Cambridge Latin Course: Unit 1, 4th Ed., The Cambridge School Classics Project (Cambridge University Press, 2001).| www.thepsmiths.com
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, C. S. Lewis (1955; HarperOne, 2017).| www.thepsmiths.com
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas, Seymour Papert (Basic Books, 1980). I go to some effort to teach my kids math at home, to the point that they’re generally a year or two ahead of whatever’s happening at school. Most of my reasons are personal and idiosyncratic: I like math, and it’s fun to share my hobbies with my kids. I also despise the way math is usually taught, and want their first encounter with certain beautiful ideas not to be ruined by a teacher who doesn't ...| www.thepsmiths.com
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now rec...| features.apmreports.org