It was an AWESOME first week of school :-) Oh, the energy and the enthusiasm...I hope it never leaves. This is our first year using Classical Conversations and I'm soooooo excited. 

Classical Conversations Foundations program has students memorize information in 6 subjects; history, science, geography, math, Latin, English grammar. Additionally students memorize a 161 point timeline. I am not part of a  Classical Conversations Community, I have the Foundations book which includes all the memory work, and I enhance it by choosing books, projects and activities from halfahundredacrewood.com

2 things:I asked myself at the beginning of the summer, "What do my kids actually remember from last year"?  And what is a skill that will help them prepare for and pass CLEP exams and have a practical application in adult life. The answers to both questions came to me in the form of memory techniques. After immersing myself in memory techniques, books, and mnemonics all summer. I decided instead of coming up with a list of memory work myself, I would use the one Classical Conversations has laid out. I'm so glad I did!