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Eight poems worth learning
Also: looking for young Tolkien fans
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Catherine Oliver
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An Ancient World reading list for children aged 5-10
We loosely follow The Well-Trained Mind history schedule, which means studying the Ancients in First Grade/Year 2, and then again four years later.
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Catherine Oliver
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Can we please raise the standard of debate around home education?
Last week The Times published an opinion piece by Emma Duncan, a former deputy editor at The Economist.
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Catherine Oliver
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When did it become normal to take photos of other people’s children?
And can we please stop?
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Catherine Oliver
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Women must give up living an artist’s life, if home duties are to be paramount
On taking a break from Substack
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Catherine Oliver
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Books for adventurers young and old
I feel a bit fraudulent putting this out under the How We Homeschool banner, because it is very much not my own work.
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Catherine Oliver
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10 reasons children should learn Latin
Or Greek, I’m not fussy.
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Catherine Oliver
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: My submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee
Home educating parents in the UK will probably be aware that the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has now passed its second reading…
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Catherine Oliver
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12 ways to motivate homeschooled children
And when to give up
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Catherine Oliver
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Photo updates from nursery: the truth behind the pictures
We all know that every photo tells only part of the story.
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Catherine Oliver
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How I Plan
And what happens when I don’t
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Catherine Oliver
10
Sit still and shut up
How phones are taking us back to the era of ‘seen but not heard’
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Catherine Oliver
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