We have a winner….

by | Mar 31, 2007 | Contests

Becca Beard from Flower Mound, TX was the fifth person to answer correctly. Answer: They both contain famous wedding music — The Bridal Chorus from Wagner’s Lohengrin and the Wedding March from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Becca wins a copy of My...

First Contest

by | Mar 31, 2007 | Contests

The fifth person to email me (bluedorn AT triviumpursuit DOT com) the correct answer to the following question wins a copy of one of our children’s picturebooks (your choice). What do Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin and Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer...

Table of Contents

by | Mar 30, 2007 | Classical Education

Table of Contents for Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn Chapter One The Transformation of Classical Education: A Biblical Vision for Homeschooling Breaking out of the Mold What is Classical Education?...

Penrod

by | Mar 29, 2007 | Reading Aloud

Penrod by Booth Tarkington (published 1914) 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...