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Ingrid @ November 14, 2010 # 2 Comments
Weekly Review November 7 – November 13, 2010 The only limits are, as always, those of vision. – James Broughton When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. – Helen Keller Sunday-Tuesday Unfortunately I didn’t make a note of [...]
Ingrid @ November 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
What I had the good sense to keep track of last week: Sunday We loaf around the house today since we went hiking the day before and it’s chilly outside. The boys are really into pretend play revolving around Naruto. Vic goes out to get last minute costume stuff for Halloween. Kamikaze and Tremendo will [...]
Ingrid @ October 18, 2010 # 4 Comments
I’m going to try to provide weekly updates about our homeschooling in attempts to help others understand what it’s really like (some days you can get it all done and some days you can’t get any of it done) and also to help me remember our year when it’s time to write our progress reports. [...]
Ingrid @ September 7, 2010 # No Comment Yet
I wrote a guest post for The Well-Trained Mind blog that details how I worked with my children to take them from having no interest in books to enjoying looking through books and being read to called, Learning from Books When Your Kids Could Care Less: Classical Education and Autism. © copyright 2010 www.renegade-scholar.com Classical [...]
Ingrid @ July 29, 2009 # One Comment
Right about this time of year is when a lot of Massachusetts Homeschoolers send in their letter of intent to the local school district. Basically, Massachusetts requires that parents send a letter of intent every year before the start of the school year in September stating their desire to homeschool their child and the education [...]
Ingrid @ March 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Here’s a little article that succinctly sums up why homeschooling works for us: Why Homeschooling Lowers Costs In Time, Money and Stress. © copyright 2009 www.renegade-scholar.com Homeschooling Lowers Costs In Time, Money, Stress
Ingrid @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
So Tremendo and I were finishing up school when I took out our alphabet flash cards and proceeded hold them up, name each letter and wait for him to repeat after me. He looked past and around them and reached toward the food flash cards that I use with Sweet Coco. I keep insisting with [...]
Ingrid @ February 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
After three chapters of history following The Well-Trained Mind protocol, I’ve decided to share what I think. We started with the Ancients as the book recommends. The basic formula is that you do three hours of history per week. The book gives you sample schedules of how to divide the reading and narration expected for [...]
Ingrid @ January 15, 2009 # One Comment
These past couple of months Tremendo’s conversational skills have been emerging. I’m quite pleased to report some back talk. Me: “Put your shoes away.” Him: “No!” Me: “TV is all done.” Him: “Don’t touch the TV!” There was also this… He spent quite a long time working on this one because he didn’t figure how [...]
Ingrid @ November 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition is a hefty book that outlines a classical home education from preschool up to the twelfth grade. Susan Wise Bauer, a professor of literature and writing, was homeschooled by her mother Jessie Wise and this book is based on the approach [...]
