Articles tagged The Core
The Core Chapter 7: The Core of a Classical Education: Geography
by Jennifer
Tuesday, 26 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 26 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Writer Circle is revisiting some archived articles that have not been lost, but may have been forgotten and are worth a fresh read. Jennifer Courtney now serves as Communications Director for Classical Conversations MultiMedia. She served as State Manager of Oklahoma...
Two Terrific Teaching Tools
by Alison
Friday, 07 September, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 07 September, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Sharpened pencils, new markers, clean binders, shiny new timeline cards, colorful math bears to weigh and count . . . I smile happily as I gaze at our homeschool shelves filled with supplies for the new school year. Next, I turn my start-of-the-year zeal toward our...
Poolside Latin, Anyone? Summer Studies
by Jennifer
Monday, 11 June, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 11 June, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
In Classical Conversations, we often speak of the wonderful fruit of restoring the education of two generations of students—the education of the students who are in Classical Conversations and also the education of their parents. What does this mean? If we want our...
Climbing a Different Mountain
by Tucker
Monday, 14 May, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 14 May, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Every parent wants their child to become educated. Every school, whether public or private, secular or Christian, also aims to educate. Homeschoolers, for various reasons, choose to educate in the home and its environs. Christian schools and Christian homeschoolers aim...
Why We Must Conquer Age Segregation
by Andrew
Wednesday, 22 February, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Wednesday, 22 February, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
In the introduction to her book, The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education, Leigh Bortins makes a radical and disorienting statement that makes the book worth reading. She says, “This curriculum works for a student of any age, but that is a...