Trivium Pursuit Blog
Photo of the Day — Wednesday
Helena and her just-finished poodle skirt.
New Book
Johannah's new book Little Bitty Baby Learns Greek is on a slow boat from China, literally. The shipment should arrive in New Boston May 30.
Bye Bye Bees
Getting ready for one last inspection Bee propolis -- a wax-like substance collected by the bees and used as cement and to seal cracks in the hive. Checking brood pattern Hive entrance Loading up the hives
Spunky’s Great Giveaway
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John Bunyan
I have been reading your e-mail list for quite a few years. I know you study the scriptures according to their original languages. We haven't gotten that far yet, although, I hope we will. When I became stumped on this question, I knew I had to ask you. My children...
Using the Library
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Another Hebrew Scholar
Spunky's baby loves to study Hebrew
Photo of the Day — Sunday
The crabapple tree in the D Fender yard, taken by K Fender.
Teaching Logic
I am preparing to teach an intro to logic course to my seventh graders this fall, and all four of them are excited about it. I have never taught logic, and all that I have learned came from Martin Cothran's Traditional Logic. I'm trying to go through Introduction to...
Pippin Finds His Real Family
David Pippin and his nieces and nephew
No School Today — Article by Kim Fender
Written 17 April 2002 Did we do school today? No, the school chairs sat empty and the phonics book lay untouched on the bookshelf. There are simply some days that were not meant to be school days. God did not design little boys to sit inside on a sunny 90 degree April...
Short list of books we could not do without
What books are important to have on your own personal library shelf? I'm not referring to curriculum, but to reference books -- books you will need no matter which curriculum you use. Here is a short list of books we could not do without: 1. The Nelson Study Bible...
Make Way for Reading
I shared with my friend the freedom I experience in teaching our children using your application of the classical approach. The rigid school day made way for reading time. We still do all the other things, but in the way you suggest it and it works (now just to find...
Photo of the Day — Friday
Nate and Hans in our front yard
The Trivium Applied
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Photo of the Day — Thursday
Baltimore Oriole at a bird feeder with grape jelly -- taken by our neighbor Bob Burger at his home
Tu Quoque
My 13-year-old son recently started using The Fallacy Detective and we are really enjoying going through it together. I am curious, however, what the correct pronunciation of Tu Quoque is--does it sound like "Too Coke" or something else? Not having studied Latin, I am...
University Cheerleaders
Vox Day questions the logic of college and answers the university cheerleaders. He and his wife homeschool their children in Minnesota.
Where is Mr. Pippin today?
He is with the Tunnicliff family amid the tumbleweeds of Wyoming. The Old Train Depot in downtown Cheyenne. Keegan Tunnicliff, the Hebrew scholar. Windy Wyoming
Loves to Learn
Laurie, I have always hated school. I hated learning. Pete says I shouldn't use that word loosely, but honestly, I don't know how to express to you how I feel about the public education I received. I have never possessed any aptitude for learning anything. Now, I love...
Regenerate Our Culture
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Craig, Colorado — Things I Learned This Past Week While Visiting My Sister
The bluebirds we have here in Illinois.... Eastern Bluebird (photo by Ruth Edwards from Westport MA, used with permission) are different from the bluebirds in Colorado. Mountain Bluebird Here in Illinois, we thought that the meadowlark had become extinct, but we were...
The Peacemaker — A Book Review
Book Review: The Peacemaker by Ken Sande My family first heard Ken Sande speak at the 1999 Illinois Christian Home Educators Convention. My Dad brought Sande's book The Peacemaker home and he read it at evening Bible study. Two pieces of advice at that time were...
Tornado Clean-Up Today
Thanks to the D Fender and P Stanford families, we are almost back to normal. Surveying the mess. Friends come with tools. Almost done.
Tornado Last Night in New Boston
We have good news, and we have bad news. All 7 persons are safe. All 12 animals are safe. The 3 cars are undamaged. The house has only minor damage. We used to have two rows of beautiful 60-year-old cedar trees, but last night they sacrificed themselves for us. We...
Where is the Little Bitty Baby Today?
With homeschooling missionary friends in Bangkok, Thailand
Reading in Bluff, New Zealand
Children of Peter and Ruth V. at the Stirling Point International Signpost Bluff (population less than 2000) is a seaport and the southernmost town of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the oldest European town in New Zealand, having been established in 1824....
Mortimer Adler
How Great a Debtor shares with us a quote on what Mortimer J. Adler (author of How to Read a Book and many others) has written on the subject of reading readiness.
Parenting With Purpose
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Gaps
This is my 3rd year homeschooling my sons. They are in 2nd, 5th, and 6th grades. I have been slowly trying to incorporate some of the principles of classical education into our homeschool effort. For example, we have begun the study of Latin this year. I am...