by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 15, 2018 | Classical Education, Homeschooling
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...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 15, 2018 | Homeschooling, Reading Aloud
We hear a lot today about burnout in homeschooling.
….. I lie in bed at night and dread the thought of starting school
the next day. A life of drudgery is not what I envisioned a few short
months ago. It’s such a struggle to get the kids to do...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 13, 2017 | Five in a Row Curriculum, Homeschooling
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. This week’s Five in a Row book is Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace. This little children’s picture book is based on a subject so...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 18, 2017 | Homeschooling, Literature
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. McGuffeys Eclectic Readers (Seven Volume Boxed Set, paperback) In 1978 we bought a set of McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers. I think it was my very first homeschool curriculum...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 2, 2017 | Classical Education, Homeschooling
If you try to follow a classroom model in your homeschool – dragging in the desks and chalkboard, conforming to a one-size-fits-all scope-and-sequence method, following a rigid bell-ringer schedule, and the like – you will probably buckle under the burden. That kind...
by Laurie Bluedorn | May 12, 2017 | Classical Education, Homeschooling, Ron Paul Curriculum
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Ron Paul Curriculum 12th Grade Physics From the instructor, John Hamilton This will be a course in physics. I will assume that many of the students have gone through my...
