by McKenna Gordon | Feb 5, 2019 | Blog, Education Philosophy, Parenting
My family is part of a common-wealth school that we attend once a week as part of our homeschool. I have been helping teach a Shakespeare Scholar class for young teenagers, which includes studying and interpreting the works of Shakespeare, and producing a play at the...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 4, 2019 | Education Philosophy
This T.S. Eliot quote reminds me of how I learn now, as an adult. And I remember learning this way as a young child. But there was this long period of time in between where I thought that the only things that could be learned through wonder and adventure and magical...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 4, 2019 | Education Philosophy, Parenting
This recent homeschooling/life groove we are in is something else. There is love. There is cooperation. There are chores without (tons of) complaint. There is some seriously passionate and explorative learning going on. There is patience with self and with others. And...