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Ancient History from Primary Sources
Rachel Thomson just posted a review of our book Ancient History from Primary Sources.
Photo of the Day — Thursday
Our neighbor Bob Burger took this photo this morning of a swarm of bees that landed on his fence. The queen will be at the center of this mass of bees.
J. C. Philpot
Ears From Harvested Sheaves by J. C. Philpot June 15 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. –Philippians 2:13 When God has worked in a man "to will," and not only worked in him "to will," but also worked in him "to do;" when he has...
Reviews of Little Bitty Baby Learns Greek
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Teaching Our Children Practical Skills by Nathan Alan Black
Teaching Our Children Practical Skills by Nathan Alan Black (posted here on Trivium Pursuit with permission) (Recently a DaveBlackOnline reader sent along this letter: Dave, I had a question for you. As I’ve read your blog these last few years, I’m impressed with the...
Double Trouble
Trudy and Annie Home in the barn Robey, give your sister a kiss.
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...
Sermon Audio
I'm working my way through the oldest sermons posted on Sermon Audio. Here are some of my favorites: Come, Ye Thirsty Ones by B. B. Caldwell (May 14, 1975) Hindrances to Holiness by W. P. Nicholson (August 25, 1950) Beware of the Religious Word Game by A. W. Tozer...
Cartoon
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We recommend….
...that you read aloud to your children.
Logic Workshops in Wisconsin
Oct. 7, 2006 9:00-12:00 AM Harvest Community Church 6612 S. Howell Ave. Oak Creek, WI 53154 Cost of seminar is $3.00 per student or adult ($10.00 maximum cost for a family attending). Age recommendation is kids 13 and up (and younger kids who are interested)....
Caving Video Progress
The Freeman's Pit scouting trip went well. We met our four objectives of (1) training our crew in vertical caving, (2) replacing the storyboard drawings with photos, (3) testing the hauling system for the cameraman, and (4) taking some test footage with the HC1 to see...
Thoughts for Young Men
Grace and Truth Books is having a sale on Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle. It's a good book to read at evening family worship.
Martha Finley
Dear Mrs. Bluedorn, I thank you and your family very much for your ministry to like-minded homeschoolers such as our family. We are very excited to be learning more about your style of homeschooling, and are relieved that there are others interested in a classical...
Photo of the Day — Tuesday
This photo was taken by our neighbor Mr. Burger. Hootie the barred owl was just given a hose shower by Mrs. Burger.
Deja Vu All Over Again
Apparently, people think we are the local repository for orphaned raccoons. Somebody's happy, anyway. The question is, what shall we name them? The last one was named Mr. Pippin.
Having It All Together
I have six children from ages seven to sixteen. Over the last two years I have been learning and studying about classical education and have been trying to implement it. My problem is that I'm very unsure of myself in accomplishing this. My children seem to be very...
Last Day of Sale
Today is the last day of the Trivium Pursuit sale.
Paintball Day at the DFenders
Those Late Blooming Boys
I have been encouraged by your insights on those late blooming boys and helped by your excellent practical suggestions. Would you please comment on the impulsivity that seems to be a part of the package with these little guys? My greatest challenges with my late...
Conquest Books in Wales
Welsh family Jamie and Angela Norman of Conquest Books are now carrying Trivium Pursuit and Christian Logic materials. Samuel and Rebeca Norman on the way up Snowdon Mountain in Wales. Angela writes, "I must admit that Psalm 121 was the Psalm that was very much on my...
Sale at Trivium Pursuit
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Alternative Phyto-Med Formulators Launches Business Blog
Business and faith blog offers family medicine alternatives and resources from a biblical worldview. Amarillo, TX (PRWEB) May 8, 2006 -– Since blogs first surfaced in the late 1990s, more than 36 million have been created. Many businesses are discovering that blogs...
Real Wisdom vs. Fake Wisdom
The book of Proverbs puts the highest value on wisdom. 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom 2:7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright 3:13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom 4:5 Get wisdom 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing 16:16 How much better to get wisdom than gold...
Reading Aloud
I picked up the pamphlet that your son Nathaniel wrote entitled Hand That Rocks The Cradle. What a great blessing that little booklet has been! I have a 7 year old and a 3 year old, and they just love when mom reads to them. I know the time I have spent reading to my...
Hates Holding the Pencil
I have a 10 yob who has done very little formal academics. He is very creative in nature, devours books (although he didn't learn to read until age 9), draws continually, has an inventors mind (like his beloved daddy), can recite to you anything he has read from a...
Contest Time!
Kathi and Elias from Leipzig, Germany are reading The Lord Builds the House. What is the name of the building in the background and what is it famous for? The first person to answer correctly (in the comment section of this post) wins a copy of The Lord Builds the...
A Review of Glenn Doman and his Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Dear Laurie, My son ... is only 2 years old. Before I knew about classical education I was using the programs of the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, where...
Tributes to Mother
Mother O' Mine Mother o' mine, because you gave To me the joy of living; Because your soul, your life, your whole Were mingled in that giving; Because you've known my frailities, Yet counted them as naught; Because you've guessed my hidden best, That others never...
APM Formulators
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