PACES & PAideia

I recommend buying the basic school supplies from the supply list and labeling EVERYTHING in the next two weeks. If you have never invested in a label maker make that a Mommy supply!

Every year we end up with lots of lunch kits, pencil boxes, PAideia shirts (what are they wearing home?), shoes, and nap blankets with no labels in the lost and found.

With three and a half weeks left you still have time to:

• teach your kiddos to type
• organize those closets
• organize your shelves
• label bins for school supplies
• order extra uniform items (check with campus communicator for gently worn items)
• read the Leadership Book of the Month (The Four Hour Work Week!)
• take an IEW class (email Ms. JoBeth)

RELAX and enjoy some time together and set some learning goals.

What will you do in the next three weeks?

See you at the conference!

I have received several emails about the volume of books we require this year and the large amount of cash involved in the purchasing!
Several ways to cut the sticker shock on buying books for this year:

• Buy the books needed for the first quarter ONLY; buy second quarter in September
• Find a family that will study group with you and divide up the reference books
• Take advantage of payment plan from Homeschool Heaven
• Buy used and consignment editions
• Check the online versions of the classic books…several are online and FREE
• Buy a Kindle or Nook and download the novels to this device: the device is an expense (but a nice one!) but the books will be much less

Remember: these books are chosen from HUNDREDS of possibilities. You will love every one and see it as a GREAT investment.

More ideas on saving money on books? Please share!

When I first started homeschooling I always asked my children, “Name me one thing you MOST want to learn this year.”

Even though I had a framework of what we would focus on and what subjects we would cover this “ace” was the motivation that kept us going through the long days of hot August, dreary February and let’s-just-quit May.

The other benefit to this policy was on those “pity-party” days when I thought the kids had learned NOTHING because I had been too scattered: I knew that we had focused on “one main thing.” On the other hands, when July rolled around and I wanted to plan to cover 7-12 subjects per child in the coming year, the “one main thing” kept me focused.

In keeping with this idea the “main thing” objective is clearly displayed at the top of each week’s syllabus this year. If you find yourself “lost in the woods” for the week, focus on the “one main thing.”

Often folks who are investigated our program have objections to classical education. Most of their concerns are purely misinformation and misunderstanding about the term and the approach.

Here is an outstanding article from a sister school doing what we are…

Hope this helps with convincing your neighbors and family members to join us in the Classical Education Revolution taking over the world!

Ambrose School Overcomes Objections to Classical Education