I love reading about other homeschooler's curriculum choices, and what goes on in their homeschool days! Many times though, I just see posts of what the plans for the year are, but am left wondering if the year turned out like they planned, and what they would have done differently. So, I decided I should post an update of what I had planned versus how the year turned out for us. I basically cut and pasted my old post with my plans from the beginning of the school year last fall in BLACK, and … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
The Question
The Question: Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education Who would have guessed that a book based on the premise of asking questions would answer so many? In January, I mentioned my plan to attack a list of books, most (but not all) of them stemming from the Challenge program of Classical Conversations. The Question is the first of the books on this list related to the Classical Model of education, and I was excited to dive into it. The book begins with a brief … [Read more...]
Heartfelt Discipline
I wrote this post about the books I want to read in 2014 - mostly to keep myself accountable, but also to see if any of you wanted to join in. The book first on my list for January was one I had been meaning to read for sometime, but never got around to it - Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson. I have had the priviledge of meeting Sally Clarkson and hearing her speak about raising her four children. I loved enough of her message to know I wanted to devote some time to this book. It … [Read more...]
