How Do I Know What To Teach and When to Teach It?
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One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to study what you want – when you want. On the other hand there are certain topics that do need to be covered. If you are new to homeschooling or just in panic mode (a place I visit a couple of times a year), then you would like to know what “typically”...
The Perfect Gift for Imperfect Families
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Have you ever looked at another family and easily recognized things that inspired you and made you wish your family could be like that? I am not talking about material things, but the things that money can’t buy. Sometimes instead of being encouraged by their life it does more to discourage you. Maybe you aren’t able...
How Questions Empower Our Teaching
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How Questions Can Empower Our Teaching All of us know how to ask our kids questions like, “Did you clean your room?” Or “Did you finish your homework?” But do we know how to ask the kind of questions that encourage our kids to think and take us straight to their heart? I love reading books on the subject of teaching....
Giveaway: First Language Lessons of the WTM
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**The winner is Nikki (aka nikkiculture). Today we are giving away a copy of First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Levels 1 & 2, written by Jessie Wise. Parents can assure their child’s success in language arts with this simple-to-use, scripted guide. First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind uses...
A Pair of Classical Tales
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Are you looking to introduce or supplement your study of the culture of ancient Rome or Greece? If so, look to these two books by Caroline Dale Snedeker, a Newberry-Award winning author, who painstakingly researched and studied the time periods of the settings of her novels. Published posthumously, Lysis Goes to the Play is a...
The Price of Professional Development
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Please welcome guest contributor Andrea to Heart of the Matter! We are sure you will all be blessed as she reminds us of the importance of taking care of ourselves! Thank you Andrea. There is an old phrase called ‘Mother Culture’ used by homeschoolers who follow a Charlotte Mason approach to education. I ran a...
Memorable Poetry
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Life just gets busy sometimes– so busy that I had forgotten how lovely a poem could be. One of my favorite writers is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow… The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith, Paul Revere’s Ride, Hiawatha… I first enjoyed all of these when I was in 5th grade. I found this new-to-me...
Critical Thinking – NOT Magical Thinking
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When I first started homeschooling five years ago, I picked up a book called The Well Trained Mind - a guide to giving your child a classical education at home. This book set the foundation for my homeschool approach and gave me a solid plan to start out on this homeschooling adventure. Since then I have moved away slightly...
Classical Education: Narrations
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Classical Education: Narrations It is one of the most elusive words a homeschooler can hear, “narration.” It seems like a very simple concept, you read and your child tells you what they learned from the reading. It sounds very simple, doesn’t it? It is actually a skill that needs to be taught, modeled and practiced. Are...
She Blinded Me With Science!
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Over the years we have had much fun with science in our homeschool. When my girls were smaller we adopted a classical approach to educating in all things scientific. That entailed studying all four major science categories over a span of four years, as opposed to squeezing all four in each school year. In other words, it...
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