Seek Ye Learning...Intoduction

This summer I have some lofty educational goals for myself. I've decided that as I read and study to fulfill these goals, I will try to write a short blog post 1x a week about what I"m learning. Very often I will probably just quote things that I really enjoy or things which make me think.

The Subjects:

1. The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock

This is a massive, wonderful book. It was first published in 1939 by the author who was a teacher of nature study at Cornell University (btw, Cornell has this awesome bird website.) The really awesome thing is this book is geared towards elementary school teachers who know little about nature study, so that they can learn and thus teach their students. Perfect. One of the Ambleside Online yahoo groups is studying the book this summer (and my local friend and I will be working on it together) so I will be following their schedule. The goal is to become more familiar with the subjects as a whole before we start depth start nature study rotations (This book is available on-line for free.)

2. Charolotte Mason's Original Homeschool Series. Volume 1: Home Education

This volume is CM's writings deal primarily by the young child (about 0 to 9.) Its about time I read directly from her writings (I've done some online but its easier now that I have a hard copy.) (This book is also available for free online in its original form or in modern English here)

3. Breastfeeding.

I'm working on a project which will require me to brush up and beef up on my breastfeeding knowledge, as well as learn leadership and communication skills. It will require a lot of reading from various resources, essay writing, and discussions. Fun, fun, fun.

So those are my main areas of study for this summer. I'm sure I'll have my nose in more stuff as well (Like right now I'm re-reading parts of this book because I need to read it about 200x for encouragement and for reminders of my parental duties.)