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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 trajectory in life. Words...
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In a previous article about sticking with Latin when the going gets tough, I talked about my friend Denise’s philosophy of “scaling, not bailing.” Here is the way I think about it. Understanding Henle’s Approach Every Henle exercise is either a grammar-stage exercise, a dialectic-stage exercise, or a rhetorical-stage...
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You know what’s beautiful? When you suddenly “get it” that classical-minded integration isn’t just for school subjects. We talk all day long about how Latin can help you with science, literature can help you with history, and math can help you with art, but it never occurred to me...
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Strange as it may be, I have found that students enjoy preparing for the National Latin Exam (NLE) and other Classical Conversations subjects. Even if they are not taking the NLE, students enjoy preparing for it. Since the test itself is multiple choice, it is easier to study for...
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This post is inspired by things I’ve seen on the Facebook groups to which I belong. The temptation to give up on Latin seems to fester around this time of year. (Coincidentally at the same time I personally get tired? I think not.) Homeschool mamas and papas and grandparents...
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The opinions in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Classical Conversations and its leadership, staff, or communities. We are glad to provide a platform for discussion of ideas about classical Christian education in K-12 education and beyond, but publication is...
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As I sat there repeating (less elegantly than the teacher) short phrases like “How are you?” and “My name is Tifany” in Spanish, a part of me felt truly inadequate. My intention in taking a Spanish class was to see how nine years of Classical Conversations Latin would aid...
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Students often view mathematics as merely a collection of formulas they have to memorize, rather than ideas they need to understand. Because of this, students learning mathematics can miss some of the important connections between ideas within mathematics. Missing the connections between ideas makes mathematics both less interesting and...
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How like a chord community can be, A fellowship of voices as a whole, Resounding in incarnate harmony Made lovely when the voices share one goal. Oh, friends and countrymen, lend me your ears; No reader of this rhyme needs stand alone. You’re in a song surrounded by...
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“Am I too late?” I wondered. Then a thought crossed my mind: It’s never too late. Are you thinking about homeschooling your children right now? Are you overwhelmed with thoughts on how to get started? Would you believe me if I told you that you are not alone? A...
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Many parents in America and throughout the rest of the world believe that the key to career success for their children is a steady focus on the hard sciences: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—STEM. Now, research coming from one of the world’s most STEM-centric corporations—Google—is indicating that “soft”’ skills...
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The opinions in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Classical Conversations and its leadership, staff, or communities. We are glad to provide a platform for discussion of ideas about classical Christian education in K-12 education and beyond, but publication is...
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