Parent Resources
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Here is a brief article on the topic.
Suggested reading:
Beauty in the Word by Stratford Caldecott
Leisure as the Basis of Culture by Josepf Piper
Standing by Words- Wendell Berry
Meno- Plato
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Singing Stream uses CiRCE’s Tapastry and Lost Tools of writing to guide our students in developing their sensitivities, love, and practice of language and thinking.
Learn more about the books here.
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We begin with arithmetic and teach Euclidean geometry.
Singing Stream is intentionally small, which allows us to teach students by readiness rather than by “grade” level. In addition to learning by personal readiness, the age-integrated model provides students with the benefit of hearing what older students are learning. You will be surprised by what they learn from one another’s lessons!
Books we teach from
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Nature studies are an opportunity to reveal and enjoy God’s creation. They provide time to wander and enjoy as well as gently guided time to observe and think. Through nature studies SSV students will learn to attend and make observations, which are foundational skills for lifelong learning.
Read more here.
“Consider, too, what an unequalled mental training the child-naturalist is getting for any study or calling under the sun -the powers of attention, of discrimination, of patient pursuit, growing with his growth, what will they not fit him for?”
Charlotte Mason