I’m reading Awakening Wonder: A Classical Guide to Truth, Goodness, and Beauty by Stephen Turley with a group of Catholic ladies on Voxer. We joke that I’m the token Reformed girl of the group. Anyway, Awakening Wonder is seriously challenging my mental abilities. I read Chapter two three times, the final time I drew Venn diagrams…
On Saturday, I published a post about how I see education as a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle. I forgot that just last week, I had read a quote that went perfectly with my post. I found it again Monday night at my CM group meeting where we’re studying using Brandy Vencel’s Start Here as our guide. Brandy…
For each of the last two Christmases, my parents gave a 1000-piece puzzle to the family members of my generation. There are 10 of us: 5 siblings and our spouses. While we tend to the competetive (in only the very best way), we can also cooperate at a challenging task. We accomplished the puzzles in…
September?! Say it isn’t so! We had a good week. Most of the time. That’s the joy of writing a weekly review like this. The moments can be frustrating. Seriously frustrating. Our plans and idyllic imaginings can get derailed as we deal with the issues and frustrations of living and learning with the same people…
For Today… Monday August 31, 2015 Outside my window….is that royal blue sky that indicates that it’s morning but the sun hasn’t quite risen, yet. I am thinking… about Adam and Jesus. Adam was made to have dominion, Jesus has it. Adam was sent out – his face was turned away from God, Jesus was abandoned…
For the past several years one of the words I’ve heard at the homeschool convention is wonder. Cultivating a sense of wonder. Wondering about something. Woner as awe. Teaching children to wonder about their world. Seeing and hearing things that are wonder-ful. But, I don’t think I really picked up on the idea until I…
I am really, really excited about this month’s guest post. Jennifer Dow, who blogs at Expanding Wisdom has written about ‘Reveling in the Classics.’ A part of my vocation as a Classical Christian Educator is to teach my children to wrestle with and understand classic literature. I have learned -I keep learning- how my attitudes…
One of the similarities between Charlotte Mason and WTM is the idea of narration. One of the big differences is how narration is done. We have done written narration as one sentence per “grade” in school for each reading. So, first graders write one sentence. Third graders write three. We’ve done this for literature, science,…
So, here’s the first “I’m not really sure yet” post. I told you yesterday that I’ve long been intrigued by/interested in/drawn to Ambleside Online. I’ve used their free reading lists and their annual booklists for free reads and read alouds. I know they ask you not to do this. I would like to continue to…
Whew. First, I had to admit that I was clearly wrong. Broken. Then, I had to admit that my devotional life was clearly lacking. Today, I have to tell you that I have changed my mind. I thought I was going to be one of those Well-Trained Mind all the way, philosophy laid out, hardcore…