Articles tagged Communication

Seeing the Hearts of Others

by Cara
Wednesday, 06 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 06 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
The Peacemaker Monthly
Seeing the Hearts of Others
by Cara McLauchlan
“Instead of focusing on our own desires or dwelling on what others may do, we will rejoice in the Lord and bring him praise by depending on his forgiveness, wisdom, power, and love as we seek to...

Mending

by Cara
Wednesday, 11 March, 2015
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 11 March, 2015
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
The Peacemaker Monthly
Mending
by Cara McLauchlan
“Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.” -- Ephesians 4:15
The summer before I went to high school, I made quilts for fire victims. Despite having only sewn...

What Our Children Are Learning in Challenge Class
by Matt
Friday, 14 November, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 14 November, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
So you have a child in Challenge class and you aren’t sure exactly what’s going on there. You know they are reading a lot of books, studying Latin, and learning math, science, and history. You wonder, though, “What exactly are they doing during class?”
Perhaps you don’...

Written Relics

by David
Wednesday, 17 September, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 17 September, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
My daughter, a college student, has taken up an antiquated means of communication. She writes letters—the ones with paper, stamps, and envelopes. She has pen pal from her Challenge IV class. She writes to her mother and grandmothers, and they love it. Unfortunately, I...

What Do Foundations Students Know that College Graduates Don’t?
by Jennifer
Monday, 13 January, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 13 January, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
A recent article in Forbes magazine claims that poor communication skills are the greatest deficit facing college graduates today. According to a high school presentation teacher: “In this era of email, texting and voice mail, true face-to-face communication is...