Articles dated August 2011
Back To School (Part 2): 1st Day of Class
by Robert
Tuesday, 30 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
Tuesday, 30 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11)
I may have a college degree, I may have managed a mechanical team and engineering budget at my old job, and I may have been a little nervous my first day of school. Tuesday was my first official Foundations and Essentials class. Monday night, I called my mom in a panic...
Bryan College Note to Challenge III Parents
by Robert
Friday, 19 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 19 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Dear Challenge III Parents,
I hope you have heard by now that Classical Conversations has partnered with Bryan College to begin offering dual enrollment credit to students in the Challenge program. Students seeking dual enrollment credit will be registered directly...
Three Steps to Interest Your Child in Reading
Moms and dads everywhere--especially homeschooling moms and dads--want their children to be readers. We come up with everything conceivable to encourage, force, or bribe them to read. Some parents trade television (or gaming and computer) time for reading time. Others...
Why I Love Classical Conversations' Latin
by Kathy
Tuesday, 09 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Tuesday, 09 August, 2011
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
I hope that everyone is getting excited to start Classical Conversations this month! I myself am getting excited. I love Cycle 3 (especially because I live in Virginia—field trips!) and I am tutoring Challenge III this year (American History--field trips!). After...
Ecclesiastes: An Apology for the Classics
To some, the phrase, “classical Christian education” seems like a misnomer, paradoxical even. The idea that we could educate and raise up Christian children by teaching them the ideas of pagans seems impossible. Yet, hundreds of classical Christian schools and...