for your educational & reading pleasure
for your educational & reading pleasure
January 23 – January 29 2022 Education isn’t a cookie cutter option where one methodology is right for all. Children learn differently. Whether you prefer homeschool, unschool, charter, public, private, or online, each child has their unique giftings, talents, and…
I thought I would share a few resources for classic children stories. By classic: I mean Aesop fables, tales of the Greeks and Romans, and fairy tales. Web The German Project: Well-known children’s stories translated into German and spoken by…
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, © 1901 Reading Level: 1320 Lexile I recently completed Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, which has been on my to-read list for quite awhile now. Earlier this year I read Narrative…
The American Heritage Dictionary defines spoonerism as: “a transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one.” While on an outing with my family, I recalled a time when my uncle recited a famous story from the…
From Memoria Press | The Classical Teacher Archives, POSTED ON JULY 29, 2021 BY WILLIAM KIRK KILPATRICK The new approach is one from which the concepts of character and virtue are entirely missing. From its point of view, the life of a man…
I am constantly seeking advice and ways to improve my serve especially with regards to my family. My daughter was recently re-evaluated for ADHD because the previous diagnosis was made roughly five years ago. Testing has changed. Enter the QbTest.…
Audiobooks are ubiquitous in my household. Why? Firstly, my husband commutes to work and enjoys listening to either podcasts or books during his drive. Secondly, my daughter is extremely dyslexic, had practically no phonological awareness (even though we drilled the…
The ad baculum fallacy derives its strength by appealing to timidity or fear.1 In other words, see things a certain way or else get beaten by a bludgeon. AZ State Route 77 (Beeline) ADOT sign boasted, “Want to return to…