tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196316261585940971.post4992449437866675305..comments2023-07-06T06:04:07.849-07:00Comments on Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife: Beyond the Buzz Words: What is Classical Education?Anna Mussmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11631139113615066986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196316261585940971.post-10714626334203867002014-07-03T09:23:57.053-07:002014-07-03T09:23:57.053-07:00Neat!Neat!Anna Mussmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631139113615066986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196316261585940971.post-23029404577939659882014-07-03T08:23:44.462-07:002014-07-03T08:23:44.462-07:00I just bought a copy of "20,000 Leagues"...I just bought a copy of "20,000 Leagues" last week, and I don't know if I'll read it aloud to them quite yet, but some time in the future, probably!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196316261585940971.post-32059784673410994772014-07-03T07:50:40.173-07:002014-07-03T07:50:40.173-07:00I think that one of homeschooling's big streng...I think that one of homeschooling's big strengths is its ability to foster connected learning. After all, the mom knows what the kid is studying in all the subjects, and isn't under the same time-constraints of a teacher to keep moving on so that the students get to math on time. Do you read Jules Verne aloud to your kids? Anna Mussmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631139113615066986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196316261585940971.post-51753936800669019252014-07-01T10:43:18.356-07:002014-07-01T10:43:18.356-07:00I'm currently homeschooling my children (two p...I'm currently homeschooling my children (two preschoolers and one entering 1st grade), and was homeschooled myself K-12, and so I have run into the idea of the "classical education" a lot over the years. While I wasn't taught using strictly classical methods, and don't adhere to them much myself now, the idea of everything being connected was definitely present when I was learning, and shows up so much now. My 6-year-old will ask a question about science that we end up answering using history, math, science, and religion. We were talking about nuclear submarines at lunch today, and ended up discussing (in a way a 6-year-old would dig) <i>Moby Dick</i> and <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>, the uses of nuclear research for bad and for good, a little about WWII because he's aware of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and touching on what the Bible says about how to use knowledge.<br /><br />Sometimes I feel like I "ought" to be adhering to the classical methods, and then I realize that I am doing so in spirit, just not quite the way most proponents of a classical education outline. I think it's a splendid education model, and I'm happy to borrow some of my own teaching methods from it.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.com