Why read aloud with your family, especially if your children are older?  Listen in this week as Heatherly Sylvia shares three solid benefits of reading aloud as a family, and offers some tips for what makes a book or story a great read aloud choice.  As an Advent choice, you can hardly miss with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; if you’ve never read it, or if it’s been a long time, you’ll want to pick up a copy to share with your family this season.  You’ll be blessed as you listen to Heatherly’s insights, and moved to experience the Christmas story like someone who is hearing it for the first time.

EE Advent Read Aloud with the Sylvias

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Looking for some refreshment this summer?  Spend a little time reading aloud together as a family!  Listen in this week as Lisa shares three big benefits of reading as a family. Bonus?  Lisa reads aloud three stories from the Copper Lodge Library’s Kings of Rome series (a perfect lead in to Cycle 1!!), AND offers some conversation tips for diving deeper into the story.  

More Than A Story:  Summer Reading Club, Kings of Rome

Want to raise readers?  Surround your family with books!  This week’s guest, Jennifer Courtney, offers simple ideas on how to whet your family’s appetite for reading.  Listen for suggestions on how to build a family library as well as ideas on Cycle 1 “resources” to collect for next year.   CC parents, tutors, and Directors – are you looking to level up your skills in guiding and assessing your student’s learning at home or in community? Join this Spring semester’s Classical Learning Cohort! https://classicalconversations.com/cohort/  

Open a Book, Open the World

Everybody enjoys knowing the “inside story” of familiar things; listen in this week and discover the behind-the-scenes workings of CC’s Copper Lodge Library.  You’ll meet the editor, find out how those footnotes were created, and get a glimpse into what’s available for your family.  Listen in as Lisa and Stephanie Meter discuss libraries (public and personal) and why reading as a family brings us together.   Learn more about the Copper Lodge Library at copperlodgelibrary.com.

Behind the Scenes of the Copper Lodge Library

Are you amazed by what your Foundations students memorize every year?  Do you wonder if you could “do it too??”  On this episode of Everyday Educator Kelli Wilt and Elise DeYoung offer tips and tricks for memorizing, gleaned from rubbing shoulders with National Memory Masters.  Not ready for a “competition”?  Listen for tips on making memory work a joy from mommas with years of learning-as-a-family experience! More information about Great Wolf Lodge and Exclusive CC Discount Code found in the CC Connected Learning Center > Member Benefits and Additional Resources Document. https://www.greatwolf.com/

Memorizing Tips and Tricks for Families

Join guest host Kelli Wilt as she welcomes and celebrates CC’s 2024 National Memory Master, Ewan Fisher.  Ewan and his mom, Kim, join Kelli and share their family’s story of life in CC, the pursuit of the Memory Master title, and how the family has been blessed by Ewan’s goal.  You’ll get plenty of inspiration to learn as a family as you listen.

EE Advent Read Aloud with the Sylvias

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