Seeking Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
I wasn’t going to write this post. In a way it’s like going to a potluck and then listing all the wonderful things you chose not to eat. But I’ve observed I’m not the only one who sometimes runs out…
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A long, long, time ago, when phones were dumb, I worked as a technical support specialist for CD-writers. And many times the cause of the trouble was not obvious. Was it the user? Was it the computer? Was it the…
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We are slowly zeroing in on a workable routine. Mornings are starting to smooth out. New it is time for afternoons. It has been unseasonably warm this February. (And we have been trying to enjoy every minute of it!) Some…
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It’s that time of year. We’ve finished term 1 and it’s time to dive into term 2. I have three school age boys to plan for, plus kindergarten / year 0 for my daughter. My 8 and 10 year olds…
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This year should be blessedly normal. I’ll have three normal Ambleside Online years, no combining. My 12 year old will do year 7 (something between full and lite), my 10 year old will be in year 5, and my 8…
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One of the things that drew me to Visual Latin was that it leads into my favorite Latin program, Lingua Latina. Visual Latin and Lingua Latina, together, are high school credit worthy. But I’m not teaching high schoolers, my two Latin…
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My book, which is the second edition of “The Story of Inventions“, does not match the Ambleside Online schedule. I have 2 extra chapters, and the order of my chapters is different. (The book is also called “Great Inventors and…
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Charlotte Mason used a book called A New Handwriting for Teachers, by M. M. Bridges. It contains a few pages of instructions, and then “ten stiff, thick pages” for the children to copy from. Since I am trying to remove workbooks/printouts…
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