by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 24, 2014 | Raising Children, Reading Aloud
Talking to babies boosts their brain power, studies show. Reading bedtime stories to babies and talking to them from birth boosts their brain power and sets them up for success at school, researchers say.
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 17, 2014 | Hebrew, Languages
Large Hebrew Letters & Vowels Flash Card Set Hebrew font used on these large flash cards is the most common printed Hebrew font found in Hebrew Bibles and Hebrew prayer books.
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 17, 2014 | Delayed Formal Education, Homeschooling, Math
Taken from Drums by James Boyd (first published, 1925) The time is about five years before the War for Independence. The place, North Carolina. Thirteen-year-old Johnny has been sent from his backwoods home to Dr. Clapton (a Church of England pastor) in the nearest...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 13, 2014 | Children's Books, Reading Aloud
Penrod by Booth Tarkington Penrod Schofield is twelve and has been volunteered by his mother for “The Pageant of the Table Round” in which he is to play the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake. He gets himself into a mountain of trouble when he exchanges his gaudy...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 12, 2014 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education, Math
Here is a link to an old encyclopedia called The Cyclopedia of Education. Although it was published over 100 years ago, there are a number of articles worth reading — they offer a different perspective from some of the modern encyclopedias. In particular, read...
