M-girl has asked if on occasion she can write some posts for the blog. Who am I to say no? (Oh, her mommy and the owner of ladydusk) I won’t say no because I think it’s a grand idea! She’s 10 years old, loves to read, is excited about cooking once a week, loves words…
Karen Glass, in Consider This, traces the idea of literature – of grammar – in the Classical Tradition from the ancient Greeks through the Victorian age. Originally, the idea of literature had meant the necessity of reading in the Classical Languages in Latin and Greek. She shows how the idea of grammar evolved and changed…
My friend Heather asked me what worked in our first six weeks of the Big Changes we made for our Homeschool this year. So, this is a good time to think through the good and the bad; the challenges. Almost everything is good. I’ve posted an update each week in which I’ve gushed about how…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the sun is bright, the sky is blue, and the snow covers the ground. It is cold. Very cold, but I am warm and cozy inside. I am thinking… about our first six weeks. My friend Heather asked me about it, so look for a blog post later this morning. I am…
We have officially finished our first half-term of six weeks. What a great first term it has been. Don’t get me wrong, we have had token fighting over school work and bad attitudes have been righted on a daily basis. There is still a lot of detraining of bad habits to be done and retraining…
Last week I shared a Charlotte Mason quote from For the Children’s Sake. Today, I’d like to share Charlotte Mason directly from A Philosophy of Education. In the second chapter, she deals quite extensively with the concept of ideas. She argues that ideas are what people latch onto and how they connect with other people…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it is bitterly cold and a little snowy. The sky is slowly transitioning from black to grey in the east. I am thinking… about yesterday’s sermons, which were fantastic. (Morning: Our Example; Evening: Loosened Tongues) I am thankful… for my nice, warm house away away from the very cold yesterday.. I am…
I really, really wanted a post about how to *revel* in our marriages for February, what with it posting on Valentine’s Day and all, and wow, did my friend Karen duBarry from www.livingunabridged.com knock it out of the park. Jason and I have a really great marriage, but can’t we all always learn more about…