Why on earth did we put so many grades in one Schola Rosa suite? Before we went into full development of the Schola Rosa: Co-op & Home Curriculum as a product, we had to figure out a way to organize it. This took a great amount of brainstorming as well…
Estimated Time: 2 hours Family Stats: Just-Home Mom with 4 children: I have one 1st Grader, one Kindergartener, one Preschooler, and one Toddler! My Workspace / Classroom: Our homeschool space is located in our partially finished basement. We have one long table and chairs. A few cupboards line the walls…
If we look back to our own childhood in the public schools or in music lessons outside the home, we probably all remember earning “prizes.” Our teachers used prizes as a way of encouraging us to move forward. Perhaps, we were awarded a star sticker for practicing so many times…
by Alecia Rolling Introduction to the Keeping Sundays Holy Series: “[T]he happy life is the good life; and the good life is the liturgical life, which is to say a life in union with the living God.” From The Little Oratory, by Clayton and Lawton The Church through the Wisdom…
Cycle 1 Primary Themes: Ancient History and the Classification of Living Things by Alecia Rolling Are you getting ready to do Schola Rosa Cycle 1 in the fall? Perhaps, you would like to do some activities in the summer time that will be worth recalling during the school year. If…
by Alecia Rolling; originally posted at www.therollingacresfarm.com March 30, 2012 By far the most exciting find of 2012 was the Seaside and Wayside Nature Readers I-IV. (Also available free at Gutenberg Project.) These have been great read aloud books for our kids, who are so interested in knowing the animals and insects around…
