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Math Across the Forms

Math Across the Forms

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In today’s short but pungent poem at the profil In today’s short but pungent poem at the profile link, Mason explores the tension between faith and reason. How does one respond to statements of revelation that cannot be proven by logical deduction? Revelation says that Jesus is the Bread of Life. But reason would demand an explanation: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “An knew I ‘How’ ’twere done, I would obey!” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But Mason’s 18th principle claims that reason is not the sole arbiter of truth. Maybe for mathematical truth. But not for receiving the fulness of Christ. For that, we should obey first, and reason later. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @artmiddlekauff
Charlotte Mason’s 15th principle states, “the Charlotte Mason’s 15th principle states, “the educability of children is enormously greater than has hitherto been supposed, and is but little dependent on such circumstances as heredity and environment.” She believed that all children — all persons — could profit from the best that education has to offer. Upon what did she base this faith? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Perhaps she based it on her experience, when she heard of “the awakening of a ‘general soul’ at the touch of knowledge.” Or perhaps she based it on her science, her belief in power inherent in the wonderfully plastic human brain. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Or perhaps she based it on the Gospels. For there in the Gospel of John, she saw a soul come alive at the touch of knowledge. If you’re not sure, follow the profile link and read for yourself, and see how a most unlikely encounter revealed that “no thought is too deep for any human being.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @artmiddlekauff
We’re in full on Thanksgiving mode this week whi We’re in full on Thanksgiving mode this week while we prepare for our favorite feast. We’ve been using our afternoons to do a few crafts and read some of our favorite books. Next week we will pause our regular studies to bake pies and prepare our turkey for frying! I’m so grateful for all the help in the kitchen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What does your schedule look like around the holidays? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @aolander
It’s examination week for term 1 in the Middleka It’s examination week for term 1 in the Middlekauff homeschool. It’s an interesting blend of old and new, custom and generic. We’ve taken some questions from historical PNEU programmes, and we’ve written some questions on our own. For math and language, I’m using questions written by the developers of the texts we use, questions tested in hundreds if not thousands of classrooms around the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some might think that examinations, or tests, are out of place in a Charlotte Mason homeschool. Aren’t we supposed to be fostering a love of knowledge for its own sake? How can that coexist with a love of good grades? And if every child is to proceed at his or her own pace, why a focus on measurement? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is no doubt that Mason recognized the dangers of competitive exams. (If you doubt that, just have a read through chapter 20 of “Parents and Children.” Wow!) But all these dangers notwithstanding, Mason wrote that “the terminal examinations are of great importance. They are not merely and chiefly tests of knowledge but records which are likely to be permanent. There are things which every child must know” (VI:272). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But I believe Mason pointed to an even more essential reason for examinations. She revealed this on p. 272 of volume 6: “knowledge is acquired only by what we may call ‘the act of knowing,’ which is both encouraged and tested by narration, and which further requires the later test and record afforded by examinations.” Yes, we want children to love knowledge. But the consummation of knowledge is to know. And the final act of knowing occurs in the week that closes out the term. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When I gave my son the questions from Genesis, I told him that these same questions were given to children 100 years ago in England, children who had studied the same passages in the same way as him. It was a quietly reverent moment, a time to connect with teachers and children from past and present, and a time to reflect on the weeks we had spent writing and reading together. But most importantly, it was a time to celebrate the joy of learning. After all, knowledge is only a hope, until it is known. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @artmiddlekauff
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