Renaissance life in a post-modern world
Posted in Family and Children on Oct 17th, 2008
Children have fabulous imaginations. Their little minds are always working overtime as creative juices billow forth with new and fantastic ideas as they enliven the world around them.
My young children may be left alone playing for only a few moments and yet create blanket hide-aways, intricate “school rooms”, restaurants complete with lovely menus, and trains ready to [...]
Posted in Education on Oct 10th, 2008
The Heart of the Matter’s Friday Meme posed the following question: “What great educational freebie sites do you frequently visit?”
Well, I must admit, I am one who helps fuel the economy and I struggled to come up with even ONE freebie site that I visit regularly. And then it hit me . . . I am [...]
Posted in Education on Oct 3rd, 2008
Heart of the Matter Online hosts a Friday meme. Today they posed the question “What is the one thing you learned that you did not expect from homeschooling?”
Three points come immediately come to mind.
First and probably the most profound misconception that I held was that homeschooling is homogeneous. The belief systems, the educational philosophies, the [...]
