Category Archives: Guest posts

I’m always fascinated to hear from parents who are following classical methods with students who are facing particular learning choices. Last week I received the following email from this mother, Annette, who is dealing with a particularly severe challenge. She … Continue reading →

Learning from Books When Your Kid Could Care Less: Classical Education and Autism Ingrid is a homeschooling mom of three sons ages 10, 7, and 5. She blogs at http://www.renegade-scholar.com about homeschooling children with autism and homeschooling in general. When … Continue reading →

What Bias? By Staci Thomas, P.E. Staci Thomas is a licensed professional engineer who works part time and home educates her four daughters. Recently, The New York Times ran a story about a report titled “Why So Few?” The report, … Continue reading →

This is the final post in Karen Hollis’s three-part series; be sure to read Parts One and Two as well. But what about writing itself? How do you go about improving the handwriting, much less the drafting of paragraphs and … Continue reading →

This is the second post in Karen Hollis’s three-part series; be sure to read Part One as well. How do you go about educating a child who is still having such tremendous problems forming each letter that writing anything even … Continue reading →

Today’s guest post is the first in a three-part series; thanks to Karen Hollis for her time and thoughtful reflections. Many people on the Well-Trained Mind boards have children who for a variety of reasons struggle with writing to an … Continue reading →

Today’s guest post is written by Catherine Malone: freelancer, academic, adjunct instructor, home school parent. Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project spent a number of weeks on the best-seller lists, and the ensuing press caught my eye several times. Even … Continue reading →