SS #124 – Redeeming the 5-Paragraph Essay with Renee Shepard

SS #124 – Redeeming the 5-Paragraph Essay with Renee Shepard

Should we be teaching our kids how to write a 5-paragraph essay? Brandy loves to slam the 5-paragraph essay while Mystie assigns it regularly – so they brought on Renee to mediate and give them the low-down on how classical educators should be teaching writing. Teaching writing is right up there with math in causing…

SS #123 – Chinese Classical Christian Education with Brent Pinkall

SS #123 – Chinese Classical Christian Education with Brent Pinkall

Will classical Christian schools in China look the same as those in America? Should they? Is Chinese culture compatible with Christianity? What does classical and liberal art education really mean? What is the Dao and why did C.S. Lewis like to talk about it? We dive into these questions and more with Brent Pinkall in…

SS #122 – Put the Masterly Back in Masterly Inactivity

SS #122 – Put the Masterly Back in Masterly Inactivity

In this episode we are discuss Charlotte Mason’s concept of Masterly Inactivity. It’s not hers in the sense that she invented it, but the phrase itself is hers – as far as we know, she invented the term, and it’s sort of unfortunate because it is one of the misunderstood terms out there. Masterly Inactivity…

SS #121 – The Ideal Type for Women (with David Hicks!!)

SS #121 – The Ideal Type for Women (with David Hicks!!)

Because our culture is actively blurring the lines between men and women, denying and redefining femininity and masculinity, we have our jobs cut out for us as homeschool moms. In 2021, we recorded an episode on what an Ideal Type is and why we need one. Our text for that conversation was Norms and Nobility…