December 1st, 2008 at 9:08am |
In an effort to tempt Athena out of semi-permanent residence in Ancient Egypt and on to further Ancient History exploration, I began reading Mary Pope Osborne’s retelling of The Odyssey at bedtime a few weeks ago to the entire Triad of Chaos. I must confess I did shamelessly use my maternal influence. I got Athena hooked on the story […]
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September 4th, 2008 at 10:45pm |
You’re a regular guy, driving home for lunch to your regular house in the ‘burbs in your regular company car. You turn down your cul-de-sac in your regular new construction neighborhood and suddenly something looks decidedly irregular. A large gaggle of school aged kids and a handful of mothers (one of which you think is […]
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:16pm |
Being what I like to call a “total body learner,” Athena loves to really emerse herself in studying a subject. This often means she desires to engage all of her senses in the process. She is truly what Sarah Ban Breathnach would call a “sensuist.” So when we start discussing and reading about Ancient Egypt, she […]
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August 11th, 2008 at 10:32pm |
I recently shared a peek at how I constructed our world history timeline on a classical homeschooling listserv and it occured to me that it would be a great thing to share here, as well. As I mentioned before, there is a burning passion for history growing on our hearth and a timeline is a […]
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July 10th, 2008 at 12:48am |
As Athena and I begin to establish an educational rhythm this summer, I find this schooling cycle evolving on its own in a very organic process. Classical home education is becoming extremely popular. A recent thread on a parenting discussion board revealed a higher number of classically rooted homeschooling families than I would have anticipated. […]
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April 12th, 2008 at 10:32am |
Hello, my name is Obsessive Homeschooling Mom. And I am a Curriculum Junkie. As we work through the material on hand, I am always on the look out for the next step. For months I have been reviewing sources for our next steps in science and history. As we are planning to follow the general scope and sequence […]
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October 25th, 2007 at 9:53pm |
Yesterday we loaded up the whole crew and headed off to the Texas Renaissance Festival School Day. Big Daddy worked Saturday, so he was able to take the weekday of his choice off and go with us, which was great because I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to manage the entire Triad of […]
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