Education
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Homeschool days
I thought I should record some of the tweaks I’ve made in materials this year, as well as a brief description of how a typical school day goes. I see these on other…
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Metamorphoses
We started school yesterday. We layered in a few subjects and “met” the books for the others. Then today, we layered in the rest. I’m struck by how much our concept of “school”…
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Charting a path
I’ve thought a lot this summer about our approach to school. It’s mainly because by the end of last year, I was burned out. The aspects of learning that I had wanted to…
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First Days
A friend loaned me the cd’s from a Charlotte Mason conference back in 2005. It’s hosted by Ambleside Online, featuring sessions led by members of the advisory board. One of the best nuggets…
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Planning and mulling
I’ve been exploring different math curricula online, trying to determine whether to make a change from Saxon this year for my second and fifth graders. I have no problem with the way Saxon…
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Rambles and ramblings
Yesterday we took yet another walk. It leaves me with several themes spinning around in my head. Actually we took two walks: one to a place I’d never been, and one to the…
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Middle of a story
I’m trying out a new look here at Across the Page. This theme has an enormous banner at the top, one I can change as the mood strikes. Currently, it displays a picture…
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History Books
Much though I like the idea of the classical approach to history — going through the whole chronology in four years, and repeating that three times at increasing depth — I have to…
