Homeschooling Helps
It’s no secret that we homeschool here at the Ridge Light Ranch. While it’s a lot of hard work, It’s been an amazing blessing to us. Throughout the school year, I end up creating a good number of files that we use in our home school. It can take a lot of time and mental energy to create a digital file, so why should you reinvent the wheel? I happily offer these items to you at a great price. The great thing about my products is that I leave them open and unlocked so you can tweak them as needed.
Our favorite part of homeschooling is Classical Conversations (CC). Sometimes I feel like we live and breathe CC! As a previous CC Director myself, I love to share things I’ve created for my own community with other CC Directors and other interested educators.
You’ll find that some of my files are CC-specific. However, most of them could be used by any parent- from the parent who wants to augment their child’s public school education, to the private school teacher, to the CC Director.
(This site is independent of Classical Conversations® and was not created, authorized, or supervised by Classical Conversations®. While this site is intended to complement and expand upon the Classical Conversations® material, the materials were not prepared by and are not approved for use by Classical Conversations® as part of their sanctioned educational model.)
Recent Homeschooling Blog Posts
- How to Use AI in the Art Classroom: 18 Practical Ideas
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In my last post, “AI, Art, and the Human Soul,” I ended with the idea that we should use artificial intelligence (AI), but do so responsibly. What does that look like and what kinds of personal guardrails can we implement to protect ourselves from AI’s downfalls? I’ve spent a surprisingly large amount of time thinking… - AI, Art, and the Human Soul
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If you’re teaching American art history, you can’t skip Thomas Cole. The Hudson River School is my favorite American art movement — and Cole is the reason it exists. He didn’t just paint beautiful landscapes; he helped define what American art would become. In this post, we’ll look at the Romantic period he lived in,… - Artist Spotlight: Charles Wilson Peale – American Portraiture Explained
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