For the past couple of weeks my thoughts have been shattered by the news that one of my very dearest friends has only a short time left on this earth. This friend is twenty years my senior, and very much … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classical Education
Homeschooling During the Summer?
Summer School or Not The endless debate I heard between homeschoolers on issues of summer was 1. Yes, we go all summer, the kids get bored and on each other’s nerves otherwise 2. No, we stop in the summer, mom … Continue reading
Spelling Lessons
Does Classical Writing teach spelling? We are often asked that question. Spelling Instruction Everything we do we do in light of the weekly stories the kids analyze and write about, including spelling. Do I have to have a separate spelling … Continue reading
Consistency and Priority (AND ENJOYMENT) in Homeschooling
OK, I am going to seg-way into my second blog on consistency from an unusual angle. Please bear with me. Yesterday an article which discussed breastfeeding caught my eye on NPR Facebook. I read the article and it sent me … Continue reading
Consistency
To be consistent is to constantly adhering to the same principles, course, or form. That is what www.dictionary.com tells me. In this blog I will discuss homeschooling of little kids, mostly, but the broader principles here apply K-12, and perhaps … Continue reading
Dictation in elementary school
🙂 The copybook post was so very popular, I thought would follow it up with a post on dictation. Copybook allows the student to study a passage, note the spelling and mechanics, and reproduce the piece accurately in his or … Continue reading
Read Aloud to your Kids
WE all hear it, “Read to your kids!” but how do we fit it into a busy day? Some of my fondest moments in homeschooling were the times when we read aloud literature to each other. We plowed through so … Continue reading
How to do copybook with your early elementary grade student
Copybook and dictation for grades 2 and 3 and up. I am going to write a series of blogs on the sequence of writing instruction starting with copybook, then dictation, then simple retelling of stories up through writing of the … Continue reading
Modern Writing and Traditional Ancient Writing
Note – I wrote a blog a while back on ancient writing – Discovering the Arguments: Artistic and Inartistic Proofs. You may want to read that after reading this, to go more in depth with the ancient modes (if that … Continue reading
Mmmmmmmore on Student Motivation: EFFORT
This will be a short blog. Motivated students put in effort. DONE!! Ok?? not good enough?? I think effort is the hardest topic to write about 1. because it will come across preachy. 2. because we all know what it … Continue reading