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It looks like the name of a Dr. Seuss character, but in my house the “Who-What-How-What” refers to literary analysis. Do not tell the kids, though, that would take the fun out of it. It is a series of questions that helps us talk, think, and write about literature....
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My children and I have been in Classical Conversations since the fall of 2005. At that time, my three children were ages six, four, and one. Now, after all of these years, I finally have a student in Challenge A. During our first semester, we learned quite a few...
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These rankings are according to the number of hits throughout 2011. #11. July 4th Celebrations and Memory Work by Jennifer Courtney “On July 4th, and on other American holidays, do we really pause to reflect on our nation’s history?” #10. Lessons from the Past: The Core of History by Jennifer Courtney...
Read the Full Article“Mommy, Christmas is NOT coming!” was the cry of a wicked little person in the checkout line ahead of me. He was hunkered into a shopping cart (for which he was far too big), tears dribbling down to his chin as he screamed for a Pez dispenser. His mother’s...
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My favorite day of the week is always our Classical Conversations community day, but I also really enjoy the more relaxed days of the Christmas break. We study the things we like at our own pace for a few weeks and I have time to work some games into...
Read the Full ArticleI begin with a confession: I am not a musician. I cannot read music, although I can raise and lower my voice with the notes in a hymnal. I cannot play music, although I can whistle it. I cannot sing music…well maybe I can, but I have been denied...
Read the Full ArticleI am sure everyone is familiar with the experience of a vivid dream being forgotten just moments after waking. Ironically, it is only if we could remember these dreams that we would appreciate the tragedy of having lost them – for dreams are the raw, unchanneled creative power of...
Read the Full ArticleNo temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. (1 Corinthians...
Read the Full ArticleWe have all heard about the story of Adam and Eve from the Bible. God creates Adam, then Eve, then they sin, and the whole world falls apart. All creation groans. A great flood rips the world apart. Humanity is left broken in a broken world. This story is...
Read the Full ArticleI am now preparing for the sixth week of Foundations and Essentials—halfway home for the semester and a quarter of the way done! I think the hardest part for me so far has been keeping up with consistently practicing the memory work. The weeks when I work consistently thirty...
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Do we live in a “uni-verse” or a “multi-verse?” If we agree we live in a universe governed by God’s providence, and not in a random cosmos made up of disconnected parts, how do we reinforce this idea with our children as we homeschool them and study with them?...
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Children are dangerous. Children with imaginations are even more so. We cannot have children growing up to be anything more than resources for our industrial, consumer-driven culture. With a cultivated imagination children will become free; with freedom, they may grow up to form societies . . . or worse,...
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