Welcome to our last week of resources (at least for July)! Check out these amazing creations – made by families, for families! Every resource supplements the Classical Conversations (CC) program and supports homeschooling in general. Visit @GraceForThisMom facebook page July 7th through July 10th for generous giveaways from these featured creators!
Math Fact Songs
These 15 math fact songs feature the complete math fact and pair perfectly with Classical Conversations! Enjoy songs for all facts through 15 x 15. Listen to a sample on the website!
Find Math Fact Songs on the Musical Mama Website
When it’s time to move past skip counting, these songs give your child the entire math fact! The songs have simple, beautiful tunes, and my kids enjoy the music!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Bronwyn – The Musical Mama
The Musical Mama’s mission is to help families create a musical environment which fosters both creativity and confidence.
Henle Latin Prep Workbooks
Henle Prep Workbooks are on sale now! Henle Prep Latin Workbooks were created to help rising Challenge students prepare for the rigor of Henle Latin by using the exact vocabulary and grammar found in Henle and is explained in an easy to understand and engaging format. There are 3 volumes: one for nouns, adjectives, and verbs. The workbooks contain vocabulary practice, grammar practice, and fun games and activities aimed at students in grades 4-8. Some people use these resources to prep for Challenge A, to review after Challenge A/B or some parents use them so they can get a head start on Henle Latin. Enjoy 10% off all our products July 3-10.
Find Henle Latin Prep Workbooks on the Henle Prep Website.
Jumping into Henle Latin can be overwhelming, but these workbooks provide an enjoyable exposure to the vocabulary so that your child feels confident in Henle First Year Latin!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Rebecca Klein
Rebecca was formerly a high school Spanish teacher for 9 years and has loved learning other languages and studying grammar. As a home school mom since 2010 and a Challenge Director and tutor for Classical Conversations (CC) since 2015, she has thoroughly enjoyed learning Latin. She reside in Rochester, MN, with her husband and four children.
Science with Friends Bundles
Science with Friends Bundles are open-and-go project packs that include a Parent Guide with project instructions, discussion starters, scientific background information, and connections to Scripture. Bundles also include consumable Student Lab Notebooks where students can brainstorm, record data, and connect with Scripture. Classical Conversations families will notice that our Anatomy, Chemistry, and Origins bundles for the 20-21 school year match up perfectly for further discussion of the Cycle 3 memory work.
Find Science with Friends Bundles on the Learning with Friends Website.
Each week provides an experiment with a gentle guide for leading your kids in discovering the amazing world around us. I am impressed how well it correlates with cycle 3 and provides interesting engagement for all ages!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Nicole Paitsel (left) and Aracelly Garces (right)
As Classical Conversations homeschooling mommas and founders of Learning with Friends, we are enthusiastic about sharing great discussion with our kids and imparting a sense of wonderment at God’s creation!
Cycle 3 Brashcards
My friend Melanie Johnson and I birthed Grammar Nerds Club LLC about three years ago when I was trying to brainstorm resources to help my son, who was having a difficult time in my Essentials class. He was a struggling reader and felt discouraged because the other students seemed to be effortlessly excelling while he worked really hard to produce mediocre results. Melanie is an amazing designer, and she made my content look beautiful as we first produced worksheets for my son and my class, and eventually in a brainstorming session at the beach, the idea for Brashcards was born and shared with other CC families.
Our flagship product is Brashcards, and we now have both a science set and history set that correspond with each cycle of Classical Conversations Foundations memory work as well as some literature and other fun sets. Code: CYCLE3LAUNCH will discount 10% off the cycle 3 sets through Friday, July 10!
Find Brashcards on the Grammar Nerds Club Website.
There are four cards for each week of Essentials with two sentences per card: a basic and advanced. Students can practice parsing and diagramming the sentences, then flip it over to check their work. It is color-coded and self-checking! The sentences progress through the same content learned in Essentials while aligning with the history or science sentence for the week. I’m looking forward to using these with my girls!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Kristin (right) & Melanie (left)
Kristin McPherson and Melanie Johnson are BFFs in South Georgia who have raised their children in the same CC community for seven years. They have both tutored Essentials and served as F/E directors, Challenge directors, and other positions in Classical Conversations. Kristin and Melanie are both legitimate grammar nerds whose hobby is to produce engaging, colorful resources for students.
Young Entrepreneur: Earrings by Emma
Earrings by Emma offers 100s of styles of earrings, all made with hypoallergenic plastic hooks and posts for sensitive ears. We even have a large collection of earrings inspired by Classical Conversations, all mapped out for you to match up your earrings with every week of Foundations material!
Earrings can be found on the Earrings by Emma website.
What fun designs! Earrings always bothered my ears as a child, so my piercings eventually grew closed. That wouldn’t be a problem with Emma’s earrings! Even if you don’t have pierced ears, she offers clip-ons so you can still have all the fun!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Emma with mom, Sarah
12 year old CC student, Emma Shelton, started Earrings by Emma 3 years ago when she was unable to find earrings that wouldn’t irritate her sensitive ears.
Latin Vocabulary Flashcards
Clean and simple graphic design is the hallmark of this set of flashcards, designed to aid students in memorizing Latin vocabulary from Henle I. Each card features a unique color-coding system that will help your student remember the declension or conjugation to which a word belongs. Designed to be easily printed at home on pre-perforated business card stock, these cards will be an invaluable aid to your budding Latin discipulus!
Find Latin Vocabulary Flashcards on the Antiquated Notions Website.
This is a simple, economical way to print flashcards and easily cut them the same size! The color-coding is a helpful feature to aid learning all the vocabulary!
Angie’s Review
Created by: Melaine Johnson
Melanie is wife to Loys and mom to their three sons. After enjoying a satisfying fast-paced career in the city as a writer and editor, she now enjoys a quiet life in the country, classically homeschooling her boys and enjoying photography, art journaling, reading, and playing European board games.
Challenge Planner
This printable planner meets the specific needs of Challenge students allowing them to plan, organized, and track their daily work. It includes dated monthly calendars through August 2021, undated assignment pages, choice of six covers for each level, and bonus resource pages. Choose the weekly assignment page that best fits your family, or use the unlabeled page and add text onto the PDF.
Find the Challenge Student Planner in our Etsy Shop.
Created by: Angie Poff
Angie lives in West Texas where she homeschools five children and seeks to bring beauty and order into this season of life while encouraging other families.
Support these family businesses and don’t forget to check the @GraceForThisMom facebook page for prize giveaways during the week! If you missed them, read Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3! Spoiler alert: there is one more bonus week coming early August!!!