by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 24, 2012 | Science
Do you know what we would be doing today if my kids were young again? We’d be in the garden studying Black and Yellow Argiope. Towards the end of August, these particular spiders start to make large — very large — webs in our garden. There are...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 21, 2012 | Classical Education, Contests, New Trivium Pursuit Product
New product from Trivium Pursuit This is an E-book. Trivium Pursuit’s List of National Contests and Exams Open to Homeschoolers is the 2012 update of the contest list published in Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in Classical Style by Harvey and...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 19, 2012 | Art, Art/Poetry Study, Literature
Ye Shepherds Tell Me, song composed and arranged by Joseph Mazzinghi (1765-1844) Ye Shepherds tell me, tell me have you seen, have you seen my Flora pass this way? In shape and feature beauty’s queen. In pastoral, in pastoral array. Shepherds tell me, tell me...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 17, 2012 | Classical Education, History
The Protestant denominations trace their origins back to Martin Luther, the Christian reformer. His reforms touched on many things, not the least of which was education. Here, cast into the form of an interview, and using his own characteristically forceful and...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 17, 2012 | Literature, Logic
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty,...
