Hi!
I hope this finds you well rested in the twilight of summer, anticipating the dawn of a new school year! It has been a minute since I composed a newsletter. My husband and I had the joy of traveling around Europe for almost 3 weeks (some business and some pleasure) and it was such a gift! Here we are taking in the sunset over Prague castle
We returned to our boys, pool days, and much needed home projects. Suffice to say our summer simply flew by!
From the Press
Last week I released Chronicles in Stone: Architecture and Art History of the Middle Ages as an early access – Term 1 Stone and Sanctuary – Early Access allows your family to begin the school year on time while receiving the complete curriculum as it’s finished and at a special introductory price. Terms 2 & 3 will be completed and delivered by September 15, 2026. This Early Access price is available until 8/31.
Coming Soon!
Surprise! a brand new product will be available soon – A Moravia Press Shakespeare Study designed to help students encounter Shakespeare the way he was meant to be experienced: through story, drama, and language.
Features:
once per week, term length study (11 weeks + exam)–designed to make the Shakespeare play approachable
Context before the play–students will meet Shakespeare, his writing, and historical and geographical setting of the play
Acquaintance with the story–students will hear the story and plot before following along with original language
Listening to original Shakespeare
Teacher tips
Things to notice–motifs, language, recurring images
Recitation
The Great Conversation–moving beyond “What happened?” into the larger moral and human questions raised by the play
Film recommendations
The goal is not to explain every line of Shakespeare to the student but to give him enough footing to enter Shakespeare’s world and then allow the play itself to speak.
The first scheduled release will be Macbeth (releasing late August), followed later this year by Henry V. Both are excellent to pair with a study of the Middle Ages, but will also be completely standalone studies, able to be completed with any history cycle.
Coming soon!
Under the Laurel Tree
I have been taking my time reading through this magazine over the summer and have been so encouraged by the many wonderful articles.
I took the plunge this summer and invested in this wire binding machine. I knew I’d have a lot of printing to do joining Alveary and this thing has been a workhorse!
Speaking of… yes we joined Alveary! Last year I purchased just science for my oldest and he/we ended up enjoying the course so much that I decided it would be a good fit for everyone’s science. When I priced out the a la carte courses it was more economical to just become members and receive access to many other subjects as well. We plan to use their science, citizenship, and geography grade 1 lessons. If you are interested in joining you can use code THANSON for $25 off the membership or save on a la carte courses. Use this link.
A Liturgy for the First Day of School
“As we gather together around the table
May our hearts be attuned to the Lord and to the work set before us this year.
May we rejoice in every day, for it is the day the Lord has made.
May we remember our calling to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
May we bring our work, our creations, our ideas and present them as living sacrifices.
Grant us steadfast hearts, to diligently undertake the task of learning.
We ask that we confidently step into that whichGod has prepared for us.
May we have fortitude in the unknown and new, and courage in the difficult and hard.
Give us days that refresh us and remind us of the beauty of creation and redemption,
but also days that challenge us, that we might learn to depend on the God who holds all things together.
Therefore let us begin,
Let us be faithfully present and diligent to the work of our hands, which You have established before us.”
For the feast and the forming of hearts,
~Tiffany
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