About the author, Kristi Bothur
Classical Christian Paideia was written by Kristi Bothur, a pastor's wife and long-time homeschooling mother of two. Kristi writes about family, faith, and femininity on her blog, This Side of Heaven. She and her husband also lead a ministry called Naomi's Circle, which ministers to couples who have lost a child in pregnancy or infancy.
Kristi has an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from George Mason University, an MA in Theological Studies from Columbia International University, and is certified in South Carolina to teach English for Speakers of Other Languages as well as middle school Language Arts. She has fourteen years of classroom experience in private and public schools, served as an ESOL Consultant for five years, and has homeschooled her children classically for ten years. The idea for Classical Christian Paideia came after spending much time reflecting on her own classroom teaching experience, and after researching and learning about the traditional classical approach, including taking two graduate classes in classical pedagogy from Memoria College. Kristi enjoys putting new ideas into terms easier for others to understand, and hopes that this will do that for parents interested in learning about and implementing a classical approach with their children as they seek to bring their children up in the paideia and instruction of the Lord. In her free time, Kristi enjoys gardening and spending time in the back yard with her family and their pets. |