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Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn

Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn


Former columnists for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Harvey and Laurie and their five children (ages 16 through 24) homeschool in New Boston, Illinois. They are available by phone or e-mail to answer your questions on how to apply classical education to homeschooling. Trivium Pursuit, 525 120th Avenue, New Boston, IL 61272 (309-537-3641), bluedorn@triviumpursuit.com, triviumpursuit.com.


Homeschooling Articles by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn

The Logic Level Ten Things to do from ages 13-15.

The Grammar Level Ten things to do with your child from ages ten through twelve.

Building a Firm Foundation for Classical Education Ten things to do with your child before age ten.

How to Use the Internet to do Research Using newsgroups for Internet research. It's hot!

Why Give a Classical Education at Home? With all these great new classical schools starting up, why would anyone want to homeschool?

Contests in Your Curriculum How contests can enhance your homeschool.

Time4Learning U of Nebraska-Lincoln ISHS

Popular Articles

Myth of the Teenager

Columbus and the Flat Earth...

Don't Give Up on Your Late Bloomers

The History of Public Education

A Homeschooler Wins the Heisman

Teaching Blends

Shakespeare Camp

The Charlotte Mason Method

Saxon Math: Facts vs. Rumors

Advanced Math: Trig, PreCalc, and more!

Phonics the Montessori Way

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

Getting Organized Part 1 - Tips & Tricks

Art Appreciation the Charlotte Mason Way

Why the Internet will Never Replace Books

Who Needs the Prom?

Top Jobs for the College Graduate

Whole-Language Boondoggle

AP Courses At Home

The Benefits of Cursive Writing

The Charlote Mason Approach to Poetry

What We Can Learn from the Homeschooled 2002 National Geography Bee Winners

The Gift of a Mentor

Getting Started in Homeschooling: The First Ten Steps

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy

I Was an Accelerated Child

What Does My Preschooler Need to Know?

Joyce Swann's Homeschool Tips

Critical Thinking and Logic

Can Homeschoolers Participate In Public School Programs?

Character Matters for Kids

Bears in the House

The Benefits of Debate

Start a Nature Notebook

Interview with John Taylor Gatto

University Model Schools

Combining Work and Homeschool

A Reason for Reading

Top Tips for Teaching Toddlers

Montessori Language Arts at Home, Part 1

Narration Beats Tests

Laptop Homeschool

Teach Your Children to Work

The Equal Sign - Symbol, Name, Meaning

Give Yourself a "CLEP Scholarship"

How to "Bee" a Spelling Success

Getting Organized Part 3

How to Win the Geography Bee

Classical Education

Montessori Math