Teaching Kindness and Respect with Literature
“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” ~ Goethe It's a new month, so that means a new character trait book list! As you may recall,
Category: Home Life
Dare Greatly… to Have Fun!
{photo via Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0} Greetings! Feeling somewhat spontaneous? Today’s post is simply to share that Six Flags Magic Mountain has a Homeschool Day coming up on Monday,
A Day in the Life: The Webster Family
{photos by Jessica Webster} We are so excited to bring you our first Day in the Life post for the new school year! This time around we get to hang
Working on It: Balancing SLOCA and Work – Hilary Graves
{photo by Olu Eletu} “I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible — oh, this
Friday Family Fun
{Photo by Jennifer Pallian} We want to remind everyone that today is the LAST day for SLOCA families to enter our blog drawing… this one is so easy! Click here for
Teaching Responsibility with Literature
“SLO Classical Academy is a community that forges character, fosters wisdom, and nurtures a lifelong passion for learning.” We've all heard the SLOCA mission statement so often, that many of
SLOCA Parents Share: “Things I would do differently if I had known”
{Photo by Jason Briscoe} Many school or home education blogs run a post near the beginning of the school year titled something like “10 Ways to Start the Year Right,” and
Life Together on Fridays
{photo by Providence Doucet} “One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.” ~
Summer Read-Aloud Resolutions 2017
{photo by congerdesign} Earlier this week we shared some inspiration and resources for reading aloud. So today, instead of a regular “Reading Resolutions” post with books that SLOCA parents are
Reading Aloud to Kids Who Can Read
“Children become readers on the laps of their parents.” ~ Emilie Buchwald We know that the above quote is true, but why do we want to keep reading to kids
