Trivium Pursuit Blog
Third Winner
Julie Young from Hillsboro, WI is our third winner. "Could the answer be: God's instruction for marriage?"
Third Contest
The sixth 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 the following Bible verses have in common: Mark 10:6-9 Proverbs 31:10 Ephesians 5:23...
Another winner….
Erin M. Hagedon from Tucson, AZ is our winner this time. Answer:This is an ordered list of gifts traditionally given on a wedding anniversary. More tomorrow. We're very happy here today....
Second Contest
The seventh 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 is the significance of the following list of words? Paper Cotton Leather Linen Wood...
We have a winner….
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 Mommy My...
First Contest
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 Night's Dream have in...
Contest Time!!!
Contests coming.
Table of Contents
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
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...
Sir Gibbie
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Brothers, Embrace the Providence of God! by Mike Evans
Brothers, Embrace the Providence of God! by Mike Evans For our purposes the word Providence can be defined today as God’s unceasing involvement in the everyday stuff of life whereby He causes His sovereignty to be worked out according to the counsel of His will, for...
Teaching the Trivium
Krista Lynch was last week's HomeschoolBlogger of the Week and won a copy of Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style.
My True Favorite Book
I know I told you a couple of days ago that my favorite book is Men of Iron by Howard Pyle, but I need to change that. I just remembered that my true favorite book is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I recommend reading Robinson Crusoe in an unabridged version, but...
Homeschool Voices From the Past
Mother Earth News July/August 1980 John Holt: Teach Your Own Children...At Home Read a rare, early interview with one of the true homeschooling pioneers -- John Holt. Mr. Holt made two predictions in this interview, one of which came true. At that time, Mr. Holt...
Balm in Gilead?
Through Baca's Vale or Daily Words For Zion's Wayfarers by J. C. Philpot March 14 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Jeremiah 8:22 There is balm in Gilead, and there is a physician there. This is, and must ever be, our only hope. If there were no...
Memorization Question
I have a question about memory work. My son just turned 3 years old, and I want to know how much new text he needs to memorize per day/week, just to give me an idea. Today he recited The Sanctus in Latin, but this he has learned a few weeks ago. Now that I am formally...
Carnivals
This week's carnivals: Homeschooling Family Life
The Desire of the Soul by Charles H. Spurgeon
The Desire of the Soul by Charles H. Spurgeon ...A Christian man has not always a bright shining sun. He has seasons of darkness and of night.....Experience tells us that the course of the just be as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day,...
Spellbound
Spellbound by Marcia Montenegro Author Marcia Montenegro, former professional astrologer, now believer in Jesus Christ, wrote this book to "inform parents about the basics of the paranormal" but more importantly, to warn us of the real danger of the now widespread,...
Courtship
The Courtship by Adrien Ferdinand De Braekeleer (1818-1904) Belgian
Please? Just once more?
Please, just one more chapter?
Photo of the Day — Monday
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Thomas Eakins
The Courtship by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
My Favorite Book
If you asked me what my favorite read-aloud book is, I'd have to say Men of Iron by Howard Pyle. I first read it to my children sometime in the mid '80's and again in the '90's and who knows how many times we've listened to the recorded book version. Just now I...
Painting by Richard Doyle
Courtship by Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
On Trying to Fix What Ain’t Broke
Parental control over education is a basic constitutional principle and a fundamental right. It can be protected by legislation, but it cannot be made to rest upon legislation, because if it rests upon legislation, it then ceases to be a fundamental right, and it...
Announcing a new Christian homeschool curriculum….
Signs & Seasons: Understanding the Elements of Classical Astronomy Unlike the vast majority of pop astronomy books that focus on “Modern Astronomy,” Signs & Seasons teaches “Classical Astronomy,” the traditional, historical approach to learning the sky. Astronomy is...
Homeschooling in New Zealand
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Drawn-Thread Work
Armistice Blouse using drawn-thread work by Helena Bluedorn. Susan Tuttle--Thanks! I used Folkwear's "Armistice Blouse" pattern and the lace edging is store-bought (Joann's). Jennifer Van Cleave--I used 100% cotton, but it did look like linen. Helena