I previously reviewed Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum by Laura Berquist. The Harp and Laurel Wreath: Poetry and Dictation for the Classical Curriculum is a companion book, though it could also be used on its own. Basically it is an anthology...
A reader passes along an article about homeschooling and socialization that follows well after my previous post. He and his wife have just had their first child and like Dom and myself want to homeschool and are in the process of learning about all...
The one question you are bound to hear more than any others when you proclaim that you are thinking about homeschooling is “What about socialization?” Or some variation thereof. The Headmistress at The Common Room has a good post on the...
A very funny entry on teatime with six daughters. Excerpt: 3:30- The 15 y.o. supervises the 2 y.o. as the tot pours ingredients for homemade hot cocoa mix into a large tupperware bowl. The 2 y.o is so proud to be doing the pouring without any help...
From my reading thus far I have already discerned that one of the hottest topics in homeschooling is the choice of curriculum—perhaps even as inflammatory and divisive as the debate over whether or not to homeschool. So I tread this water...
A guide to online essays and articles about homeschooling.
I haven’t checked all of them out, but it looks like there might be some good stuff here.
In my homeschooling researches I’ve encountered several references to this great classic essay by Dorothy Sayers, famed mystery writer, creator of Lord Peter Whimsey, one of my favorite fictional heros. (The Well-Trained Mind and Designing You...
Peggy Noonan reflecting on the Oscars in the Wall Street Journal. Most Americans aren’t leading media, they’re leading lives. It would be nice to see a new respect in Hollywood for the lives they live. It would be nice to see them start...
Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare I read an article by Asquith last fall and then a reader recommended this book. I love Shakespeare; but have been a bit sceptical about the claims that he was a closet Catholic...
Over at Dom’s blog several commenters are responding to my home school post. Why not at my blog? I’m not quite sure. I’ve posted my response to them there, some things I’ve meant to say here are included. I think I’ll...
