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Use primary sources to enhance your study of ancient history — Volume One Free for 3 Days
Are you looking for a way to include primary sources into your history lessons? Ancient Literature — Significant Excerpts From the Books of Classical Authors Which You Can Use to Supplement Your History Curriculum Volume One -- Julius Caesar Volume Two -- Alexander...
The Trivium and Charlotte Mason
Are the Classical Approach and the Charlotte Mason Approach two homeschool approaches so opposite from each other that they cannot be reconciled? Or is it possible to use a combination of these two approaches? Let's look at each of these approaches separately and see...
Infinite wisdom directs every event
John Dagg, 1857 The Lord does whatever pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. Psalm 135:5-6 It should fill us with joy that God's infinite wisdom guides the affairs of the world. Many of its events are shrouded in darkness and...
Kindle Ebook Free for Three Days
Homeschool Basics: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style FREE for 3 Days This 43-page ebook is an excerpt from the book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn The ebook lays out a suggested course of...
Why Study Logic?
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Why Study Logic? Perhaps the most important thing to give your child to prepare him to confront this world is a firm grasp of logical thinking skills. Without this refined...
Ancient history ebooks free with purchase from our catalog
This week you can receive FREE (upon request) these ancient history ebooks with any purchase from our catalog. Ancient Literature Significant Excerpts From the Books of Classical Authors Which You Can Use to Supplement Your History Curriculum All Six Ebooks for $25 --...
A Logic Lesson; or, How Desperate People Argue
Have you ever heard the word "fallacy?" A fallacy is the use of wrong moves in the construction of an argument -- when you're trying to convince someone of something. These wrong moves render your argument unsound. There are dozens of types of fallacies. Some...
Reviewers Needed
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Looking for reviewers for the new edition of The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning. If you are a book reviewer, message me if you're...
Harvey’s 66th Birthday
Eric knows what Grampa likes. Bourne on his birthday
The dull, and the slow, and the stupid, and the doubting
by J.C. Ryle, The Gospel of John Then He said to Thomas: Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side. John 20:27 We see here, how kind and merciful Christ is to dull and slow believers. Nowhere, perhaps, in all the...
Reading list for ages 7-12
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I've labeled this list for ages 7-12, but, reality is, all ages will enjoy reading these books or hearing them read aloud. Plus, there are many more important books I could...
Mark him down as a proud man
by Ashton Oxenden The Touchstone of Humility, 1884 One way in which a really humble Christian shows himself, is by having a high opinion of others. Paul says, "In lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself." "Honor one another above yourselves."...
Free Print of “Planning the Garden”
Limited time offer. Download the free print of "Planning the Garden" from Johannah Bluedorn Stanford's book, Bless the Lord: The 103rd Psalm.
Contests in Your Curriculum
by Laurie Bluedorn Contests are an educational experience especially suited for homeschooled students. What can contests do for your child academically? Consider: Contests are great motivators. Envision a typical homeschool assignment. Mom asks Henry to write a...
Anxiety makes us doubt God’s lovingkindness
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. From Spurgeon's Morning and Evening May 26, Morning Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. --Psalm 55:22 Care, even though exercised upon legitimate...
The Best Part of Homeschooling
Here is an excerpt from a seminar Harvey and I did many years ago. The best part of homeschooling -- reading aloud to your children.
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Analyze viewpoints, argue effectively, and test your beliefs and ideas
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally? by Annie Holmquist "...Given the level of fallacious and emotional reasoning that takes place in discussions about elections or...
Review of a near perfect history curriculum and some help for you
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. A Review of The Mystery of History Volume I and The Mystery of History Volume II by Linda Hobar Audio version of The Mystery of History Volume I and Audio version of The...
For those of you needing to find good, but inexpensive homeschool curriculum, you might want to look at this
The Build Your Bundle Homeschool Curriculum Sale starts today. There are 15 total bundles, but the Charlotte Mason Bundle is my favorite. Here are just some of the books included in the Charlotte Mason Bundle. This sale is over.
History, Chronology and the Bible
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Do you suppose that when we get to heaven there will be thousands of video rooms where we can watch reruns of history. In one room there will be a recording of Noah and his...
Unsure of what to expect?
The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults And only one in four parents are doing it, according to a recent report. by Annie Holmquist Last week, Business Insider ran an interesting article listing 13 things parents can do to turn their child...
2016 Build Your Bundle Sale Coming Soon
Trivium Pursuit is a contributor to the 2016 Build Your Bundle Homeschool Sale (May 16-23) again this year. We can't tell you what are in the 15 bundles until May 16, but from now until then, you can 1) enter to win a giveaway and get reminded when the sale goes live...
Propaganda: Are Americans Being Taken In By It? They are without the ability or tools to think through and analyze media messages
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. by Annie Holmquist After taking a hiatus from watching news programs for a while, a friend of mine recently turned on MSNBC. Following this experience, he said something...
Looking Back Forty Years — My Favorite Homeschool Purchases
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Home grown kids: A practical handbook for teaching your children at home by Raymond and Dorothy Moore -- This book gave me the word for how I wanted to educate my kids -- it...
Trivium Pursuit is participating in the Build Your Bundle Sale again this year!
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The Campaign of Donald Trump
The profile of a sociopath can be reduced to three categories: conscience, empathy, and honor. The sociopath has none of these things -- though he may either emulate them in a way which fools and disarms people, or he may project them on himself with words, or he may...
A Self-Taught Curriculum
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a highly respected academic institution. This university goes out of its way to encourage qualified homeschooled students to...
Letters from Prison — More Books Needed
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. In previous posts we have written about our project of sending books to prisoners in Texas. One of the prisons has a seminary program in which inmates can obtain a degree and...
Delaying Formal Math
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I just received your book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style a couple of days ago. I've been reading the article on math because that's the...