Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale, The Nightingale, was published in 1843, long before the internet ever existed. But as our modern world marches forward with every prescribed solution to the problems we face, perhaps there is something we can still learn from this old tale. If you haven’t read it, you can do so […]
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How often today do we come across children who can’t hold a conversation, can’t sit still, can’t focus? What is our society’s answer? ADHD – medicate! Is this really the answer? In some cases, perhaps, but in so many children? What are the stats now? I think in some states it is 10% or higher.
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I’ve been hearing a lot about students needing to meet STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) requirements lately in the AO Forum. I also received an email this morning with offers for a new Homeschool Robotics Class highlighting teaching methods and materials that help your children learn STEM subjects.What do you think about all this
I don’t know what it is like teaching children with learning disabilities aside from what I have read here and there on the AmblesideOnline Yahoo Groups and Tammy Glaser’s blog Aut-2B-Home in Carolina. I think I have even heard of a teacher who was attempting to teach a mixed CM class of multiple ages and
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Courtney, our local Classical Ed connection has been turning me on to audios over at Circe Institute, the latest being “Good to Great: Teaching Literature From Grammar to Rhetoric” by James Taylor, author of Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education, the book our group will be reading next. This is a talk that was issued
It is hard to describe how incredibly satisfying it is when you make a new discovery. When a light of truth comes on as a result of your very own digging – it is nothing less than thrilling. I recently had just such a discovery. In YR4, we read both Poor Richard – a biography
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Kristine emailed me last night asking if I was following Challies’ latest posts titled: The Weaker, The Stronger, The Homeschooler, a series of posts based on Romans 14:1-12. The posts discuss Christian Homeschoolers, Public Schoolers and Private Schoolers and their attitudes towards one another’s educational choices for their children. Apparently, there are some less than
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Michael Farris, a United States constitutional lawyer, president of HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association), founder of Patrick Henry College, and Father of ten children, has been defending homeschooling families and their ability to teach their children at home since 1983. He is asking for our help in a Strategic Plan to thwart the efforts of
Here are the results of a New Study of Homeschoolers in College posted on HSLDA’s site. I think you’ll be encouraged by the results. So in reality, the average homeschooler is spending $500 to educate each of their own children, on top of contributing taxes to the public education their children aren’t receiving, while achieving
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Euclid in the School of Athens, Raphael Sanzio Some call it an ‘aha’ moment. I can’t think of it as anything other than Divine Providence. In any case, it happened today after finding this gem of a Parent’s Review Article entitled “Home Arithmetic” by Ms. May Everest Boole, written for our discovery no less than