Articles by author: Linda Tomkinson
Dual Enrollment? Concurrent Enrollment?
by Linda
Thursday, 14 December, 2017
categories: Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 14 December, 2017
categories: Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
It sounds like Classical Conversations is more supportive of concurrent enrollment than Dual Enrollment. Is that true?
When talking about college credits for our high school Challenge students, we are often asked to explain the difference between dual enrollment and...
A Homeschool Parent’s Musings: What Is Christian Paideia and Why Does It Matter?
by Linda
Tuesday, 11 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 11 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
"Education as paideia is not preparation for life, for college, or for work; it is our inherited means of living fully in the present, while we grow in wisdom and in grace, in conscience and in style, entering gradually into 'the good life.'"1
My summer Parent...
Catechesis! “Caesar and Cicero” and “Language and Literature” in the Challenges
by Linda
Monday, 24 March, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 24 March, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Who does not love the wheel of catechesis first simply signified by Leigh Bortins in her diagrams fringed by circling arrows? The diagram, celebrating knowledge, understanding, and wisdom for the goal to know God and to make Him known, may morph to a more sophisticated...
How to Live Well and Plan from a State of Rest
The Scriptures state, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven”1 including “a time to keep, and a time to cast away.”2 Clearly, we are exhorted to consider our time and actions carefully. In daily life as home educators, we are...
Stories of Two Wolves: Attaining Humility through Interventions
In her Writers Circle article, “Reflections on Tutor Humility [by a Recovering Engineer],” Amanda Butler imperatively exhorted tutors to embrace humility for “humility allows tutors to support families in a mentoring relationship, humility permits honesty to permeate...