My Classical Homeschooling journey

We've just started our homeschool journey and it's been great! Daily prayers, memory verses, songs and calendar changes have been wonderful. The repetition is creating a daily routine of things we love to do together. But the most enjoyable thing has been reading. We've loved getting into new books and sharing stories. These are 5 of our favourites for preschool age: Tasha Tudor: 1 is One - this is a beautiful early counting book. Tasha's illustrations are exquisite and the book is a joy to read. We've also purchased  A is for Annabelle which is a beautiful journey from A to Z through the story of a dolly Annabelle. The Tiger who came to Tea - this is a classic book by Judith Weir about the unexpected guest to Sophie's home. The adventure never fails to entertain.  We're going on a Bear Hunt - another classic book. This journey through the forest and snowstorm to find a bear provides us with hours of fun as we act out the story together. We often ...

Monday Musings are posts that engage with issues in the world of homeschooling. This week: learning to think. Learning to think. This is something that I assumed all educational pursuits would fulfil. Surely this is what we go to school, college and university for: to learn to think? But, I have come to realise that this is not the case. We can be given facts, and very interesting ones at that. But, we are often not given the skills and foundations to think well. We are not required to think well. As I progressed further up the education ladder, an ability to think well became more and more important. When studying for my PhD, it was a requirement to express original thought and ideas. To do this well, I realised that I needed a logical, watertight argument. It was at this point in my life that I realised that I hadn't been schooled to think . I'd been given lots of content and did know a lot about my subject. But, when it came to thinking and formulating ideas well, I wa...