Oh dear, this is what I was afraid would happen. Not much has changed, but some has. Periodicals: CiRCE Magalog and the new Classical Academic Press Catalog came yesterday. I also have a new Great Courses catalog that I will attempt not to drool on. Memoir/Biography: The Narnian by Alan Jacobs. I’ve gotten to the…
Last week, I made the connection between Glass’ foundation of good principles with Mr. Darcy’s education. I might have done that a week too early as I noted in the comments to that post. This next chapter is all about humility being the first step to true education. Kelly reminded me recently that Andrew Kern…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it is still dark. I am thinking… about all the things in Mark’s account of Jesus feeding the 5000 that I would have never thought of without last night’s fantastic sermon. I am thankful… for pastors who carefully study and preach the Word. In the kitchen… coffee is waiting me. I…
I am so completely thrilled. This was the week – the homeschool – I hoped for. Oh, it was not perfect. We still had children pushing back over assigned work, some. Monday was the best day of school we’ve had in years. Tuesday was harder. Wednesday, early, we had a “Come to Jesus” moment. Things…
I’m so excited to host my first guest post ever from my friend Candace. She has written a wonderfully helpful post on learning to love God’s Word. In her story I find that her patience, reliance, and trust in God were rewarded. I want to learn to revel now – my patience is in short…
I continue reading Karen Glass’ Consider This. This week, I read Chapters 2 and 3. Early in Chapter 2, Glass gives us a vision of how the answer to the question “what is man?” makes a huge impact on how we educate: If we answer the question “what is man?” with “man is a living…
Celeste at Joyous Lessons is starting a new monthly linkup series on “Keeping” as described in Laurie Bestvater’s book, The Living Page. I have not yet read that, but thought I’d share a couple of pages from my Commonplace Books. I love when Celeste shares on Wednesdays with Words. She generally shares a picture of…
What a great game! Ezekiel Elliott ran all over Oregon. The Silver Bullets smothered Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariotta. Led by the next group of Super Sophomores. And Urban Meyer forces me to take back my dislike of his spread (although that looked like Big Ten football to me, run it up the gut) WooHoo!…
FOR TODAY – CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY Outside my window… Jason says it is icy and slushy, but if it gets colder it’ll really freeze hard. I am thinking… about our first day of lessons today. I think we’re all ready. The two older children both mentioned yesterday that they were excited about our new direction. The…