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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

SS #90: Background Knowledge: The Door to Understanding

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Pam, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss portions of Saint Augustine's book On Christian Doctrine that deal with the need for background knowledge in order to read with understanding, especially understanding metaphors. This was a very fun reading assignment!

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And when I was reading this, I like stopped there. And I said, okay, so the metaphorical meaning of wises serpents.

0:06.0

Well, I guess I've always just read that as well. So I guess that means that serpents are wise.

0:11.6

And we should be wise. But he started that where you read, he started that with the well known fact about the snake.

0:17.9

You're right. That's true. That it offers its whole body to assailants in place of its head.

0:24.0

You know, and I'm like, I didn't know that about snake.

0:27.2

I know.

0:27.6

I know.

0:32.4

Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow.

0:45.3

Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling,

0:52.3

who yearn for something more than just

0:55.1

checking boxes and getting it all done.

0:57.9

I'm your host, Randy Vensel.

1:00.4

You can find me over at afterthoughtsblog.net, spreading my Charlotte Mason Joy through blog posts,

1:06.3

study guides, audios, and more.

1:09.5

My co-hosts today are Pam Barnhill, Misty Winkler, and Abby Wall.

1:14.7

Pam is a speaker, podcaster, blogger at pambarnhill.com, and author of two fabulous books,

1:21.9

better together, and plan your year.

1:25.6

Misty is a second-generation homeschooler with five kids and too many projects.

1:30.4

With her blog, podcast, and membership, she helps you organize your attitude so you can

1:35.6

organize your life.

1:37.2

Find her over at simplyconvial.com.

1:41.0

Abby is basically the queen of the school a sister ship.

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