One of the fun aspects of Classical Conversations for us is the Timeline cards. This year, Classical Conversations started their own Classical Acts and Facts History Timeline cards that are just beautiful. They have a fact from history and then on the back some information about that time in history. They are laminated and durable so they are easy to use.
We store ours by time period in 4×6 binders inside half side page protectors to keep them in good shape and so that we are able to flip through for review.
Each week in Classical Conversations we go through 7 cards and work through the timeline starting with Creation until now. One of the ways that we are learning them is with hand motions. We have enjoyed using a wonderful You Tube video from another Classical Conversations family to learn our hand motions along with each week. (UPDATE: We no longer use the hand motions in the videos below because they cards have been updated and new motions have been learned. We access them through CC Connected.)
Even if you are not a Classical Conversations family, these wonderful Classical Acts and Facts History Timeline cards can be a wonderful way for you and your family to learn our history timelines and the hand motions make it that much more fun.
Check out this fun video about these beautiful cards over on You Tube.
Here are the timeline events with hand motion as you can follow on You Tube. Enjoy!
First half – Weeks 1 through 12
Second half – Weeks 13 through 23
Do your kids like learning with hand motions and songs?
Once you start watching those videos you can’t stop!
So true. Aren’t they fun?
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I let my kids watch the video now they want to try it
We don’t do Classical Conversations, but a lot of my homeschooling friends do. Those timeline cards look amazing!
Based on the classical model of education, families meet weekly to introduce new memory work (or grammar of a subject) and review old memory work using Classical Conversations’ Foundations Guide as the heart of the curriculum. A trained tutor creatively introduces the memory work and leads the classroom time. The memory work is divided into 6 subjects: timeline/history, geography, math, science, Latin, and English grammar. In addition to the memory work, students also participate in a fine arts project/lesson, a science project, and an opportunity to practice oral presentation skills each week.
We enjoy nature study, “living” books, unit studies , and lapbooking , all in a classically eclectic sort of way.