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Arguments: Deductive Logic Exercises
Arguments: Deductive Logic Exercises (1978) by Howard Pospesel and David Marans is now available for free here.
Learning the Greek Alphabet
"Our family has studied Greek in the past, but there’s something about learning a different alphabet that makes it very difficult for younger students. What we really needed was a Greek phonics book—rather than a curriculum that covers the entire alphabet in two...
More Letters from Prisoners — Will You Help?
In previous posts we have written about our project of sending books to prisoners in Texas. Here are some excerpts from recent letters. "...I received the latest shipment of books -- thank you. I have distributed them to people who are interested. There is one man --...
Translating Romans 1:21
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. I have a question about translating Romans 1:21. The KJV, Holman Bible, NKJV, NIV all say, “... but...
Delayed Formal Education?
From a University of Cambridge report "...This is a brief review of the relevant research evidence which overwhelmingly supports a later start to formal education...."
Helping or Enabling? by Ingrid Schlueter
"...Enablers are the people within families who perpetually facilitate the destructive and toxic behavior of the one I call the Destroyer....Without the assistance of enablers, toxic individuals within families are isolated. Toxic individuals grow worse when their...
Ten Things to Do Before Age Ten
This is Chapter Eleven out of our book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style. You can buy it on Amazon for $.99 or get it free on our web site.
Live Interview with Ron Paul on Wednesday December 4
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Ron Paul, author of The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System and homeschool advocate, will discuss his new curriculum as well as his thoughts on...
40% Off Sale Plus Free Art Print Through December 11 at Trivium Pursuit
Starting today and through December 11 we'll be offering a special 40% off sale on these four items: Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn -- $20.40 A Greek Hupogrammon: A Beginner's Copybook for the Greek...
Ron Paul Curriculum Tip of the Week by Gary North
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Ron Paul Curriculum Tip of the Week - November 30, 2013 SAT or CLEP? Colleges use the SAT and ACT exams to guess how well a high school student will do in college. If a...
40% Off Sale Plus Free Art Print Starts Today at Trivium Pursuit
Starting today and through December 8 we'll be offering a special 40% off sale on these four items: Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn -- $20.40 A Greek Hupogrammon: A Beginner's Copybook for the Greek...
48 Sample Pages Now Available — Homeschool Greek Volume Two
Homeschool Greek Volume Two by Harvey Bluedorn -- Beta Version Homeschool Greek Volume Two focuses on verbals (verbs and words related to verbs), refines vocabulary and grammatical concepts, and is actually based upon the entire Greek text of the Gospel of John....
The blemishes and faults of others
by J.R. Miller Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8 We should learn to look at the blemishes and faults of others only through the eyes of love, with sympathy, patience, and...
How would you answer this?
We just got this email in. What advice would you give James? James asked, "We're going into the 3rd month of pre-k (at school), and Rowan (my 4-year-old) is still throwing a fit to leave us. Today he was pretty forceful in saying he doesn't want to go to school. He...
Can you help us with this project?
We want to design a blog button for our Trivium Pursuit blog. Can you help us with the wording for this button? How would you describe our book -- Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style -- in only a few words (3-10)? The blog button will be...
Would you like to see the new munchkin?
Hunter Aaron Auberg is born -- September 26. Mother and Baby are fine. Grammy aged about 3-4 years while in the waiting room. He's pretty cute. Though still quite young, Hunter has something important he wants to say.
Some people use pepper instead
J.R. Miller Christian Conversation 1898 Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34 Hence we must get our heart right if we would speak words that are Christlike. A bitter heart cannot give out sweet words nor can an impure heart speak wholesome,...
Favorite Reader?
Who's your favorite reader of books-on-tape? Here's mine. This is one of his best.
What the President Didn’t Know
With Richard Nixon’s scandals, the question became: “What did he know, and when did he know it?” With Barack Obama’s scandals, the question has now become: “What did he decide he didn’t know, and when did he decide he didn’t know it?” We may be willing to excuse him...
Trivium Pursuit Sale Extended Through This Week
This week, with any purchase from the Trivium Pursuit catalog, you will receive (upon request) the following ebooks: 1. Trivium Pursuit's List of National Contests and Exams Open to Homeschoolers 2. Ancient Literature — Significant Excerpts from the Books of Classical...
Trivium Pursuit is giving away 9 ebooks October 21-27
This week, with any purchase from the Trivium Pursuit catalog, you will receive (upon request) the following ebooks: 1. Trivium Pursuit's List of National Contests and Exams Open to Homeschoolers 2. Ancient Literature — Significant Excerpts from the Books of Classical...
The Fallacy of Equivocation
Equivocation exploits the ambiguity of language by changing the meaning of a word during the course of an argument and using the different meanings to support some conclusion. A word whose meaning is maintained throughout an argument is described as being used...
Do treaties trump the Constitution?
by Harvey Bluedorn There has been much effort in the media to make us believe that treaties supersede the Constitution. But what does the Constitution actually say? The text of the Constitution repeatedly refers to itself as “this constitution.” The sole exception is...
The Parting
Taken from John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides, an autobiography edited by James Paton (published by The Banner of Truth Trust, 1994, Carlisle, PA). This passage describes John’s departure for Glasgow to begin his missionary internship. My dear father walked...
The questions should rather be
J.R. Miller Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. John 16:33 True victory is not found in escaping or evading trials but in rightly meeting and enduring them. The questions should not be, "How can I get out of these worries? How can I get into a place...
I’d like to return that responsibility to the parent
"The purpose of school should be to educate children at their own pace on what they like to do. Homeschooling offers the parents the opportunity to be doing what they should be doing. We've been turning over the responsibility of educating children to the state. I'd...
Love was the interpreter
by J.R. Miller A young lady purchased a book and read a few pages but was not interested in it. Some months afterwards she met the author and a tender friendship sprang up, ripening into love and marriage. Then the book was dull no longer. Every sentence had a charm...
We’ve been nominated for a Practical Homeschooling Reader Award
Trivium Pursuit is pleased to announce that our Christian Logic books and A Greek Hupogrammon have been nominated in the 2014 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards. If you would like to vote for your favorite homeschool products among those nominated, please click...
I have found my all-time favorite children’s picturebook
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward Pictures which appeal to children and adults and a text that will literally make you sob. Here's the Little Red Lighthouse in real life.
Questions from a reader — scheduling and timelines
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I have a few practical questions. In your Ten Things Before Age Ten article, you lay out a routine for how the day might go. But did you have any kind of lesson plan for the...