Trivium Pursuit Blog
Learn Quilling
A quilling project done by our daughter Johannah in 1991. This project was probably entered into the 4-H county fair that summer.
The art and music appreciation program for busy people
Harmony Fine Arts plans organize great art and music appreciation resources into a four-year cycle of history and then seasons each week with a Charlotte Mason flavor. These plans are available for Grades 1-12 and will offer families three different options for art...
The Battle Is Not Yours
II Chronicles 20:15-17 … Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, … Thus says the LORD to you: Do not be afraid or dismayed … for the battle is not yours, but God’s … You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still … for...
Art With Matching Poetry — Bed in Summer
Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's...
Art With Matching Poetry — The Hare
Epitaph on a Hare by William Cowper, 1783 Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's Hallo', Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds...
Illuminated Walter Scott
Logic in Russia
Dear Bluedorns, I am a missionary in Russia, and have had the fun of reading The Fallacy Detective with my teenage daughter this year, as part of her homeschool program. Recently, I’ve had several opportunities to address public school teachers and university...
Penrod — One of My Favorite Books
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 exchanges his...
Son, you are ever with Me, and all I have is yours
James Smith, "The Love of Christ. The Fullness, Freeness, and Immutability of the Savior's Grace Displayed." Jesus has revealed Himself as a Father to His people. Having begotten them again unto a living hope He treats them as His children, and deals with them as a...
Resources of Interest
Suggestion: study economics with the kids this year. Then, when someone mentions QE3, you'll know what he's talking about. New logic course at Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom. Ideas for good movies to watch. Alan Keyes Rejects Romney vs Obama Choice The entire Chronicles...
Nobody’s Boy and Nobody’s Girl
Two of my favorite read-alouds -- you can get them from the Gundersons at Grace and Truth Books. Nobody's Boy by Hector Malot Nobody's Girl by Hector Malot
Table of Contents for Teaching the Trivium
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?...
Logic for a Ten-Year-Old
Thank you for reviewing the logic books listed on your website. I notice they're for middle/high school aged students, which makes sense, given the nature of formal logic. However, I'm hoping to start with younger students to build a foundation. Do you know of any...
Love flowing out in little gentlenesses
J.R. Miller, Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ, 1890 I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in My name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward! Mark 9:41 It seems indeed astonishing that God should keep note of such...
Art With Matching Poetry — The Sea
Sonnet On The Sea by John Keats (1795 – 1821) It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell Gluts twice ten thousand caverns, till the spell Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound. Often 'tis in such gentle temper found That...
Interview with Raymond S. Moore
Homeschool Voices From the Past Excerpt from an interview with Raymond S. Moore in Human Events, September 15, 1984 Q: [Interviewer] I’m quoting you now: “An early start in formal institutionalized schooling deprives children of the free exploration so crucial to the...
Just Joking, Dear UPS Man
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Have you looked at your spiders today?
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 probably 15 in the...
Trivium Pursuit’s List of National Contests and Exams Open to Homeschoolers
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 Laurie...
Art With Matching Poetry — Lily Rose
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 have you...
An Interview with Martin Luther On Classical Education
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...
Equivocation — A Logical Fallacy
“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,...
Rerun of our most popular blog post
Essay written by dear daughter Ava, age 8 Why do you suppose this is our most popular blog post?
The Munchkin Has a Brother
Art With Matching Poetry — Abraham Lincoln
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman, 1865 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim...
Teaching thinking is not a curriculum
People who don’t read and who spend their free time watching a screen will not be able to think critically. Jane Healy’s two books Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think and What We Can Do About It and Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds...
The Spirit Himself Interceding for You
Ears From Harvested Sheaves by J.C. Philpot December 12 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26 In all our prayers, in...
Art With Matching Poetry — Cherry Tree
Loveliest of Trees by A. E. Housman (1859–1936) Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from...
Delayed formal math really makes sense
Our now 14-year-old son had a horrible time trying to learn to read and do math simultaneously. I read about delaying formal math and promptly threw out his math book. Well, shelved it anyway. Within a month, his reading level soared 2 grade levels. It seems the...
Can this homeschool be fixed?
I am homeschooling 4 of my 7 children. The oldest that I am schooling just turned 11 and the youngest just turned 6. I am facing a fence that seems too high to climb and there is no gate. I am longing to free myself from workbooks/textbooks, but don’t know how to...