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Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style
By Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
How can you give your children the tools they need to teach themselves? Long ago students were first taught how to learn. Today, students are taught an encyclopedia of subjects – trivia – but they are not taught the basic skills of learning: to discover, to reason, and to apply. They are not taught the Trivium.
There is only so much time in the day. For every subject, and for every age, the Bluedorns have a workable plan – which leaves you free to breathe. You can continue to use other approaches to home schooling within the framework of Classical Education.
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