Winter is an underappreciated season. Many people see the landscape as barren, uninviting, and gloomy. I had a friend once describe winter as the “dead season”! I disagree. For me, winter is a season of gathering strength, building promise, and preparation for a new “bursting forth” that is all...
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“How many words can you write in a minute?” is not a question I often hear, even as someone who writes as a vocation. However, today while researching for the next set of books in the PreScripts series, I came across a quote that made me ponder this very question. A...
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Celeste F was homeschooled in rural Kansas. “The attitude that was put into what I learned was great,” she says, “Outside of math and English facts, it was the self-discipline, the character that was developed because I was homeschooled.” When asked if, looking back, she would have done anything...
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Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. –Plato Music transcends the classroom, the concert stage, and professional recordings. It pervades life. Mankind has long used music in all sorts of ways, to celebrate, to lament, to dance, to pray, to soothe...
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doot de doot doot doot doot doo, do de doot doot doot doot doo, de-de-doot, doot de doot doot doo-doot doo-de-doo, do de doot doot doot, de doo-di da doo-di, de doot. That is my typographical interpretation of the Shire music from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. It...
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In Luke, Jesus helps us understand God’s priorities for our lives when He speaks to Martha: “. . . Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to Him and asked: ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do...
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Early on in my parenting experience, I determined to enjoy every stage of the process. That was after I discovered the joys of unraveling the mysteries of lactation with a newborn and operating on four hours of sleep. People often told us, “Enjoy your children while they are young.”...
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Mathematics: Is God Silent? answers the question posed in its title with a resounding “No! God is by no means silent!” As we are told in Romans 1:20, God is manifestly visible in His creation: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have...
Read the Full ArticleThis is a message to fathers who are homeschooling. The question I want to answer is: Does Christianity provide much guidance to fathers about homeschooling? I am going to say yes, but first I want to back up a bit. You and your wife are in it together,...
Read the Full ArticleWhat is the purpose of education? To what end are children taught? These are questions that have been asked throughout the “classical conversation” of history, and they are questions that must continue to be asked. Classically, the answer about the purpose of education has been very specific. In fact,...
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For many homeschooling families, math is the most intimidating—perhaps even frightening—subject. Many feel ill-equipped to teach high school math courses. Some may even feel nervous about teaching math during the grammar years. In Classical Conversations, we emphasize skills over subjects. As parents, we need to change our thinking so...
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The New Year is a good time to make changes in your life, because you have just experienced a time of rest and reflection. Nevertheless, it seems to be a tradition in America to make New Year resolutions and then break them before the second month begins. The reason...
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