Articles in essentials tier

Painting the Apple on the Table
by Marc
Friday, 15 March, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 15 March, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
I am the son of an artist. As is the case for many artists, creating artifacts rarely pays the bills, but teaching art does, hence, I am the son of an art teacher: an artist who taught his skills instead of plying his wares.
Being the art teacher at our local public...

Classical Education and the Artsy Kid
by Admin
Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
by Elizabeth Morales
“Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.”
~Rabindranath Tagore
The pursuit of classical education is to seek the good, the true, and the beautiful. I heard this saying all through my high school years in...

Is Musical Literacy Important?
by New Saint Andrews
Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
There are few things quite so exhilarating as imparting the gifts of literacy, imagination, and creativity to the freshmen who take Foundations of Musical Skill with me. It opens the world for them to explore anything from Bach to the Beatles (but definitely not Bieber...

Close the Door!
by Admin
Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Do you feel like you are reminding your family to do the same thing over and over?
This one closet door in our house is a good example.
I have given verbal directions. I have used a variety of different notes. I have used an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and taped it a...

Transforming Self-Talk
Parents, be careful what you say to your children because your consistent words will become their self-talk. Our minds are always working, talking, thinking. This is our self-talk. What we say to ourselves may be the most important aspect of our mental health and our...