Great article. My biggest struggle is helping my children find the joy in the books they are reading (and the books I read to them). That seems to be my biggest homeschooling challenge (currently).
Shannon, finding the right book at the right time is an acquired art. I am sure you engage some good resources to help with this but here is one that I think worth consulting: www.classicalreader.com.
Wow! As a mom who has been classically home educating her children for 11 years now, and with a rising senior, I can attest to all of the temptations of abandoning the classical ship, as well as persevering through the early high school years to see the fruit in 11th & 12th grade. I have redeemed my own education alongside my children as we’ve studied Latin, logic, Shakespeare, rhetoric, music theory, and much, much more. Collectively we have grown in knowledge, faltered, gotten back up, been humbled, persevered and have begun to walk in the wisdom we have found along the way. As a tutor to my eldest son’s 11th grade classical group, I can wholeheartedly say the fruit of a classical education is beautiful indeed.
Great article. My biggest struggle is helping my children find the joy in the books they are reading (and the books I read to them). That seems to be my biggest homeschooling challenge (currently).
I love the Mary and Martha story so much. It is evergreen, and seems to be always so applicable. (I wrote a short piece about it here: https://shannonhood.substack.com/p/what-are-they-among-so-many)
Shannon, finding the right book at the right time is an acquired art. I am sure you engage some good resources to help with this but here is one that I think worth consulting: www.classicalreader.com.
Wow! As a mom who has been classically home educating her children for 11 years now, and with a rising senior, I can attest to all of the temptations of abandoning the classical ship, as well as persevering through the early high school years to see the fruit in 11th & 12th grade. I have redeemed my own education alongside my children as we’ve studied Latin, logic, Shakespeare, rhetoric, music theory, and much, much more. Collectively we have grown in knowledge, faltered, gotten back up, been humbled, persevered and have begun to walk in the wisdom we have found along the way. As a tutor to my eldest son’s 11th grade classical group, I can wholeheartedly say the fruit of a classical education is beautiful indeed.
Courtney--thanks for staying the course!