{"id":3149,"date":"2012-08-13T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2012-08-13T06:00:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T10:00:12","slug":"do-you-know-the-name-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/2012\/08\/13\/do-you-know-the-name-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Do YOU Know the Name of Alexander the Great&#8217;s Horse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/08\/330px-seleucos_i_bucephalos_coin.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3164\" title=\"330px-Seleucos_I_Bucephalos_coin\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/08\/330px-seleucos_i_bucephalos_coin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"329\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t either.<\/p>\n<p>But my six year old son does, and it\u2019s not because I\u2019ve drilled him on it or anything.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s because of Susan Wise Bauer\u2019s <em>The Story of The World <\/em>audiobooks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/08\/story_of_the_world.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3163\" title=\"Story_of_the_World\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/08\/story_of_the_world.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re very relaxed homeschoolers, which mostly means that my kids have a lot of time to play Legos. But ever since Aidan was 4 and listened to E.B. White read <em>Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em>, he\u2019s been hooked on audiobooks. Now Graeme is 4 and is conversant with all kinds of books that are not age-appropriate. They listen and build; build and listen. It works for us.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I\u2019m not holding us up as an example or anything (who KNOWS what my kids will say about their early education in years to come!) but I <em>do <\/em>want to suggest that you check out this series (Peace Hill Press website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welltrainedmind.com\/store\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>). Jim Weiss\u2019 voice is reason enough to listen.<\/p>\n<p>(And then, if anyone asks, you can tell them that Alexander\u2019s horse was named Bucephalus.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t either. But my six year old son does, and it\u2019s not because I\u2019ve drilled him on it or anything. 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