The Origin of the Word School and what it Means Today

A Collection of Fun Ways to Explore U.S. History as a Family(This post does not contain affiliate links.) This year in our homeschool we are diving a bit deeper into U.S. History. History is one of the subjects I often like to study together as a family. Learning together helps strengthen our family bonds and…

The Ancient Greek’s believed there were four aspects to education. These were: Music, Gymnastics, Mathematics, and Dialectics. Plato saw the human person as having three parts, appetitive, spirited and rational. I wonder how much we can equate this with the more modern notion of body, mind, and heart/soul. The appetitive being the body, the spirited…

Before EducationSource file: Before_Education.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-02-03 00:13:00Modified: 2018-02-07 22:03:00 Before Education What Children Learned, Why, and How Let’s step back. Away from the hustle and bustle, the gadgets, the information age, and the world where we need to know a million ‘things’ to succeed. We are going back, or to the side however you…

Education 4000 Years Ago With the beginning of written language, there also began systematic education which had a purpose beyond survival. But education was not just about learning to read and write symbols that stood for words. Mathematics textbooks have been found in Samaria dating back to 2000 B.C.(1) The beginnings of school. Schools are…

Let's step back. Away from the hustle and bustle, the gadgets, the information age, and the world where we need to know a million 'things' to succeed. Back, to a time in history, or into a secluded tribal community where there is no idea that children need to be educated by a government, state or…

What Children Learned, Why, and How Let’s step back. Away from the hustle and bustle, the gadgets, the information age, and the world where we need to know a million ‘things’ to succeed. We are going back, or to the side however you want to view it. To a time in history before there was…