by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 6, 2017 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Wisdom for the day — more creative freedom and less formal lessons. Read these to educate yourself on the topic of delayed formal academics. School Can Wait by Raymond...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 5, 2016 | Delayed Formal Education, Education
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Taken from Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think And What We Can Do About It by Jane M. Healy [Page 66] [T]he axons, or output parts of [brain] neurons, gradually...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 17, 2016 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education, Math
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I just received your book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style a couple of days ago. I’ve been reading the article on math because...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 30, 2016 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education, Homeschooling
“Recently a friend, who is nearing the end of her homeschooling years, shared that she taught her sons with no co-ops, no lesson plans, and no professional teachers or courses of study. Just three boys and their books doing their daily school work at the kitchen...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 25, 2016 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education
Late to read? Why that’s not always a problem. BY DANIEL FOUCACHON “I would like to tell you something about my mother and about me. Homeschooling mothers have to be self-sacrificial, hard-working, and patient. I want to share how these qualities in my mother...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jun 25, 2015 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education, Dictation, Education, Homeschooling, How Would You Answer This?
Here is a Facebook conversation we recently had with a friend. Debra: I have an 8-year-old and 7-year-old (along with three littles). Both are reading very well. We read aloud a lot and love it. They want to write letters and notes. I am simply noticing a lack of any...
