SS #15: Thankfully Classical

Today’s show is all about thankfulness and Brandy is extremely thankful for Mystie. You see, we had recorded a different episode, but the recording had technical difficulties, and we weren’t able to use it. Mystie was willing to do a special recording, and we are all THANKFUL for her and that she was willing to do this so last minute!

In this episode, Mystie and Brandy first discuss the philosophy of thankfulness and the connections between gratitude and scholé. After that, they talk about all the long list of people and curricula and organizations that make us happily and gratefully classical.

 

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Show Notes:

• Scholé RDA
  • Mystie:
    • 1000 Gifts by Anne Voskamp
    • Simplified Organization Module 1
  • Brandy:
    • An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott

 

• Topical Discussion: Thankfully Classical (and Classically Thankful?)
  • The Babylon Bee
  • Leisure: the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
  • William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
  • George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
  • Primary sources for the first Thanksgiving
  • Thankfulness Prompts:
    • A person (dead or alive) who provides classical inspiration
      • Mystie:
        • Karen Glass
        • Consider This by Karen Glass
      • Brandy:
        • Cindy Rollins
    • A book that changed your life
      • Mystie:
        • Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
      • Brandy:
        • Poetic Knowledge by James Taylor
    • A practice that saved your homeschool
      • Mystie:
        • Morning Time, specifically singing
      • Brandy:
        • Circle Time, specifically memory work
    • A principle that revolutionized your lessons or thinking or was otherwise life-altering
      • Mystie:
        • Education is a life (tied to education is for virtue)
      • Brandy:
        • Exposure breeds taste (John Hodges)
        • Story competitors mentioned in this post
    • A curriculum you love
      • Mystie:
        • Math-U-See
      • Brandy:
        • AmblesideOnline
    • An organization you’re indebted to
      • Brandy:
        • CiRCE Institute
        • ACCS Conference Audio (also mentioned)
      • Mystie:
        • Classical Academic Press
        • Mystie’s Latin motto series

 

 

• Nitty Gritty Homeschool Question
  • How do you foster gratitude in your children or in your homeschool?

 

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