Last week we talked about the reality of gaps. Gaps in our education and learning are inevitable. They happen. Embracing them doesn’t mean not pursuing the truth, goodness, and beauty of God and His creation through traditional studies however. Acknowledging the existence of gaps places us at a decision point. What gaps do I want […]
I’ve covered math goals in previous blog posts and you can find them at the links below. However, I think that it is time for a reminder. Education is a journey. It is continuous progression toward virtue. We work out our salvation with fear and trembling. We are fallen and living as the first Adam,
Homeschool moms are hardcore. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to be everything for everyone. It’s why I often describe the homeschool mom-life as “being drawn and quartered daily”. The list of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks is monumental. You’re reading with the first grader, editing the high schooler’s paper, washing dishes, cleaning
Thanksgiving has come and gone. If you’re like me, you cooked so much on Thanksgiving that you don’t plan to cook for the rest of 2022. Truth be told, I’d rather study mathematics with your children each day than plan and prepare dinner. However, my family needs to eat. So this food for thought blog
I shared some tidbits of truth from the great Mathematician and Philosopher Nicomachus of Gerasa back in May of this year. At the time, I was diving into his short but important text “Introduction to Arithmetic”. Why am I continuing to read and study ancient mathematicians? Because we are standing on the shoulders of giants.
