Some Good Finds

A few of the highlights of what I have been reading online….

 

Literature as Moral Instruction by Wendi C of the AO Advisory at Archipelago

            …or why you don’t need to have a separate  “character building” curriculum

 

Can Biology Make Sense? by Jeanne at A Peaceful Day

            …thought provoking article that wrestles with how to discuss the sometimes rather heated issue of origins with our children.  Regardless of your personal stance on the issue, I hope we can agree that it’s important to consider all of the various viewpoints and discuss them with our children.  That is what Jeanne is grappling with here, and I sure appreciate reading her thoughts on the issue as I consider it as well.

 

Teaching a Second Language if You Don’t Already Have One Yourself by Tammy at Aut-2B-Home in North Carolina

            Fantastic article about teaching foreign languages Charlotte Mason style.

 

Podcast: Debbie Harris on Teaching Classically in the Inner City from the CiRCE Institute

            Okay, so this is a good listen not a good read….I really enjoyed this podcast about the work of an inner-city classical Christian school.   We are homeschoolers, and blessed to be so, but I really wish that more children whose families are unable to homeschool for whatever reason had access to a school like this.

 

What is a Living Book? from The Thinking Mother

            This was one of the articles in the suggested reading for our study of Charlotte Mason's Principle #13.  I thought it was a great overview of what living books are and aren't.