All boys deep down yearn for an adventure. They yearn to see beneath the thin veneer of this world, and glimpse a grander narrative–a narrative in which they play a…
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In this recording Tolkien reads from the chapter Riddles in the Dark. The voices he gives to Gollum and Bilbo are both fantastic. A wonderful way to help boys read…
A great way to engage boys in the art of speaking, acting, telling stories, etc…is to produce radio shows. They enjoy this project immensely. At Riverside, we produce a radio show…
I always thought this old Disney cartoon about Ben Franklin and Amos the mouse was a good dramatic way to enter into the days of the founding fathers. It’s a…
This post continues our Riverside Tutorial expose. The Logician thinks clearly from well-scrutinized first principles. He examines arguments with a dissecting eye, can see the causes inherent in a variety…
Imagine a small troupe of young writers and speakers reading great literature, publishing journals and newspapers on a variety of topics; producing radio shows, short documentaries, and performing dialogues and…
This post continues the explanation of the six honorifics recognized by the Riverside Tutorial. We are a people of words and of the Word. Our language, English, occupies a unique…