SS #04: We Dare You to Read the Classics

Today, Mystie and I are daring you to be brave and read a classic, even if you don’t feel like you’re qualified. We tackle questions like why we feel intimidated by reading classic books, what are strategies for helping ourselves read them, and a whole lot more.

In addition, our nitty gritty homeschool question is all about starting Latin, so you won’t want to miss it.

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Show Notes:

• Scholé RDA
  • Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason

• Topical Discussion: Read classics and don’t be afraid.
  • Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
  • The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
  •  Winnie-the-Pooh audiobook read by Peter Dennis, authorized by Christopher Robin himself
  •  Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
  •  Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen Taylor
  •  The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
  •  Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
  •  Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves by Edmund Spenser and Roy Maynard
  •  The Elfin Knight by Edmund Spenser and Toby Sumpter
  • Stories from the Faerie Queen by Mary Macleod
  • Howard Pyle
  •  English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall
  • 1000 Good Books List
  •  On the Incarnation by Athanasius, introduction by C.S. Lewis
  • The Mason Jar interview with Katie Hudgins
  • Mystie’s final Dante translation was the Hollander translation
  • Utopia by Thomas More
  • Leisure the Basis of Culture (good translation) by Josef Pieper
  •  The Illiad/The Odyssey by Robert Fagles
  • The Complete Works of Josephus translated by William Whiston
  • The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley (biography mentioned)

• Nitty Gritty Homeschool Question
  •  I Speak Latin by Andrew Campbell
  • Visual Latin by Dwane Thomas
  • Dwane Thomas’ online Latin classes
  • Latin for Children Primer A Bundle
  • Song School Latin 1
  • How I Use Latin for Children by Mystie
  • How We Homeschool Latin by Mystie

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