Subversive Learning

Remembering

Grammar — Mythos — Imagining the Real

Grammar is the cradle of all philosophy, and in a manner of speaking, the first nurse of the whole study of letters.

• John of Salisbury, 1159, The Metalogicon

Christian Classical Education and Charlotte Mason

I had someone ask about the Classical form of education recently. They told me they were going to homeschool and seemed drawn to it. They asked how it worked, what they needed to do to be a “Classical homeschooler”. They also mentioned…

Why do you home educate?

I posted a photo on Instagram of us starting year two of our homeschooling journey and a link to my post about starting year two from a couple of days ago. I received this question in response. It wasn’t rude or judgmental, the person who asked lives where homeschooling is not…

Credulitas: Belief Must Precede All Instruction

A really thoughtful post from The Circe Institute. From the article:

In such moments of disbelief, students can learn nothing. And when I encounter their disbelief, I do my best to disabuse them of it, but many times it…

Year Two

I know I’m a couple of days late, but we started our second year of homeschool this week, 5th grade. I don’t know how interested people are in…

WRAPPING UP YEAR 1

We’re just a couple of days away from starting year two of homeschooling and I’m getting excited. I must admit that I’ve enjoyed our break but I am ready to get back to it. We do school year round, six weeks on and one week off. We do three of those, have a two week wrap-up/review, and then…

MLK: ‘Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education’

You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream

Thoughts on the purpose of education

Twelve weeks into this grand experiment and we have come to our second break. I’m looking forward to it but not in the same way I was for…

Week 2 of our first break…

and I am bored! 

My son is loving it but I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of things next week. We have elected to do a year round schedule, with 6 weeks on and 2 weeks off. I think that will be good later on but right now I’m…