Education
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Endings and beginnings
1.) It’s the end of co-op. We were able to make it to Presentation Day and watch/listen to the accomplishments of all the different classes. It had been iffy because my younger daughter…
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B, B, Biology
I’ve been searching for a different look, so don’t be surprised if Across the Page looks different every time you stop in. My blog is a little like my hair: I may get…
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Looking Ahead: Curriculum Musings
I don’t think I normally begin thinking beyond our current schoolyear this early. But yesterday the less-than-perfect aspects of my fourth-grader’s experience this year spurred me online to investigate some materials, and I…
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Tabletop Timeline: An Experiment
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” (Winston Churchill) Since the beginning, the idea of studying history in chronological order, and making a timeline in the process, has…
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For the Children’s Sake: I am, I can, I ought, I will
For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School, published in 1984, represents an argument to rethink educational priorities in light of the ideas of British educator Charlotte Mason (1842-1923). Written…
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The Harsh Truth About Public Schools
The Harsh Truth About Public Schools is written by a lawyer. In it, Bruce N. Shortt pulls out all the stops to make his case against public schools. It begins with the cover:…
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Rededicated homeschooling
We’re going to continue homeschooling if at all possible. I even have my curriculum wish list made for next year. Every year, I face questions. At the start of this year I rededicated…
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Tired of the fence
My husband is a perpetually hopeful person. He sees an ideal, commits himself to it, and neither hell nor high water can shake him from it. I tend to be more of an…
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Instructional Gladiators
Today I reflected on my hopes for this year, and realized I have two different teachers inside. They seem always to be wrestling, with one on top some days, the other on top…
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Second grade curriculum review
As our schoolyear draws to a close, I’m stepping back (once again) to reflect on the curriculum I’ve used this year. 1. For history — Story of the World Vol. II: The Middle…