Preparing for and organizing our first year of Classical Conversations Foundations {Cycle 2}

We're gearing up for our first year of Classical Conversations Foundations and it's so exciting! Here are some of the ways I'm preparing and organizing for the upcoming year.
***UPDATE: Looking for the 2020-2021 video for Cycle 3? Here you go! • Classical Conversation...
Links to products mentioned:
(some may be affiliate links)
- Tabs for guide: amzn.to/2zr97lq
- Box for timeline cards: www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hob...
- Dividers for timeline cards: amzn.to/2NB98vC
- Photobooks: amzn.to/2ZvIiHr
- File box: amzn.to/2HqThLV
- Command hooks: amzn.to/2ZvTEeD
- Command clips for timeline cards: amzn.to/2HwqzcS
CC Connected usernames used:
- Flip books: kleckrone
- Fridge facts: brandenburg3
- Memory work on the wall: keppel
CC connected usernames of the worksheets I've printed so far:
- geography/map coloring pages: sandrahomemaker
- history coloring pages: SSublett
- science coloring pages: jwoolward
- mini books (all subjects): Amber Hodge
- Sherri Ellis notebook pages (some)
- history activities: Bethany Britton
- history worksheet activities + copywork: Thompson.sarag
Science velcro activities: www.thisgrowinghome.com/scien...
My CC haul: • Classical Conversation...
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[@Daisychannelnews]

You are gifted with orderliness. Thank you for sharing!

[@andreaaguila1]

Wow!!! I AM a mess. Thanks!! Greetings from México

[@mamakatz6340]

I love your memory wall! Great ideas here! Thanks!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ashleystovall1767]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This was exactly what I was looking for! I ran upstairs and told my husband "I found my Classical Conversations Soul Sister on youtube!!" haha. Thanks!!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Lol! Yay Soul Sisters ;)! I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@LAR2911]

Oh my! I love how you step up everything. I have one week to do everything you suggested. Super excited. You gave me so much clarity on what is needed and how to do it. So thankful for you sharing. 😃😃😃👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🎉🎉🎉🤩🤩🤩

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I’m so glad!

[@stephanielovesshane]

Wow. I really love this! Thank you so much!

[@blaynehackbart5361]

Will you be doing this again this year for cycle 3? Would love to see what you have planned for this year!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I just posted it today! Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaGml5-Jet9grs0&t

[@karikloss7179]

This is amazing! Congratulations :) I am polar opposite of an organized person, so this video has helped me immensely!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Oh good, I'm so glad it helped!

[@jennifercrain1498]

Fabulous! Thank you for doing this video!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Jennifer Crain you’re welcome!

[@sandiweldon]

You're amazing, friend!!! Wow!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Sandi Weldon thank you! ❤️

[@EloisaMartin4]

this was very helpful ! thank you so much

[@lovingmotherhood5720]

Thank you so much for sharing this! It was so helpful!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

You’re welcome!

[@JahDeBeaute808]

love it thanks for sharing ❤ amazing video

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Thanks!

[@ellenishangry]

This was so helpful! Thank you!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I'm so glad!

[@familacv9203]

this is awesome thanku very much!!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

You’re welcome!

[@krystalvisser3180]

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing

[@MyChocolateMoments]

You're welcome!

[@krystalvisser3180]

Did you feel you used the flip book? We are starting CC in August and I feel like a flip book might be nice...maybe just for me to see what we are working on, even if my kiddo can not read yet.

[@MyChocolateMoments]

We didn’t use it weekly but it was super handy for me when we were traveling since I could pack it instead of having to bring my guide or when I wanted us to go back and review since I could easily flip through the previous weeks.

[@krystalvisser3180]

My Chocolate Moments makes sense. Thank you

[@SingerKara]

I am so inspired by you! We will be attempting to do a trial run this summer before we make a decision. I wanted to ask you the timeline cards box from hobby lobby no longer exists can you tell me the dimensions or send a link of where I can get that! I think that would be so helpful.

[@MyChocolateMoments]

My box is 8 inches by 6 inches by 6 inches. You could get by with as small a box as 8x6x4 as long as you only have the timeline cards in it and not any of the others (science, fine arts).

[@noelmuscutt2135]

Amazing job.

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Noel Muscutt thanks!

[@andreaaguila1]

Hi. I enjoy tour videos! Do you laminated your flash cards of rhe timeLine?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

No I don’t, they’re so sturdy already that I don’t think they need any additional lamination

[@annashepherd3953]

Thanks for this! Do you mind to link another box for the timeline cards as this link is now broken? I appreciate it!

[@gutieereza]

Where is those print outs in cc connected? 😂I'm looking everywhere

[@MyChocolateMoments]

This video is from our first time through cycle 2 in 2019 so most of this info is outdated now, check out my video from this year for links to what’s currently in CCC kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmHJe3Rti9Z9edE

[@brendahowell5946]

I’m confused where to get flip cards

[@MyChocolateMoments]

@@brendahowell5946 CC Connected. I’ll have direct links to the cycle 1 ones once I post this year’s prep video in the next week or so but if you want them before then you should be able search on CCC and find them.

[@stephaniekanupp9844]

Will you be doing this again for cycle 1? Love this!!!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I will! Be on the lookout for it in the next week or two :)

[@amandapresley7055]

these users on CCC arent available anymore and I am not finding anyone else who has made flipbooks. Suggestions?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

😢

[@randeykettunen2845]

On CC connected how do you search those user names to get to the things those user names created like the flip book?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

CC Connected has changed since I made this video. Here’s this year’s video I posted recently and it has links to all those things on CCC kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmHJe3Rti9Z9edE

[@ThePlayfulElephant]

Great video! I'm brand new to homeschooling and to CC, and am struggling a bit to understand exactly what I need. If I purchase the timeline cards, how do I know which set or sets to get? This year is cycle 3, so does that correspond to only one set, or will we use all 4?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

Rachel Jaax yay! Welcome! You’ll need all 4 sets. That covers the whole timeline and we go over that each year. This video I made last year may help with figuring out what to order too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHvXmmOqbNp9jpo

[@theonedesign]

Hi, thank you for sharing this. I wonder how I can download the memory work card?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I put all the CC Connected usernames in the video description from any of the things I downloaded. However this video is from Cycle 2 so most of these files are probably not available right now.

[@jennifercrain1498]

This is our first year doing CC. What did you use most for your memory work? The flip book, fridge facts or the memory work wall? I LOVE all of the ideas but if you had to chose 1 what would it be?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

The memory work wall was what we used the majority of the time so if I had to only choose one that’s what I would pick. We used the flip book and the fridge facts only when we were traveling.

[@jennifercrain1498]

@@MyChocolateMoments Awesome, thank you!!!

[@DanielleMWingate]

Where do you go in CC connected to find the users that UPLOADED the content?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

In the file sharing section the username is listed next to the document. There’s also a drop down menu at the top of the file sharing where you can look up usernames.

[@DanielleMWingate]

@@MyChocolateMoments Thank you! I wonder if they remove contact each year, I typed in the usernames that you suggested and I’m not seeing them and connected in the shared area

[@MyChocolateMoments]

@@DanielleMWingate I don’t think they do but I do know they’re in the process of moving everything over to the new platform so they may have already moved some of the ones you’re looking for

[@DanielleMWingate]

@@MyChocolateMoments thank you! I’m really loving your videos!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

@@DanielleMWingate I’m so glad!

[@ellenishangry]

Your videos for homeschooling and classical conversations have been sooo helpful! I am trying to get ready for cycle 3. Have you found printables for cycle 3 memory work? Specifically the bigger ones that you put up on the wall or the flipbook size?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

The big ones for the wall and the small 4x6 flipbook size were posted in CC Connected for a bit but then CC removed all Cycle 3 stuff and won't be putting it back until mid-May or the end of June so it's not currently there. I have not seen the 8.5x11 fridge facts posted yet. If you're in the CC Facebook group do a search, the creator of the flip book (kleckrone) will send them to you if you message her.

[@ellenishangry]

@@MyChocolateMoments oh ok, thank you for your help!!

[@ellenishangry]

@@MyChocolateMoments The Fridge Facts for Cycle 3 are up in CC Connected now, yay! I see that you have Bible as one of the categories for CC memory work. I am looking through my Foundations guide, where is that? I love the idea of adding scripture as memory work. Thank you so much for your help. I found you after I started researching CC and then I found you again doing Right Start Math after I decided to use that too - your videos have been so so helpful. Thank you!!!!

[@MyChocolateMoments]

@@ellenishangry sorry I'm just now seeing your question about the Bible memory work! It's not in the guide but it's a free download that CC offers for those who want to add it in: ccmm.classicalconversations.com/PDFs_web/2014-Bible-Memory-Work-(final3).pdf

[@jeremykuhlenbeck3071]

What "tier" membership do you have or recommend for CC Connected?

[@MyChocolateMoments]

I have the Foundations subscription since that fits my kids' ages best