Articles dated June 2011

The Core for Teachers
by Robert
Thursday, 30 June, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Thursday, 30 June, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Great book for all teachers and principals, new and experienced! The Core by Leigh Bortins will help you reach the educational goals for your students that we all desire. This easy-to-understand guide breaks down the time-tested methods of a quality education into...

The Doctrine of Creation and the Making of Modern Biology
The popular science press may be on the cutting edge for bringing us the latest and greatest news from laboratories around the world, but when it comes to integrating historical and philosophical ideas into our modern conversations, it is woefully shallow.
Of...

Essentials Served Family Style
Not only will Essentials get a beautiful new guide and two new Trivium Tables for this fall, classes will also go Family Style.
As the Essentials programs grew, and communities had more students than they could fit in one room, we began dividing the classes by age. Why...

Cultivate Faithfulness
Years ago at a women’s retreat, I received a scroll with the verse “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness (Psalm 37:3, NASB). Isn’t that a lovely passage? Cultivate has such a deep, rich connotation, involving growth, development,...

Why should my student take more than two years of Latin
by Kathy
Monday, 13 June, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 13 June, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
The answer is not just that it looks good on a college application. Although that is a benefit, the principal reasons are much more important.
I have heard people expressing nervousness concerning upper levels of Challenge and Latin. I love all facets of Latin, but...