Articles dated December 2012

Thirds, Part II: Third Conjugation Verbs
by Kathy
Monday, 31 December, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 31 December, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Last month, we dealt with those pesky third declension nouns. This month, we will take a look at third conjugation verbs.
For some reason, thirds are always a bit difficult in Latin. Please keep in mind that the Romans did not order declensions and conjugations;...

Time to Reflect
by David
Friday, 28 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 28 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
During the holiday season I enjoy the opportunity for reflection. At the year’s end life can be busy, but I like to make time to take a deep breath and think.
I find it helpful to take a few steps back and look at my life. I see how my children have grown, I look at...

The Tin Soldier's Heart
by Kate
Monday, 24 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 24 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
In the Christmas of 1838, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen published The Steadfast Tin Soldier. In it, a one-legged tin soldier endures an adventure filled with many trials—including a passionate love for a beautiful paper ballet dancer—only to be spontaneously...

A Christmas Word
by Matt
Friday, 21 December, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!
Friday, 21 December, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!
Christmas is the celebration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He came to do a lot of things: forgive sins; defeat sin, death, and hell; establish His Church; be enthroned as King of kings and Lord of lords; redeem creation; and so on. He came,...

My Classical Journey with the Magi
Last year, I had the opportunity to study T.S. Eliot's poem "The Journey of the Magi" with a high school student whom I was tutoring. I had read the poem before and my graduate school roommate was an Eliot aficionado, so I felt reasonably confident as I approached the...