Category: Ways to Home School

Guide Dogs for the Blind

In an increasingly fast-paced world, it’s easy to overlook the remarkable companions that assist individuals with visual impairments. Guide dogs are service animals — not pets; they are skilled workers, life-enhancers, and often, the best friends of those they assist.

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The Trivium Approach also known as the Classical Approach

The Latin word “trivium” means three roads. The trivium method focuses on a three-subject curriculum of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, which represented the lower division of the seven liberal arts taught in medieval universities. The method, which is very effective today, defines grammar, logic, and rhetoric differently than our modern definitions do. Allow us to explain further.

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Realistic Charlotte Mason : The Benefits of Short Lessons in the Charlotte Mason Method

The idea of short lessons is often approached with skepticism by parents. I understand this completely, as I was a doubter myself. I have often asked parents this question, “Do you have anything to lose by trying it? If you were to try short lessons and find they did not work for you, couldn’t you just go back to long lessons?” I cannot even count the number of parents who tried this and now rave about short lessons.

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