Posts by Betsy
14 Sneak Peeks into Our Homeschool Life
So often I find that people see a slice of a person’s life and then produce assumptions based on their limited understanding. While you can never fully know what’s going on, sometimes it’s fun to get a behind the scenes sneak peek into someone else’s homeschool life. Here’s 14 random bits of information about our…
Read MoreA Vision for Raising Kids With Character: Strong and Kind Review
What do you think of when you hear the words strong and kind? Do you think of a person? A verse maybe? I sat for a moment and thought of these two words and instantly I thought of my father. Anyone who knew him could attest to the strength, maybe not his muscles, but his…
Read MoreTop 5 Places to Visit in Stoneham, MA
For the last three years, my sister and her family have lived in a small town north of Boston called Stoneham, MA (pronounced “Stone-em”…no ham). When you live on Main Street, you can walk to dining, shopping, and entertainment. Stoneham is a beautiful town with some amazing places to visit. Here are my top 5 don’t…
Read MoreTop 5 Sweet Healthy Snacks
I am a sucker for sweet snacks. I love cookies, cakes, ice cream…pretty much anything that you shouldn’t eat in mass quantities, I am drawn to. Therefore, if I want to make better choices in my diet, I’d better have some sweet health snacks that are easy to whip up and tasty too! Here’s my…
Read MoreThe Role of Questions in Classical Education
Questions play a major role in Classical Education, and recently I’ve observed that each of the classical arts in the Trivium have specific types of questions that draw out each of the art’s specific purposes. Classical Education and the Trivium In Latin, the “trivium” means three roads or three paths to learning. These three paths…
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