I love the way truth and compassion blend seamlessly in Francis Schaeffer’s writing. In this quote from The God Who Is There, “the plague” is referring to Albert Camus’ book of the same name, in which (according to Schaeffer – I haven’t read it) the author posits the false dichotomy of having to choose between… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I was about ready to poke my eyes out again over what little progress L is making in his reading lessons. Christmas break probably didn’t help, but he just doesn’t seem to be grasping how to sound things out, and often forgets his letter sounds. But you would think after already teaching three to… Continue Reading
Just sharing a brief quote today which I’ve been pondering, from Tim Keller’s The Songs of Jesus: Which we are doing when we sing those beautiful Christmas carols – and psalms and hymns – from our hearts. đ Also read/listened to recently: Hubby:Â finished Gulliver’s Travels – both he and Miss A really disliked it đ… Continue Reading
 The Art of Teaching is challenging me once again: That last sentence especially is hard for the “P” in me to swallow (Myers-Briggs terminology). I tend towards winging it and doing things on impulse rather than following a plan. That might work all right when you just have little ones, but it can be a detriment as… Continue Reading
Today I finished Lee Binz’s Setting the Records Straight: How to Craft Homeschool Transcripts and Course Descriptions for College Admission and Scholarships (I didn’t read through all the examples in the appendixes, but I can refer to them as needed). Miss A is only six weeks into 9th grade, but it has already been a bit… Continue Reading
I read another chunk of The Art of Teaching today, trying to keep up with my self-imposed schedule. đ  The section on the appropriate use of humor in teaching was particularly good (Mystie wrote a post about it when she was reading the book), and I loved this quote: Also read/listened to recently: Hubby: The Roots of… Continue Reading
I picked up an older edition of The Art of Teaching earlier this year, and was amazed by the quote on the back: I didn’t get far then, but decided to pick it back up this week, and this passage from Chapter 2 caught my eye: Highet is referring to professional teachers in this passage, but… Continue Reading
This week’s chapter of Francis Schaeffer’s The God Who Is There was particularly interesting to both Miss A and I because of our recent visit to the Columbus Museum of Art to see the Picasso exhibit. She told us that some of the paintings really disturbed her, and reading Schaeffer’s explanation of the philosophy behind… Continue Reading
Our poet for this term is Robert Frost. AmblesideOnline schedules him in Year 6, which Mr. D is doing, but I decided to read his poetry during Morning Time and memorize another of his poems together (we memorized “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” several years ago). I will probably just read from the… Continue Reading
The first time I read The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk was back in 2012 when Cindy Rollins hosted a book club on her blog. I ended my brief Goodreads review with the following statement: This is a book I want my kids to read at some point during their high school years.… Continue Reading