by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 3, 2014 | Children's Books, Reading Aloud, Reviews, Ron Paul
Here we have a thirteenth-century Scotland overrun by tyrants — English soldiers doing the bidding of their King Edward who was bent on nation-building and greed. Here we have a freedom-minded people who acknowledge none but the laws of God and their own country, and...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 3, 2014 | Art, Children's Books, Classical Education, Reviews
First published in 1929, Hitty: Her First Hundred Years is a nearly perfect book. Hitty is a doll carved by an old Irish peddler in 1827 from a piece of well-seasoned mountain ash wood. She tells the story of her first hundred years and how she is owned by many little...
by Laurie Bluedorn | May 20, 2014 | Classical Education, Reviews, Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics by Sarah Salviander New astronomy curriculum for ages 13 and up. This 36-week course covers the night sky, the solar system, stars, the Milky Way, the many galaxies in the observable universe, the origins of our universe, classical and...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 4, 2014 | Logic, Reviews
Review of The Thinking Toolbox on Amazon I am a homeschooling mom, and this school year has been very memorable because of the addition of two great books, The Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox, to our curriculum. I am amazed at how much my children and I...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 18, 2013 | Greek, Reviews
“Our family has studied Greek in the past, but there’s something about learning a different alphabet that makes it very difficult for younger students. What we really needed was a Greek phonics book—rather than a curriculum that covers the entire alphabet in two...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 27, 2013 | Logic, Reviews
How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff Written in 1954, this little book is a classic. Its subject is statistics and how they can be used to trick you. It talks about samples with a built-in bias, tricky averages, misleading graphs, manipulative figures, monstrous...
