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Introducing: Swedish Drill Revisited IV – An Advanced Routine with Optional Cardio

I am thrilled to announce that the latest addition to the Swedish Drill Revisited series is available in the Afterthoughts store. This latest level of Swedish Drill Revisited is for those who have mastered the content in the first three volumes of this series and are ready for the next challenge. In Swedish Drill Revisited IV you will be introduced to thirteen new exercises in a single advanced routine that incorporates multi-planar and cross lateral movements to optimize neurological as well Continue Reading…
July 29, 2020
Home Education
Swedish Drill Revisited III — Marching Your Way to More Advanced Routines

I am excited to announce that Swedish Drill Revisited III is complete and ready for purchase in the Afterthoughts shop. If you’re looking for a fun way to shake up the physical movement slot on your school schedule, I hope you’ll head over and purchase a copy. The cost is $15 (as is the case of Swedish Drill Revisited and Swedish Drill Revisited II). Marching was introduced in Swedish Drill Revisited II, and in this third volume the practice of Continue Reading…
August 21, 2019
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Plutarch, Citizenship, and Charlotte Mason

Plutarch is a commonly referenced subject among Charlotte Mason homeschoolers. We know that Charlotte Mason primarily incorporated Plutarch for lessons in citizenship. This was not, however, the whole of citizenship education in the P.N.E.U., and Charlotte Mason’s thoughts on citizenship are many and deep. In fact, if we realize the extent to which Charlotte Mason was herself a patriot it might make some of her writings about the State, which often leave us confused, more palatable to us. Perhaps we Continue Reading…
January 29, 2019
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Best Field Trip Tip: Tap Into Local Wisdom

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] often write about learning in community but have limited my scope to the Charlotte Mason homeschool framework. The greater community is much larger than this yet is often neglected by homeschooling moms as they seek opportunities for learning for their students. Wendell Berry describes community as, … the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other’s lives. It is the Continue Reading…
November 26, 2018