Articles in category: Classical Christian Education
Transforming Self-Talk
Parents, be careful what you say to your children because your consistent words will become their self-talk. Our minds are always working, talking, thinking. This is our self-talk. What we say to ourselves may be the most important aspect of our mental health and our...
Help! I’m Starting Challenge II Without Foundations (or Challenge)!
by Admin
Thursday, 21 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 21 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Though she had been homeschooled her whole life, Cassidy started her formal high school education with Challenge II, having no Foundations or any Challenge program at all! We asked her to share her experience…
Looking to start Challenge II was honestly a pretty scary...
How to Scale Your Child's Latin
by Kathy
Friday, 01 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 01 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
In a previous article, I talked about my friend Denise’s philosophy of “scaling, not bailing.” Here is the way I think about it.
Every Henle exercise is either a grammar-stage exercise, a dialectic-stage exercise, or a rhetorical-stage exercise. When your child does...
Integration for Life
by Stephanie
Wednesday, 02 May, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 02 May, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
You know what's beautiful? When you suddenly "get it" that classical-minded integration isn't just for school subjects. We talk all day long about how Latin can help you with science, literature can help you with history, and math can help you with art, but it never...
Things to Study Over the Summer--For Fun!
Strange as it may be, I have found that students enjoy preparing for the National Latin Exam (NLE) and other Classical Conversations subjects. Even if they are not taking the NLE, students enjoy preparing for it. Since the test itself is multiple choice, it is easier...