Dewey's Treehouse

"The language of student learning is, on the whole, fairly bloodless. Learning objectives, learning styles, domains of learning, trans...

Every adult has particular memories of school, or school supplies. For those of us who started school in the 1970's, it might be Bic Ban...

In two weeks, some local CMers and I will be travelling to the 2nd L'Harmas retreat in Kingsville, Ontario. In case you can't gu...

One week to finish my "summer education?" Old Mortality  is on hold, temporarily, and that's okay; it's not on the sched...

Reading: Don Quixote (done!) Charlotte Mason's Formation of Character The End of Ignorance, by John Mighton Watching: Tesla: M...

Still reading: Why Geology Matters Charlotte Mason's Formation of Character (re-reading) Old Mortality Just started: The One W...

Still reading: Why Geology Matters, by Doug Macdougall Old Mortality, by Sir Walter Scott Planning to read or reread: Time as History...

"Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. But teaching is a creative profession. Teaching, properly conceived, is not a d...

Reading: Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night  (done that; lots of discussion about women's education) Re-reading the last half of Charlotte...