Articles
The Transformative Powers of Memoria: It’s Not Just About Memorization
by Carrie
Thursday, 03 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 03 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Translated from Latin, memoria literally means “memory.” That seems simple enough, but what does it really mean as the fourth Canon of Rhetoric? The first three are Invention, Arrangement, and Elocution; the fifth is Presentation or Delivery. We practice the Five...
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...
Southeastern University hosts 150 CCers for CC+
Lakeland, Florida— More than 150 Central Florida homeschoolers got a day-long taste of college life on Wednesday at Southeastern University (SEU).
The students, who all participate in Classical Conversations homeschool communities, participated in college-prep...
Parent Practicums continue to grow
Classical Conversations’ Parent Practicums come in all shapes and sizes and never more so than this year. Every state had at least one Practicum with the exception of Rhode Island.
Classical Conversations held 567 Practicums this year, up slightly over 2017, with a...