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Classical Education ~ Trivium applied to War of Words
Posted 2:44 AM, Mar. 9, 2007
I checked out War of Words, by Tripp, from my local library several months ago. I don’t have words to describe this book, but others do.
An excerpt of Amazon reviewers: "No matter where you live, no matter what you do every day, there is one thing that you do all day long. You talk." —Brian G Hedges Tripp doesn't settle for superficial treatment. He understands that the war of words is really part of a deeper war: the war for our hearts and souls, the war between the Word made flesh, and the enemy, whose primary tools are words of distortion, deception, and destruction. The gospel of Christ addresses our fallen lives and our muddled speech. Perhaps you have wondered how a nice person like you can be so cutting with your words or so misunderstood? —William I encountered so many antecdotes that involved explosions of hot tempers, that I was tempted to think I didn't need this book. After all, I'm a mild-tempered member of a mild-tempered family. I was humbled as I read it, though, because it goes so much deeper than that and holds up a standard that even the most mature, self-controlled Christian does not keep. Certainly I don't! Yet, Tripp offers the hope and encouragement that comes from a right understanding of the grace and promises of God. —Dory The author changed my heart and gave me a positive approach to reducing (soon to stop...yeah!...I feel it coming!) my angry reactions and participation in the angry outbursts of others. I especially wanted to raise my children to the highest standards of life I could find and not "pass on" my dysfunctional upbringing. What can I say, but thank you to this man who has helped me rise up to a new level of understanding. God Bless you! —D. May Weren’t those great reviews. I decided this is my last post, and I wanted to leave you with hopeful words when you feel hopeless with the use of words. Maybe you are asking: “what does War of Words have to do with the Trivium”?
A great deal. Grammar stage of War of Words include knowing when to overlook an offense. Logic stage of War of Words settles down your restless heart by understanding the need for restraining words. Rhetoric stage of War of Words helps you use gentle words in order to turn wrath that is aimed at you— away from you. Tia, thanks for all the technical help you gave me when I asked for help over the months. Signed Warmly, Maribel Hernandez Classical Education ~ Create Trivium Folders
Posted 4:14 AM, Mar. 2, 2007
Is there a subject you would like to study, but not sure where to start? Organize your thoughts with trivium folders. Use file folders to hold loose papers, or create folders in your computer directory. We will revisit this post with ways on how to organize your Trivium folder. In the mean time, think of a subject you would like to do this with.
Maribel Hernandez Related Tags: File folder, organize Classical Education ~ Inquiring Minds Must know: What is the Trivium?
Posted 4:15 AM, Feb. 23, 2007
I googled What is. The result —2,010,000,000. I googled Why is. The result —995,000,000 I googled How to. The result—1,520,000,000. Those sites are really telling us: If you’ll just click that mouse, I’ll tell you all you want to know about the“ what”, “why” and “how” of [fill in the blank]. The need to know “what”, “why”, and “how” is central to every endeavor. How can we not want to know the Trivium. When you buy a house you must know “what” the mortgage payment is. It’s simply not reasonable to want to have a mind that just doesn’t care about the Trivium. People want to know “what” is the sky? “Why” it’s blue, how it became blue —if they even believe it’s blue. Masses of people want to know “what”, “why” and “how to”. And, websites want to tell us: “what” “how” and “why” of [fill in the blank]. If you are a Classical homeschooler, then you already know where to find information on “what”, “why” and “how”. You know “what” belongs to the grammar stage. You know “why” belongs to the logic stage. You know, “practice” belongs to the rhetoric stage. Wow. You know a lot. I came to a realization about the Trivium, the year a New York City television station contracted Pete to create their news channel table. He had to design it from a drawing they gave him. You can study… create… and build… just about anything you want to, if, you apply the three levels of the Trivium. Even if you have never had prior experience. Using the Trivium can, and will lead you, and your family into creative thinking. A classical education helps you connect the dots—properly, and meaningfully. That brings great satisfaction to any parent teaching it to their children, to a husband who develops products.
That’s a classical education. I value the “TRIVIUM” model God gave us in scripture. And, that’s why I write about the amazing “Trivium”. Maribel Hernandez Dr. Jim, Creator of Dr. Mom Otoscope will be giving one of his professional grade otoscope’s to a winner, FREE, on our blog. Details will be posted on our blog in just a few days. Classical Education ~ Trivium Archives
Posted 1:44 AM, Feb. 16, 2007
I compiled a list of Trivium Post from the Archives. Trivium Leads to Gold Become a Trivium Preceptor http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/244056/ Summary of Otoscope and Trivum http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/240141/ Frugality, Your Pediatric Medical Bills, and the Trivium http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/235923/ Grammar Stage of Skeletal System http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/231620/ Templates for Note-taking http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/231620/ Mini-Trivum Thesaurus at a Glance http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/223325/ Art of Note-taking: Rediscovering a Lost Tool for Classical Homeschoolers http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/219251/ Trivium Word List Notebook http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/215232/ Become a Demanding Trivum Reader http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/202600/ Hardwired with the Trivium http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/198430/ Classical Medical Education for Parents Naturally http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/194204/ Maribel Hernandez Posts this week: Homeschoolers take detour unimaginable in Medical School All Parents Provide Medical Intervention? Why apply Logic to Family Medicine Related Tags: CLASSICAL EDUCATION ~ Plant the Trivium
Posted 2:24 AM, Feb. 9, 2007
Classical Education ~ The Care and Feeding of Trivium Ideas
Posted 12:03 AM, Feb. 2, 2007
There is a sense of anxiety, and fear with the newness of studying a new subject. But, that’s only because we fear tackling a new subject we don’t understand. Once you understand it, you are filled with joy. The physical care and feeding of our children is naturally part of what we do as homeschool parents. We also care and feed their mind with a nutritional diet. When we add the trivium to the equation, creative ideas result. But, like all things, this requires careful planning and feeding. Trivium ideas don’t just happen in a vaccum. You need to feed the trivium to your family. Naturally, since all families are different, the way we express the trivium will look differently. What remains the same is the model. First the Grammar, then logic, and lastly rhetoric. This learning model of the trivium is not new, what is new, are the ways we choose to express it. As a trivium user I ask you, the reader, isn’t it time to change status quo— by tipping the balance. This tipping implies the care and feeding of trivium ideas. For most parents, careing and feeding of trivium ideas may come as a new thought. And, I think it’s because we we are victims of our limited thinking of the trivium— we were stymied by dumb down public education we received as children. Most parents, have never even heard of the trivium, so it’s not surprising we can’t arrive at a first-rate solution when tackling a new subject. As a homeschool parent, you may be limiting your Trivium knowledge only to writing, reading and arthimetic. But, you should also take advantage of all the trivium has to offer you. Make a decision TODAY— learn the trivium. Would you like to learn how to create fine wedding gifts crafted from 24 carat gold and other precious metals? You can. Are you an internet based mom who needs to sort out technology for buisness, or do you just want to learn copywriting because you know, you live in the age of noise marketing? In this short post, I could never hope to cover all three stages of 24 carat gold, technology and copywriting. However, I would like to point you to a book that clearly explains what the trivium is, and how to use it. www.Triviumpusuit.com Before you can care and feed trivium ideas you need to prepare the seed bed. Here are some seed starters. q Get Ideas- Keep a swipe file. Copywriters always keep these. A swipe file is a collection of promotions you reference when you need inspiration creating a piece of promotion marketing. The whole idea of the swipe file can be tweeked a bit to fit your need for studying a new subject. To see an example of a swipe file check out The Copywriter’s Handbook” by Robert W. Bly page 25.
q Prepare the Seed Bed of Ideas- You need proper tools, which include understanding the grammar stage, logic stage and rhetoric stage. q Water Your Ideas- Read books, journals, magazines, that are particular to your subject of interest. q Let the Ideas take Root- Sometimes ideas need time to incubate. For that, I keep a “Box of Ideas” next to my computer. I filled it with tabed alphabet index and lined cards. q Use Your Ideas for [fill in the blank]- You can locate these from exceptional writers that already write jounals, books in your subject of interest. Google “Association of” + your subject. Use the Library, not just the internet. As you care and feed your family trivium ideas, don’t just rely on the internet, use the library too. Use specialized libraries. Buy memberships if you need to, but don’t undervalue them. Unfortunately libraries are making more room for technology and are trashing many industry specific books. On our blog we write about medical botany, and some of the best medical botany books I have ever found were in a library, or from a book dealer. Maribel Hernandez Hear On-line http://www.homeschoolingradio.com/Archived%20Programs%202007%20January.htm 5 Advantages for homeschoolers when Learning Family Medicine Words tagged: trivium, ideas, Classical Education, Copywriting Classical Education ~ ebook Advice from the World of Trivium Preceptors
Posted 1:01 AM, Jan. 26, 2007
I am posting this e-mail on today's Classical Friday Column. Laurie Bluedorn wrote: With a view to encouraging new homeschooling parents, we would like to publish a compilation of articles/letters/descriptions/essays/book reviews written by our readers and by us describing our experiences using the trivium (classical education) in homeschooling.
Feel free to include your experiences which may not exactly address classical education, but were helpful to you and which you wish to share with others. Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
Maribel Hernandez
Words tagged: Trivium , classical education Classical Education ~ Trivium users are Sharp
Posted 1:19 AM, Jan. 19, 2007
I mean... razor sharp. One of the reasons I can say this is because If you spend time on their message boards, their chat rooms, or their yahoo groups (just listening), you begin to see a picture surface of who they are. And if you personally know some of these parents, they are a delight to have lunch with. They have been a source of inspiration to me. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17
The element of Iron is notable for it’s hardness, and strength. Iron is used for structures that require a strong framework. And what friendship can flourish in weakness? A friend who is like iron is a true friend who faithfully inflicts wounds, but, he does so in love. As a result of having a “trivium sharp” (hard), friend—a true one—a man develops the capacity to succeed in his tasks as an effective tool, and in the end he will thank his friend for being hard as iron. If you don’t already use the Trivium in your homeschooling, it never too late. Maribel Hernandez This week our blog covers: Coughing a social blunder, What will happen to me if I take the Chemo, and Who needs medical information? Tag words: trivium Classical Education ~ The Logic in Opposing Viewpoints
Posted 2:13 AM, Jan. 5, 2007
When you study the logic portion of the Trivium, you are quickly reminded there are always two sides to every story. These links are all about the “two” sides to many issues. To want to oppose someone else, just to have the last say, is wrong, however, if it’s the “two” views you want in order to make your own decision, this is good. If you are interested in learning about a “particular” issue in order to discover the “two” sides of the story, use words like “pro and con”, “debate” or “position paper” in the search engine. Here are some links to opposing views on a range of issues. Argumentative Essay Topics. This site offers many topic choices. Click on the topic, a thesis statement is provided and web sites discussing both sides of the issue. Debate Central, by the High School Debate Topics, by the SpeakOut.com provides topics with "on one hand and on the other hand" viewpoints (concept of pros and con). You Debate provides the currently debated issues, as well as a directory of broad categories such as health, religion and politics. Search by keyword. TIP: Search using "pro issues" or "con issues" to find arguments. Opposing Viewpoints by the Current Controversies Series. Each book covers a topic, mainly written during the 1990's. Opposing Viewpoints Series. Each book covers one topic from 1980 to today. Pros and Cons: a debater's handbook This book provides suggestions of arguments for and against a variety of controversial topics. Taking Sides, Clashing Views on Controversial... Each volume is a broad topic but contains more specific controversies inside. Maribel Hernandez Our blog topics this week are: Capable Parents, Questions from a reader: Chemo, Breast Cancer Staging, What is Naturopathic Pediatrics?, and Treatment of Shock with Comfrey and Ginger.
Classical Education ~ Trivum Applied to Communication
Posted 4:20 PM, Dec. 26, 2006
Trivum Applied to Communication Noah Webster tells us Communicate means to impart; to give to another, to bestow, something the receiver holds, retains, and enjoys. And what homeschool parent couldn’t benefit from learning and teaching how to communicate with their students and everyone else? If you have ever spoken to anyone in your life, used a telephone, write or send e-mails, you’ll welcome the action steps you can learn instantly in: 101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly by:Jo Condrill and Bennie Bough, Ph.D. While there are many well written books on “communication” skills throughout your local Barnes & Nobel, few are able to please the discerning communicator. But, Jo Condrill and Bennie Bough has done just that. This handbook is a breeze to implement into any homeschool curriculum. It will save us all from Foot-In-Mouth Dis-Ease. The authors ask: "Have you ever agonized over what you would've; should've and could've said?" I really appreciate when a book shows me what to do, instead of just tell. The book has sold over 70,000 copies, translated into eleven languages by publishers in foreign countries, and is sold worldwide. As Trivium users you know the value in creating a notebook. Why not create a Communication Notebook? · Logic Stage (UNDERSTANDING): Have them define unfamiliar words in order to have understanding. · Rhetoric Stage (WISDOM): Apply the action steps. Communication at it’s’ best is a two-way transaction. I speak a thought, you listen. You speak, I listen. But, sometimes people misinterpret what they hear, either because we were not crystal clear, or for other reasons. Listening requires practice. Solutions in listening:
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have. Excellent Communication Links: www.successtalk.com/jocondrill Maribel Hernandez Classical Education ~ Strong Beginnings with the Trivium
Posted 1:36 AM, Dec. 22, 2006
Strong Beginnings with the Trivium Bring Satisfying Endings The Functionality of the Trivium makes many who use it have a deep sense of satisfaction. Some possible reasons for this:
Satisfying endings with the trivium occur when you do something meaningful with the trivium. For example, when you create a solution to a problem, when you move from theory to practice. The demands of hunger may be easily satisfied; but who can satisfy all there is to know about the trivium? Maribel Hernandez www.APMFormulators.com This week our blog covers: How to make your own Peppermint/Anise tea blend for gripping pain, 5 reasons to study Family Medicine, and Create a Body System Health Questionnaire on all systems. Related Tags: Classical Education ~ Trivium Applied to Astronomy
Posted 1:28 AM, Dec. 15, 2006
Astronomy: Trivium Applied Our family enjoyed watching, Astronomy 101. It’s a family adventure and a beginner’s guide to the night sky. It explains how to use the star wheel, a circular map of stars, also called planisphere. It shows what stars are in the sky and where to find them. The word astronomy is taken from the Greek root astron, which means star, and nomos, which means arrangement (law). Knowing the parts of the name is the Grammar stage. Understanding their arrangement is the logic stage. In the Rhetoric stage, you are able to make notations on where and how to find the arrangement of the stars. Astronomy is the branch of Physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. This science, like so many of the other sciences, are easier to understand when applying the Trivium. Astronomy. It cannot be considered a stand along science, because it overlaps with a number of other fields, like: mathematics, biology, physics, geology and chemistry. Understanding the parts that make up the whole of astronomy is a good place to start. In a nut shell, the parts of Astronomy include:
Astronomy Note-taking is explained HERE http://www.siowl.com/index.html?notesThe author on that site writes: One of the most overlooked pieces of equipment beside the telescope is the observing notebook. Today so few amateur observers keep decent notes at the telescope. When I talk to novices I try to reinforce the advantages of keeping a notebook. Helpful Astronomy Links: Astronomy in Your Hands http://www.astronomyinyourhands.com/activities/makestarwheel.html Astronomy for Kids Kids Astronomy Maribel Hernandez This recent blog topics: Oncology Herbs, Radiation, and Journey of Mourning Parents. Next issue of our e-loop covers: Warts, Abscess, Staph Infection, Utility of Progymnasmata in Family Medicine, and Family Medicine Notebooking. Related Tags: Astronomy for Homeschoolers Astronomy Curriculum Kids Learning Astronomy Classical Education ~ Musical Notation: Trivium Applied
Posted 1:20 AM, Dec. 8, 2006
There isn't a subject homeschoolers can't learn when applying the Trivium. Below is a chart I created in order to illustrate the stages of the Trivium when applied to musical notations. I filled out the first six blocks, and left the others empty. If you like studying music you can fill the rest out by using a musical dictionary. Borrow one from the library. Grammar Stage of Term is the name of a musical notation. Logic Stage of Function, is understanding the musical notation. Rhetoric Stage of Application/Usage, is the practical application of knowing and understanding the musical notations.
Term: Function: Application: Usage:
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