‘…thoughts–just mere thoughts–are as powerful as electric batteries–as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as l3etting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it […]
A Day in our Lives
I’ve been trying to pen a “Weekly Homeschool Wrap-up” for a couple of weeks now, but my mind hasn’t been able to compartmentalize enough to make the various sections sound like something other than garble. I think some part of the problem is that everyone except me had some variation of a cold on […]
Doing Things, But What?
‘ “I think I like that man,” Janus observed. “Never had much to do with high-minded teachers since I was a kid, but he means business. I thought teachers just talked, but he doesn’t fool around with the words. He goes and does things.‘ (emphasis mine) Meindert Dejong, The Wheel on the School, pg. 162 […]
Fruits and Vegetables for the Mind
‘Research shows that one of the common characteristics of geniuses is that they were raised with many books available to them. Don’t be stingy on your library–have as many books at home as you possibly can. Have a wide variety of kinds of books. Leave them at strategic reading spots throughout the house. Make all of your books accessible. […]
Do you really need curriculum?
Given the season we're in, you've probably attended at least one conference this summer where the curriculum vendors come close to outnumbering the conference participants. I am often intrigued as I read magazines of publishing veterans who recall the days when a conference curriculum fair meant that a few parents were selling their wares and […]