Susan Wise Bauer is a notable educator and the author of several well-regarded curricula, not to mention the Bible of rigorous academic homeschooling, The Well-Trained Mind
I therefore present to you a Norman castle constructed out of Rice Krispy Treats:
And ruled by a mismatched and oversized pair of stuffies:
There’s a lot of debate in some circles about what it means to be “rigorous” with regard to home education. Is it the amount of work? The breadth and depth of studies? Acceleration? The inclusion of Latin and lab sciences at early ages?
Well, I’m here to settle the question: The essential element is Krispy Treats. If you and your kids build a Norman castle out of Krispy Treats, that’s rigorous homeschooling right there. If you don’t agree, you’ll have to take it up with Susan Wise Bauer.
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That’s one fine looking castle! We built a ziggurat out of cut-out cookies….we’re pretty hard core over here, too.
At least with a Krispy Kastle you can eat it [or compost it?] when you’re done rather than trying to store it on a shelf like our drinking straw & paper fastener yurt! LOL Very cool! And rigorous!
Kim, indeed, minutes after these pictures were taken a horde of ravening giants descended on the castle and, well, the outcome wasn’t pretty.
Stephanie, a cookie ziggurat is an AWESOME idea!
We once made a Parthenon out of graham crackers, using some leftover chocolate icing as our glue. Tastiest Greek history lesson of the year.
Love it! You are indeed the most rigorous homeschoolers I know. This is proof.
oh yes, edible construction is definitely the way to go! How fun!
I was thrilled when our church’s RE class used graham crackers and icing to demonstrate cantilevering as part of their unit on nature (lloyd wright architecture, living in nature, you’ll get there, trust me). See, I had skipped breakfast…