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A Review of The Riot and the Dance: Foundational Biology (Looking Back on 10th Grade)

Over a year ago, I contacted Compass Classroom and asked them if I could take The Riot and the Dance by Gordon Wilson for a test drive. I told them I’d only write a review if it was a positive one. I’m writing this, so I’m sure you can see where this is going. This post contains affiliate links. The Text and How We Used It E-Age-Sixteen and I have spent the last year rioting and dancing. It has been wonderful. Continue Reading…
June 4, 2018
Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Beyond the Grind: 5 Ways to Revitalize Your Classical Homeschool

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]irst I would like to thank both Brandy Vencel and all of you in the Afterthoughts and Charlotte Mason community who have recently engaged with our book, The Liberal Arts Tradition. I have learned a great deal from your discussion and gleaned new ideas from you as I have listened in. I have also grown in respect for the philosophy of Miss Mason and am now eager to begin reading in her corpus of books. Thank you for letting me participate Continue Reading…
November 9, 2015
Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
God of Wonders: The Place of Astronomy in a Classical Education

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years. — Genesis 1:14 [dropcap]I[/dropcap] still remember the day I realized what the planets and stars were actually for. I don’t know how many times I’d read that verse in Genesis without realizing that the heavens were something akin to a ginormous clock. I still wonder why. Surely there Continue Reading…
September 23, 2015
Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Wonder, Work, Wisdom, and Worship: Balancing Science

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]arents and teachers responsible for the education of children have a lot to balance. Ephesians 6:4 says, “Parents do not exasperate your children, but raise them up in the training and admonition of the LORD.” Many Christian educators have commented on the phrase paideiea Kuriou, the education of the LORD, in the second part of this verse. But perhaps we underappreciate the first part of the verse, “Parents (or teachers acting on their behalf) do not exasperate your children…” Attending Continue Reading…
September 3, 2015