http://www.caerdroia.org/116/ Copyright 2011 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:21:36 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Once upon a time, almost exactly five years ago, I drew up a tentative plan for our classical homeschooling journey. Since then, I've largely ignored the plan. I don't keep it in front of me on my desk. I don't... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2011/04/where_are_we_no.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2011/04/where_are_we_no.html Homeschooling Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:21:36 -0600 I posted this earlier tonight on the Well-Trained Mind forums, in response to a query about LCC and how it might be different from WTM; the poster was also asking questions about how we manage an LCC homeschool, and what... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2011/01/latin_centered.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2011/01/latin_centered.html Homeschooling Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:43:26 -0600 Remember these? Weekly reports? Do you like how I actually know what week of school we're on? It doesn't seem like Week 11, though. It seems more like week 92. My biggest challenge in homeschooling right now is the fact... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/weekly_report_w_1.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/weekly_report_w_1.html Homeschool Journal Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:51:37 -0600 I love this life. It's 9:30 in the morning. I've already been out of the house, tutoring a boy who at first was a very difficult student, but who has come around to being cooperative and fun. On my way... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/this_this_is_go.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/this_this_is_go.html Homeschool Journal Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:39:26 -0600 April. Really? I haven't blogged since April? That's very sad. But hey, it's a new school year! Okay, it's nearly halfway through a new school year. I thought I might finally share what we're doing, in this year that includes... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/new_school_year.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/11/new_school_year.html Homeschool Journal Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:12:48 -0600 I get many, many questions about using Tapestry of Grace in a secular manner. TOG is extremely protective of copyright, so I will use sample material that they make available. Click on the link to find samples from Year 3.... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/04/using_tog_secul.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/04/using_tog_secul.html Homeschooling Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:55:54 -0600 My sig line at The Well-Trained Mind forums states that we use Tapestry of Grace, as well as Classical Writing and a general curriculum that follows, more or less, the LCC philosophy - all of which are teacher-intensive and take... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/01/how_we_use_tape.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/01/how_we_use_tape.html Homeschooling Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:03:34 -0600 It looks like blogging ability is back, now. O hai! People keep asking me, "how's school going?" It's going well, thank you, but let me say that working outside the home makes things challenging. I'm not working that many hours,... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/11/and_then_the_se.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/11/and_then_the_se.html Homeschool Journal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:29:19 -0600 Our 2009-2010 reading lists: Connor - 8th Grade Literature Great Expectations Huckleberry Finn The Red Badge of Courage Kidnapped The Hound of the Baskervilles The Invisible Man All Quiet On The Western Front Animal Farm Lord of the Flies Our... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/09/reading_lists.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/09/reading_lists.html Homeschool Journal Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:33 -0600 It's been a rough year, but we're still here, and still homeschooling. This year I'm teaching 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th grade, and we're gearing up for the Great High School Adventure next year (eek). And we're busy. This year... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/08/im_back.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/08/im_back.html Homeschool Journal Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:29:47 -0600 A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control - Margaret Nofziger The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin A Good Birth, A Safe Birth Third Revised Edition - Korte and Scaer Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom - Christiane Northrup The Girlfriends' Guide to... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/pregnancychildb.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/pregnancychildb.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:33 -0600 Yes, folks, it's a sale! The economic times have hit us hard. Jeff has been unemployed for several months now, and I'm liquidating books and curricula to help us out of this hole. I'll be adding more to this list,... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/sale.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/sale.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:15 -0600 Okay, I'm sold. The three-week study of Simon Bolivar is, in reality, an excuse to jump into the study of South America for a few weeks. We can do that. I broke down and bought the main recommended text: I... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar_r.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar_r.html Homeschooling Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:18:30 -0600 Tapestry of Grace has us scheduled for a three-week study of Simon Bolivar's life and deeds. We plan to read about him, yes; but can anyone give me a compelling reason for spending three weeks on him? Right now, I'm... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar.html Homeschooling Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:04:34 -0600 We took a little field trip last Friday, to do something I never, ever thought I'd do: take part in a political protest, in front of the White House. We attended the D.C. New American Tea Party, and had a... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/field_trip_1.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/field_trip_1.html Homeschool Journal Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:02:16 -0600