your money, so buy with confidence!

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