Subject-ive Education
I am looking forward to this summer and fall when I plan to read more homeschool method books and articles. I want to know what classical education at home looks like. I have a clear idea of what a classical Christian school looks like, or at least what the one we wanted to start looked like, but a homeschool is a whole different animal. I am not going to even try to be a one-woman K-12 Logos or Oaks or Veritas, with Matt as my one-man administration/headmaster. But what will we try to be? I’m not sure yet.
So I thought this post from Trivium Pursuit was interesting. I know classical education doesn’t stick strictly with subjects, focusing more on the tools of learning, but yet the picture of “life is school” is still smacks too much of my prejudice against unschooling. I am not a co-op-ie, field-trip, “let’s all do something fun!” person. I’m a book person. I’m a cold-hard-facts, practical person.
Anyway…this is really just another “what I’m thinking about” post. No answers yet. I have 10 creative projects and 10 notebook sections to grade and a dishwasher to empty. :)
The Bluedorns have a lot of great ideas for homeschooling classically. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on all this. :D
I borrowed the Bluedorns book from my mother-in-law – and I discovered that I had borrowed it from her before and apparently read it. Now, is the fact that I remember very little of it due to my lack of a classical education? :-) Anyway, after Lent, I plan on reviewing it again. My memory at this point in time is that they were very anti-classroom school, and pro-agrarian, work-at-home fathers. But that hardly is a description of their actual home schooling ideas/techniques. Maybe after I read it, I should do a book report on my blog? :-)
I should try to get ahold of it and we can both read it at the same time and interact with it together. That’d be fun and motivating. :)
Yes, it would!
Sorry this is completely off the subject, but I ‘ve been trying so hard to figure out how being a reformed Christian is different then well, regular Christians. I’ve noticed alot so far, but now am a little confused. I know it’s probably none of my business, but I’m just curious. You celebrate lent? Like Catholic lent? Anyways, like I said, I’m just trying to figure out the difference. I went to your churches website, and just got confused. I guess I just need things in layman’s (sp?) terms.
Whoops, didn’t mean to confuse anybody there. Actually, our church is attempting to move more towards an observance of the historic church calendar, although we aren’t obsessive about it or anything. But we did have an Ash Wednesday service and our pastor did encourage people to consider giving up something for Lent. I don’t think that this is something you could say about most “Reformed Christians,” so don’t get the wrong idea. :-) I gave up reading (excluding World Magazine, Credenda Agenda, my book for my book club – since I was obligated, you know, and the Bible). With all of those caveats, it wasn’t really very noticeable, although one of the reasons I’m online now is because I can’t sit down with a good novel and enjoy myself the way I normally would be doing at 9:00 at night when my husband was working late! I’d already discussed this with Mystie, so I didn’t elaborate. :-) Does that clear that up?
Yeah, I just have a lot of Catholic friends who are celebrating lent, so the word just kind of jumped out on the screen at me. I’m still interested in leaning more though… I haven’t read since Alana was born! I miss it! Enjoy a good one come Easter!
PS. Mystie- sorry for abusing your blog like this.
Hey, no problem! I like having it be a place to talk. :)
I suppose it depends on what you mean by “regular” Christians. Reformed is different from Baptist, which are both different from Pentacostals, all three of which are different from Lutherans…but all share the core belief that Christ is our salvation and the Bible is His Holy Word. Reformed churches emphasize more than most (not that all don’t, but some don’t) that the Bible is completely, 100% God’s Word and therefore without error. It is the measure of life and everything; it governs our experience and tells us what to think, our experiences don’t tell us what it means — it tells us what our experiences mean. We also emphasize that God is totally and completely in control (soveriegn) — no plan B’s, no mistakes, God knows what He’s doing, even when we don’t see it. The more obvious difference to most people is worship style. We believe God is holy and has made us to worship Him and told us how to do so; worship is all about God and what God has done and is doing — not about us. So the service follows a pattern of “call and response”: Call to worship, we sing, call to confession, we confess, assurance of pardon, we worship & pray, etc. The call involves Scripture reading, and the response involves a song and prayer.
Well, I guess I made a post in my comments section! :) Did you see the “convictions” section of Grace URC’s site? The sermons links on the side are actually not “recent” sermons, but sermons over the past couple years that our pastor considered important and reflective of our leanings. They’re also only 20-30 minutes long. The Romans one is an evening service sermon on the Church and Psalm 52 is a psalm that rejoices in the destruction of the ungodly and the sermon is on God’s faithfulness. The other 2 are already titled. :) Hope that helps! You can email me with specific questions, if you want!
Thanks! Actually it helps alot. Docterines can really confuse a person sometimes! I think I just need to get over the “rules”, and find a place that feels like home. We haven’t had that since we left Pullman.
Elly, do you know the name of the church Meghan and Eric go to? It’s a presbyterian church, so it’d be different from what you’re used to, but it’s not really a reformed church. Our friends, who have three kids under 4, go there, so at least I know there’s one great and friendly young couple you might be able to connect with!
I called Meghan to find out, but I haven’t heard back.. I’ll post here when I find out?
yes, please! Thanks, Elly. :)
Ah, but not unfamiliar…I was raised Presbyterian and my parents still attend Lacey Pres. Amy has been in their services several times!