Welcome to
Relaxed Conversations
with Leigh Bortins
Our purpose is to grow in joyful community by learning together. These clubs are a simple way to learn in community by reading and listening together on a regular basis. It’s book club without the homework!
“The locus of education is the family and creation is the curriculum.”
– Leigh Bortins
The Math Map
With Kirsty Gilpin
Wednesdays at 1 PM EST
2 Lessons Per Week
The Math Map: Naturals is included in the CC membership at CCConnected.com.
Numeracy: Singular Space
Jan 10: Ex Nihilo | Number Notation
Arithmetic: Linear Space
Jan 17: Comparison | Addition & Subtraction
Jan 24: Multiplication | Division
Jan 31: Exponentiation | Equations
Geometry: Planar Space
Feb 7: Straight Lines | Intersected Lines
Feb 14: Curved Lines | Polygons
Feb 21: Circles & Ellipses | Constructions
Feb 28: Assessment | Triangles in Circles
Astronomy: Human Space
Mar 6: Intersected Shapes | Transformations
Mar 13: Open Shapes | Solid Shapes
Mar 20: Locations | Populations
Harmonics: Intersecting Spaces
Mar 27: Matrices | Rates
Apr 3: Rate of Change | Accumulated Change
Imagination: N-Space
Apr 10: Complex Numbers | Proofs
Apr 17: Seeing the Unseen | Reflection
Apr 24: Summer Book Club 0D
May 1: Break (CC National Events Week)
May 8: 1D
May 15: 2D
May 22: 3D
May 29: 4D
Jun 5: nD – Imagination with Q & A
Jun 12: 0D – Singular Space with Q & A
Jun 19: 1D – Linear Space with Q & A
Jun 26: 2D – Planar Space with Q & A
Jul 3: 3D – Human Space with Q & A
Jul 10: 4D – Intersecting Spaces with Q & A
Jul 17: nD – n Space with Q & A
Jul 24: Practicum 2025 Practice
Fall Format Begins
Jul 31: Lesson 1: Ex Nihilo
Aug 7: Lesson 2: Number Notation
Aug 14: Lesson 3: Comparison
Aug 21: Lesson 4: Addition & Subtraction
Aug 28: Lesson 5: Multiplication
Sep 4: Lesson 6: Division
Sep 11: Lesson 7: Exponentiation
Sep 18: Lesson 8: Equations
Sep 25: Lesson 9: Straight Lines
Oct 2: Lesson 10: Intersected Lines
Oct 9: Lesson 11: Curved Lines
Oct 16: Lesson 12: Polygons
Oct 23: Lesson 13: Circles & Ellipses
Oct 301: Lesson 14: Constructions
Nov 6: Lesson 15: Assessment
Nov 13: Lesson 16: Triangles in Circles
Nov 20: Lesson 17: Intersected Shapes
Nov 27: Thanksgiving Break
Dec 4: Q & A
Dec 11: Q & A
Dec 18: Q & A
Dec 25: Christmas Break
Words Aptly Spoken
With Jennifer Courtney
Scribblers at Home
Jan 3: Scribblers At Home by CCMM
Jan 10: Writing Road to Reading by Romalda Spalding
Jan 17: Ancient World Echoes by Jennifer Courtney Jan 24: Exploring Insects with Uncle Paul by CCMM Jan 31: Kings of Rome by CCMM
Foundations
Feb 7: Prescripts by CCMM
Feb 14: Classical Acts & Facts Timeline by CCMM
Feb 21: Classical Acts & Facts Composers by CCMM
Feb 28: Classical Music for Dummies
Essentials
Mar 6: Teaching Writing Structure and Style by IEW
Mar 13: Teaching the Classics by Adam & Missy Andrews
Mar 20: Spelling Plus by Susan C. Anthony
Mar 27: Trivium Tables Whiteboard
Challenge A
Apr 3: Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Apr 10: Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Apr 17: Crispin: Cross of Lead by Avi Apr 24: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Challenge B
May 1: Mock Trial Notebook by CCMM
May 8: Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
May 15: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
May 22: American Experience by CCMM May 29: Introductory Logic by James Nance
Parent Resources
Jun 5: Tour Guide Debate by CCMM
Jun 12: Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn
Jun 19: Consequences of Ideas by R.C. Sproul
Jun 26: Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl by N.D. Wilson
Challenge I – American Literature
Jul 3: Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Jul 10: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Jul 17: Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jul 24: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Jul 31: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Challenge II – British Literature
Aug 7: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Aug 14: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Aug 21: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Aug 28: Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge
Excellence In Education
Sep 4: Declaration of Independence with WAS American Documents by CCMM
Sep 11: Preamble and Constitution with WAS American Documents by CCMM
Sep 18: Gettysburg Address with WAS American Documents by CCMM
Sep 25: Atlanta Exposition Address with WAS American Documents by CCMM
Challenge III – Shakespeare
Oct 2: Much Ado About Nothing
Oct 9: Julius Caesar
Oct 16: Henry V
Oct 23: Macbeth Oct 30: Hamlet
Challenge IV
Nov 6: The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin
Nov 13: Angels in the Architecture by Doug Wilson
Nov 20: Thanksgiving Story or Poem from New World Echoes
Building Faith
Dec 4: Defeating Darwinism by Philip Johnson
Dec 11: Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Dec 18: Through Gates of Splenor by Elisabeth Eliot
Unfragmented
With Kevin Novak
That Hideous Strength: A Deeper Look at How the West Was Lost by Melvin Tinker
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents
July 6: Declaration of Independence
July 13: The Article of Confederation
July 20: The US Constitution
July 27: The Northwest Ordinance
Sheckles with Shackles by Christian Education Initiative
August 2
The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
Freedomnomics by John R. Lott, Jr.
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22: Thanksgiving week, no podcast
November 29
Romans 13: The True Meaning of Submission by Timothy Baldwin and Chuck Baldwin
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27