Everything I wish someone had told me before my daughter started Classical Conversation’s Challenge Program… Get everything in the guide written on a schedule.  If it’s not explicitly written down, one or both of us forget it! Give her space and room.  Don’t be a helicopter.  This is her time to make mistakes, grow, and learn to be responsible. Sit down and do all the math with her every day.  The challenge of “beating mom” has turned math time from agony into a fast-and-furious math throw-down.  She’s in Challenge 1 this year, and this is the first year I’m doing the math with her each day. … Continue reading Twenty things I wish I had known about CC’s Challenge Program