Today I am over at the Schole Groups blog talking about Suffering, Schole, & Contemplation. Here is an excerpt of the article... A mother’s suffering, A child born, A farmer’s labor, A flower burst forth, A student’s wrestling, A mind illumined, A savior’s death, A people ... Read More
Using the Eight Principles of Classical Pedagogy to Grow as a Leader
Join me over on the Schole Group's blog today as I talk about one paradigm you can use to assess, set goals, and grow in teaching and leadership. Here is an excerpt of the article. "In his popular talk, The Eight Principles of Classical Pedagogy, Dr. Perrin discusses eight principles that ... Read More
The Classical Spirit of Inquiry
Today I am over at the Scholé Groups Blog talking about one of the central aspects of classical education. Here is an excerpt... Classical education is not, preeminently, of a specific time or place. It stands instead for a spirit of inquiry and a form of instruction concerned with the development ... Read More
High School at Paideia Fellowship Homeschool Community
Are you curious to see what a Classical, Charlotte Mason Inspired, High School Humanities class looks like? Well, let us take you on a tour of how we do things in High School at The Paideia Fellowship Homeschool Community. This video tells about the program and below is the outline of how each year ... Read More
Welcome!
Welcome to the new site! It is official! Expanding Wisdom is now The Paideia Fellowship. If you have not read the whole story about the changes happening here on Expanding Wisdom and Paideia Fellowship, you can read that here in our most recent blog post 'Returning to our Roots....' You can also ... Read More
Returning to Our Roots…
Today marks a special day in the history and future of Expanding Wisdom and I wanted you to be one of the first people to hear the story. I remember it clearly. It was the last mom’s night out of the first year of the Paideia Fellowship Homeschool Community. The Paideia Fellowship Homeschool ... Read More
Tension in Morning Time ~ Today on Your Morning Basket
Today I am over at Your Morning Basket Podcast with Pam Barnhill talking about the tension between making time for the good, true, and beautiful in Morning Time and the pull to just get going on the other things on our checklist. Join the conversation! ... Read More
French for Children, A Review by Carol Hudson
At the beginning of last year, my nearly 11-year-old daughter started using French for Children, Primer A (FFCA) published by Classical Academic Press after a number of years of informal French study. It proved to be timely for her to commence learning this language using a more formal approach and ... Read More
Homeschooling as Redeeming the Time
Last week was a busy week. Every day we had at least two things on the calendar. It was a full week, filled with basketball games, Christmas parties, the last week of homeschool community before Christmas break, performances, and the like. Of course, it was all wonderful and delightful, but it also ... Read More