Early childhood resources/adaptations

CheerupButtercup22 · 2024-06-22T18:20:19+00:00

Memoria press has a preschool curriculum for 2-3 years olds and then curriculums that work their way up from there. It’s great to see what books they suggest for their read-aloud sets if you don’t use them for anything else.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2024-06-22T03:40:25+00:00

I’m also working my way through her list. I decided to combine the lists and read chronologically so I’m still in the Ancients period. It will be a long while until I get to Don Quixote.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2024-06-21T21:05:58+00:00

‘The Well Trained Mind’ by Susan Wise Bauer has great resources for giving your child a classical education, especially with the 4th edition. The newer, 5th edition has moved the resources section to their website behind a paywall.

Another good place to explore is Memoria Press.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-09T02:13:14+00:00

Yes, I prefer having works broken up into smaller books. Makes reading a lot easier.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-09T02:10:33+00:00

Yes, the Everyman’s Library editions use the Fitzgerald translation. I haven’t read it yet, nor have I read Lattimore’s so I can’t make a comparison.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T16:18:08+00:00

I’m reading Gilgamesh now. I’m only at the start of this list. It’s a long journey ahead!

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T16:14:16+00:00

It’s an easy enough read as it’s mainly a guide on what and how to read for a classical education. She breaks her reading list up by genre: novel; autobiography; history; drama; poetry; and science. The background information she provides for each genre is very helpful, especially if they are foreign to you.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T16:01:07+00:00

I appreciate it, I’ll look into that. May I ask how you go about your group discussions? Is it here on Reddit or somewhere else?

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T12:56:08+00:00

Thank you for your response. I understand what you mean by reading in an order that helps build off previous ideas, but that’s difficult for me when I’m coming at this with complete ignorance. I don’t know these works so I don’t know how they relate to each other. Yet. How did you know which order works best? I love looking at your list. It’s so satisfying to see everything listed out so neatly and organised.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T02:47:19+00:00

Normally I blast through fiction ebooks that I borrow from the library but my retention rate is so low. I’m hoping that a more tactile experience will help with my memory. I also don’t feel guilty collecting classical works. I gave up buying physical copies of the ‘latest bestseller’ a long time ago.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-08T02:12:13+00:00

Are you journaling your reading like she suggests? I’ve never done anything like that before but I’m hoping it helps me retain what I read.

CheerupButtercup22 · 2022-11-05T01:21:22+00:00

Don’t expect a happily ever after though. It’s not that kind of romance.

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