review Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/review/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:20:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 review Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/review/ 32 32 89931359 The Lawgivers: A Review of a New Plutarch Translation https://doingwhatmatters.com/lawgivers-review-plutarch-hicks/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/lawgivers-review-plutarch-hicks/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:54:45 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3807 Of all Charlotte Mason’s recommendations, I found her advice to read Plutarch with children one of the least appealing. I enjoy old books and love learning, but somehow, it seemed especially daunting to fit in Plutarch along with everything else....

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/feed/ 3 3069 David and the Phoenix: One of the 1001 Good Books https://doingwhatmatters.com/david-and-the-phoenix/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/david-and-the-phoenix/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:08:46 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2907 David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd One of my childhood companions was an old copy of David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd. It was one of the books I turned to whenever I wanted to travel the fairie realms, and...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/david-and-the-phoenix/feed/ 1 2907 Ideas Worth Sharing: Tidying, Maps, and a Mighty Mug Review and Giveaway — IWS #3 https://doingwhatmatters.com/tidying-maps-and-a-mighty-mug-review-and-giveaway/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/tidying-maps-and-a-mighty-mug-review-and-giveaway/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:31:21 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2027 It has been awhile since the last Ideas Worth Sharing (IWS) gathering post. Here are a few things I’ve enjoyed over the past few weeks. But first, let me give you the link to the Mighty Mug giveaway — I’ve had a...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/grow-sustainable-diet-by-cindy-conner-review/feed/ 0 574 Carnival of Homeschooling: Learning Lifestyle, Reading, and News https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-learning-lifestyle-reading-and-news/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-learning-lifestyle-reading-and-news/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:33:41 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1361 Learning Lifestyle In this pair of articles on the Circe Institute blog, Joshua Leland shares Why I Don’t Own a Television and Further Thoughts on Television. Since I am also television free and always have been, I found these particularly interesting and thought...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-learning-lifestyle-reading-and-news/feed/ 3 1361 Review: The Struggling Reader Assessments and Teaching Materials https://doingwhatmatters.com/review-the-struggling-reader-assessments-and-teaching-materials/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/review-the-struggling-reader-assessments-and-teaching-materials/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:08:55 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=496 Reading is the most important academic skill we teach our students. Students must learn to read well before they can read to learn, so it's important to create a nourishing home environment where books are read and enjoyed, ideas are discussed, and written and spoken communication is a natural part of everyday life. If you've created that strong foundation and your child still struggles with learning to read, there's usually a discoverable cause. In The Struggling Reader system, the Eckenwilers have provided the tools for diagnosis, and the means for teaching what is needed.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/review-the-struggling-reader-assessments-and-teaching-materials/feed/ 4 496 New Video Review of Excellence In Literature https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:23:40 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=219 I just came across another informative review of Excellence in Literature! Kerry Beck of Curriculum Connection has written a great review, and posted a video that walks you through the entire book. At the convention this past weekend, so many...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/feed/ 0 1804 New Excellence In Literature Review on TOS! https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-excellence-in-literature-review-on-tos/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-excellence-in-literature-review-on-tos/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:08 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=214 I’m always happy to get a good review of one or more of my books, and this morning I came across a very nice review on The Old Schoolhouse website. Kathy Gelzer has done a beautiful job of outlining the...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-excellence-in-literature-review-on-tos/feed/ 0 1802 You Need a Budget: A Review https://doingwhatmatters.com/you-need-a-budget-a-review/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/you-need-a-budget-a-review/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=97 You Need a Budget (especially if you don’t have much money) Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. Charles Dickens With all the...

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