In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats about books, books, and more books with Jan Bloom of traveling book store, Books Bloom, which you may have run across at various homeschool conventions. 

Topics include:

• Building a library
• Jan's books, Who Then Should We Read, Volumes I & II (11:00)
• The golden Age of children's books (20:00)
• Books for boys (25:50)
• Books for girls (29:15)
• Principles of book buying (33:20)
• Book journals (38:00)
• Current reads and books for moms (40:05)

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Welcome to episode 8 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer, Homer, and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. 

In this episode they discuss how great poets come to be (and other stuff that just sort of comes up in a Wes and Andrew conversation). Buckle up, this is an interesting one. 

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On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) the first eight chapters of Pride and Prejudice. 

Conversation touches on first experiences with Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice vs. Much Ado About Nothing, and much more. 

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by The Classic Learning Test, a liberal-arts-based alternative to the SAT and ACT. Learn more at CLTEXAM.COM. 

In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy answers listener questions about Narration, one of the key tenets of  Charlotte Mason's philosophy of education. 

Topics include:

• Setting expectations (4:40)
• Narration as part of the long haul (10:35)
• Starting narration with older kids (16:40)
• Starting narration with young kids (21:15)
• Narration and dyslexia (28:45)
• Assessing narrations (33:37)

As always, press the arrow above to listen or subscribe to the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network via iTunes here or on Stitcher here. 

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This episode of the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network is brought to you by The Classic Learning Test, a liberal-arts-based alternative to the SAT and ACT. Learn more at CLTEXAM.COM. 

On this episode of Close Reads, Tim, Angelina, and David discuss (and revel in) the final two chapters of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 

Conversations touches on the similarities between The Wind in the Willows and The Odyssey, whether Toad has changed, and much more.

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Jeremy Tate of the Classic Learning Test joins David to discuss his companies attempts to recreate the college entrance exam and offer a less secular alternative to the SAT and ACT. 

Topics of conversation include the relationship between virtue and testing, the nature of standardized tests, how CLT came to be, and more. 

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