“Eclectic” is NOT a Dirty Word
Charlotte Mason. Classical. Unit Studies. Unschooling. People “own” these labels and wear them...
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My Homeschooling Journey
When I was growing up I only knew a few people who were homeschooled. My cousin was an only child...
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Guilt-Free Holiday Homeschooling
Just take off between Thanksgiving and Christmas, they say. Just do a special unit study, they say. You know what? I’m not cut from that cloth.
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Tweaking The Well-Trained Mind
We useThe Well-Trained Mind as a guide in our homeschool, sort of like a spring board for advice, information and guidance through our homeschooling years. I appreciate the style of writing as though the authors and I are talking, mother to mother.
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Classical Education is Not Just for Brainiacs
Classical education is often viewed as dull, difficult, and dizzying. The impression is that you need to have your kids reading Latin by age seven while diagramming the same sentence in Greek while simultaneously reading The Illiad.
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Choosing Curriculum the FAMILY Way
Choosing Curriculum the FAMILY Way describes six key factors in choosing curriculum that meet the needs of the student, teacher, and family alike. This refreshing perspective on choosing curriculum creates a solid stepping stone for those venturing in to their own uncharted waters of educating their children.
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Christian Classical Education: Our Approach
In general, a classical education is based upon the trivium, which is Latin for “the three ways” to educate. It consists of the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages. The thought is that one stage should be a foundation for the next.
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