Articles by author: Leslie Hubbard
Why a Lead Learner Will Never Be a Fully-Rendered Panda
by Leslie
Sunday, 10 December, 2017
categories: Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Sunday, 10 December, 2017
categories: Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
I don’t remember why we were talking about math curricula, but Julie, a friend of mine who home-educates her children, was clearly frustrated with solutions manuals and answer keys.
“They give you a few steps to get started, and then abruptly jump to the solution...
Woo Your Reluctant Reader: Put Away the Books
by Leslie
Tuesday, 25 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 25 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
The house next door to our house was not a house. It was the public library. And our backyard fence was not a fence, it was the south wall of the library. The library flagpole was in our yard. Every morning and evening we could watch the librarian open our gate to...
One Choice for Quality, Two Simple Questions, and a Gazillion Tubs of Ice Cream
by Leslie
Tuesday, 11 April, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Tuesday, 11 April, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Whenever I see the supermarket freezers crammed with tantalizing tubs of ice cream, I am faced with a dilemma. There are so many of them. Do I buy gobs of the cheaper varieties and hope that by virtue of sheer number I find something satisfying, or do I buy one...
A Celebrated Life
by Leslie
Wednesday, 07 December, 2016
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Wednesday, 07 December, 2016
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
My twenty-one-year-old son is refusing to walk. Before you get the wrong idea, let me back up and start over. It’s December, a time when we enjoy the happy strains of “Deck the Halls,” “O Holy Night,” “Pomp and Circumstance.” Or maybe that’s just me? You see, my son (...
Why Study Science Classically
by Leslie
Friday, 02 September, 2016
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 02 September, 2016
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
I’m going to answer this question, I really am, but first I need to make a couple of heady statements:
1. Education in the classical tradition asserts that real knowledge should bring one to an understanding of truth.
2. Education should change our thinking to...