book review Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/book-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 book review Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/book-review/ 32 32 89931359 Deep Work by Cal Newport: A Review in Visual Notes https://doingwhatmatters.com/deep-work-visual-notes/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/deep-work-visual-notes/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2017 22:36:46 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3430 I enjoy books on time management, life balance, and purpose, but I’ve read so many that it’s rare that one stands out. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport definitely stood out. Moving past elementary...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/deep-work-visual-notes/feed/ 2 3430 Why Freshmen Fail: A Review https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:26:02 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3069 I picked up Professor Carol‘s new book, Why Freshmen Fail, at the Great Homeschool Convention in Fort Worth, thinking it might be a resource I could recommend to parents of high-school and almost-high-school age students. I didn’t expect to find...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/feed/ 3 3069 Handwriting and Reading: Ideas Worth Sharing — IWS #4 https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2016 23:11:53 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2570 It’s time for another Ideas Worth Sharing post, so even thought my internet connection is barely working, I’m going to attempt it. You’ll notice that almost all my links this time have to do with handwriting and reading. That’s because it’s...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/stuff-and-stuff-ideas-worth-sharing-iws-4/feed/ 0 2570 Take Heart: 26 Steps to a Healthy Home School – A Review https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-heart-26-steps-to-a-healthy-home-school-a-review/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-heart-26-steps-to-a-healthy-home-school-a-review/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:33:29 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1462 A review by Janice Campbell When I began homeschooling in the late 1980s, there weren’t many curriculum resources available. Many homeschoolers made do with discarded public school textbooks or struggled to persuade textbook publishers to sell directly to home educators...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-heart-26-steps-to-a-healthy-home-school-a-review/feed/ 4 1462 Carnival of Homeschooling- The Spring Fever Edition https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-spring-fever-edition/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-spring-fever-edition/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:57:24 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=140 Is anyone else ready for spring? The daffodils are up, forsythia is glowing at the edges of the woods, and from my cozy spot by the woodstove, the bright sunlight offers the illusion of warmth. It’s quickly dispelled by the...

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