by Laurie Bluedorn | May 5, 2014 | Classical Education, Delayed Formal Education, Homeschooling
I was interested in the source for the section “The Chorean War” in Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style. I just recently was reading the book as suggested by a friend of mine in preparation for homeschooling my first-grade...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 20, 2014 | Classical Education, College, Homeschooling, Ron Paul Curriculum
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Is college overpriced? Yes. Way overpriced. Can it be reformed? No. Accreditation and licensing by the government have created a gigantic cartel. Can parents and students...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 5, 2014 | Classical Education, Homeschooling, Ron Paul Curriculum
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. The struggle over the imposition of federal testing standards for all public school children is heating up. Texas has the plug on this. Most states have not. I think you...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 3, 2014 | Classical Education, Homeschooling, Intensive Phonics
Don Potter just published a new edition of Webster’s 1908 Elementary Spelling Book. His title better reflects the true nature of the book, Noah Webster’s Spelling Book Method for Teaching Reading and Spelling. He has spent years investigating how the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 6, 2014 | Homeschooling, Raising Children
Suggestions on how to treat your adult children. 1. The majority of the time that you are talking with your adult child, you should be doing the listening, not the talking. Real and attentive listening. Respectful listening — not appearing to be listening or thinking...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 3, 2014 | Classical Education, Homeschooling
The Wall Chart of World History: From Earliest Times to the Present The Reese Chronological Bible — I would prefer it wasn’t the KJV, but it doesn’t come in any other version. Trivium Pursuit’s List of National Contests and Exams Open to...
