Happy 2nd Birthday Expanding Wisdom!

Happy Birthday 2nd Expanding Wisdom!!!!

I can’t believe it! What a blessing it has been to connect and share with you these past two years. We have talked about truth, goodness, and beauty; what to teach, how to teach, how to make it happen, and how to align ourselves with The Teacher, who is worthy of imitation. We have had rich conversations in our Community on Facebook as we traveled through Dante’s Inferno and Abolition of Man. We have wrestled with some important questions through our Facebook Live events and other conversations that came from that. You have filled my heart with such joy and love every time I get to know each of you better. I love seeing us, as a community, love what we ought and seeking the true, good, and beautiful together. It has been a truly life-giving experience so far and with much more to come.

We will be celebrating the whole month of June  with Giveaways and a few new opportunities. Each week in June we will offer a very cool giveaway!!! We will open an entry form each Friday in June and each following Thursday we will choose the winner. In addition to that, we will reveal some nourishing opportunities for us to grow as classical homeschoolers this summer with our ‘Classical Summer School for Moms’.

Here is what you can expect. As things are published, I will link to them here. Bookmark this page so you can find it easily and share it with your friends so they can get in on birthday fun!

Friday, June 3rd – Thursday, June 9th

• Giveaway #1 ~ The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education by Ravi Clark and Kevin Clark, Sponsored by Classical Academic Press!
• Classical Summer School for Moms: The Ultimate Guide to Summer Classical Learning for Moms {A Free Download outlining a variety of free, paid, and local things to do to soak up some Classical Summer Learning + An Intro to our Online Classics Club}

Friday, June 10th – Thursday, June 16th

• Giveaway #2 ~ The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, & Paradise) translated by Anthony Esolen
• Classical Summer School for Moms: NEW Live Mini-Online Course by Expanding Wisdom~ How to Teach the Humanities at Home & in a Co-op {A very inexpensive mini course showing you how to integrate literature, history, & writing using the tools of commonplacing, highlighting, close reading, narration, picture study, and projects.}

Friday, June 17th – Thursday, June 23rd

• Giveaway #3 ~ Nature Study Bundle {Exploring Nature with Children: A Complete Year-Long Curriculum, by Lynn Seddon + A set of 12 PrismaColor Pencils}
• Classical Summer School for Moms: 50% off any 1 item from our shop!

Friday, June 24th – Thursday, June 30th

• Giveaway #4 ~ Astronomy Bundle {Classical Astronomy’s Signs & Seasons Curriculum, plus The Night Sky Star Finder)
• Classical Summer School for Moms: NEW Live Online Mini-Course by Expanding Wisdom ~ How to Start a Classical Co-op {A very inexpensive mini course showing you walking you through the Logistics, the vision, the dos, and the don’ts of starting a classical co-op or community.}

Today

Today will be taking a trip down memory lane, reflecting and revisiting the best of the last two years on Expanding Wisdom. What has been you favorite post, event, or conversation?

Favorite 20 Posts

1. To Read or Not To Read: 5 Tips to Transform Your Reading
2. Are You a Classical Homeschooler? An Interview at Ed Snapshots
3. Concerning Thoughts & Hobbits ~ A Wednesday with Words Post
4. An Introduction to the Classical Curriculum
5. Starting a Classical Co-op
6. Comparing IEW & The Lost Tools of Writing
7. Classical Education & The Trivium
8. Playing with Music ~ An Interview with John Hodges
9. Playing with Drawing
10. First Things, Second Things, & Suffering ~ The Day my Son Said He Wanted to go to Regular School
11. An Interview with Karen Glass, Author of Consider This: Charlotte Mason & the Classical Tradition
12. Contemplating the Liberal Arts ~ A Series
13. A Beowulf Discussion ~ Introducing a Book
14. A Few Thoughts on Gap Years and One Great Option
15. Narration ~ A Classical Perspective
16. Pencil or Highlighting ~ On Helping Student to Read
17. Homeschool Mom! You Can Only Teach 3 Things
18. Commonplacing ~ The Introductory Lesson
19. Find Your Fit ~ 3 Kinds of Homeschool Communities
20. A Nurturing Education by Meghan Morales

Favorite Series

The Imago Dei Series  {Stories of Moms, just like you, encountering this Classical Homeschooling thing.

Favorite Experiences with you all

Dante Discussions in our Classics Club

Meet & Greet in Greenville this year at the Great Homeschool Convention

Conversations in the Expanding Wisdom Community

And so there are a few my favorite things from these past two years. Thank you so much for being part of it. It would be no fun at Expanding Wisdom without you.

Expanding wisdom, extending grace,

Jennifer Dow