The Children's Tradition

On this episode we interview Annie Crawford. Annie is a cultural apologist, classical educator, and homeschool mom. She teaches online courses for The Symbolic World, as well as apologetics and humanities courses for high schoolers at Vine Classical Community of Austen. In this episode we talk about how symbolism and a sacramental view of the world takes us deeper into Reality, and in honor of the Christmas season we talk about how feasting imprints truth, goodness, and beauty onto our souls! You can find Annie on X: https://x.com/annielcrawford?lang=en Her website: http://anniecrawford.net/ Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/

On this episode we interview Anthony Coafield, owner of Living Book Press. We talk about the origin of Living Book Press, how Anthony's experience with a brain injury showed him the power of stories, and the multifaceted gift of living books in education. You can find out more about Living Book Press here: livingbookpress.com Follow LBP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbookp... Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/

On this episode we interview Autumn Kern, host of The Common House network for classical Charlotte Mason homeschoolers and The Commonplace podcast. We talk about the growing popularity of personal curriculums and the way modernity has left most of us with an intuitive sense that something was lacking in our own education. Autumn gives wonderful practical tips on how you can pursue varying degrees of personal study through what she calls Mother Acadamia (though fathers can do it too)! Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/

On this episode Amanda shares how she homeschools her six children and still has time to run a small business, clean, grocery shop, and nourish her intellectual life. For context, the Faus children's ages are 10 (Year 5), 8 (Year 3), 6 (Year 1), 4, 2, and 6 months. This is the general pattern of our life at this time, but do not mistake hearing about our routines for some idea of perfection. Our days absolutely include all the usual interruptions of real life: fatigue from interrupted sleep, a moody child, sibling conflicts, moments of personal overwhelm, and so on. But with God's help we keep putting one foot in front of the other, and whenever we pause to look back we see so much Grace in how we continue to grow and learn together. Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/

On this episode Patrick and Amanda interview Benjamin Lyda. Benjamin is the author of Scriptorium Writing, a progymnasmata curriculum and consultant for his company Living Classical. In this conversation we talk about poetic knowledge as "knowledge of the heart", and how this conception of knowledge shapes how we approach writing in our homeschools. You can find out more about Benjamin's work at: Scriptorium Writing - https://www.scriptoriumwriting.com/ Substack - https://substack.com/@livingclassical... Consulting - https://www.livingclassical.org/ Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/