by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 25, 2012 | Homeschooling
I was wondering if you had any suggestions for further work for a 6 yo little girl who is in love with learning. We have a wonderful phonics program that we are working through — she is reading very well. On a daily basis there is Bible, Memory, Reading Aloud,...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 17, 2012 | Classical Education, Homeschooling
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...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 24, 2012 | Education, Homeschool Voices From the Past, Homeschooling, Raising Children
Homeschool Voices From the Past Excerpt from an interview with Raymond S. Moore in Human Events, September 15, 1984 Q: [Interviewer] I’m quoting you now: “An early start in formal institutionalized schooling deprives children of the free exploration so crucial to the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 17, 2012 | Homeschooling
Essay written by dear daughter Ava, age 8 Why do you suppose this is our most popular blog post?
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 5, 2012 | Classical Education, Homeschooling, How Would You Answer This?
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...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 27, 2012 | Homeschooling, Math
I have a 10-year-old-boy 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...
