Beyond the Book of Centuries: the Century Chart and the Table of Centuries
Our children encounter so very many people, places, and events when they are studying history. How are they to remember… Read More
Author: Kim Cameron-Smith
3 Best History Options for Catholic Homeschoolers
After using Susan Wise Bauer’s The Story of the World (SOTW) series for many years, I decided last year to search… Read More
Teaching Literature: The Failing of Common Core
Many parents are beginning to feel an unease about the Common Core’s affect on their child’s education and the unfolding… Read More
How I Teach Writing to Very Young Children
Writing is probably my favorite subject to teach. I’m developing a new writing class for children in grades 3 to 5, so… Read More
Rhetoric: Liberating Others to Choose the Good (Part 4 in Stratford Caldecott Series)
In this (very irregular!) series, I’ve been considering Stratford Caldecott’s view of the trivium as he presents it in his… Read More
Logic: Finding Truth and Order in the Universe (Part 3 in Stratford Caldecott series)
In this third part in my series on Stratford Caldecott’s book Beauty in the Word, I’m going to look at Caldecott’s… Read More
Great EASY Idea to Motivate Your Homeschooled Kids: Work Binders
We’re humming along in the school year now and I can see clearly what is working well and what is… Read More
“At the feet of truth one must erect love; at the foundations, low in the ground, it will take root even in a wilderness, will build, uplift, and transform all things.”
— Pope John Paul II in his play Jeremiah
Grammar as Remembering (Part 2 in Stratford Caldecott series)
In my first post about Stratford Caldecott’s book Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education, I stated his… Read More
Beauty in the Word: Catholicism and Charlotte Mason (A Series)
I’ve been devouring several books on education theory recently (Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education by James Taylor, Leisure: The Basis… Read More
A Catholic Mom’s Thoughts on Charlotte Masons “Way of the Will”
The way of the will and the way of reason are described by Charlotte Mason as “two guides the moral… Read More