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 […]
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Curriculum
Blog posts that discuss curriculum, the course of study, and scope and sequence for a Christian classical liberal arts education. Answering the question: What do I teach in the Christian Classical Tradition?
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
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Exploring Nature with Children
Nature Study Nature study, at least for me, is one of those things where I tend to live in
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Making Art & Community ~ Principles at Work in the Classical Homeschool Part 3
In part 2 of our four-part series ‘Principles at work in the Classical Homeschool‘ I talked about two principles
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Discussions, Questions, & Tensions ~ Principles at Work in the Classical Homeschool Part 2
This post is a continuation of our current four-part series ‘Principles at work in the Classical Homeschool.‘ This blog
The 5 Elements of Classical Homeschooling ~ A Mastery Journey
Hi! this is Jennifer Dow. I am a teacher, a learner, and a homeschooling mom. When I
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Commonplacing: The Introductory Lesson
This week I introduced commonplacing to my high school students at our local homeschool community. In preparation, I was
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: The Music of the Spheres & Stars
I have been thinking about how to write this post for a while now. When I think about harmonics
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: Arithmetic
“Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, You who are present everywhere filling all things, Treasury of good things and
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: The Quadrivium & An Interview with Daniel Maycock
The other day I had the privilege of having a conversation with Daniel Maycock. Daniel is a Classical teacher,
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On Handicrafts, Work, & Unity
So, I recently read Ed Snapshot’s post about Summertime planning, ‘5 Steps to a Fabulous Summer Plan‘ and I
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: Rhetoric
“Grammar speaks, dialectic teaches words, and rhetoric colors words.” -Medieval maxim for the Trivium In the last two
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: Dialectic
In the last post of this series, Contemplating the Liberal Arts: Grammar, we discussed the liberal art of grammar
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: Grammar
“Consider, for example, what a reader should know in order to properly interpret the Aeneid, and one will
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Reveling in the Classics on the LadyDusk Blog
Today I am over at LadyDusk Blog writing about Reveling in the Classics. Here is an excerpt. I
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts {a series}
What are the liberal arts? How were they thought of in Ancient and Medieval times? Why were those
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Justification, Judging, & The Liberal Arts
What do you think of when you hear the term ‘liberal art’? Today, the liberal arts are
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Contemplating the Liberal Arts: the Roots
One of my favorite things about my mentor is how he sheds light on the importance of the
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A Beowulf Discussion & One way to Introduce a Book
How does one introduce a classic work of literature? I am still learning a lot about this, but, today I am sharing our first book discussion on the classic work of Beowulf from my Middle and High School literature class. You can think of this book discussion as a long Invitation stage of the mimetic sequence.
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Shaping Loves, and the Liberal Arts, by Heidi White
During the month of January, we are taking a deeper look at the liberal arts through Ravi &
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Mimetic Lesson: Editing Subjects in Writing
Thank you for seeking to learn more about the classical modes of teaching {Mimetic Teaching, Socratic Teaching, and Narration}. I too
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Taking a Gap Year after High School
What is a gap year program? Is it beneficial? What do students do on a gap year? Do you have suggestions for a good program? Find some answers here.
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Winston Churchill’s A History of the English Speaking People ~ Abridged vs. Unabridged 4 Volumes
Have you ever wondered how the abridgment version of Churchill’s ‘A History of the English Speaking People’ stands up to the original 4 Volumes? Well that is what this post is all about. Winston Churchill’s A History of the English Speaking People ~ Abridged vs. The 4 Volumes.
Practice Presence & Beauty: Set the Table
For the last 6 days of our 31 Days of Playing with the Arts series, we are publishing a different project each
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Enjoying the Fruits of the Earth: A Flavor Party
For the last 6 days of our 31 Days of Playing with the Arts series we are publishing a different project each
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