CH061: Classical Education Demands Habit Training - Simplified Organization Audio Blog: quick actions, organized attitudes
Summary: <a href="http://www.simplyconvivial.com/ch-season10">Season 10: Classical Thoughts on Why We Teach</a><br> Certainly we are to watch and train the habits of our children and our household, but that is not all the work to be done. The confirmation of the habit into a character is work done by the person himself when he is independent.<br> The test of character comes when each person is an adult – will he confirm the habits he was brought up to? Will he practice what he has been taught?<br> Some studies, he writes, “can be of no benefit to us after we have mastered them unless we have elected to make our living from this source”; however, they still “help us while we are in the process of learning.”<br> Such impractical, abstract studies he calls “gymnastic of the mind” which will “increase their aptitude for mastering greater and more serious studies.”<br> Habit training begins in childhood, but is confirmed in adulthood.<br> Read the original posts:<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/aristotle/">Education Works Through Habit – Aristotle</a><br> * <a href="http://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/latin-brain-exercise/">Latin is Brain Exercise – Isocrates</a><br> <br> <br> Listen:<br> Find all posts (so far) in the Great Tradition series:<br> <br><br> <a href="http://www.simplyconvivial.com/great-tradition"></a><br><br> <br> Simple Sanity Saver: Teaching Shakespeare<br> Of course the best way to engage with Shakespeare is to be the one performing it. There are several ways to do this without being a drama person (I am most definitely not).<br> Knowledge comes from doing<br> Personally, I am the sort very tempted to leave off the hands-on activities like this. I like the meat and acting out a scene or two seems like fluffy fun that can easily be dispensed with.<br> However, in this case, that is not true.<br> True knowing and understanding comes when we make the material our own, when we recreate or represent it in some sort of personal expression. In history or grammar that might involve writing or speaking, but the most natural way to add personal expression with Shakespeare is to be the actor the play is directing.<br> Be creative in the theatrical options<br> Although it would be valuable, you don’t have to have costuming and rehearsals in order to give your children the chance to act out Shakespeare. Here are some other low-key, low-commitment ways to add doing to your studies:<br> <br> * Duplo or LEGO scenes & characters (try recording it for your own movie production)<br> * Illustrated comic book versions of selected scenes<br> * Monologues dramatically delivered like at a try-out<br> * Puppets – handcrafted, popsicle stick, finger puppets, paper dolls – can be recorded to make a movie.<br> <br> <br><br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594744882/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1594744882&linkCode=as2&tag=simplyconvivial-20&linkId=TAEKMOOTT2A2QJCY"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486413306/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486413306&linkCode=as2&tag=simplyconvivial-20&linkId=E3YYH3SV4GDMPJJ7"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HC224SU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HC224SU&linkCode=as2&tag=simplyconvivial-20&linkId=S2OMTKHLMDNVYBPX"></a><br> If you are interested in staging a scene, an abridged play, or simply delivering monologues with your kids or with a group, check out how these homeschool moms have done so in their homeschools:<br> <br> * <a href="http://flareoflight.blogspot.com/2016/05/shakespeare-with-small-group-part-1.html">Shakespeare with a small group</a> by Amber Vanderpol<br> * <a href="http://kidsloveshakespeare.com/">Shakespeare scripts adapted for children</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.simplyconvivial."></a>
