Classical Conversations

Classical Conversations finished up in April and we were so excited for Max.  He worked incredibly hard and became a Classical Conversations Memory Master!! What is a Memory Master?  A memory master is a student who recites from memory every piece of memory work from all 24 weeks of CC.  All 24 weeks...IN. ONE. SITTING!

161 events and people in a chronological timeline
44 US presidents
24 history sentences which add depth to our timeline
120 locations and geographical features in Africa, Europe, and the Old World
24 science facts(including classification of living things and each continent's highest mountain)
5 Latin noun endings and their singular and plural declensions
English grammar facts(including 53 prepositions, 23 helping verbs, and 12 linking verbs)
Multiplication tables up to 15 times 15, common squares and cubes as well as basic geometry formulas and unit conversions.


That is an incredible amount of information and he did it!  He pushed himself and didn't give up even when it was really hard to remember all those dates and places and math formulas and are you kidding me, Latin noun endings!  After 4 years of memorizing the grammar of history, english, science, latin, and geography we are really starting to see the benefits.  He is using all those learning pegs in many situations and it is exciting to see.

Last day of CC in April 2013 and First Day of CC in Aug. of 2012

End of the Year Program for Classical Conversations

Max receiving his Memory Master Award

Max is a Memory Master!!!!

I have a little catching up to do.

I am tempted to let this go and just start from August but I really use this as a "scrapbook" so here we go!

A little taste of summer and sand!

It is funny that my last post was snow.  We had a great day playing in the water and sand with friends.  Come on Summer!!

March snow

Lilly came in to get warm.

Max and I played Battleship

Bella and Daddy colored.  Lee was away for work but the snow shut down testing and he came home for a few days. 

Max took this one!

We have been busy!

Max and I took a field trip to the Virginia Fine Arts Museum to learn about ancient civilizations. Max answered all the guides questions in the Greece and Rome exhibit!

Elsie Jane has some sweet curls!

Elsie Jane loves dogs!

Max and his buddy Joey at a meet

My sweet kiddos!

Elsie Jane likes to climb and gets into everything!!

Bella loves the Plasma car she got for her birthday.

Max is working on being a Memory Master at CC!  We are busy practicing!

Well visits for both girls!

Bella is taking a dance class at the Y and she loves it!

Our PE classes got to swim for a few weeks.  Bella was nervous at first but then she loved it!  Swim lessons coming in April!

Elsie Jane praying for her supper.

We had a few nice days and we spent some time with friends on a new path downtown.

Bella has been playing "drums" and "violins" with pencils.

Max learned to use a compass at CC.

Bella loves to learn!

All three busy at work!

We have been busy with school and swimming and lots of other little things and I have been taking pictures with my phone instead of my camera.  Here is a little peek at the last few months!