• Oct. 8, 2006
I didn't exactly intend to start a new blog...
...but I signed up to make a comment on someone else's blog and evidently when you do that, you become the proud owner of a blog on this site.
I am intrigued with the idea of having a blog solely directed at education, and think I might like to try my hand at it.
I home educate three children...my dd9, my ds7, and my ds4. I was fortunate to begin my home educating journey with The Well-Trained Mind. A veteran home educating friend of mine strongly recommended the book. I must say, at that time in my life this book was a gift. I had no clue what I was doing, and did not know where to begin to pick out the "correct" curriculum. This book became my compass and it gave me the confidence I needed to continue forward with my plans for home educating my children.
Although I will be forever grateful and reverent of that book, I recently read a book that took TWTM a step further. I recently read The Latin-Centered Curriculum by Andrew Campbell, and am in the process of "switching over" to the recommendations in his book.
For the most part, the main thing that I have been struck by and am inplementing with fervor is putting Latin in it's proper place in my children's learning. Everyday I start with Math, and follow it with Latin. If I don't get anything else done, I make sure to get those two things accomplished. I am convinced that the study of Latin will train the mind and prepare them for anything else they may encounter in the furthering of their education. Aside from that, I've discovered a personal passion for Latin...it's just great FUN! (I know I sound like the world's biggest nerd).
The next biggest adjustment in my thought processes and way of doing things is subscribing to the Multum non Multa approach..."not many things, but much". Instead of trying to learn every subject under the sun, we are trying to focus on a core of subjects and endeavor to learn them well. This is somewhat hard for me to do, because everything interests me and too, there is always that fear that you are missing something important. However, I am really beginning to see the wisdom in not crowding out their little brains with so many different things to learn, and giving them the peace of mind of focusing on just a few things and the freedom to learn them well.
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