The last 5 minutes of this episode was my favorite. Family reading is such a huge part of family culture, shaping the way you talk together, joke together, shaping who you are. It’s a beautiful blessing. I’m thankful for the blessings of literary and good books!
Excellent conversation. I am homeschooling father and Mermoria has been a blessing academically for my children. Thank you all for this encouraging and edifying podcast that well fleshes out many of the most important topics for classical, Christian education.
To Tonya's comment about babysitting and homeschooling being your work: yes! When we decided I would stay home and homeschool my sister in law gave me the best advice, "You don't have to say yes to babysit their children. We make these sacrifices to benefit OUR families, they have those same choices." As far as cleaning it helped me tremendously to go back to my cleaning schedule I used when I was working. So laundry, dinner, etc was when I "got home" when school was finished.
This particular conversation was so helpful and encouraging. I watch Et Cetera when I'm spending time in the kitchen. I appreciate the conversations, I feel like I'm in the room. I laugh, contemplate, learn, and feel more equipped. But also inspired. Thank you!!!
Thank you for showing up day after day to gather around the table to talk about truth, beauty, and struggles with a sense of humor! We recently finished our first literature guide, Prairie School, which was a great success. We are excited to continue our homeschool journey with MP❤.
It was wonderful to meet Tanya and Jessica at THSC convention in Fort Worth. I can not wait for my order to arrive (Famous Men of Middle Ages and Modern, Christian Studies II and III).
Be encouraged, even just reading a few pages every night and taking great books to read on holiday, you can still get through these books. I have four kids and a busy life but if you can start as early as possible, when your kids are young, when they reach high school, you'll be ready. It will shape you so much and give you such joy, but it takes time and perseverance to increase your reading stamina to begin with. As a final encouragement, it was those books I found hardest to get through (Dante) that have stuck with me most and have radically shaped my educational philosophy.
In reference to Mr. Cothran's reading, Richard Gamble of Hillsdale College edited an excellent 650+ page reader on being an educated person from voices spanning from Plato and Xenophon, Cicero and Quintilian to Burke and Copelston, Lewis and Sayers, Eliot and Voeglin. This is a great survey for the parents on classically educated children in one volume. Another Sort of Learning by James V Schall is another excellent source for the parents that will open up a world of good reading choices through the many books suggested. Students, also, would do well to be introduced to James V Schall as he was a masterful teacher who balanced the value of the comtempletive life with that of the active.
This is encouraging! I can attest to the inferiority complex that Martin mentioned, but Memoria Press has made it so easy and so rich for me to teach my kids. I also agree with Tanya that as homeschooling parents, we need to have realistic expectations when it comes to independent work. Our 4th graders are not ready to teach themselves math, so we need to be careful with what expectations we have for our involvement. I wanted to add a book recommendation, if I may, Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning. I also wanted to mention Sodalitas will have a session specific to managing the home while homeschooling! Please keep covering topics particular to homeschool families; we need it!
I think it is a little unfair to say that the teachers weren't teaching in the school. That might be the case, but more likely they are doing their level best to teach with a mix of 20-some kids, some of whom have learning disabilities, ADHD, and perhaps parents who do not read to them before bed or help them practice reading or who rely on a tablet for a babysitter. There is an unfortunate number of parents who are not engaged in their kids' education and teachers are expected to succeed in spite of what happens or doesn't happen in their students' homes. I love classical education and wish public schools taught this way again.
We recently read Prairie School and Little House in the Big Woods as family read alouds. Our oldest son is close to the age Martin's was. Maybe we'll do Farmer Boy soon.
So true that kids in 5th and 6th grade age are not independent completely. I was hoping that would be the case but oh disappointment. LOL. Some kids might be more independent but not mine.
The last 5 minutes of this episode was my favorite. Family reading is such a huge part of family culture, shaping the way you talk together, joke together, shaping who you are. It’s a beautiful blessing. I’m thankful for the blessings of literary and good books!
Excellent conversation. I am homeschooling father and Mermoria has been a blessing academically for my children. Thank you all for this encouraging and edifying podcast that well fleshes out many of the most important topics for classical, Christian education.
To Tonya's comment about babysitting and homeschooling being your work: yes! When we decided I would stay home and homeschool my sister in law gave me the best advice, "You don't have to say yes to babysit their children. We make these sacrifices to benefit OUR families, they have those same choices."
As far as cleaning it helped me tremendously to go back to my cleaning schedule I used when I was working. So laundry, dinner, etc was when I "got home" when school was finished.
This particular conversation was so helpful and encouraging. I watch Et Cetera when I'm spending time in the kitchen. I appreciate the conversations, I feel like I'm in the room. I laugh, contemplate, learn, and feel more equipped. But also inspired. Thank you!!!
Thank you for showing up day after day to gather around the table to talk about truth, beauty, and struggles with a sense of humor! We recently finished our first literature guide, Prairie School, which was a great success. We are excited to continue our homeschool journey with MP❤.
It was wonderful to meet Tanya and Jessica at THSC convention in Fort Worth. I can not wait for my order to arrive (Famous Men of Middle Ages and Modern, Christian Studies II and III).
Be encouraged, even just reading a few pages every night and taking great books to read on holiday, you can still get through these books. I have four kids and a busy life but if you can start as early as possible, when your kids are young, when they reach high school, you'll be ready. It will shape you so much and give you such joy, but it takes time and perseverance to increase your reading stamina to begin with. As a final encouragement, it was those books I found hardest to get through (Dante) that have stuck with me most and have radically shaped my educational philosophy.
In reference to Mr. Cothran's reading, Richard Gamble of Hillsdale College edited an excellent 650+ page reader on being an educated person from voices spanning from Plato and Xenophon, Cicero and Quintilian to Burke and Copelston, Lewis and Sayers, Eliot and Voeglin. This is a great survey for the parents on classically educated children in one volume. Another Sort of Learning by James V Schall is another excellent source for the parents that will open up a world of good reading choices through the many books suggested. Students, also, would do well to be introduced to James V Schall as he was a masterful teacher who balanced the value of the comtempletive life with that of the active.
This is encouraging! I can attest to the inferiority complex that Martin mentioned, but Memoria Press has made it so easy and so rich for me to teach my kids. I also agree with Tanya that as homeschooling parents, we need to have realistic expectations when it comes to independent work. Our 4th graders are not ready to teach themselves math, so we need to be careful with what expectations we have for our involvement. I wanted to add a book recommendation, if I may, Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning. I also wanted to mention Sodalitas will have a session specific to managing the home while homeschooling! Please keep covering topics particular to homeschool families; we need it!
Thank you for this! Super encouraging for a homeschooling mother. I always look forward to your content.
I think it is a little unfair to say that the teachers weren't teaching in the school. That might be the case, but more likely they are doing their level best to teach with a mix of 20-some kids, some of whom have learning disabilities, ADHD, and perhaps parents who do not read to them before bed or help them practice reading or who rely on a tablet for a babysitter. There is an unfortunate number of parents who are not engaged in their kids' education and teachers are expected to succeed in spite of what happens or doesn't happen in their students' homes.
I love classical education and wish public schools taught this way again.
We recently read Prairie School and Little House in the Big Woods as family read alouds. Our oldest son is close to the age Martin's was. Maybe we'll do Farmer Boy soon.
Does MP press uses memorization through Music?
So true that kids in 5th and 6th grade age are not independent completely. I was hoping that would be the case but oh disappointment. LOL. Some kids might be more independent but not mine.