Posted in Our Homeschool

Sorry, I just have to share... ;-)

I've been feeling overwhelmed with trying to catch up on housework and also
feeling guilty about not doing more schoolwork at the end of this year. I'd
really wanted to have other unit studies planned for us to do after our co-op
and cottage classes ended. I've found that we've become quite lazy. =/? All of
the children slept in late this morning, so I was thinking we should get started
on *something*!!

Well, my 3yr old is at the table having breakfast all by herself and starts
singing...

"World War ll...

Axis leader were..

Tojo of Japan..

Mussolini of Italy..

And Stalin of the USSR!!!"

...a history sentence from our Classical Conversations studies!  (OK, she left out "Hitler of Germany"  -she's 3!!)

...and this is not the only one she recites... all on her own she will come off
with... "Watts steam engine, Cartwright's power loom and Whitney's cotton gin
spurred the industrial revolution in the 1760s...." and

"English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the kings power,
later England's King....." (OK, I admit I can't remember that one (there are 24)
so I just asked her to help me and she's being silly- she said, "you don't know
these do you?" LOL, I've been caught!

She's also memorized most of Ephesians 6:1-24, which was our scripture for the
year, along with some Latin.

Anyway, she's learned *alot* and SHE didn't even attend classes ( but stayed in
the nursery.) Its just from practicing with us at home and in the car. Our other
3 children learned all of these and many, many more facts. Its just incredible
to me that she picked up so much without any effort on my part, and that they
all still remember things from the beginning of the year. This program is put
together in such a way that review is logical, EASY and fun.

OK, I know you're thinking, "But she doesn't know what any of that means! What's
the use?"

Practicing memorization helps her learn how to memorize more.
It helps to hide God's word in her heart.
She's learning lots of vocabulary.
When she attends Cycle 2 in 3 years, she will memorize the information more
easily and have more time to learn about the material and understand it.
She thinks its FUN!! =D
If you'd like to learn more about Classical Conversations, check out the link
below and also feel free to email me at Coopers4Him@aol.com.

All for His glory,

Terese Cooper
www.HomeForHisGlory.com
www.classicalconversations.com